Dave Leib, patrol lieutenant for the Flathead County Sheriff's Office, scans the churning water at Devil's Elbow on the South Fork of the Flathead River Thursday morning. Leib placed a weighted bag in the water to mimic the current's effect on a swimmer. The search for Gabriel Brown who went missing last Sunday near Devil's Elbow was called off Thursday. Jennifer DeMonte photos/Daily Inter Lake
July 22, 2005
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Searchers try a test, find churning trough
Searchers trying to determine what happened to a man who disappeared in the Flathead River Sunday conducted an experiment Thursday that was a graphic demonstration of the water's power.