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Strange happenings on Rabbit Island Last night at about 12:30 am North Shore residents were awakened to a loud bang and the sound of helicopters in the distance. The loud explosion came from Rabbit Island, a small desolate piece of land sitting on the South Thompson River between the North Shore and South Shore, and very close to the Domtar Pulp Mill. The island, VAN HOUTTE which COFFEEhas no practical use as most ofAVAILABLE it is covered in water during the spring run off, was the scene of what appeared to be a plane crash out • eat-in • take at first. y • deliver Resident Jimmy Walker, who lives in an apartment over looking the river, said he saw “weird lights” in the sky before the crash. “I was 205 Tranquille Road, Kamloops sitting outside having a cigarette Mon 4pm-11pm, Tues Thurs 11am-11pm, Fri Sun 11am-Midnight • www.kamipizza.com and looked up and saw three lights zigzagging above my apartment.” Jimmy went back inside after losing sight of the lights and suddenly heard a loud crash. “It shook my house and scared the heck out of me. I went back outside and saw the fire.” According to another eyewitness, a frightened girl who did not want to be named stated that soon after the fire two black helicopters landed on the island. “I couldn’t see very well but it looked like yellow chemical men came out of the helicopters!” Another witness said there were no fire trucks and only two or three Smoke rising from a mysterious crash. police cars on the road leading to
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the pulp mill. “They were blocking both ends of the road. They weren’t letting anyone through. It was really weird.” At aboutThursday, 2:00 amMay our19 reporters from the North Shore Echo finally got word of the incident. At about 2:15 am two of us, including myself, went to the south end of the river by the pulp TIME mill OFFER to see if we LIMITED for business 250.376.2411 could open get access to the crash site. We were quickly stopped by police on the dark road and turned back towards the Overlanders Bridge. At 2:30 am we arrived onto King Street and Royal Avenue where a small group of onlookers were gathered around a police car. We spoke to Constable Jenkins who quoted, “No comment,” when asked about the incident. We followed the group of onlookers and made our way to the beach where a crowd had gathered. Across the island a flickering light danced through the trees in the distance. You could barley make out the helicopters and you couldn’t hear much through the panic and chatter of the eyewitnesses. The fire was faintly visible but it almost had a green glow to it. One male witness let me use a pair of binoculars briefly and I saw around seven or eight men in yellow HAZMAT suits spraying the fire with white retardants. At about 4:30 am, after quietly waiting for - continued on page 2
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