You know the fight, flight or freeze reflex? When a human being is in a stress type situation (being scared to death by something), it will usually make the decision to either fight, flight or freeze almost reflexively. Yeah keep that in mind ^_~. When I was a teenager I had a lot of up close and personal moments with nature. Let's face it, I'm clumsy as hell and I have a nose for utter chaos.
When I was 16 we went to Andros. Brilliant idea came up around midnight let's take a walk at night thru the bush, it will tired us put enough to fall asleep. So at midnight, off we went. At this point I should add that earlier on in the day some family members had stopped by to visit. They proceeded to try and frighten us half to death with stories of ghosts and chickcharnies! We brushed it off. So there we are 5 miles away from the hotel in the dead of night, and headed back when I hear a rustling in the bushes. Flight - Fright or Freeze? You know the saying bush crack man gone? How can I describe this best ... My friends had a white people moment. You know in the horror movies when white folks always seem to have to take a really long look at what's coming, and feel the need to get closer to the coming danger too? Ok, well they thought I was still standing there! There was a dust outline where my friend Kyle and I would have been. I turned tail and skittered 5 miles back to the hotel like a frightened rabbit! And Kyle was way ahead of me. He was for like a whole minute until he fell flat on his face that is! Yes I did laugh. I was laughing like a hyena! No I did not stop moving. No I did not look back! I hit the room door at top speed, and proceeded to drive into my bed. I overshot the bed and got the wall instead! Karma ... tis a bitch! My friend Kyle was close on my heels. Apparently he had bounced up like nothing had happened and proceeded to start running again, and he managed to trip yet again right at the door and went sprawling halfway in and out the doorway. The moral of this? Don't fall down in front of frightened people they will use you as a rug. The other 4 came trumpeting in as he was about to get up, stepping all over him! First night there, first aid needed.
A few days later, we decided to go fishing. The waters in Andros are really great to go fishing in. Bone fishing that is. So the guys were bone fishing. Because really they kept telling me to shush I'm scaring the fish every time I ask where the hell are these see-thru fish. So I got bored, and decided to jump out the boat and swim not even 40 steps to this little island nearby with the prettiest pink sand. I jump out the boat, and I'm thinking I'll eat lunch over there. Thank God I look where I am jumping ... well I should hope everyone looks before they leap, but I couldn't stop the momentum ... I was pushed from behind and I continued falling forward ... right onto a shark! Flight or Fright? Freeze is not even in this equation! I was frightened into flight. I was so scared I literally flew to get to that island. Meanwhile the poor shark I scared it so bad it took off like a shot. I know it must have been like "What the hell?!" And my lovely friends, instead of wondering if I was okay, they were screaming from laughter in the boat! If you heard them tell it, I had assaulted said shark when I fell, and walked on water like Jesus!
No it wasn't enough, yes I had been scared to death twice. But you know third time is the charm! Next day we were on the boat again. In the nice turquoise ocean waters. No fishing this time, just BSing around. So we all decided to cannonball off the boat at the same time ... naked. Who's idea was this even? When you are young, you have utterly brilliant ideas. One problem ... we didn't see the sting ray swimming along, and of course he isn't expecting 6 naked people to come hurtling from above! Flight or Fright? Poor thing, he was frightened, we were frightened ... it was like everyone and everything froze! I think Mr. Stingray took a look at us blinked and was like ... "Those are the ugliest sea creatures I have ever seen!" I think he even laughed at us because we took off before he did! We stayed out the water for the rest of the trip.
As you can tell I've lived thru our dumb ideas and adventures to tell the tales. But you would think after these 3 encounters I would just stay indoors and read. And I did but the story of me, my 6th sense, my cousin and the land crabs is for another time.
When I was 16 we went to Andros. Brilliant idea came up around midnight let's take a walk at night thru the bush, it will tired us put enough to fall asleep. So at midnight, off we went. At this point I should add that earlier on in the day some family members had stopped by to visit. They proceeded to try and frighten us half to death with stories of ghosts and chickcharnies! We brushed it off. So there we are 5 miles away from the hotel in the dead of night, and headed back when I hear a rustling in the bushes. Flight - Fright or Freeze? You know the saying bush crack man gone? How can I describe this best ... My friends had a white people moment. You know in the horror movies when white folks always seem to have to take a really long look at what's coming, and feel the need to get closer to the coming danger too? Ok, well they thought I was still standing there! There was a dust outline where my friend Kyle and I would have been. I turned tail and skittered 5 miles back to the hotel like a frightened rabbit! And Kyle was way ahead of me. He was for like a whole minute until he fell flat on his face that is! Yes I did laugh. I was laughing like a hyena! No I did not stop moving. No I did not look back! I hit the room door at top speed, and proceeded to drive into my bed. I overshot the bed and got the wall instead! Karma ... tis a bitch! My friend Kyle was close on my heels. Apparently he had bounced up like nothing had happened and proceeded to start running again, and he managed to trip yet again right at the door and went sprawling halfway in and out the doorway. The moral of this? Don't fall down in front of frightened people they will use you as a rug. The other 4 came trumpeting in as he was about to get up, stepping all over him! First night there, first aid needed.
A few days later, we decided to go fishing. The waters in Andros are really great to go fishing in. Bone fishing that is. So the guys were bone fishing. Because really they kept telling me to shush I'm scaring the fish every time I ask where the hell are these see-thru fish. So I got bored, and decided to jump out the boat and swim not even 40 steps to this little island nearby with the prettiest pink sand. I jump out the boat, and I'm thinking I'll eat lunch over there. Thank God I look where I am jumping ... well I should hope everyone looks before they leap, but I couldn't stop the momentum ... I was pushed from behind and I continued falling forward ... right onto a shark! Flight or Fright? Freeze is not even in this equation! I was frightened into flight. I was so scared I literally flew to get to that island. Meanwhile the poor shark I scared it so bad it took off like a shot. I know it must have been like "What the hell?!" And my lovely friends, instead of wondering if I was okay, they were screaming from laughter in the boat! If you heard them tell it, I had assaulted said shark when I fell, and walked on water like Jesus!
No it wasn't enough, yes I had been scared to death twice. But you know third time is the charm! Next day we were on the boat again. In the nice turquoise ocean waters. No fishing this time, just BSing around. So we all decided to cannonball off the boat at the same time ... naked. Who's idea was this even? When you are young, you have utterly brilliant ideas. One problem ... we didn't see the sting ray swimming along, and of course he isn't expecting 6 naked people to come hurtling from above! Flight or Fright? Poor thing, he was frightened, we were frightened ... it was like everyone and everything froze! I think Mr. Stingray took a look at us blinked and was like ... "Those are the ugliest sea creatures I have ever seen!" I think he even laughed at us because we took off before he did! We stayed out the water for the rest of the trip.
As you can tell I've lived thru our dumb ideas and adventures to tell the tales. But you would think after these 3 encounters I would just stay indoors and read. And I did but the story of me, my 6th sense, my cousin and the land crabs is for another time.
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