Posted on 10/10/2018 9:35:43 AM PDT by Gamecock
A Medieval knight re-enactor has impaled himself with his lance during a performance and died.
News outlets report 53-year-old Peter Barclay, of Virginia, was competing in an equestrian game in Williamstown, Kentucky, when he was wounded Saturday. Barclay's brother and the president of event holder Society for Creative Anachronism, John Fulton, says Barclay was trying to spear a paper plate on the ground.
Fulton says in a Facebook post that the metal-tipped lance hit the ground and flipped, stabbing Barclay's chest. He says Barclay, who performed under the name "Master Terafan Greydragon," died while being flown to a hospital.
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Just damn...
I have been a member of the SCA for decades. Although live steel is carried, this is typically not allowed. Demonstration of lance is right up there with the joust as a no-no.
You may not know this, but Virginia is an open-lance state.
Some people die playing golf, but not many. I would think that the same would be for those who reenact medieval equestrian activities. Bad luck.
Interesting – when I lived in Pakistan we went to the Lahore horse show where we watched hours and hours (and hours) of “tent-pegging” competitions. Comes down from when the Huns would collapse an enemy’s tent by spearing the pegs with a lance from horseback.
quite literally hoisted on his own pitard!
Au contraire.
A petard is a demolition charge.
A petard was an explosive device.
They were probably more practiced than your average SCA member...
Demonstrations with live steel are very well marshalled and controlled in the SCA.
Well that’s a freak accident and a real shame. Who expects to get impaled on a lance, even if you are playing with a lance? It must have been horrifying for the spectators.
Awful way to die, sincere prayers to the gentleman's family.
More people die playimg golf than than any other sport!
I hate when that happens.
Jousting IS dangerous.
Henry VIII almost died in a jousting accident. Henry II of France did die.
I’ve known Peter for many years. He was a great guy. A retired Lt. Colonel in the Army. This particular activity has been done thousands of times without injury. This was a terrible fluke accident. Prayers for his wife and children.
Yes, this sounds like a freak accident and very sad. Sort of like when the Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin was killed by a stingray.
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