Fly Fisherman Killed By 600-Pound Boulder
Misso Was Fishing At Big Thompson Canyon
POSTED: 11:19 p.m. MDT April 19, 2003
UPDATED: 12:41 a.m. MDT April 20, 2003
DRAKE, Colo. -- A California man was struck and killed by a 600-pound boulder Saturday while fly fishing in Big Thompson Canyon.
Frank Misso Jr., 38, of Paradise, Calif., died at the scene, said Eloise Campanella of the Larimer County sheriff's office.
Misso and a friend, Michael Diggs of Fort Collins, were fishing in the canyon near Drake, about 70 miles northwest Denver, when the
boulder came loose from the wall above them at about 5 p.m., authorities said.
Diggs was approximately 50 yards from his friend when he saw the boulder land on Misso, Campanella said.
Larimer County Dive Rescue Team, Larimer County Sheriff's Deputies and
paramedics arrived at the scene within ten minutes. However, Misso was
pronounced dead at the scene.
Campanella said investigators believe the boulder's fall was an accident.
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