Originally Posted by cgchambers
There are some truly sick people out there. Someone has taken the carcass and dragged it onto the bike trail itself!!! If I had a stronger stomach (or weaker nose) I might have moved it back, but that is truly disgusting. I have to admit, seems like I am lucky compared to some of you!
Oh you wanna hear sick? The nastiest road-kill incident I've ever seen took place when I got curious enough to pedal to downtown L.A. to check out the local messengers 'games'. They held their obstacle course competition down in the L.A. river below the 6th street bridge. Anyway, there was a nasty, knarly, big, bloated, long dead possum which they decided to use as the turn around for this 'out and back' race.
Well one of the more deeply disturbed compeditors dismounted and snatched up the reeking carcass and proceeded to charge a few of the course judges. When his first attempts did not ilicit whatever response he intended he charged again - this time holding the decomposing vermin in his teeth!
Now I ask you, could I even make that up?
It was my first and last messenger competition.
DanO