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Glory Hole Suicide?

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From: Geoff Miller
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 18:19
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Has anybody ever committed suicide by diving into the
so-called "glory hole" spillway at Lake Berryessa, or
been sucked into it accidentally?

http://www.admit-one.net/webimages/gloryhole.jpg

I've heard that a young woman killed herself this way, but
the story appears to be an urban legend.  An extensive 
Google search failed to come up with anything specific.
All I could find was the following poem:

http://tinyurl.com/lfngh

(If I had a band, I'd name it "Glory Hole Suicide.")



Geoff

-- 
"Execute the homeless!  Shoot 'em!  SHOOT 'EM!
 They got a squeegee, they fuckin' die." -- Sam Kinison
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