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Dare proves costly for would-be streaker
Canadian Press
Friday, November 8, 2002 – Page S5

Lethbridge, Alta. -- The would-be streaker who knocked himself out when he hopped naked onto the ice at a Calgary Flames hockey game says he was trying to make some money to put toward his education. Tim Hurlbut said he needed to buy new textbooks and, when two strangers offered him $200 to jump over the boards wearing only his red socks, it seemed like the perfect solution. But the plan went awry when Hurlbut slipped on the ice, knocked himself out and had to be carted off on a stretcher. Three weeks later, the 21-year-old Lethbridge Community College student has yet to see the money, owes $400 in ambulance bills and is facing mischief charges. "I was going to be up $200, but it kind of backfired on me," Hurlbut said. "Now I really can't afford those books."