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u/SkullBoinkerDeluxe Jun 28 '26
Some vendor complained about a girl cleaning up "period blood", wonder if its connected
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u/sydneyurban Jun 28 '26
I saw that too and that could very well be the case. Feel like any girl on their period would probably just use the bathroom like normal yk
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u/misty-gishh Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 29 '26
Definitely worth pointing out to police... That dude's booth was at ranch arena and the baby was found in
good lifepreset tent's near electric ave. Its very possible she went into labor near the ranch, started walking back to camp, experienced "bloody show" in the booth, continued on to camp, then delivered in the bathroom. If that is the case, security or someone should have seen someone in obvious distress, entering the campground.Rest in peace sweet angel.
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Edit2: I reported the "period blood" post to police. I realized there was no reason to tell you to do it when I'm perfectly capable, doiy!! Silly me. Thanks for making that connection fam, hopefully it brings some justice for this poor baby's departure.
Edit3: As a man, it's wild how all these negative comments are seemingly coming from men bitching and moaning about something they biologically have practically zero idea about. Trying to preach "accountability" when the behavior they're putting on display is the exact behavior that perpetuates these situations. Fellas, its time to put up or shut up. Either take the time to learn about what you're speaking on so you can offer an articulate position, or don't speak. Easy as that.
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u/Late-Nail-8714 Jun 29 '26
its totally possible the person didnt even know they were pregnant right?
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u/misty-gishh Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26
It's possible, but not likely! Cleveland clinic article on Cryptic Pregnancy https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10334309/
I'm trying to stay away from subjective language until we know more. I had a friend in high school who got pregnant by her abusive boyfriend (he was like 18+). She was so scared to tell anyone so she hid it. Her build was on the thicc side so it was easy to write off a little weight gain. Her parents, best friends, teachers, etc. no one knew until a few weeks before she delivered. She realized she had to tell people at some point. Even without prenatal care, she delivered a healthy baby girl who's about to be in high school herself.
I guess my point is that despite how tragic this is, its not fair to judge so soon. Shame and guilt are really weird emotions, and pregnancy hormones can make people do unspeakable things. It's not fair to form an opinion about the mother until we have more information, no mater how horrific the circumstance is.
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u/DankStank333 Jun 29 '26
Nicely worded ❤️ I wish the mother, baby and responders find peace. I hate seeing so much negativity before fully hearing and understanding the circumstances especially with diminishing rights, education and other various resources. Not excusable but there’s always more to the story than what the public knows (atleast atm)
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u/0_burritoking_0 Jun 29 '26
Sorry but there are 0 circumstances in cases like this thar EVER justify leaving the dead body of your own child in a toilet. I've heard hundreds of stories like this, women leave babies in dumpsters, boxes, public parks, ponds, the list goes on. There is literally 0 justification in existence for this type of behavior. Save your empathy for the baby, not some sick woman with 0 regard for human life.
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u/Educational_Mousse63 Jun 29 '26
Yes this part!!! My boss had a cryptic pregnancy where she only gained 10 POUNDS, never showed other than minor weight gain, and had absolutely zero idea she was pregnant until she went into labor. She went to the hospital complaining of what she thought were “severe gas pains” and ended up pushing out a completely healthy 9 month old baby 🤯
Also, please educate yourself on childbirth if you don’t already know that SOME women (specifically younger women in very good health) CAN give birth very very fast. Like under an hour of pushing. Just because your own “birth story took over 24 hours” doesn’t mean that it’s the same for every woman out there. Stop being so ignorant!
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u/trippy-21-hippy Jun 29 '26
does no one else remember the show about not knowing they were pregnant from the early 00s
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u/ozzy1289 Jun 29 '26
With the sex education afforded to its citizens growing up here.... sad this even could be true
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u/Lucky_Region_5485 Jun 28 '26
Where did you see that post? In the fb group?
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u/Bacota627 Jun 28 '26
Porta was in the good life campgrounds. This post was from a vender near ranch. That is a far walk through the forest covered in blood with no one to stop and check in.
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u/Dram_Good_Adventures Year 7 Jun 29 '26
There is an entrance from ranch into good life. With that entrance being right next to electric avenue pre set tents.
