- Date
- 1985-10-12
- Kind
- Accident
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- accidentpublic-servicecommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On October 12, 1985, Jeff Teeter was injured by birdshot while hunting grouse with his uncle, Ernie Williams. The Beaver Beacon reported that Teeter was flown to Charlevoix and received stitches.
Evidence limits
This is a brief newspaper injury report, not a medical, hunting, or incident- investigation record.
Sources
- Reports that Jeff Teeter was bird hunting with his uncle Ernie Williams on October 12 when a grouse flew between them and Ernie shot, striking Jeff in the face, hand, and leg; Jeff was flown to Charlevoix and received stitches. It is a brief newspaper injury report, not a medical, hunting, or incident-investigation record. 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 · 1985-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nine-page November issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the injury report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-11_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Jeff Teeter is injured in an October bird-hunting shooting, 1985”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/jeff-teeter-bird-hunting-injury-1985/, accessed [date], citing Recouperating, Beaver Beacon, November 1985. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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