Here's your awful story of the day from Oregon

[Sirotnikov]

This is a really sad story, but it's also very weird.


First, you really got no witnesses.

Second, his behavior is really a-typical for anyone who has a girlfriend he loves.

a wave around 3 feet high suddenly came in.

"I turned into it to keep from getting pulled under it," Napper said. By the time he turned to find Alforque, who was only 4-foot-11, she had been caught by the receding waters.

Have you guys ever been to the beach or on a reef with a loved-one?

First, large waves are usually noticeable in advance.

But most importantly, if a large wave comes, my first instinct is to protect my g/f by grabbing hold of her and putting my arm around her, if only for psychological reasons. That would protect her and make it impossible for me to not notice she is gone for a while.

Notice the sentence "By the time he turned to find Alforque"... WTF does that mean?
He went hiding "every man for himself", ignoring his petite fragile g/f, and it took him a while to even decide to look for her again? Does that sound plausible?

Then it continues:

"She was about 30 feet away, getting swept away," Napper said.

The 45-year-old Silverton man tore off his jacket to get rid of any extra weight, and when he looked up again she was gone.

"That's the last I saw of her," he said Wednesday, breaking into tears.

So, ok. After his first blunder where he failed to protect his petite g/f from the wave, and it took him several seconds to look at her again, he sees she's drifting away in violent waves.

What is his first instinct? "Hey, let's get rid of this jacket, it would be incomfortable to swim in"

W-H-A-T?!!?! What kind of jacket did he have that was so cumbersome it had to be torn off, while he took his eyes away from his love of his life, drifting to sea...

If you really love someone you jump right in, without hesitating, undressing, or looking away for a period of time while the love of your life is dragged to sea.


I can't tell for sure, and I really feel sorry for the family. But either he's a complete moron who didn't feel for his g/f enough to protect her and hesitated risking his own life for her, or this is relly fishy.

In case he's a moron, I feel sorry for him too.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Sirotnikov
This is a really sad story, but it's also very weird.


First, you really got no witnesses.

Second, his behavior is really a-typical for anyone who has a girlfriend he loves.


Have you guys ever been to the beach or on a reef with a loved-one?

First, large waves are usually noticeable in advance.

But most importantly, if a large wave comes, my first instinct is to protect my g/f by grabbing hold of her and putting my arm around her, if only for psychological reasons. That would protect her and make it impossible for me to not notice she is gone for a while.

Notice the sentence "By the time he turned to find Alforque"... WTF does that mean?
He went hiding "every man for himself", ignoring his petite fragile g/f, and it took him a while to even decide to look for her again? Does that sound plausible?

Then it continues:

So, ok. After his first blunder where he failed to protect his petite g/f from the wave, and it took him several seconds to look at her again, he sees she's drifting away in violent waves.

What is his first instinct? "Hey, let's get rid of this jacket, it would be incomfortable to swim in"

W-H-A-T?!!?! What kind of jacket did he have that was so cumbersome it had to be torn off, while he took his eyes away from his love of his life, drifting to sea...

If you really love someone you jump right in, without hesitating, undressing, or looking away for a period of time while the love of your life is dragged to sea.


I can't tell for sure, and I really feel sorry for the family. But either he's a complete moron who didn't feel for his g/f enough to protect her and hesitated risking his own life for her, or this is relly fishy.

In case he's a moron, I feel sorry for him too.

One of the dumber posts I've ever seen you make.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Grandpa Troll


I thought you were gay?

Are you and Asher..wait werent you and Asher a couple?

Man..no..dang Vicodin for last 2 and a half years, was it you and Winston?

sorry, i really thought you were hgay KH..are you the one they call Krazy Kitty?

I swear, I just knew you were Gay?

My bad.....oooppsss

[Sirotnikov]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse


One of the dumber posts I've ever seen you make.

Oh, come on.

What's your number 2?

Seriously though, this guy is probably a moron. Sorry for his loss and all.

[KrazyHorse]

No, there is nothing in that article to suggest he was a moron. Your monday morning quarterbacking of actions taken under unexpected circumstances in the matter of a couple of seconds makes you look ridiculous.

[Lancer]

Siro, Dolores said something was wrong too. The name is unknown to her.

[Sirotnikov]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
No, there is nothing in that article to suggest he was a moron. Your monday morning quarterbacking of actions taken under unexpected circumstances in the matter of a couple of seconds makes you look ridiculous.

Look, I would have said nothing if he hadn't went to alot of troubles describe his awkward inability to do something in such detail.

His report makes him appear like he was not as taking enough precautions for the safety of his g/f, and later was fumbling and hesitant.

Also the danger GT talked about was not at all unexpected.

According to another report they were walking to the rock, ankle deep in water, in an area that is clearly affected by tide, while there was bad weather brewing.

If you read further reports you see that the coast guard responded almost immediately but failed because of poor conditions which included "very dangerous waters" ("20 feet waves") and "thick fog".

This is probably indeed a human tragedy, but there is more recklessness here that pure chance.

[Patroklos]

Man, this story just ruined my morning

The article said that a bystander on the beach called the emergancy services, so perhaps there were witnesses.

[Boris Godunov]

Given the popularity of the spot, I can't imagine that there weren't enough people within a reasonable distance to make any sort of deliberate act on the man's party far too risky to take.

[Zkribbler]

First, large waves are usually noticeable in advance.

I disagree. Often, when we have storm surf, people here to down to look at the big waves smashing on the rocks. It is not rare that we lose a few, who are swept out to sea.