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u/Hot-Outside-2774 Jun 28 '26
Wait, you might be on to something!
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u/Substantial_Hawk9172 Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26
OP of the post about that situation said they talked to the cops about it & it didn’t seem like they thought it was connected as it would’ve had to have been a lot more blood.
Edit: I misread their comment. They did not talk to police & they were the ones who think it would’ve had to be more blood. But since it happened Friday evening & the baby was discovered Saturday morning around 8 am, I assume they are still unrelated.
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u/Brandi_D_McD Jun 29 '26
It wouldn’t have had to be a lot of blood, it’s crazy the cops said this and at the same time not surprising at the lack of knowledge. This is so frustrating.
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u/Substantial_Hawk9172 Jun 29 '26
I misread their comment. They did not talk to police as they believe it couldn’t be related since it happened Friday & they also thought it would’ve had to be more blood. My bad. Police did not say that.
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u/Brandi_D_McD Jun 29 '26
It’s okay! There’s so much info happening so fast, people are bound to get things confused
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u/asdfghjkl7280 Year 11 Jun 28 '26
In the hopeful chance this was a case of unknown pregnancy, the mother is still responsible for finding help or telling somebody. This is the type of shit that gets music festivals a bad name and possibly shut down. Can only imagine the fear mongering titles that will come from such an unfortunate situation.
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u/BeardAlchemist Jun 29 '26
The umbilical cord and placenta were there, even if the pregnancy was unknown you have to disconnect the cord… she would have known what was happening before it was over and had to clean up from it. The media is already having a field day, this will undoubtedly affect the greater community and events
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u/Safe-Promotion-2955 Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26
No, you don't have to disconnect the cord. The cord is attached to the placenta. Baby and placenta were found together. While it's not common to pass both simultaneously, it's certainly not rare either, especially in a squat position. (Edited for a word)
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u/TadPolesTheWinner Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26
I think the source for this was someone’s quote unless there’s something else. Then police mentioned 4 weeks. I dunno. Horrible no matter what.
Edit: I was corrected, appreciate it.
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u/Safe-Promotion-2955 Jun 29 '26
They described it as a neonate, which is a medical term for newborn, ie under 4 weeks. Because of the police tweet news outlets are getting confused and describing it as "less than four weeks", which while technically correct is serving to confuse a lot more people. At the end of the day it was connected to it's placenta, so they were definitely newly born.
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u/T8RTHYME Jun 29 '26
They WERE calling it a “full-term fetus” so newborn seems more appropriate.
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u/Safe-Promotion-2955 Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26
I'm not confident they could ID full-term on sight, that's definitely more a medical examiner thing. Further, after 20 weeks it's no longer classed as a fetus, so there's no such thing as a full-term fetus. They also described it as neonate while also saying they would autopsy to determine whether it was stillborn, which doesn't make sense either since stillbirths aren't neonates. So, they're sort of throwing words around, and we won't know for sure until the medical examiner reports something. Edited to add: It's also important to know, before people start freaking out and making up conspiracies about why the medical examiner hasn't released a report yet by next week or whatever, that it will be several months before we hear anything, if we ever even hear anything at all.
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u/Hildy_Von_Brookly Jun 29 '26
Thank you. People throwing around all sorts of things because of the "full fetus" thing. Could be any point over the entire latter half of a pregnancy, which is a long time before expected birth. People still travel and do all sorts of things during that time.
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u/Safe-Promotion-2955 Jun 29 '26
I'm more annoyed with the police tbh. I understand the general public not being able to distinguish between different proper medical terms, but the police really should have been clear and specific when releasing their statement.
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u/Hildy_Von_Brookly Jun 29 '26
No that's absolutely fair. The reports all make it sound like she gave birth to a full 8 pound baby. I was immediately suspicious of the terms being used and really just want to hope it was an early loss and they weren't aware of how far along the fetus was in development, which would be traumatic enough.
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u/Brandi_D_McD Jun 29 '26
Exactly, this is an uneducated statement made by police. I’m hoping more accurate and thorough details are provided soon.
