Robbie said the group does not intend to press charges and posted the video online as a message and lesson "to other people with like minds as theirs!"Īfter posting the video on Twitter and photos of the incident, Robbie tweeted a video on Tuesday that he was back out flying his pride flag. The sheriff's office told the Spokesman-Review they do not know the cause of the fire, but the three occupants, two men and a woman, were able to escape.
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USA TODAY has reached out to the Grant County Sheriff’s Office for comment. He called 911 and police arrived to extinguish the fire. He said the group was rude and didn't say much after being rescued. Robbie said his group pulled the occupants of the other boat out of the lake and took them to safety.
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In the video, the occupants of the other boat can be seen swimming while the boat behind them goes up in flames. The woman who had flipped the group off shouted: “Help us! We’re burning!” Robbie said. The other boat had exploded, and Robbie and his group sped toward them.
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The driver of the boat sped away once they noticed Robbie’s brother was filming but left a cloud of smoke, Robbie said.Ī few moments later, the group heard a bang from the other boat and a sputter, and Robbie’s brother said: “Holy crap! They blew up!” "They are doing this to humiliate us," Robbie's brother told him. He asked his brother to start recording in hopes to avoid conflict, but it did not stop the other boat from circling six or seven times, causing extensive waves. Robbie, who isn't sharing his last name for safety reasons, said he saw a woman stick up her middle finger and later heard "someone shout what I thought to be the word 'gays.'”
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Pride is back in 2021: Here's how to celebrate with parades, in-person and online events Pride Month: Photos celebrate the LGBTQ community The Grant County Sheriff’s Office said officers viewed the video of the incident, which appears to have taken place Sunday, and were trying to reach out to the boat's occupants, according to a Facebook post.Ī passenger on the boat told USA TODAY he was with his girlfriend, his brother and his brother’s partner and were flying multiple LGBTQ and transgender rights flags when another boat approached them. #pride #lgbtq #boat #Fail #Karma #Gay #hate #sorrynotsorry ♬ Oh No - Kreepa The sheriff’s office said it has been attempting to contact those involved with questions.Safely got them out of the water immediately. Fumes built up when it tried to speed away and the engine ignited. Then, their boat literally blew up! #KarmaIsReal”Īccording to the boat caught fire because of a damaged carburetor, or it took in water and stalled. The Grant County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene and towed the flaming boat to tweeted: “These people harassed my family because we were flying gay pride flags in Moses Lake Washington, by racing around us and shouting gay slurs.
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According to Twitter, took the victims back to the dock. In a following video, the fire victims get into the Twitter user’s boat. Then, the video cuts to the boat on fire with the occupants swimming toward the Twitter user. Twitter user edited video of the event went viral over the weekend, with more than 500,000 views as of Tuesday, of what appears to be a blue vessel before it catches fire, circling the Twitter user’s boat and someone raising up a middle finger. Little information is confirmed of a boat fire Sunday afternoon on Moses Lake, but mechanical trouble might have caused the blaze.