On a seemingly ordinary Wednesday, Harry Burleigh, a 69-year-old outdoorsman, bid farewell to his wife Stacy of 40 years, setting off for an overnight fishing trip to Toketee Lake.

His plan was simple: spend the night at the lake, chase some German brown trout the next day, and return home in time for Mother’s Day and Stacy’s birthday the following week.

“I caught a couple of nice ones, kissed them on the snout, and let them go,” Harry Burleigh reminisced about his fishing experience. However, as the wind picked up…