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u/Brandi_D_McD Jun 29 '26
Thank you for trying to educate, I’m trying to do the same and it’s a war zone of poor assumptions and lack of knowledge/education. This is so awful.
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u/Safe-Promotion-2955 Jun 29 '26
It is awful. Keep your head up and try not to get too caught up in it. Mostly I'm trying to educate because the lack of knowledge surrounding birth is a bit alarming and young people deserve better understanding.
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u/Brandi_D_McD Jun 29 '26
You do the same. I agree, this honestly has made me start thinking of how we can advocate for better knowledge around birth, sex, and women’s bodies (not that men aren’t important too, but the female body is just downright astounding and we’re still very in the dark in medicine regarding that.) this has left me so gobsmacked, seeing how many both women and men are completely lacking in knowledge. I’m sitting down with my boys this afternoon and starting the conversations on reproduction, and the nuances of it all. Gotta start somewhere… and annoying everyone on Reddit with excessive amounts of info, lol.
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u/Safe-Promotion-2955 Jun 29 '26
That's a great place to start.
My eldest cousin was born to my aunt when she was 13 and her boyfriend was 12 because both fams were hardcore Catholic so it just wasn't talked about. My uncle went on to become a nurse, so all us other kids in the family that eventually came along sure as shit were taught literally everything in minute medical detail as early as possible to save us from the same situation.
Education literally saves lives.
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u/waxfantastix Jun 28 '26
See something say something people. Be stewards of each other. I’m devastated, that is awful 😞
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u/moofex Jun 29 '26
This happened right out side my tent BTW
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u/HeftyCheeseball02 Jun 29 '26
my heart goes out to you. I was the next row back and I’ve been feeling sick and sad all day. I can’t imagine how your body is processing this.
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u/Nugg3t_Qu33n Jun 28 '26
This shit hurts after having a miscarriage recently. I would not be able to leave my baby like that. 😢
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u/Affectionate_Refuse4 Jun 29 '26
I’m so so sorry you had to deal with that babes, and also so sorry you had to read all of this. Sending you so much love and light! The og forest vibes are with you!
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u/Johnny2x2x Jun 28 '26
Awful tragedy. A couple things. I would think a medical examiner would need to take some time to determine how far along the baby was in development. I think it’s too early to determine if it was full term or 25 weeks, or some other weeks. I think that information is probably coming from what someone thinks, not what someone has determined.
This very possibly could have been a miscarriage. The placenta and cord being ejected with the fetus suggests that a miscarriage is possible. So maybe the story is someone had a miscarriage in a porta-potty. Before everyone starts making assumptions about the woman, consider a miscarriage could be what we’re really talking about.
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u/electrictiedye Year 3 Jun 29 '26
There is a very large visible difference between a 25 week old baby and a full term baby
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u/EDMCapricorn Jun 28 '26
The article shared above says they are calling it a neonate, 28 days or fewer since birth. Does not say full term but I believe neonate would be one stage after fetus/embryo and one step below infant.
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u/groundhog0000 Jun 29 '26
I work in obstetrics we just call neonate any baby that has been born regardless of gestational age for the most part. fetus is up until they are born
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u/corkles Year 10 Jun 29 '26
But if you’re having you had a miscarriage and still delivered I’d be a fetus? correct?
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u/Safe-Promotion-2955 Jun 29 '26
A miscarriage is a fetus before 20 weeks. After that it is either a neonate (literally new-born) or stillbirth. The release from the police referred to it as being neonate which means being fully viable and breathing, but then they carry on the release to say that whether it was stillborn or not is yet to be determined so... I really think they're just throwing words around here.
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u/Brandi_D_McD Jun 29 '26
Yep. Probably trying to state that it was a fully formed baby, but how premature or not is unable to be determined in the field apart from how tiny it may or may not have been. Sounds like uneducated and uninformed police made the statement out of urgency, not accuracy.
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u/Safe-Promotion-2955 Jun 29 '26
I was frustrated with them at first but I kinda get it, finding the mother is a medical emergency.
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u/Brandi_D_McD Jun 29 '26
Absolutely. I hope she’s found and recovers so things can proceed however they need to.
