Perhaps You Were Not Meant To Be Together

A romantic marriage proposal on the Oregon coast turned deadly for the bride-to-be when a wave swept her out to sea. Ah...literally swept off her feet!

Scott Napper had taken 22-year-old Leafil Alforque to Killer Death Proposal Rock near Neskowin Beach to pop the question at a place that got its name from couples ready to marry. Napper and Alforque had been "dating" since they met on the interweb in 2005, and Alforque had arrived in Oregon on a visa from the Philippines just three days before.

Napper said the tide had receded around Proposal Rock on Saturday when the couple began to walk to it. He planned to propose and give her the ring he carried in his pocket.

About 10 feet from the rock, a wave about 3 feet high suddenly came toward them.

"I turned into it to keep from getting pulled under it," Napper said.

By the time he turned to find all 4'11" and 93 pounds of Alforque, she had been caught by the receding waters. "She was about 30 feet away, getting swept away," he said. The 45-year-old (it makes even more sense now) man tore off his jacket to get rid of any extra weight (excluding his future bride), and attempted to locate her, but when he looked up again she was gone.

"That's the last I saw of her," he said, breaking into tears. Emergency personnel called by a someone on the beach arrived within minutes. His own phone no longer worked after being exposed to the water. Along with rescuers, he searched for any sign of Alforque. At one point, he saw someone wearing red — the color of her jacket — on the shore signaling for him. But he quickly realized it was a rescuer.

Thick fog and dangerous water conditions hampered the rescue efforts before the search was suspended at the start of the week. Police don't suspect foul play...just a broken heart.