tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3261030989801364799.post5306137482389779872..comments2024-01-09T04:19:04.080-06:00Comments on Ann's Afterthoughts ~ Ann Swann ~ Suspense and More: It Ain't Me, BabeAnn Swannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08826695313958091226noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3261030989801364799.post-72756757716478612512014-01-14T01:21:36.750-06:002014-01-14T01:21:36.750-06:00Oh, Teresa, I can see that your friend thinks the ...Oh, Teresa, I can see that your friend thinks the same way I do. I would've been certain they were after me, too. Too bad they couldn't let one of those SWAT-type officers rappel down to the ground to protect her. But maybe that only happens in movies...Ann Swannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08826695313958091226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3261030989801364799.post-23180061110739520152014-01-13T22:29:31.379-06:002014-01-13T22:29:31.379-06:00Wow, Ann! I must admit, you did a great job of mak...Wow, Ann! I must admit, you did a great job of making me laugh over something that was sort of scary! Good thinking letting that "Natural Woman" hair show. :-)<br /><br />Several years ago, A friend of ours took her five dogs to the community trail (remote rails to trails). The rules do clearly state that all dogs must be on leashes. In spite of that, after she got about a half mile up the trail and there was no one in sight, she turned them loose.<br /><br />Another important piece of this story is that one of the small villages on that old rail line had a large Catholic seminary/ self-contained farm/campus (my dad worked there). Anyway, the seminary closed a couple of decades ago, a group bought it and turned it into a boot-camp sort of school for troubled kids. They have to be court ordered there in lieu of jail time. Supposed to be all non-violent offenders.<br /><br />Back to my friend. SO, she's walking and her dogs are running. She hears a helicopter coming. It comes into sight and hovers right over her, very low. The dust and grit from the trail is being kicked up, and there are men dressed in law enforcement uniforms hanging out the open doors. They are yelling at her but she cant' hear them for the sound of the helicopter and the confusion of the swirling grit.<br /><br />But she kept shouting at them that she was sorry. She knows the dogs are supposed to be on leashes. Finally, one of the shouts makes sense to her. "Run! Lady, run!" and she squints against the flying debris and sees him point down the trail toward the parking lot. So she calls her dogs and runs.<br /><br />Part way back to her car, she meets men in uniform who tell her to keep running, One of the young students/inmates has broekn out and the people in the helicopter could see him. They radioed that he was just around the bend from a woman with a pack of dogs walking the trail.<br /><br />lol, so they were afraid of a hostage situation. And my poor friend thought they sent the SWAT team out to take her down for her unleashed dogs.<br /><br />Teresa Cypherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08940430996766842518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3261030989801364799.post-54530623775251500172014-01-12T23:39:27.402-06:002014-01-12T23:39:27.402-06:00Oh wow, it's kind of scary, isn't it? You...Oh wow, it's kind of scary, isn't it? You know you haven't done anything, but you're pretty sure someone has--and apparently, they're in YOUR area, where you are, ahem, on foot, miles from your vehicle . . . or that's how it was for me, anyhow. Thanks for stopping by, Dale. Stay safe!Ann Swannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08826695313958091226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3261030989801364799.post-90234240435583524202014-01-12T18:43:26.920-06:002014-01-12T18:43:26.920-06:00I'm glad your adventure turned out okay. I had...I'm glad your adventure turned out okay. I had a similar experience when an highway patrol officer was shot in my area. A helicopter flew around our neighborhood, and when my husband and I got in our car to drive to a walking trail, it seemed to follow us. I guess when we got out and walked on the path without seeming like we were on the run, they figured we were all right. We later learned they were looking for a couple.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com