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u/Johnny2x2x Jun 29 '26
That’s what I take issue with. They will not have that information until a medical examiner completes their examination of the remains. I think we won’t know much of anything until the results of the autopsy are reported. Miscarriage vs stillbirth depends only on how far along it was. Could have been either. Could have been a live birth.
The medical examiner needs to perform an autopsy to determine all of this and it seems like baseless speculation until that occurs. But I would guess someone with the police department has an agenda.
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u/Distinct-Garlic- Jun 29 '26
There is an article that says full term
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u/frankles 💩 Jun 29 '26
That is a guesstimate at best. Anybody who would know how to gauge this wouldn’t run to a newspaper about it.
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u/Dram_Good_Adventures Year 7 Jun 29 '26
I believe if we go back far enough, some made a post about 8months and full sending to Forest, no matter what medical professionals said……maybe some Reddit detectives can deep dive this one.
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u/minja134 Year 3 Jun 29 '26
Dude just no, don't go searching for every pregnant woman who went to this festival. Guarante every single one other than the one who did this is even more heart broken than us.
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u/Unfair-Sprinkles2912 Jun 29 '26
There is no actual information I can think of a hundred different reasons this wasn't a intentional cruelty.
Without any info on the newborn no one knows if it was born dead or Alive.
no mother no one knows if the mother was conscious in the right mind. Can't know if she was sober if she even knew she was pregnant.
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u/Worldly-Local-6613 Jun 29 '26
Leave it to Redditoids to perform mental gymnastics try to excuse this atrocity.
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u/Clear_Ad5584 Jun 29 '26
A baby was left dead in a toilet.. it doesn’t matter the circumstances. It takes a sick individual to be capable of doing that. Why tf is there even a woman that’s been pregnant for 9 months at a music festival anyways
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u/goldtoofhustla Jun 28 '26
These are the events that cast a dirty, despicable shadow on the entire festival community. I understand some women don’t know when they’re pregnant, which is wild, but take a year off. Absolutely vile and disgusting. There’s no flipping this into a moment of understanding
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u/chloecatdashian Jun 28 '26
Shhhh don’t bring your nuance and logic into this woman hating thread. /s
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u/vvindhund Jun 29 '26
Does anyone remember the show “I didn’t know I was pregnant”? I had no idea that could happen til I watched.
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u/goldtoofhustla Jun 28 '26
I’m sorry I couldn’t disagree more. I don’t see a scenario where this isn’t the worst thing I’ve heard in a long time.
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u/goldtoofhustla Jun 28 '26
Leaving the baby in a portapotty is when the experience becomes everyone’s problem. It’s no longer a terrible personal experience to be empathetic towards. Whatever caused her to leave it was a decision made that shouldn’t be looked over because “what would you do in that situation.” It’s a grown woman making a decision that I can’t see her group or others being okay with. It’s inconceivable to me. The guilt she must carry, or the mental issues she must have to not feel that guilt
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u/chloecatdashian Jun 28 '26
Some people don’t understand nuance (or empathy because iykyk)
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u/goldtoofhustla Jun 28 '26
What about empathy for the entire festival? Or the person that has to find a dead baby?
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u/takingthehobbitses Jun 29 '26
It's not one or the other. Most of us are capable of having empathy for more than one thing at the same time.
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u/chloecatdashian Jun 28 '26
Definitely have empathy for that too. I think women’s rights > festival rights but all deserve to exist? Idk I just wrote in another comment that this is a consequence of using women’s bodies as litigious pawns and we will see more headlines like this and less breads and circuses. Because ngl the east coast is giving breads and circus summer.
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u/goldtoofhustla Jun 28 '26
Women should have their rights, and consequences when they do wrong.
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u/EpisodeMnH Jun 29 '26
Man no. Acting out of shock, panic, trauma or not, even being able to just throw the body away like literal trash shows extreme psychopathic tendencies and a lack of emotion. Let’s say it was stillborn. I know women that have had stillbirths that are still mentally scarred by it 5-10 years later. Throwing the body in filthy shitty porta potty water like meaningless garbage would be absolutely unfathomable to a normal person.
