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bijou
10-13-2009, 02:10 PM
James Shore, 40, of Milwaukee and Kirby Brown, 38, of Westtown, New York, died last week after being overcome in a sweat lodge during a spiritual cleansing ceremony.

Nineteen other people were taken to hospital suffering from burns, dehydration, breathing problems, kidney failure or elevated body temperature.


Steve Waugh, Yavapai County Sheriff in Arizona, said his detectives were focusing on self-help expert and author James Arthur Ray and his staff as they try to determine if there was any criminal negligence.

He said Ray had refused to speak with authorities and left the state. No charges have been filed. ...

link (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6311726/Couple-die-during-spiritual-cleansing-ceremony.html)

Ray does seem to be acting a tad suspiciously in all this.
Rockntractor
10-13-2009, 02:25 PM
Steamed tree huggers? I guess this is bad. Shame on me!:(
Gingersnap
10-13-2009, 02:32 PM
When I saw that they had spread plastic tarps over the "sweat lodge", I knew we weren't dealing with any mental giants.
ExLiberal
10-13-2009, 03:04 PM
Very sad :(
jendf
10-13-2009, 04:50 PM
It's Sedona. They aren't exactly known for their clear thinking up there. Kooks-ville.
Rockntractor
10-13-2009, 05:09 PM
When I saw that they had spread plastic tarps over the "sweat lodge", I knew we weren't dealing with any mental giants.

Can we give them a Darwin award? Just sayin'
Bubba Dawg
10-13-2009, 07:36 PM
When I saw that they had spread plastic tarps over the "sweat lodge", I knew we weren't dealing with any mental giants.

Plastic. You're kidding me.

For a sweat lodge?!!!

Jeez. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
PoliCon
10-13-2009, 11:05 PM
Can we give them a Darwin award? Just sayin'

I second that nomination!
BadCat
10-13-2009, 11:33 PM
We've been laughing about this since it happened.

That'll teach those moonbats not to come to Arizona to sweat.
noonwitch
10-14-2009, 09:12 AM
I'll stick with the Jaccuzi at the community center. I've always thought that saunas were uncomfortable and somewhat dangerous. We had one in the basement of the dorm at WMU, and I rarely went into it.
expat-pattaya
10-14-2009, 09:48 AM
You need a sweat lodge to sweat in AZ? Who knew? :D