Like many fellow scouts, he fell into his profession accidentally.

In August, Mr. Farrelly, 54, took his sons and fellow scouts, who called him Smiles, kayaking in Maine.

Shortly thereafter he was being caught up on the developments by his fellow scouts.

At one point either Dixon or Chapman was injured and stranded outside of the wallow and the other ventured out to retrieve his fellow scout.

"I believe Ellis could make a dog laugh," Spud Chandler, the Yankee pitcher of the 1940's and fellow scout, once said.

He and his fellow scouts had found their way with the aid of an excellent map, provided by Dagnarus, though he did not know it.

He and his fellow scouts struck at night, when no one would be around.

An Eagle Scout, Douglas still teaches weather and astronomy merit badge to fellow scouts.

One of his fellow scouts had once described thedyheli as "backbones covered with hair, balanced on four springs," which was about as succinct a description as Snowfire had ever heard.

He talks of letters and emails that poured in to his family, and he also talks of fellow scouts and hockey personnel pulling him aside and giving their support.