stratos284 Posted July 31, 2007 Posted July 31, 2007 We camped at Hillmans Ferry a couple weks ago and was putting the boat in at their crappy ramp they have there it is near the beach I was backing the boat off the trailer and turning to tie off at the dock when my wife screamed to look out I looked and just about crapped my pants when three kids came swimming out of the clearly marked off beach aera and were only a couple of feet behind my boat and the never missed a beat they just kept swimming to the ramp between my boat and the trailer after very LOUDLY voicing my opinion the kids climbed on the dock after I pulled my truck out and came back to the dock I politely told them (while gritting my teeth) what could have happenend me and my wife pulled off and I'll be damned if they didnt start swimming there again while another boat was pulling in I really expected to see body parts floating around when we got back needless to say I was shook up for awhile and couldnt hardly fish so I guess what I'm trying to say is I hope they arent the future of boaters to come. Quote
the captain Posted July 31, 2007 Posted July 31, 2007 Maybe they were deaf and didn't hear ya screamin. ;D Quote
RobDar Posted July 31, 2007 Posted July 31, 2007 Darwin Award yep sounds like a case of natural selection doing its thing... kind of like the 4th of July around my house. Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted July 31, 2007 Super User Posted July 31, 2007 Darwin Award Just another reminder, "There is no shortage of STUPID!" Quote
Big T Posted July 31, 2007 Posted July 31, 2007 I had the same thing happen a couple of weeks ago. Where I put in on the NE cape Fear river there is a train trestle right beside the wildife ramp. When I passed through the train trestle there was a bucnh of teenagers jumping off the trestle birdge, then they went swimming right over to the launch ramp a preceded to hold on to the docks with their feet dangling in the middle of the ramp and the language coming form their mouths belonged in the gutter.After expressing my thoughts on how stupid I thought they were, they were still hanging around. They finally moved when some other younger guys with huge ski boat ran them out of the water. I have been told that these same idiots jump off of the highway bridge that is on the other side of the wildlife ramp area, which is about 20-30 feet high. You can not fix stupid. Big T Quote
The Next KVD Posted August 1, 2007 Posted August 1, 2007 I had another kind of stupid. I was recently fishing on a lake known for its boat traffic. I was fishing near another boat about 20ft. between us. While we were fishing a speed boat ran right between us pulling a water skier. I made a motion as to say wat r u doing and he shrugged. I then made a motion saying he should've gone around and the guy operating the speedboat flicked me off >! >!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How stupid is this guy. Luckly the people in the other boat and I were okay from his huge wake he threw. Quote
koko36265 Posted August 3, 2007 Posted August 3, 2007 Same thing happened to me last Saturday.... I was coming back up to a dock, but this one was not around beach... It was one boat dock off by it self without nothing around it but factories... There was 3 kids swimming with no parents in sight.... They wouldn't move for nothing.....I kept easing up and easing up until they finally got out of the water.... I went to get the truck and their parents pulled up and told them to get back home and then drove off... How dumb can you be.... After I got the boat out of the water, they jumped right back in...... Quote
Super User ww2farmer Posted August 4, 2007 Super User Posted August 4, 2007 Just this past Wed. night, I saw a speed boat up going hellbent for election.......in an area less than 3' deep, full of stumps/debris pulling a water skier. Speechless. But I have seen worse, and I have only owned my boat for 5 months now. Quote
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