tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11125127.post113140365273361129..comments2023-05-02T10:52:43.408-04:00Comments on Church of the Big Sky: Spaghetti LegsMerujohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14123831956012950960noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11125127.post-1131520279758088532005-11-09T02:11:00.000-05:002005-11-09T02:11:00.000-05:00Years ago, I worked on a very low-budget movie tha...Years ago, I worked on a very low-budget movie that shot in Utah's Wasatch National Park.<BR/><BR/>One day, one of our drivers hit a moose. <BR/><BR/>Not only did the moose total the truck, but the driver got fined by the state of Utah for 'poaching' - killing wildlife without a permit.Peggy Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17598832247759626070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11125127.post-1131474491466161462005-11-08T13:28:00.000-05:002005-11-08T13:28:00.000-05:00Apparently, the kid was running full speed, and he...Apparently, the kid was running full speed, and he smacked his head right into the vehicle - sounds like he hit the car at the worst possible angle - and, if I'm recalling her account properly, he hit his head directly on something jutting out from the vehicle. (Light assembly? Hood ornament? It's been so long since I heard the story the last time, I've forgotten. If my mom was still around, she would be able to tell me right now, no doubt.) There was, Mom said, a lot of blood. Damn head wounds. <BR/><BR/>He was in a coma for several days - my parents kept going to the hospital to see how he was doing. Mom delayed her return to the airbase where she was stationed because she was so worried about this kid. The driver of the ice cream truck kept coming, too. He was so traumatized, he was in tears each time he came to see the kid. The parents said he tended to get "very focused" on things. (Makes me wonder if he didn't have a form of autism - I mean, damn - how do you not see an enormous parked car directly in your path?)<BR/><BR/>My mom saw him decades later - she recognized him on the street because of the big shock of white hair at the center of his forehead. She stopped to talk to him, and it turns out, he never regained his memory of the incident. My mother, however, was still talking about how horrible it was, well into her 70s...Merujohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14123831956012950960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11125127.post-1131472128700787762005-11-08T12:48:00.000-05:002005-11-08T12:48:00.000-05:00Wow! A coma? How fast was the kid running??Thank...Wow! A coma? How fast was the kid running??<BR/><BR/>Thank God that didn't happen on my wedding day!! Poor parents...Star Efferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160136975321178071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11125127.post-1131469283057220812005-11-08T12:01:00.000-05:002005-11-08T12:01:00.000-05:00I'm ibuprofen girl today - a little sore, but it c...I'm ibuprofen girl today - a little sore, but it could have been a lot worse. Hopefully, big Bambi buck is feeling better than I am today. (Although his days are likely numbered with our annual controlled kill here in Montgomery County.)<BR/><BR/>Fabe - my parents hit a kid with their car on their wedding day in 1944. Actually, the kid hit their car. My 'rents were parked on a street near the church, and the kid saw an ice cream truck coming down said street. He was so focused on getting ice cream, he totally ignored the big, black, steel car parked in his way. My mom was yelling at him, but he still ran headfirst into their car. He was in a coma for a while - his hair turned white around the spot where he smacked the car - and my mother had terrible flashbacks for years.<BR/><BR/>I'm glad your kid/car event did not turn out worse!!Merujohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14123831956012950960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11125127.post-1131466406689394312005-11-08T11:13:00.000-05:002005-11-08T11:13:00.000-05:00oooh. deer/car encounters rarely turn out as well ...oooh. deer/car encounters rarely turn out as well as this one did. <BR/><BR/>lucky both of you. glad you're both okay.suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04080418894779324914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11125127.post-1131465113310841952005-11-08T10:51:00.000-05:002005-11-08T10:51:00.000-05:00that's ok. i hit a 13 yr old kid once by Knott's ...that's ok. i hit a 13 yr old kid once by Knott's Berry Farm. it was 11pm, he had just shoplifted something from a giftshop and streaked across a busy street to run away from security. had i not slammed on the brakes and swerved at the last minute, he'd have been a goner for sure, and me clinically depressed for life.<BR/><BR/>sounds like you and your deer got a little banged up but nothing too serious. you'll both feel much better in a couple days...Star Efferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160136975321178071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11125127.post-1131434913296522292005-11-08T02:28:00.000-05:002005-11-08T02:28:00.000-05:00What a shocker! I'm sure Bambi has already forgott...What a shocker! I'm sure Bambi has already forgotten it, though! A good run'll get that stuff out of your body!authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06539583507723257043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11125127.post-1131426172816961792005-11-08T00:02:00.000-05:002005-11-08T00:02:00.000-05:00I've got a killer headache right now. Can't really...I've got a killer headache right now. Can't really sleep yet, and my back aches now. Yippee. However, considering how this could have turned out, I'm okay with the outcome...Merujohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14123831956012950960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11125127.post-1131424013442449952005-11-07T23:26:00.000-05:002005-11-07T23:26:00.000-05:00I'm glad your encounter turned out as well as it d...I'm glad your encounter turned out as well as it did.Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06168243108016358137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11125127.post-1131420822670986772005-11-07T22:33:00.000-05:002005-11-07T22:33:00.000-05:00I'm glad you're (more or less) okay. Take some ibu...I'm glad you're (more or less) okay. Take some ibuprofen and become a couch creature for a little while...Sasquatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06602445491422351810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11125127.post-1131414662092628582005-11-07T20:51:00.000-05:002005-11-07T20:51:00.000-05:00Crikey!Glad to hear you're (both) okay!Crikey!<BR/><BR/>Glad to hear you're (both) okay!paulnojustpaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18273253821300945620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11125127.post-1131406797755677802005-11-07T18:39:00.000-05:002005-11-07T18:39:00.000-05:00I'm sure you've heard the horror stories from peop...I'm sure you've heard the horror stories from people who have hit deer with worse results. Autumn is primo mating time for them, and their favorite time to be out doing these danger runs across the road is late afternoon/early evening, so everyone be alert.Washington Cubehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02892459114050731786noreply@blogger.com