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A 19-year-old man, who police say was tripping on two hits of acid, injured his face after making a sudden dive off a wall into Boulder Creek late last week.
The man, whose name was not released by police pending completion of their investigation, has a listed address in Henderson.
Boulder police spokeswoman Sarah Huntley said the man and a couple of his friends were heading towards downtown Boulder on foot from somewhere near the University of Colorado campus Friday night.
She said they had all consumed LSD.
Around 9 p.m., Huntley said the man suddenly got up on a ledge lining the creek near the underpass at Arapahoe Avenue and Broadway and dove headfirst into a rocky section of the waterway.
She said an independent witness confirmed the incident.
The teen suffered non-life threatening facial injuries and was transported to the hospital, Huntley said.
She said police are still looking into whether to make an arrest on drug-related charges.
Posted by Flatirony on October 6, 2008 at 3:48 p.m. (Suggest removal)
That had to be a fun evening, tripping your face off and all...
Posted by blacksho89 on October 6, 2008 at 3:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Thanks a lot! Now everyone at work wants to know what I was laughing at!
Posted by the_daily_tracks_what_you_read on October 6, 2008 at 3:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)
punishment should be making him repeat the act sober
Posted by roc on October 6, 2008 at 4:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)
FRIED!
Posted by siggy1123 on October 6, 2008 at 4:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)
We need to get these kids under control. Very sad story.
Posted by voice_of_reason on October 6, 2008 at 4:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)
OUCH!!!
Posted by MayorMfumbo on October 6, 2008 at 4:51 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Heck, I did that once too ... but I flapped my wings and away I went.
He must have eaten some of that low quality acid that is common in Boulder. That cheap acid the cops put out at our waterholes really inhibits the flying ability during a trip. Just say no!
Posted by sfld1 on October 6, 2008 at 5:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)
whoa bro, how deep you think this river is???
gotta be at least a hundred feet...
how far you think it is from this cliff we're standing on to the river??
gotta be at least a hundered feet too....
you don't think the acid we're on is making it look like a bigger leap than it actually is??
no way brah.
sweet dude, i'm going for it!!! I'll swim back to shore after i dive in!!!
Posted by brinkleys_bud on October 6, 2008 at 5:33 p.m. (Suggest removal)
These things happen in Boulder.....
Posted by windskull on October 6, 2008 at 5:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)
ya know I wonder what former Bronco turned WWE Wrestler Droz who landed wrong in a choreographed stunt that paralyzed him from the neck down thinks about such comments...
Posted by meatpieandtatters on October 6, 2008 at 6:03 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Experience is the best way to learn. *note to self: don't do acid and dive into shallow rocky creek*
Posted by biker_joe on October 6, 2008 at 7:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)
We need to dredge that section of creek and make it safe for our youth to trip there.
Posted by foreign_correspondent on October 6, 2008 at 8:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)
If you listen to the music, you're gonna pay the piper.
At least it wasn't off the roof of a 2 story house.
Posted by joker49 on October 6, 2008 at 8:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)
What ever happened to those flashbacks they promised us?
Posted by bigdundooley on October 6, 2008 at 8:37 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I was driving down Arapahoe and somebody handcuffed by police and he had no pants on and his penis was hanging out. Was that this guy? If so it must have been chilly water.
Posted by joker49 on October 6, 2008 at 9:03 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Don't do the brown acid.
Posted by Redwolf on October 6, 2008 at 9:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)
http://www.saferchoice.org
Posted by ewilson on October 8, 2008 at 7:39 a.m. (Suggest removal)
"somewhere near the University of Colorado campus"
No surprise.
On another note, why the consideration of whether or not to bring charges? Having LSD in your system is POSSESSION. If you can pull someone off a city street for being publically intoxicated, you can damn sure bust someone for being under the influence of LSD.
Once again. Chief Mark Beckner shows his incompetence both as a leader and a law enforcement official.
While he and his cronies are busy "looking into" things, the rest of us are looking at them and laughing.
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