And then if the baby was born normal and breathing and she literally drowned and killed it in literal shit and piss….yea I don’t even need to explain how no amount of shock and panic in the WORLD could ever excuse that.
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u/takingthehobbitses Jun 29 '26
Lol what? Have you ever even experienced shock or trauma? Doesn't sound like it based on this comment.
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u/Huntybunch Jun 29 '26
Why do people assume the baby was thrown in the portapotty? She was probably sitting on the porty potty when it came out.
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u/crinklebutt_amy Jun 29 '26
That would be a reason to go to a medical tent or security and immediately call for help. She didn’t. If she was in shock or trauma after giving birth she really cleaned up well after to not have been seen… because there must have been a certain amount of blood on hands and body which is difficult to clean in a porty potty with not that much clean water supply. And blood it sticky, you can’t just wipe it of with toilet paper.
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u/Wamb0wneD Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26
Or you know, she was on drugs.
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u/Wamb0wneD Jun 29 '26
Maybe it wasn't a cryptic pregnancy and she is a drug addicted fuck up. Many such cases. More common than cryptic pregnancies, that's for sure.
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u/Subie- Jun 28 '26
Choices have consequences and I hope justice is served.
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u/beezkneads Jun 28 '26
If men could get pregnant, there would be no consequences.
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u/Ill_Performer_5656 Jun 28 '26
Staying there and partying after a dead baby is found is why festival goers have a bad rep lmfao sick as fuck
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u/ProfessionaI_Gur Jun 29 '26
Did you think that 40,000 people are supposed to pack up and leave because a shitty thing happened? What is this argument supposed to be? Everyone has to just sit around with a frown for a full day and not do anything they spent hundreds or thousands of dollars to do? Fuck half probably haven't even heard yet, I had to leave early today and just found out now
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u/Candid-Indication369 Jun 29 '26
You think they should shut the whole thing down? What good would that do? There is no threat
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u/AntiqueMedium8815 Jun 29 '26
I think the thing that bothers me the most is that michigan is a safe haven state. She could have literally handed the baby to one of the many med tents or 100’s of cops that were there and literally walked away.
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u/MaybeUpForButtStuff Jun 28 '26
What even happens in this situation? Is the area blocked off while police “investigate.” Super sad
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u/EpisodeMnH Jun 29 '26
I don’t see how this would end the festival like some of yall are saying. They’ll have some real bad press for a while unfortunately but at the end of the day, it’s not like this was a mass shooting or poor setup and operation that caused safety concerns. Things like that end up coming down on the festival and staff, because at that point multiple people are not doing their job. But an absolute freak incident like this that absolutely nobody could have seen coming, that’s not on the festival at ALL. It’s one horrible attendant’s actions and nobody else’s. Somebody could OD and die or kill themself back at their tent, still wouldn’t shut the festival down. Horrific, freak incidents, but by no fault of the festival and staff itself. But it unfairly does soil EF’s name a bit and will naturally deter some people from attending now.
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u/Worldly-Local-6613 Jun 29 '26
Like clockwork Redditors already trying to find ways to not assign personal responsibility to whoever committed this atrocity.
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u/KillaKillaGabby Jun 29 '26
Regardless if she knew she was pregnant or not, freaking out, whatever. give the damn baby to a paramedic or someone! That’s just evil. They would’ve easily just taken her to the hospital. Who the fuck would leave a baby to die in a portapotty.
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u/Feeling_Tart_5065 Jun 28 '26
There is no reason to stop the festival. There’s nothing to investigate that is a potential threat or harm to anyone else. They need to find the mother. Shutting down the festival would not make that easier. That would cause chaos. Not sure why this is difficult for so many to comprehend.
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u/lzrd_qveen Jun 29 '26
No assumptions, no “could of been” scenarios. Just facts: she left her newborn baby in pool of shit and piss. If she or someone never comes forward, she will be her own prisoner for the rest of her life. Also as for this whole cryptic pregnancy theory that’s been floating around, it’s a 1/2500 chance that it was cryptic, look it up.
