Proposal turns deadly

[strmrdr]

http://www.katu.com/news/35519369.html

"I just couldn''t get to her," he said. "She was just gone in a flash."

 

[tlh]

OMG! What a tragic story!

I''ll have to thank my husband for proposing at dinner. Though it may not be a flashy story- at least we are both here to tell the tale. Wow, really sad. My heart goes out to both him and her family.

 

[vintagelover229]

How sad! I feel so bad for her family too!

 

[coatimundi_org]

This was posted around here a little while ago---very sad, but something feels shady.

 

[tlh]

Date: 1/5/2009 11:04:59 AM
Author: coatimundi
This was posted around here a little while ago---very sad, but something feels shady.

Yeah... i get that feeling too.

 

[meresal]

Date: 1/5/2009 11:04:59 AM
Author: coatimundi
This was posted around here a little while ago---very sad, but something feels shady.

The story is very sad. However, I thought the exact same thing a few months ago when this was posted. The whole story just seemed a little "off".

 

[Sabine]

Date: 1/5/2009 1:07:25 PM
Author: SanDiegoLady

Date: 1/5/2009 11:04:59 AM

Author: coatimundi
---very sad, but something feels shady.

I hate to admit I agree with this.

Definitely the feeling I got too. It''s weird that it reads that way to so many of us. I also wonder if there was anything posted about the dangers of the area?

 

[tlh]

Date: 1/5/2009 4:15:05 PM
Author: Sabine

Date: 1/5/2009 1:07:25 PM
Author: SanDiegoLady

Date: 1/5/2009 11:04:59 AM

Author: coatimundi
---very sad, but something feels shady.

I hate to admit I agree with this.

Definitely the feeling I got too. It''s weird that it reads that way to so many of us. I also wonder if there was anything posted about the dangers of the area?

You bring up an interesting point. It just felt off... something about having to drudge through water... and how come he wasn''t behind her... doesnt seem very chivirous, does it? A man could lead his lady the way by placing his hand in the small of her back and guiding her... his going first, while on his way to propose, just seems strange... and maybe that is what is off-putting?

 

[newsboysgrl777]

Okay, this story is DEFINITELY "off" and i can point to some very obvious spots, beginning with the very last line "This Saturday he plans to head to Silver Falls State Park alone. He''ll stand in the very spot where they were supposed to get married. And he''ll think of her. "I might even put my ring on," Napper said."

It sounds more like a joke to me....and this part, too: "He anguished over whether to return the cream-colored strapless wedding dress he had bought for her at Macy''s the day before she disappeared. No one – not even him – got to see her in it. "I knew if I just left it in the closet, it would be there forever, and I would just be living it forever," Napper said."

Like, hello?!! Your fiance just passed away!! And you''re thinking about her DRESS and RETURNING IT and how long it''ll sit in your closet for?? Um... I don''t think that''s how grief TRULY works.

Here''s another classic "Napper, a professional trumpet player and substitute teacher, soon told more and more friends about his heartache. Each time he talked about her, it got a little easier. "

I could go on and on, but it seems like this article is either VERY poorly written, or this ''tragic event'' happened A LOT longer ago than just a month!! These are things you say (and how you say them) when you''re telling a fiction, or a story that you are disconnected with..do you know what I mean? Like, someone who lost their husband 40 years ago, or something!! Not less than a month!!

Not only is it shady, I don''t believe a word of it!! And, if it''s true, the person who WROTE the story needs to be fired and never given a writing job AGAIN!

(I''m an english major in college, so maybe that''s why I''m so critical...but still, you ALL picked up on that ''vibe'' of shadiness)

 

[arjunajane]

I have to agree with everyone else, and it seems we're not the only ones - did anyone read all the blog comments/replies? There are heaps, and the majority also think its dodgy

"a Coast Guard helicopter crew from Astoria had to turn back after repeatedly being struck by birds."

I mean, wth?

 

[snowflakeluvr]

...and didn''t the story mention how rescue efforts were next to nil due to poor visibility from the fog? so why would he take her somewhere where visibility was terrible? doesn''t make sense....

 

[April20]

This first time I read this story I thought it was extremely fishy and a Dateline or 48 Hours Mystery special waiting to happen. It just strikes me as wrong. He comes across as really creepy in the article. It sounded like he knew the area was dangerous and risky. I just can''t imagine a man putting the women he loved in that kind of jeopardy. It just doesn''t add up.

 

[newsboysgrl777]

Date: 1/5/2009 10:02:06 PM
Author: arjunajane
I have to agree with everyone else, and it seems we're not the only ones - did anyone read all the blog comments/replies? There are heaps, and the majority also think its dodgy

'a Coast Guard helicopter crew from Astoria had to turn back after repeatedly being struck by birds.'

I mean, wth?

 

[steph72276]

Very strange...

 

[meresal]

does the age difference and fact that she had just moved there seem a bit odd as well???

Just one or two of these things would be fine, but come on... the jacket was weighing him down, then he found a shoe. I have to agree with the post above about the writing of this article. It is truely tragic to butcher such a story, if it is indeed true.

ETA: I'll just say WOW, and the comments on that article. There are quite a few people that feel there's alot that not being said.

 

[coatimundi_org]

ditto everyone--I''m horrified for that poor young woman.