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4. Yeah, the reporting on this always says he was "rolled up"

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 28, 2022, 11:26 AM

Jan 2022

In my mind that makes me think the mat was on the ground and someone rolled him up in it, like you roll up a rug or a yoga mat, which wasn’t the case. He (most likely) fell into the void of a rolled or folded up mat that was by the bleachers and the wall.

I lived near Valdosta when this happened, there were all kinds of false stories floating around at the time it happened.

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This is just wrong Jilly_in_VA Jan 2022 #1

They did madville Jan 2022 #3

As tradgic as it is, think that is what happened. Photos look like he fell in a well upside down. Hoyt Jan 2022 #2

Yeah, the reporting on this always says he was "rolled up" madville Jan 2022 #4