I heard about this today, but with a slightly more bat-excrement-crazy slant;
Source:
http://www.mwpr.ca/show11259a0x300y1z/S ... _MAN_CRAZY
Late last week a helicopter pilot from Lakelse Air was possibly infected by the ancient Spirits of the Tahltan and Gitxsan. He picked up a shotgun and as he proclaimed this was the ‘end of the world’ began shooting at his helicopter and then engaged in a gun battle with others working to disrupt the Klappan, the source of the water for all the northwest rivers; the source of all life.
Although no one we contacted from Lakelse Air wished to discuss the incident, or wished to go on record, the details were confirmed.
And it was a gun battle, as described by one anonymous source calling it a shootout at the OK Fortune Mine.
Fortune Minerals has renamed their proposed Coal Mine at the Klappan, the Sacred Headwaters of the Stikine, Nass and Skeena Rivers from the Klappan Project to the Arctos Project as they realized the sensitivity of the Klappan region and the associated name would spark more attention and resistance.
All three major rivers have the Klappan Mountain, the site of the incident, as the primary source of their waters.
The pilot reportedly did two specific things. He started the helicopter in a situation called a hot start, with the cowling covers still in place and fried a very expensive turbine as he shot at the helicopter repeatedly. He then turned his gun towards the crews on the ground.
They then gathered their guns and began shooting back.
It was a scene out of a western movie as bullets were flying.
The last report we received described how the pilot then went towards the bunkhouse rooms and when he tripped a junior apprentice engineer was able to get the gun away and others then tackled him. They wrapped him in Duct tape to secure him.
Calls to Lakelse Air staff confirmed there was an incident but they refused to discuss the details. A call to the owner has yet been responded to.
The Klappan is the most Sacred of territories to the Indigenous peoples of Northwest BC, the Sacred Circle.
The Tahltan and the Gitxsan have been steadfast in their combined opposition to any activity disturbing the region.
One man going nuts is just a canary in the mineshaft. Either the only people who would dare to destroy the peaceful pure waters and environment of the Sacred Circle are crazy or those who participate will go crazy, as did the Officer from Winnipeg, Manitoba who shot John Joseph Harper. Either way, the Mine and the individuals involved are making every effort to ensure this story does not see the light of day.
