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Sunday, September 27, 2009

Scary Stuff

So Jake spent the night at a friends house Friday night and they went to his sister’s soccer game here in town. The field is set back behind some houses and there are woods and a stream around it. Jake and his friend decided to kill some time walking around the woods near the stream and come upon this:

092609_14581Jake thinks' it’s a toy so goes to pick it up and realizes it’s a bit too heavy to be a toy so puts it right back where he finds it! They head back out to his friends mom, who immediately takes them to the police station to make a report. It turns out its a loaded handgun! Seriously, in my little tiny hick town! What scares me the most is that this could have turned out so differently. I’m very proud of my son and thankful that nothing bad happened with such a dangerous weapon so close at hand to a place where many children are every weekend.  I have to say that I am still sick to my stomach thinking about how things could have been!

9 comments :

Melinda said...

holy hannah that is seriously some scary business there....good thing he knew better to not play with it!

Unknown said...

that really is too scary! I am soooo glad that no one was hurt and all ended well.

Wonderful World of Weiners said...

Holy shit. So glad this story did NOT have a different ending.

Hallie

Jodene said...

OMG! that could have ended up so badly! If any other kid had picked it up thinking it was a toy and started firing it who knows what may have happened! Lucky you have one smart and mature boy there who knew just what to do.

Tali said...

Oh my gosh Pam. That is so scary! I'm so glad he put it right back and talked to his friend's mom. You raised a smart kid. :)

Jen Caputo said...

Holy shit! How scary is that? OMG, I hope they find the owner and toss his ass behind bars!
Thank goodness he put it down as soon as he realized!

Donna said...

WOW! That's scary stuff. I'm glad it didn't get into the wrong hands.

Chris said...

OK, enough with the gun already. It creeps me out. Please, please, please post something else on your blog....pretty please?

Steph Ackerman said...

Wow that is scary. Glad the boys did the right thing!