Man allegedly becomes too drunk to walk out of upper park

A man walking three dogs in upper Bidwell Park Wednesday night allegedly became so intoxicated he was unable to walk out of a canyon just upstream from the diversion dam and had to be rescued.

[juanita]

well, thank goodness the dogs are okay.

[sensible]

Perhaps they should've just left him there! He clearly didn't want to leave. I hope the cost of the rescue will be passed on to the man. I don't think our tax dollars should be paying for this kind of thing!

[fishy2me]

Should have let him sleep it off.

[Tom]

"The victim, identified as Erik Cooper, 44, was also arrested on suspicion of being drunk in public, assaulting a firefighter and violation of probation stemming from a DUI conviction with prior offenses."

Since when is a low life drunk who's on probation for DUI considered a victim?

[Tom]

Erik Cooper is on probation for DUI with a prior DUI. They should have left this drunk POS to die before he kills some innocent person.

[Outsider]

Hey, the dude was just taking a walk in the park! He wasn't hurting anything. People need to stand up for the rights of citizens who want to use the park, a right we have as tax paying citizens.

[Meglamouth]

Outsider wrote:

Hey, the dude was just taking a walk in the park! He wasn't hurting anything. People need to stand up for the rights of citizens who want to use the park, a right we have as tax paying citizens.

Hint: Read the article BEFORE making a post. "Dude" was reported as missing. Turned out he was too intoxicated to take care of himself, which is actually a crime *gasp*! Dude also apparently has a problem with alcohol since he's on probation for it. For the love of God, please pull your head out of your poop shoot, Outsider.

[vet sixties era]

Outsider wrote:

Hey, the dude was just taking a walk in the park! He wasn't hurting anything. People need to stand up for the rights of citizens who want to use the park, a right we have as tax paying citizens.

You have to be kidding me, if you have any dogs get hammered go on a hike break your leg and get back to me I think you would have a different outlook on life.

[methprevention]

They do arrest people for being drunk in public in Chico! Do they arrest drunk college students downtown or only when they are walking dogs in the park?

[thetroubleisnoti nparadise]

i have gotten hammered and taken the dogs out for a walk.... better than driving! Think the lady jumped the gun and now her "dude's' in trouble..
Thanks for your tax dollars dude because we know you will pay for this one........
lighten up RB vet... i guess the leg breaking part might be bad!!!!

[stephens1949]

It is apparently true about the dog being mans best friend.
Any woman with a cell phone can be dangerous. Especially when there are fire and risque personnel who covet the hero image, a guys women and see where there is an opportunity to make a buck. He really set himself up, all things considered.

[Joe Sixpack]

Wasn't me.

[Joe Sixpack]

Now to all of you gunlovers out there. Should drunks be banned from having cars? Should pyschos be banned from getting guns?

[All things considered]

stephens1949 wrote:

He really set himself up, all things considered.

Stephens really set himself up (yet again) with more of his foolish comments. Why are we not surprised?

[vet sixties era]

thetroubleisnotinparadise wrote:

i have gotten hammered and taken the dogs out for a walk.... better than driving! Think the lady jumped the gun and now her "dude's' in trouble..
Thanks for your tax dollars dude because we know you will pay for this one........
lighten up RB vet... i guess the leg breaking part might be bad!!!!

I was just commenting on the ER version of the story that the guy possibily broke his leg.

[stephens1949]

Did he or did he not break his leg?
It is not very often that a risque is being performed in the upper park and these boys needed to get as much publicity and money as they could, don't ya think. Like I said the poor son of a gun really should have predicted it is a trap, a set up.
We can not blame anyone particularly, our whole social system is rotting.

[stephens1949]

I seriously doubt that he or anyone else were in danger or that he was even as drunk as it is claimed. This is typical of the over protecting civil services are doing. And it is all for profit and the increases they want in our taxes. It could be that an empty bottle was found and put in his hand.

[vet sixties era]

stephens1949 wrote:

I seriously doubt that he or anyone else were in danger or that he was even as drunk as it is claimed. This is typical of the over protecting civil services are doing. And it is all for profit and the increases they want in our taxes. It could be that an empty bottle was found and put in his hand.

True the ER likes to add drama to their stories and info given to us the readers and we just go by what they report.

[Roger Dolochycki]

If you want to dance, you got to pay the fiddler. Thats alcohol for you.

[Brandy32]

stephens1949 wrote:

Did he or did he not break his leg?
It is not very often that a risque is being performed in the upper park and these boys needed to get as much publicity and money as they could, don't ya think. Like I said the poor son of a gun really should have predicted it is a trap, a set up.
We can not blame anyone particularly, our whole social system is rotting.

What the hell is a risque?