wolfeman131
05-31-2011, 11:37 AM
Hope all had a safe, fun & enjoyable Memorial Day Holiday. I'm sure there are plenty of stories about drunks, jetskiers, tubers, etc. but I had to share this one with you.
We were out on Sunday for a late afternoon surfing session when we see the DNR (Department of Natural Resources aka Lake Police) boat go racing past, siren blasting and lights flashing. We watch as they get an older center console fishing boat pulled over and admininister a sobriety test to the driver. He fails the test and another DNR boat comes along and tows off his boat. The first DNR boat has three officers and the drunk on board and they start to head back up towards our end of the lake where some folks had pitched tents on the GA Power property. We assumed he was camping there and they were taking him to get his stuff.
We're keeping a casual eye on the situation when all of the sudden, the drunk dives off the DNR boat and starts to swim for the shore! On the road side of our property is the easment where the power lines run from the plant off to the local towns, etc. and this guy is making like Michael Phelps for the point. One DNR officer jumps in after the guy and gets kicked in the chest so his inflatable life vest balloons up and he's bobbing like a duck on the water. The officers on the boat haul him in while the drunk makes it to shore.
The guy ends up running thru our "neighborhood" and ducking/hiding in all sorts of places. Our girls spotted him hiding out in a small ravine that runs along side our property. The DNR make it back into our cove and start running after him, but the drunk is fast as a greased pig. He is shirtless, shoeless and his pants keep falling down, but they can't catch him.
The DNR officers end up using my neighbor's 4 wheeler and Rhino to try and track the guy down the rest of the afternoon, but never did catch him as he kept jumping in and out of the lake, swimming from dock to dock and across the small coves then in and out of the woods. The DNR guys came back to warn us to lock everything up and to be careful as the guy has a few other warrants out for his arrest. I gave them a close up of my AR-15 and they knew we'd be safe.
Fun times!
We were out on Sunday for a late afternoon surfing session when we see the DNR (Department of Natural Resources aka Lake Police) boat go racing past, siren blasting and lights flashing. We watch as they get an older center console fishing boat pulled over and admininister a sobriety test to the driver. He fails the test and another DNR boat comes along and tows off his boat. The first DNR boat has three officers and the drunk on board and they start to head back up towards our end of the lake where some folks had pitched tents on the GA Power property. We assumed he was camping there and they were taking him to get his stuff.
We're keeping a casual eye on the situation when all of the sudden, the drunk dives off the DNR boat and starts to swim for the shore! On the road side of our property is the easment where the power lines run from the plant off to the local towns, etc. and this guy is making like Michael Phelps for the point. One DNR officer jumps in after the guy and gets kicked in the chest so his inflatable life vest balloons up and he's bobbing like a duck on the water. The officers on the boat haul him in while the drunk makes it to shore.
The guy ends up running thru our "neighborhood" and ducking/hiding in all sorts of places. Our girls spotted him hiding out in a small ravine that runs along side our property. The DNR make it back into our cove and start running after him, but the drunk is fast as a greased pig. He is shirtless, shoeless and his pants keep falling down, but they can't catch him.
The DNR officers end up using my neighbor's 4 wheeler and Rhino to try and track the guy down the rest of the afternoon, but never did catch him as he kept jumping in and out of the lake, swimming from dock to dock and across the small coves then in and out of the woods. The DNR guys came back to warn us to lock everything up and to be careful as the guy has a few other warrants out for his arrest. I gave them a close up of my AR-15 and they knew we'd be safe.
Fun times!