I never knew that MM was such a comedian! I especially enjoyed the last two paragraphs....


"The first group to head out on the first morning was a father with three teenage sons. They were all strong hikers and covered a lot of ground quickly. After a long hike, just before they reached their vehicle, the last boy in the pack asked his brothers if either of them had thrown a rock at him. He said a rock hit the ground behind him and skipped into the brush. He assumed one of his brothers had thrown it. They all said they had not thrown anything. The boy said the rock seemed to come from the side of the trail, apparently from the trees. This happened in broad daylight.

The father of the boys mentioned this to us at breakfast the next day. His comment raised some eyebrows and we asked him to repeat what he said. He described the incident again and we immediately pulled the boys aside and grilled them a bit.

It was clear they were being honest. The only issue was one of interpretation. The boy who had the observation was adamant that it was a rock thrown laterally, and not something that had fallen out of a tree. He was very familiar with thrown rocks, because back home he and his brothers, like most boys their age, often threw rocks. Because of that he felt strongly that he was qualified to make the call. We eventually agreed."

[Heck, we've all thrown rocks - But on the other hand if the kid had said that he once watched a rat eat a snake then he would be qualified]

The whole thing is here.

(Edited to add the link to the original report)

The last boy in the pack had a rock thrown behind him.
The boys in front of him we're asked if they had thrown it. Even though it seemed to have come from the side of the trail.

Umm yup.. those are rock throwing experts all right. :new_tiredsmiley:

Just a thought, but if I were going on an "expedition" where there was an almost 100% certainty that one or more members of the group were going to have a rock thrown at them from a supposed Bigfoot I would take along a handkerchief and a large paper bag and as soon as the rock hit the ground I'd carefully pick it up with the handkerchief, put it in the bag, and take that sucker home and dust it for prints...

That kid must have had eyes in the back of his head to "know" the rock thrown behind him was thrown laterally.

I agree Jim... real rock throwing experts.