A Series of Unfortunate Events on the Sound
Nine Everett hunters endure a harrowing night drifting on the Sound, only to lose their game in a final mishap as they reached home.
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After drifting around a greater part of the night in a helpless launch on the Sound between Hood Canal and Everett, a party of nine Everett hunters arrived home yesterday afternoon. Just as they were inside the harbor, their tender capsized, one of the party was thrown into the water, and all their game was lost. The party, after hunting for two days near Llama Llama on Hood Canal, started for home Sunday evening, but their engine broke down several times, forcing them to drift for eight hours longer than expected.
“Just as they were inside the harbor, as a finale to their chapter of accidents, their tender was capsized.”
The unpredictability of the Puget Sound waters remains a constant theme in local history, reminding us that even recreational outings in the Pacific Northwest can turn into survival stories with little warning.
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