Scariest moment of your life?

[BrAinPaiNt]

We lifted the wood and looked down in the hole and I guess a small possum or coon or something had gotten down in the hole and when those little red eyes looked back at us I dropped that wood and took off and didn't stop running for a while.

:laugh2: :laugh1:

You probably looked like forrest gump running.

Something about the graveyards that gets us all.

We would go in the graveyard as young kids similar to what you were talking about.

There was one tombstone that everyone called the devil baby.

It had a small cameo pic of a baby's face on it and somewhere along the line either nature or someone else had scratched it and made it look like it had horns and sharp teeth.

Always good for a scare and a "hug" lol.

 

[Hostile]

I don't know if this was the scariest moment in my life or not, but at the time, I was scared because I couldn't figure out what it was.

When we were 14 - 16, in our little WV town, when the girls our age would have a slumber party, we would sleep in the cabin/fort/treehouse that we had built in the woods.

They would sneak out and we would meet them and run around. Usually we would take them to the graveyard and scare them and stuff.

One night we were in the graveyard, around 2 in the morning or thereabouts.

We would say to the girls, "listen, what's that?", .. or "look, did you see that?"
They would scream and grab us, and it was always a lot of fun.

Anyway, one night we had scared them, they grabbed and hugged us like always and we were getting ready to leave when one of the girls says, "what is that?"

My buddy and I look over and about 50 yds away, at the foot of a tombstone, behind the flowers, a small glow appeared for a moment and then went away. Looked like it came from the grave.

The girls screamed like always, grabbed us like always, but this time we were scared too.

I look at my buddy and we are like, "WHAT WAS THAT?"

We waited and watched, and it appeared again, and then went away. A small glow at the foot of the gravestone.

We waited and it happened again. The girls were scared like always, but instead of fun, my heart was pounding.

This went on for a while, ... the glow, and then it went away, ... the glow, and then it would go away.

This went on for a while, but long story short, I finally figured out that it had rained a little that night, the tombstone was wet, and the airport beacon was going around and just hitting it at the right angle to reflect a little glow at the bottom.

One night we lifted a big 4x8 piece of plywood that was covering an open grave that they were going to use the next day I guess.

We lifted the wood and looked down in the hole and I guess a small possum or coon or something had gotten down in the hole and when those little red eyes looked back at us I dropped that wood and took off and didn't stop running for a while.

This reminded me of a humorous story. A buddy of mine was going on a blind date. We were all curious to know how the date was going and we didn't want to wait all night for the report.

So we decided to meet up at the Dairy Queen down the road from the cemetary. If the date was going well David was going to order a chocolate milk shake. If it wasn't he was going to order vanilla.

It was vanilla. Me and a couple of other guys all dressed in black got up and left and went to the cemetary where we smeared white paint all over our faces then hid in the bushes.

David and his date left the Dairy Queen and drove to the cemetary. She was asking what they were doing there when the 3 of us jumped out of the bushes at the car. I jumped onto the hood and was looking in the windshield growling.

The girl freaked out and with her left foot punched the accelerator. I am now clinging to the hood of an Oldsmobile Delta 88 as the car is flying through the cemetary and David frantically trying to steer the car and get her to stop. I'm screaming. This is making her scream. David thinks he's going to wreck so he's screaming. Gilbert and Eddie are back at the jump point screaming.

Did I happen to mention that the Police Station is next door to the cemetary?

No charges were filed but me and the girl had to change underwear. I think one officer is still laughing.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

This reminded me of a humorous story. A buddy of mine was going on a blind date. We were all curious to know how the date was going and we didn't want to wait all night for the report.

So we decided to meet up at the Dairy Queen down the road from the cemetary. If the date was going well David was going to order a chocolate milk shake. If it wasn't he was going to order vanilla.

It was vanilla. Me and a couple of other guys all dressed in black got up and left and went to the cemetary where we smeared white paint all over our faces then hid in the bushes.

David and his date left the Dairy Queen and drove to the cemetary. She was asking what they were doing there when the 3 of us jumped out of the bushes at the car. I jumped onto the hood and was looking in the windshield growling.

The girl freaked out and with her left foot punched the accelerator. I am now clinging to the hood of an Oldsmobile Delta 88 as the car is flying through the cemetary and David frantically trying to steer the car and get her to stop. I'm screaming. This is making her scream. David thinks he's going to wreck so he's screaming. Gilbert and Eddie are back at the jump point screaming.

Did I happen to mention that the Police Station is next door to the cemetary?

No charges were filed but me and the girl had to change underwear. I think one officer is still laughing.

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The dumb stuff you do when you are young.

I remember being home on leave from the army and some other friends where on leave from the marines.

Well one of the guys brothers took us out and we had some drinks and so on.

When we left the bar, thank goodness the brother driving had not been drinking, me and the other guy that was in the marines decided we wanted to have some fun.

So we get on the hood of the car and hold on near the wipers.

So the brother is driving down the road and moving from side to side as we are sliding on the hood.

It was a pretty cold night but we were both laughing and hollering like idiots.

Next thing you know Whirl Whirl Whirl, a police siren.

So we get pulled over but the cop was pretty cool about it. Let us off with a warning as he once was in the military and we showed him our ids and said we were on leave.

 

[WV Cowboy]

What is it that makes kids gravitate to the graveyard?

Just creamate (sp?) me and throw my ashes somewhere, anywhere, just not in the graveyard so the kids can't come and have fun on me.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

What is it that makes kids gravitate to the graveyard?

Just creamate (sp?) me and throw my ashes somewhere, anywhere, just not in the graveyard so the kids can't come and have fun on me.

