This is frackin’ spooky
July 31, 2007 by John in Interesting/Trivia
Crews recover one body from Kern River
For the second time in three days, a man has drowned in the killer Kern River.
Officials said 38-year-old John Bedard of Lucerne Valley drowned while swimming with his family near Keyesville on Sunday.
Authorities say they were not wearing life jackets. Rescuers found Bedard’s body about half-a-mile from where family members first saw him go under.
The Sheriff’s Department said they got word of this tragic accident while looking for the body of 68-year-old Marvin Silver.
Silver fell out of a White Water Voyages rafting tour boat on Friday, and has not been seen since.
Actually my first thought was, “Well, I never go swimming, so there.” 
It may be a bit narcissistic, but I have a Google New Alert set up on my name. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your perspective) most of the news is about an Erik Bedard, some kind of pro athlete (baseball, I think).