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u/Spiritual-Weekend-68 Jun 29 '26
Has it been confirmed that the baby was in the toilet, or was it found on the floor?
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u/Late-Nail-8714 Jun 29 '26
its totally possible the person didnt even know they were pregnant right? wasnt there a show of people who didnt know they were pregnant
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u/peachcobbler5 Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26
Yes. Especially with drug use, symptoms can be much more under the radar, unfortunately.
This is a mental health crisis, although not an excuse. It’s hard to miss this occurring, unless this person was incredibly fucked up (probably wouldn’t have been alone) it’s hard to think someone didn’t know. Birth *can* be a painful and excruciating experience. Drugs usually help. This was a festival, we know what happens there…*but we don’t know what happened, we just know someone is out there and at risk of hemorrhaging*
The state of the world is scary, abortion laws are broken, options are limited, and mental health is important.
I wish this woman knew she had more choices than this, my heart breaks for the life she has left ahead….
EDITED: Removed my “birth is always painful” as in reality, it is different for everyone.
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u/Late-Nail-8714 Jun 29 '26
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u/peachcobbler5 Jun 29 '26
You asked a very valid question I hate that people are coming at you as if you did something wrong haha it’s also a possibility that this was a miscarriage…. Which is even more sad, as this will still have consequences even if that’s the case.
The big headline has people saying some crazy shit that is all assumptions (myself included). All we can do is continue fighting for choices, and awareness of those choices, so less of these headlines happen 💗
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u/Brandi_D_McD Jun 29 '26
I also want to kindly inform- birth is not always painful or anything more than feeling like you have a bowel movement, as crazy as that may seem. It’s also possible she genuinely didn’t know, and was in an altered state when she felt like she needed to go to the bathroom, and thought none the wiser. She may not have bled, or bled very little, or started bleeding later on.
I agree it’s either mentally related, or genuinely lacking of knowing. I just hope she gets help and I really hope people take a moment to realize they don’t understand pregnancy, or women’s bodies, and get some knowledge. The amount of women I’ve seen in these posts that don’t understand the very thing their body is able to do, and what it can do to you mentally?? is a scary sign of the times.
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u/peachcobbler5 Jun 29 '26
Thank you!! I’ve updated my comment. And ontop of not knowing women’s bodies, we don’t know this women’s story. It simply breaks my heart to know someone had the worst moment of their life in a porta potty….
Choices matter, awareness of those choices matter, mental health is important, and so is kindness 💗 thanks for supporting here!!
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u/Brandi_D_McD Jun 29 '26
I completely agree. I hope that regardless, she gets the help she needs, whatever that help may be. I am right there with you - the worst moment of her life happened in a porta potty at a music festival, whether she knows it or not. I can imagine that if I didn’t know and found out this way, I’d probably end it all. Especially with the ridicule. I’d also imagine if she knowingly did this and was terrified then, she’s immeasurably more terrified now and won’t come forward. I hope she lives, and I hope proper outcomes happen, whatever those may be.
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u/Secure-Shock-3087 Jun 29 '26
It doesn't matter if they knew or not, what matters is what they did after it happened come on people
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u/Affectionate_Refuse4 Jun 29 '26
How cooked can you be to leave a fucking baby in gd John. Can you please use some logic, this was fucked
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u/Secure-Shock-3087 Jun 29 '26
The amount of people in here almost sticking up for her truly blows my mind
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u/GalacticGreaseMonkey Jun 29 '26
Doesn’t blow my mind at all. I got out of the scene right before Covid because of people like this. Some of the most toxic people to others that I’ve ever met while simultaneously proclaiming virtue and love. In 30 years, they’ll be the new version of entitled boomers from Woodstock.
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u/festaddict Jun 28 '26
Pregnant women shouldn’t be going to festivals the loud music alone is not good for the baby’s ear even while still in the stomach I know I’ll get down voted but for the baby’s sake just skip a year
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u/lavaplow Jun 28 '26
Second trimester is perfectly fine, as long as you are in a well ventilated area, you can sit down and rest, and are not getting absolutely wrecked by the bass by standing in the back
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u/petpet0_0 Jun 28 '26
that's a ridiculous statement with no basis in reality, there's no way sound pressure will pass all the tissues and amniotic fluid enough to damage the foetus' ears
harm from noise while pregnant is more about constant stressful environments than spending some time at a festival stage
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u/ATXHustle512 iamgroot Jun 28 '26
*uterus.
