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Facebook post from Annie’s Campground leads to backlash
GRESHAM, Wis. (WAOW) -- A campground's Facebook post following the drowning death of a 5-year-old on Friday is drawing controversy.
After the death at Annie's Campground in Gresham, owner Ann Retzlaff took to Facebook, posting "know that little man is in a much better place filled with the loving arms of our Lord, Jesus the Christ."
She then went on to say, in the same post, "We do have some availability. Please stop in the office or call or book online."
And that's when the backlash started, with several people reaching out to News 9 and dozens of others commenting.
Among the responses: "Are you seriously using a child's death to promote your campground?" and "Separate the promotion from the tragedy."
At Annie's Campground on Monday, Retzlaff said she hadn't had time to check on social media over the busy holiday weekend.
"Honestly, I don't know what's on social media right now," Retzlaff said. "I haven't had time to read it, so I really can't respond to the comments."
When shown the responses to her post, she pushed back on what people were saying, but didn't directly say whether she thought her original post was inappropriate.
Instead, she said she was "supportive" toward the family as well as others at the campground, adding they all "had to experience the same traumatic event."
"From the hurtful hateful comments that continue to come my way after everything I post," Retzlaff said, "I could post that it's blue skies and sunshine today and the haters would jump on my page and hate me and say hurtful things."
As for the 5-year-old, police have not yet released any other details into the death.
GRESHAM, Wis. (WAOW) -- A campground's Facebook post following the drowning death of a 5-year-old on Friday is drawing controversy.
After the death at Annie's Campground in Gresham, owner Ann Retzlaff took to Facebook, posting "know that little man is in a much better place filled with the loving arms of our Lord, Jesus the Christ."
She then went on to say, in the same post, "We do have some availability. Please stop in the office or call or book online."
And that's when the backlash started, with several people reaching out to News 9 and dozens of others commenting.
Among the responses: "Are you seriously using a child's death to promote your campground?" and "Separate the promotion from the tragedy."
At Annie's Campground on Monday, Retzlaff said she hadn't had time to check on social media over the busy holiday weekend.
"Honestly, I don't know what's on social media right now," Retzlaff said. "I haven't had time to read it, so I really can't respond to the comments."
When shown the responses to her post, she pushed back on what people were saying, but didn't directly say whether she thought her original post was inappropriate.
Instead, she said she was "supportive" toward the family as well as others at the campground, adding they all "had to experience the same traumatic event."
"From the hurtful hateful comments that continue to come my way after everything I post," Retzlaff said, "I could post that it's blue skies and sunshine today and the haters would jump on my page and hate me and say hurtful things."
As for the 5-year-old, police have not yet released any other details into the death.
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