PostPosted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 8:13 pm Post subject: Reply with quote
It was monkey! It was thrown over the cliff to get a rise out of Stephen Frederickson who was like 11 or 12 at the time. I think one of the staff later killed it with a machete. It was thrown over during a facility meeting where the majority of the kids from all three beaches were present I think the meeting was called by Dace regarding some change in the school procedures or something. I remember he thought it was pretty funny.
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So - it looks like it was Dace Goulding who thought it was funny. Vaifanua isn't metioned by name in the thread (unless I over looked it) So, I am thinking I must remember having been told of his envolvment by my friend who spoke with Stephen about it. I'll talk to her later and see what she remembers.
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I went digging through some archived material, and found the following, which indicates Stephen did in fact confirm it was Viafanua who threw the puppy off of the cliff.
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We learned something new this past week.
While in Samoa - he had a puppy. He was allowed this puppy b/c of his extreme young age.
However - one night during a meeting of the families and staff - the director, Brian Viafanua, took the puppy and threw it over a cliff. Apparently the fall didn't kill it, as a Samoan staff member later finished it off with a machete.
Several boys from Paradise Cove posted this account on Fornits last Nov.
Not having heard this before, there was some tendency to doubt it. After all, it is difficult to believe these men would be That cruel - at least in front of so many witnesses.
Just this past week, Steven (the little boy, now a young man) called a friend of mine. . . He keeps in touch, calling once every few months maybe. . . She asked him if he remembered anyone throwing an animal off a cliff.
He then told the same story the boys had related on Fornits - it was his puppy - a little white dog, with brown spots, he had named Monkey.
Brian Viafanua, The man who threw the pup over the cliff, is a long time WWASP staff member. He stared his career at Cross Creek in Utah - moved to Paradise Cove in Samoa - then back to Cross Creek - and is now director of their Mid West academy, in Iowa.
Dace Goulding, who was also present when this took place, and is reported to have found it amusing - is another long time member of the WWASP web - has also been in charge of Casa By the Sea - the hellish Mexican program - closed now due to allegations of abuse - and he is now operating Darrington academy, in Georgia.
So, one is forced to conclude - throwing puppies off of cliffs, to terrorize little boys, is considered an acceptable modality of treatment in these programs, as these men have never suffered any kind of career set back as a result of these things
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