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Oklahoma: Residents Concerned as Thousands of Dead Fish Litter the Red River

07/08/2011 Leave a comment Go to comments

By Jalah Gray – “Love County, Oklahoma — Fishermen in a small community in southern Oklahoma are looking for answers after finding thousands of dead fish on the Red River.

‘I’ve never seen anything like it … they just..for some unknown reason they’re just dying,’ Bob Stewart.

Several residents in the Love County community of Courtney…near the Red River.. say thousands of fish have turned up dead over the past few days.

Lyndal Vanbuskirk and friends have been fishing the river for over 40 years now.

But this weekend they saw and smelled the stench from hundreds of fish carcasses out on dry land.

‘Something’s had to cause em to beach theirselves, it’s just not normal,’ said Lyndal Vanbuskirk.

Many of the locals tell us they suspect some sort of chemical spill…

And they say they’re concerned about people who are still eating fish from the river.” Read more.

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