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About 4 yrs ago. I was down the river swimming with my brother and his kids. It is a popular swimming spot. As it is right in the middle of town, and easy to get to. It is also a park. very popular with the grey nomads, who like to pull up for a rest in the shade and have some lunch or what ever. There is a sharp incline leading to the spot where we were swimming. As we were sitting on up of the hill, having a rest. A car pulled up. In which a young man, about 19/20 yrs old hoped out and sat on the grass, beside his car. He was 20/30 foot in front of us. There was nothing unusual about him. He sat there for about 10 mins. Then got and walked to the back of his car. Where he pulled out a shotgun. He turned to look at my brother and i. (luckily for my brother two kids. They had walked up to the public toilets. About a 100 feet away.) My first thought was "o. We're fucked." He stared at us for a min or so. Probably less. (felt like a hours. ) Smiled. Then turned back around to face the river. Put the gun under his chin and pulled the trigger. his body slumped to the ground. And rolled into the river. Which was about 10 feet or so away from where he was. We went down to the edge of the river to where he had rolled. A bunch of grey nomads came rushing down to us. One old duck asked my brother to go in and get him. Which he replied. "Why he isn't going anywhere. Just call the police they can do it." his body started to float away. So i had to jump in to pull it back to the bank. Where i then thought. If he did this tomorrow. I would be getting paid for this.. Talking to his father later on that night. It turns out he did this because his gf broke up with him. I thought, what a stupid thing to do. As she mustn;t have felt anything for him anymore. So why end your life over someone who doesn't care about you. For he is dead. And she will move on to other men etc. I think the wise thing to do was to either just move on. Or shoot her first. That and the fact. I was going to make a mud slide. Where he had fell in. Made for a very bad afternoon, indeed.
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