We first introduced you to Rocky Detwiler last summer when he pulled a prosthetic leg out of the Boise River and gave it back to its owner, earning him a new nickname, the Boise River Robin Hood.
We first introduced you to Rocky Detwiler last summer when he pulled a prosthetic leg out of the Boise River and gave it back to its owner, earning him a new nickname, the Boise River Robin Hood.
INTRODUCED YOU TOROCKY DETWILERLAST SUMMER....AFTER HE FOUND APROSTHETIC LEGSWIMMING IN THEBOISE RIVER... ROCKYTRACKED DOWN ITSOWNER AND GAVETHE MAN BACK HISLEG.RECREATIONREPORTER STEVEDENT SHOWS USHOW THE BOISERIVER ROBIN HOODHAS DONE IT AGAIN."THIS IS WHERE IFOUND THE LEG."AFTER MEETINGROCKY DETWILERWHO DIVES IN THEBOISE RIVER."GOING TO FINDSOME TREASURESTODAY."I COULDN'T RESISTGIVING HIM A NEWNICKNAME."THE RIVER ROBINHOOD THE GUY WHOFINDS STUFF ANDGIVES STUFF BACK."PEOPLE LOSE A LOTOF STUFF IN THISPOPULAR STRETCHBUT SOME LOSESCAN BE DEVASTATINGIT'S BEEN THAT TYPEOF YEAR FOR JACOBWELTY."I'VE PRETTY MUCHLOST EVERYTHINGDURING THIS YEAR."JACOB NEARLY DIEDIN A CAR ACCIDENT INJANUARY HESUFFERED MULTIPLEINJURIES INCLUDINGAN AMPUTATION OFHIS LEFT LEG."IT'S DEFINITELYBEEN A PROCESS."A PROCESS HELPEDBY FLOATING THERIVER BUT THREEWEEKS AFTERGETTING APROSTHETIC LEGJACOB'S LEG CAMELOOSE IN THE BOISERIVER."WHEN HE LOST ITHE'S JUST IN PANICMODE HE'S TRYINGTO DIVE CAN'T GETTO IT GOES TO THESIDE OF THE RIVERAND HE JUSTBREAKS DOWN MYBUDDY DOUG ISTHERE WITH HISFAMILY HE JUSTHAPPENED TO BEFLOATING BY AND HESAW JACOB JUSTBREAK DOWN HESAID IT WAS ONE OFTHE HARDESTTHINGS HE'S EVERSEEN."BUT THANKS TOSOCIAL MEDIA DIVERSKNEW JACOB LOSTHIS LEG NEARFRIENDSHIP BRIDGE."I BOLTED DOWNHERE AS FAST AS ICOULD."THE SEARCH BEGANAND ON ROCKY'SSECOND PASS HEDISCOVERED THELEG."I JUST COME UP ANDI'M LIKE WOO HOO."THE WELTY'SCOULDN'T AFFORDANOTHERPROSTHETIC LEG SOWHEN JACOB'SPHONE RANG IT WASPRETTY SPECIAL."HE SAID YOUR LEGIS NOT IN THE RIVERSO I KIND OFTHOUGHT ABOUT ITAND DIDN'T KNOWWHAT TO THINK ANDHE'S LIKE BECAUSE IPULLED IT OUT ANDTHAT GOT TO ME ANDTHEN MY MOMSTARTED CRYINGLIKE A LITTLE BABY."AND FOR THESECOND TIME IN AYEAR ROCKYRETRIEVED APROSTHETIC LEGOUT OF THE RIVERAND RETURNED ITBACK TO THEIROWNERS THESEUNBELIEVABLEENCOUNTERS HAVEINSPIRED THE BOISERIVER ROBIN HOODTO TAKE ANOTHERSTEP IN HELPINGOTHERS."AFTER GETTING THERIVER ROBIN HOODNAME I PUTTOGETHER AFACEBOOK PAGECALLED RIVER ROBINHOOD WHERE YOULOSE ANYTHING YOUCAN POST IT ANDGIVE US DETAILS ANDI WILL GO FIND IT."AND HE ALREADY HASFISHING OUT A PAIROF 600 DOLLARPRESCRIPTIONSUNGLASSES FOR AWOMAN WHO LOSTTHEM AT QUINNSPOND."WHAT'S UP MANTHESE AREAWESOME."NOT ONLY DOES HEHELP CLEAN UP THERIVER."OH MAN THIS IS LIKEFLIP FLOP CITY HEREHOLY SMOKES."WHILE FINDING SOMEVERY UNUSUALITEMS."HOW DO YOU LOSEYOUR SHORTS IN THERIVER MAN I DON'TKNOW HOW THATHAPPENS."HE HAS TAKEN HISPASSION."I LOVE IT."AND PUT IT TOWARDSGIVING VALUABLESBACK TO PEOPLEWHO THOUGHTWERE GONEFOREVER."I CAN'T THANKROCKY ENOUGH FOREVERYTHING HE DIDTO HELP ME."STEVE DENT IDAHONEWS SIX.