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The post linked to by the parent is just an unfounded rumor created by someone on Reddit, with very little basis:

I'm going to call it. From his last video(Aug 11th 2018): https://youtu.be/oH41gGBVpkE We see he is at the Dalles county library.

Later in the evening (Aug 11th, 2018), The Dalles Chronicle reports an unknown man was hit by a train: https://tinyurl.com/ybakopls*

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His sister's facebook page has a post memorializing him.

That doesn't mean he committed suicide or that a train was involved.

It's since been confirmed that Terry was indeed struck by a train in The Dalles, OR.
The only question which remains is wether it was suicide or not. A witness described him as "straddling the tracks". It doesn't seem likely to be an accident.

Confirmed by whom? Can you provide a link to something authoritative? I feel that another comment on the Internet making a claim only adds to noise, not signal.

https://twitter.com/WildGoose1776/status/1037056798195372032
If you require more authoritative firsthand confirmation, phone the PD yourself.

This is a random, anonymous person on Twitter named "WildGoose", which is not credible IMO. By now, I hope we have learned not to trust such things. Does anyone have a credible source?

> Does anyone have a credible source?
Yes, the police department of The Dalles, OR. I believe you have both their phone number and email address.

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