A scary experience to say the least. I would think a big guy would have to drink a huge amount to black out and not remember the circumstances of the previous evening, it sounds like a drug to me.
Whether connected or not to the other deaths I hope this is a lesson for the young man, it was a close call either way.
It was a tremendous lesson to him. I had to call my cousin who lives in Knoxville to go pick him up and clean him up and get him clothed and on his way via bus back to Murfresboro! I really should have pursued the details more deeply at the time, but he was so embarassed by the episode that it was a touchy point for a year!