A True Halloween Story

[junkman]

I will never forget it as long as I live. It is forever etched in my mind, an eye opening day in 1987. Actually it was October 31st. 1987. The morning was like any other morning, got up and got around, ate, and headed out the door. Now being a hybrid redneck that is for the most part redneck but yet loved my heavy metal music and smoked a little weed, I decided to pop in the cassette player Kiss "Heavens on Fire". Probably a site to see, a redneck in a old 65 ford truck banging his head to some heavy metal and all the time loud enough for all to hear. As I was driving down the road and banging my head, I looked out my passenger side window as I started to cross the train tracks not far from my house, Just in time to see 80 million pounds of steal coming towards me at 55 mph. And immediately fear gripped me as I gripped the steering wheel, for I knew that if I where to die I would be lost.

The seen is still so vivid in my mind; I had put the pedal to the metal, but a old 240 six cylinder did not have much. I knew he was going to hit me but the question was, where. I gripped the steering wheel tighter then the jaws of a big mean catfish, gritted my teeth, focused my eyes strait on, and waited one intense moment for the inevitable. Then after what seemed for ever I heard the sound of steal ripping and binding from an impact so extreme few live to recount its awfulness.

I was immediately flung around with a velocity hard to imagine and all I could fill was a feeling of death. For in that intense second I felt what it would be like to die. I was knocked out by the sheer force of the impact but yet thank God alive. My truck had been spun around a 180 degrees

and as I woke My eyes focused to see the train stopped in front of me. My first impulse was to look out the back glass to see what the damage was. The sight that greeted my eyes was not pretty. For there was no bed and in its place was a frame and axle just twisted and distorted. immediate thought was, "wheres my bed"? Looked out my passenger side window again only to see my truck bed had catapulted 100 yards up the track. I was fortunate that it caught me behind the cab or I would not be here today. On days like today many are thinking about ghosts and goblins, but me, I always think of guardian angels.

[Daryk Campbell Sr]

Glad you came out of it alright. Sorry to hear of it just the same.

[fishinwrench]

I always think of guardian angels.

But not Trains? Interesting.

Glad you're still here, man.