# Drunk man swims across Detroit River

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-man-swims-across-detroit-river/664396>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 24, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-man-swims-across-detroit-river/664396 "2013-07-24T17:32:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-man-swims-across-detroit-river/664396/1 "2013-07-24T17:32:29Z")

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[http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2013/07/23/drunk-man-attempts-swim-across-detroit-river/](http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2013/07/23/drunk-man-attempts-swim-across-detroit-river/)

Shouldn’t he also be busted for entering the United States illegally?

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**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-man-swims-across-detroit-river/664396/2 "2013-07-24T17:37:59Z")

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You’d have to be drunk to even want to **get** in the Detroit River.

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**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-man-swims-across-detroit-river/664396/3 "2013-07-24T18:11:45Z")

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I don’t know, seems kind of cool. The man had a dream and he lived it. Don’t know what kind of swimmer he is, but its not that far of a swim, about half a mile or so according go Google Maps.

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**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-man-swims-across-detroit-river/664396/4 "2013-07-24T18:15:20Z")

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Wait. He claims he made it, but was found swimming on the Canadian side having jumped in the water from Canada. I call bullshit. You hear that, Disneyman? Bullshit! 😛

The best part of the article:

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> Morillo said he’s also been barred from any city property on the waterfront. Besides that, he had his irate mother to deal with.
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> “She just hung up on me,” said Morillo. “She said ‘you’re just so stupid."

I think she nailed it.

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-man-swims-across-detroit-river/664396/5 "2013-07-24T18:20:58Z")

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As someone who also went on a few inebriated swims across rivers and lakes back in the day, all I can say is “Way to go you, you… big dumbass.”

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**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-man-swims-across-detroit-river/664396/6 "2013-07-25T03:09:46Z")

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> [@Crafter\_Man](#):
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> Shouldn’t he also be busted for entering the United States illegally?

He should get a tetanus shot and tested for possible toxin contamination. I mean, seriously, the Detroit River is not a clean body of water.