Worst Spill You've Seen

[sundaysilenceforever]

Hendrix was really bad, but we've talked about that already when it happened.
I prefer to remember him for the sweet boy and kind soul he appeared to be.

When I was a kid, about 11 or 12, I was in the truck with my mom driving up to the paddock. On that road to the paddock, was the "dead box". For those who might not know what that is, it is a 3 sided "stall" with high walls, where they would put horses who had broke down until the rendering guys could come take away the bodies. My mom would tell me beforehand if there was a horse in there so that I could hide my face. On this particular occassion, she forgot, and I saw a horse in there with a chunk of the rail entering the chest, and all the way thru, exiting toward the rear of one side. It was horrifying. My mom told me that the horse hit the rail and it came down, but was unable to veer out before hitting the end of the still standing portion of it. I like to think he died instantly. Of course, this was back in the days where the rails were far less safe.