Cheers Clips: Flammable and inflammable
Posted on 07/13/2020 10:38:21 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Tim La Porte, owner of Iliamna Air Taxi, vividly remembers seeing it in July 1977 as he and passengers banked near the lake's surface. The group spotted something very fish-like for a few seconds, maybe 15 feet long based on the size of a nearby skiff.
"It arched its back and hit the water, which was glassy calm, and this wake radiated out from the great big splash," he said. "We saw a great, big tail going sideways, back and forth, going down."
"I don't believe it's a whale, and it didn't act like the seals we've seen for years, so who knows," he said.
Wright said this June he plans to lower what will be the first deep-water video camera used to find the animal, part of an $8,000 system he purchased.
Stigar has volunteered to operate it.
Wright says he'll collect water samples in search of DNA. Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey have offered to help identify sleeper sharks or other known animals that might be in Iliamna, Wright said.
"If we see a new species, that would be pretty fascinating," Wright said. "And if I find a sleeper shark, that's worth the effort too. There will be plenty of questions about why they're there and how do they make a living."
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Since no native English speaker follows it, it ain't a rule. Frankly, I think our failure to use whom (apart from "to whom it may concern" boilerplate) is part of a plot to drive you off the deep end. ;^).
Its a lot of fun and very lucrative even for the crew - only 3 weeks of massive fishing on peak run around now - 500-1000 fish sets often some much bigger up toward the river boundary
Total harvest this year 34.5 million sockeye
Keep it up, and I will go on a rant about “inflammable”.
Yiddish is more internally consistent, and it’s not really a language, just a pidgin of two.
Best to bring three fiddy.
Your killing me. The language ain’t you’res.
Grammar nazis are so quibbly.
Most of us try, though.
Irreguardless.
I agree its gone on waaayy too long.
llama.
lake.
monster.
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