- Date
- 1981-01-11
- Kind
- Accident
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- recreationtransportationpublic-servicecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On January 11, 1981, Larry Scholl’s newly acquired snowmobile reportedly ran unattended from his yard, across the harbor, and toward Beaver Island’s power station before rocks stopped it. The Beacon story closes with the safety lesson to check a snowmobile throttle before starting it.
Evidence and limits
The source is a humorous first-person-style community story. It does not give a repair bill, precise route, or independent witness statements.
Sources
- The humorous account says Larry Scholl’s snowmobile traveled unattended at full throttle from his yard, across the harbor, and toward the power station before striking rocks and stopping. It is a narrative account with an explicit safety moral, not an incident report or damage assessment. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1981-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held thirteen-page February issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the story.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1981-02_Beaver-Beacon
Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “An unattended snowmobile crosses Beaver Island harbor, 1981”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ghost-rider-snowmobile-1981/, accessed [date], citing Ham and Larry, “Ghost Rider On The Ice,” Beaver Beacon, February 1981. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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