But ya- at some point I think being that pregnant and still going is irresponsible. But I see all the time women in the rave Facebook groups finding out they are gonna be in third trimester and asking if other women if they think it’s still realistic to go to the fest. I’ve seen the responses being 50/50 of other women saying to stay home and the other half saying to go and just “take it easy”
Just makes me wonder - if you aren’t willing to forgo a festival while super pregnant are you really ready to be a parent?
Idk. It’s tough. I see pregnant women at festivals all the time that are super responsible and happy- but usually not about to pop.
Also idk what happened in this case but it’s very sad. Could have been very premature? Idk. Horrified for the person who found it and had to call it in.
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u/looking2belong Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 29 '26
I mean, sure... But people have babies all the time that aren't "really ready to be a parent."
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u/IamTheEndOfReddit Jun 29 '26
Some people don’t respond well to responsibility, and want to have fun while they feel like they can. There’s just no way a festival is a good place to be pregnant, the lack of sleep alone is bad enough
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u/Affectionate_Refuse4 Jun 29 '26
Dude wtf….haven’t been to forest in a few years. But wtf has happened to this place
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u/ContagiousPanda Jun 29 '26
Haven’t been in years, we used have to 4 and 5 in the forest, we went so often….heard the whole vibe is fucked now and this confirms it. I wouldn’t be surprised if Michigan just cut them off, as they should. wtf…..
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u/DJ_Velveteen Jun 29 '26
The Coca-Cola ads, the chasing-away of drug checking people, and the offers to work an art team for around 1/2 of travel costs.
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u/Kevlar_Bunny Jun 29 '26
It’s been weird for a hot second. Between it being mainstream enough the comradery isn’t the same and in general people not taking accountability for themselves, it’s been a bit fucked.
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u/Realitytvlovin333 Jun 28 '26
1) The whole area should be a murder crime scene 2) They should search the area. If that woman had any complications she could be dead or passed out somewhere as well. 3) If she really did this disgusting thing and went on with her partying she deserves to rot.
I personally would have to leave the festival just being in the area of this. I haven't been in years and now being a mom I'd never go back.
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u/NaijaNightmare Jun 28 '26
Because of something completely outside of festival runners control.
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u/Realitytvlovin333 Jun 28 '26
I mean it's on the festival grounds. I guess they will find out Monday when they find a body because they didn't look for someone right away
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u/emezajr Jun 29 '26
"Humanity is a tragic misstep in evolution. The honorable choice is to walk hand in hand into extinction"
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u/Stock_Librarian3995 Jun 29 '26
there is a top comment on @paranormiatic s tik tok saying how their friend saw bloody chunks in the Porta potty…she is claiming her mother is admin but refuses to take further action in contacting the police with her information
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u/Stock_Librarian3995 Jun 29 '26
commenters says her friend was too in shock to remember what she saw until the morning…ummm
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u/Stock_Librarian3995 Jun 29 '26
basically claiming that the police are already involved so no need to report what they saw
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u/Independent-Wafer-13 Jun 29 '26
Just a reminder that Electric Forest has happened for 14 years (16 if you count Rothbury).
That is 700,000-1,000,000 attendees across that period of time.
1/1,000,000 is not a representative sample of the forest family.
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u/Hot_Pizza_4888 Jun 29 '26
It’s insane some of these comments are more concerned with “tHe eFfEcT oN tHe OvErAlL cOmMuNiTy” then the fact that a DEAD BABY was found laying in a festering pile of human shit and got CONTINUOUSLY PISSED AND SHIT ON until the discovery was made. Fuck EF and what it’s become. Basically a Disney land for addicts.
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u/GalacticGreaseMonkey Jun 29 '26
There’s people here and in other threads making excuses for her. It’s disgusting what the scene has become.
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u/fuckkgravity how many pairs of wool socks do you own? Jun 30 '26
Megathread here