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05-21-2006, 02:31 PM #1

fireguy23

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So I was out riding today and to interesting things happened. the first is about 2 min. into my ride on this new trail where I go I come across two dogs. One runs back off into the bushes but the other one follows me for the duration of my ride, a beautiful black lab named Luca, his tags had a phone number but I'd figured I'd finish my ride with my new riding buddy before I found his owner since there was no one around in the first place. I came across two other guys while I was riding one wasn't the owner and the other didn't own the dog put did know him. He was a dog know there for hooking up with riders and runners and keeping them company while they ride around. And his home is on the back side of the forest, coincidently near where I found him. That guy said he had to take him home once because Luca was playing out on the street. With this new found knowledge when I got back to the truck I called the owner who was a very nice lady who said she let him out to pee before she went to pick up her kids from school and he never came back, so she met me at the parking area and thanked me for finding him, and ended up going on a walk with her kids and the dog anyway, and I thanked her for having the dog along for the ride for the afternoon.

The other story came from that first guy I came along, when I asked him if the dog was his he said no and we got to talking, while the dog did laps around me, and he had mentioned he had found a dead body on the trail on Saturday. My reply was YER JOKIN RIGHT! so he told me the story. He came across a man face down in the bushes near his bike on one of the more well know and fairly technical trails. He checked his vitals, there were none, the body felt slightly warm he said, so he called 911 and they had him do CPR for about ten minutes, until some hikers came along they continued CPR so he could go meet EMS at the entrance and show them where they were at. The body had to be in his 50's the guy told me and in his opinion it was a heart attack since there was no obvious trauma, the guy also said he had to file a complete flight plan with his wife before riding today, it was kind of funny, but understandable. Guess there's no better way to go then to go doing what you love.

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fireguy23

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Offline the area is called banner forest its in port orchard, washington