When Salmon Attack

First I would like mention that tonight's photo is not that of a salmon, it is a trout, a rainbow trout to be exact caught in Jameson Lake about 1983 or 1984.

Back to tonight's story and tonight's story is about a boy named Walter Richmond who was attacked by a 35lb salmon on this date in 1941. Walter was crabbing alone the shore of Birch Bay back on July 9, 1941, when he came upon a couple salmon, one swam off, the other apparently had a death wise or was simply tied of kids like Walter wading in the water. Whatever the reason, the fish charged Walter, causing him to lose his crabby bounty. He fended out the salmon with a potato fork and when the salmon charged a second time Mr. Richmond sent the crazed salmon to the watery great beyond, via his parent's BBQ. Brave Walter Richmond, in medieval times, verse and song would be sung for him. But this being the dusty days prior to WWII, it became a forgotten tale.