Joel Rhys
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Joel Rhys
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I am Joel Rhys, head of the Colby Georgia Audiovisual Archive. Preserving, collecting, and sharing the history of the seaside town of Colby, Georgia.
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Hello! My name is Joel Rhys, and I am the head and sole contributor of the Colby Georgia Audiovisual Archive. Here on this account, I plan to share everything I can about our special town on the coast of Georgia.

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The image uploaded here was taken from a donated VHS-C tape. Unfortunately, the video of the incident lasted only for a second, and this was the clearest frame I could pull. However, in the coming days of this being posted, a Colby citizen donated another tape:

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1997 "Fly Away Kelly" incident - Colby Georgia Audiovisual Archive
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Moving at a speed of 7 miles per hour, the rogue department store flew over 400 feet above ground level, eventually crashing just before Colby city limits. Thankfully the store was unoccupied, however it was completely destroyed on impact.

Winds that day were light and variable.
Let's start off this account with an entry that made the rounds on Instagram shorts a week ago:

On November 18th, 1997, the historic Kelly's Outlet department store was ripped from its foundation and drifted northwest, just 6 days after the store had closed down.

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Hello! My name is Joel Rhys, and I am the head and sole contributor of the Colby Georgia Audiovisual Archive. Here on this account, I plan to share everything I can about our special town on the coast of Georgia.

You can find me on other platforms in the post below!
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