I told the wife...when I die, just do what ever is legal and cheapest.
I don't care if you creamate me or put me in a plain pine box.

About the graveyard.

I think for guys it is that whole macho brave thing, a touch of the dark side and of course with girls along you knew a hug or hand holding is in the cards because they are scared.

Of course sometimes we were walking through the grave yard after fishing at a large pond that was near it. So we were walking home and it was a short cut.

 

[WV Cowboy]

On one of the trips to the graveyard with the girls, I played a trick that looking back wasn't very cool.

The mean ol' caretaker lived in a house on the premises, so we always had to watch out for him.

One night, I told everyone I had to take a leak, .. I went behind some pine trees while they waited.

I lit an M-80 or something, came running out from behind the trees yelling, "Here comes the caretaker, and he's got a gun!"

The M-80 goes off and I go flying through the air and land on the ground like I had been shot.

Everyone screams and runs.

The girl I had been dating cirlces back around, (risking death in her mind) to see if I'm ok or even still alive.

Only to find me sitting there laughing.

Nobody thought it was funny but me.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

On one of the trips to the graveyard with the girls, I played a trick that looking back wasn't very cool.

The meand ol' caretaker lived in a house on the premises, so we always had to watch out for him.

One night, I told everyone I had to take a leak, .. I went behind some pine trees while they waited.

I lit an M-80 or something, came running out from behind the trees yelling, "Here comes the caretaker, and he's got a gun!"

The M-80 goes off and I go flying through the air and land on the ground like I had been shot.

Everyone screams and runs.

The girl I had been dating cirlces back around, (risking death in her mind) to see if I'm ok or even still alive.

Only to find me sitting there laughing.

Nobody thought it was funny but me.

Well it is funny looking back now I am sure but I could see where they were scared then.

So was this the girl you later married, if not she sounded like a good girl to come back and check on you even though she thought the caretaker was firing a gun.

 

[WV Cowboy]

Well it is funny looking back now I am sure but I could see where they were scared then.

So was this the girl you later married, if not she sounded like a good girl to come back and check on you even though she thought the caretaker was firing a gun.

She was a good girl. But not the girl I married, I hadn't even met my future wife then.

I dated this girl through my early HS years.

She moved away, ... to Charleston as a matter of fact.

I met Mrs. WV Cowboy right before my Sr. year.

 

[Zaxor]

Yeah funny thing about graveyards people are just dying to get in there

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Yeah funny thing about graveyards people are just dying to get in there

BOO...HISSS

Don't try the veal, it is spoiled.

:laugh2:

 

[WV Cowboy]

BOO...HISSS

:laugh2:

Is your hair getting that gray, or is that not you in your pictures ?

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Is your hair getting that gray, or is that not you in your pictures ?

:laugh2:
Well my whiskers are getting some gray in them but no that guy is in the Kill Bill 2 movie.

 

[WV Cowboy]

:laugh2:
Well my whiskers are getting some gray in them but no that guy is in the Kill Bill 2 movie.

Oh, OK, good, .... didn't look like any WV boys I've seen.

U ain't frm aroun here arya boy ?

 

[Hostile]

Oh, OK, good, .... didn't look like any WV boys I've seen.

U ain't frm aroun here arya boy ?

Why do I hear a banjo?

:scram:

 

[dougonthebench]

the moment right before I said I DO!

 

[NoDak Cowboy]

I agree much respect for who serve or have served.

At least BP had a cool MOS. I was in chemical decon

The only time MOP gear is cool is when it's cold and gas masks suck period.

M.O.P.P.

Mission Oriented Protective Posture.


C'mon Yeag. If your MOS was NBC related, you should know this.

And it is nine seconds that you have to don your protective mask. Nine minutes to reach MOPP level 4.

 

[Yeagermeister]

M.O.P.P.

Mission Oriented Protective Posture.


C'mon Yeag. If your MOS was NBC related, you should know this.

And it is nine seconds that you have to don your protective mask. Nine minutes to reach MOPP level 4.

Man that was over 15 yrs ago lol

btw I could do it in 5 sec

 

[dirtybird57]

First time I saw my ex wife with her makeup off...

 

[NoDak Cowboy]

btw I could do it in 5 sec

Taking your mask out of the carrying case, placing against your face, pulling the harness over your head, tightening all the straps, clearing and sealing your mask. All in five seconds? I find that a little hard to believe.

Nine seconds is difficult to do. Nearly impossible if you are carrying your 16 and wearing your kevlar. None of your equipment can hit the ground. If it does, it is considered contaminated.

Oh yeah. And all this has to be accomplished holding your breath and with your eyes closed. Holding your breath is no big deal, but at the sound of GAS! GAS! GAS! the eyes closed thing makes juggling your equipment while donning your mask in nine seconds pretty daunting. Taking four seconds off that time? I don't think so. Sorry.

 

[Yeagermeister]

Taking your mask out of the carrying case, placing against your face, pulling the harness over your head, tightening all the straps, clearing and sealing your mask. All in five seconds? I find that a little hard to believe.

Nine seconds is difficult to do. Nearly impossible if you are carrying your 16 and wearing your kevlar. None of your equipment can hit the ground. If it does, it is considered contaminated.

Oh yeah. And all this has to be accomplished holding your breath and with your eyes closed. Holding your breath is no big deal, but at the sound of GAS! GAS! GAS! the eyes closed thing makes juggling your equipment while donning your mask in nine seconds pretty daunting. Taking four seconds off that time? I don't think so. Sorry.

Well you got me on part of it. I wasn't in full gear but yeah it's possible.