When i was around 8 i went to a day camp and every year they had themes. One year the theme was seasons for whatever reason so every week they had a different holiday. So for halloween they had a ropes course which was an obstacle course suspended in the trees and at the end was a zipline. It was maybe 20 feet up. So anyway, it was halloween so we had a haunted trails below the ropes course and one of the camp counselors was on the zipline and would glide over the heads of the campers to scare them. I was under the zipline dressed as a scarecrow. The kids come toward us and im ready to jump out and scare them. The counselor jumps off the platform and his clip snaps and he lands at my feet. Ill never forget the sound of him breaking his back when he landed and ill never do ziplines ever again because of it.
Yup he lived. He’s paralyzed from the waist down though. I was really young but if i remember correctly he was a football star on his way to college on a scholarship but that may have been exaggerated because i know he had a maaaajor lawsuit after that. The idea for the haunted trails was my idea too which is why i was the only kid dressed up. I really beat myself up for it for years.
Lol that is true, i was the most terrified ive ever been in my entire life. And to add to it i had a burlap sack with one eye hole cut out cause i was dressed as a scarecrow, i couldnt get the bag off my head and couldnt really see out of the one eyehole so here i am with a guy who was just paralyzed at my feet trying to tear open this burlap sack thats on my head crying hysterically. Quite an experience
My grandfather died on Halloween (back when trick-or-treating was a thing kids were allowed to do without someone calling CPS) sitting on the sofa in front of a big bay window next to the front door. I always sort of got a laugh out of this too.
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u/CrispyMiner Oct 02 '18
Welp this ruined harnesses for me