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In 1991, Pat Tagliaferro, left, and Merv Johnson of Art Dogs worked on a platform for a giant inflatable bag that was used by the TV show “Stuntmasters” to catch people jumping from as high as 200 feet from the Coeur d’Alene Resort.

In 1991, Pat Tagliaferro, left, and Merv Johnson of Art Dogs worked on a platform for a giant inflatable bag that was used by the TV show “Stuntmasters” to catch people jumping from as high as 200 feet from the Coeur d’Alene Resort.

October 25, 2026

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Sky-high stunts
October 25, 2026 1:05 a.m.

Sky-high stunts

‘I focus on where I’m going — the spot’

Janet Lee Orcutt wasn’t suicidal or intoxicated when she jumped from the eighth story of the Coeur d’Alene Resort and plunged head-first toward Lake Coeur d’Alene. She was working.