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In the summer of 1951, William "Red" Hill Jr. rode over Niagara Falls in
a flimsy contraption consisting of 13 inner tubes held together with fish net
and canvas straps. He reffered to the contraption as "a Thing". Police made no
attempt to prevent the trip and thousands lined the river's edge to watch this
well-publicized event.
Towed out into the Niagara River from Usher's Creek on the Canadian side of
the river, he was set adrift into the swift current. Plummeting down, the "thing"
disappeared into the mist and boiling water at the base of the Falls. Seconds
later a tangle of inner tubes and torn netting emerged as well as Hill's air mattress.
The following day his battered body was recovered.
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