A Launceston man in his 50s, his 21-year-old son, who lived in Hobart, and a 30-year-old friend from Launceston, were found dead in their caravan at Miena, near Little Pine Lagoon, on Saturday morning. Their bodies were discovered by the trio's hunting companions, a man and his nine-year-old son, who had spent the night in a tent nearby. Police believe the men, who were camping in the Central Highlands of Tasmania, Australia's island state 149 miles (240km) south of the mainland, were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning.
We used to have an old propane fridge in our hunting camp. Since it was so old, parts were hard to find so I started looking online only to find out that exact fridge was suspected of killing 21 people total from carbon monoxide poisoning over the years. The manufacturer was actually paying $50 to you if you disposed of it if you owned one. Needless to say we collected our $50 after we found that out.
