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West Virginia teen reportedly killed in a game of 'dodging arrows'
FOX news ^ | March 22, 2016 | AP

Posted on 03/22/2016 12:54:31 PM PDT by bgill

A 15-year-old boy was killed when he was struck in the head while playing a game of "dodging arrows" at a friend's house, and criminal charges could be possible, authorities said Monday.

Caleb Fairchild, an eighth-grader, was playing the bow-and-arrow game Saturday evening when he was hit by an arrow in in Chapmanville, about 45 miles south of Charleston, West Virginia State Police spokesman Lt. Michael Baylous said.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: West Virginia
KEYWORDS: dodgingarrows; riskybehavior; teens; wv
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To: bgill

I guess he lost......................


41 posted on 03/22/2016 1:38:41 PM PDT by Red Badger (The Left doesn't like him and the Right doesn't like him, so he must be the right guy for the job...)
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To: MNDude

There might be more to this. Could someone have been trying to kill him?


42 posted on 03/22/2016 1:47:30 PM PDT by Crucial (At the heart all leftists is the fear that the truth is bigger than themselves.)
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To: MNDude

Hitchhiking and picking up the same was nothing special.

We took a canoe out on a flooding river, got stranded on some trees in the raging water only to be rescued by the local fire Dept after they shut off the Damn that was up stream.

Stupid.

Driving 120 on country roads?

Well, that’s pretty fast unless you know the road and your abilities. But I suppose that is what this is all about. Testing the limits.

Throwing C02 cartridges into a campfire was where I drew the line.


43 posted on 03/22/2016 1:50:38 PM PDT by Zeneta (Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

And you’ve NEVER done anything foolhardy, I guess.

My opinion is that you appear to be a heartless individual. For that, you have my pity.


44 posted on 03/22/2016 1:57:01 PM PDT by Quality_Not_Quantity (Democrat Drinking Game - Every time they mention a new social program, chug someone else's beer.)
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To: Quality_Not_Quantity

It is no difference if the kid took his face and pressed it down on a hot frying pan. I know 6 year olds hip to the fact an arrow will kill you. Im sorry society has dumbed down that much. But Ive learned to enjoy the show.


45 posted on 03/22/2016 2:09:34 PM PDT by DeathBeforeDishonor1
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To: bgill

short list for darwin award.


46 posted on 03/22/2016 2:15:56 PM PDT by Palio di Siena
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To: bgill

Dodging arrows? What could possibly go wrong?


47 posted on 03/22/2016 2:18:30 PM PDT by JusPasenThru (but if not...)
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To: Crucial

I had not thought of that but it is something to consider.


48 posted on 03/22/2016 2:20:23 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: Red Badger

Yeah but it’s not like losing a chess game.


49 posted on 03/22/2016 2:25:19 PM PDT by xp38
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To: bgill

Here’s your sign!


50 posted on 03/22/2016 2:32:49 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: yarddog

We had a girl...coach’s daughter ...get hit in the forehead with a javelin. No harm done.


51 posted on 03/22/2016 3:13:36 PM PDT by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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To: bgill

Almost Russian roulette, but not quite.


52 posted on 03/22/2016 3:20:02 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("A Bill of Rights that means what the majority wants it to meand over an is worthless." - Scalia)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

BFL !


53 posted on 03/22/2016 3:45:39 PM PDT by snooter55 (People may doubt what you say, but they will always believe what you do)
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To: All

Kid had AC10

Orc rolls natural 20

3x damage

Kid fails saving throw and dies

PCs divvy up loot and head to level 5


54 posted on 03/22/2016 4:38:38 PM PDT by ak267
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To: gundog

There has to be more to that story.


55 posted on 03/22/2016 4:47:14 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: yarddog

She was a bit on the stout side, but that’s about it. Just lucky she wasn’t hit in the eye.


56 posted on 03/22/2016 4:56:35 PM PDT by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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To: gundog

Getting hit by a javelin would be about the same as being hit by an arrow. The javelin is slower but far heavier.

Having messed around with them for several years, if it actually hit someone in the head, it would almost certainly kill them.


57 posted on 03/22/2016 5:35:05 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: yarddog

Wrong.


58 posted on 03/22/2016 5:38:14 PM PDT by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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To: gundog

OK if you say so.


59 posted on 03/22/2016 5:44:08 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: yarddog

“When we practiced, another guy and I would throw back and forth on the football field. There was really no chance of getting hit. If the javelin was heading toward you, all you had to do was walk out of the way.

Now arrows would have been insane.”

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In boy scouts, we ran a week-long summer camp for cub scouts. Setting up the weekend before, a buddy and I shot an arrow (the blunt-tipped type) out into a large field, to see who could arch the shot and make the arrow land closest to center.

I shot, he went out and got the arrow, then launched it back. We started shooting it back and forth across the field.

Soon other scouts showed up and joined in. Pretty soon we had about a dozen people involved.

Shortly thereafter the scout master arrived. He just about lost his mind. haha


60 posted on 03/23/2016 9:51:13 AM PDT by ConservativeWarrior (Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
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