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2naSalit

(93,130 posts)
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 11:35 PM Oct 21

A bad thing just happened a little while ago...

I didn't realize anything was wrong until I heard the sirens coming up the hill and then the phone rang.

I live about three fifths of the way up a tall hill with steep slopes and and ravines and houses all the way to the top. I live along a big ravine at the edge of development, nothing beyond but grassland for miles going up the pass. A little while ago I heard a lot of sirens rush past my home and stop about a block up, near the top of the ravine. My neighbor, the next up the hill, called and told me the emergency vehicles were up at the top of the ravine, off the pavement, and cops were going down into the ravine, probably 60ft deep or more at that spot, really steep. Not far from a sharp curve in the road.

I went up to my neighbor's, since her house totally blocked my view, with my binos and as we watched we discovered that someone left the pavement at the curve and rolled down the ravine, there was one person and it was fatal. The coyotes were out yipping several times while the car was pulled out of the ravine and when the ambulance left with no lights.

I don't know who it was but I am asking for prayers or what have you for that person, whomever they were. I am burning sage and singing a mourning song for them, I am afraid that I may find out that I know who it was in the coming days. There aren't too many houses that far up the hill and I know some of the residents up there.



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A bad thing just happened a little while ago... (Original Post) 2naSalit Oct 21 OP
Oh goodness. I am sending prayers for the family of the person who died. May The Universe welcome him/her. LoisB Oct 21 #1
Oh 2na.. yorkster Oct 21 #2
This is so very sad. Hope22 Oct 22 #3
I it sad... 2naSalit Oct 22 #4
It really brings home how fragile life is. Hope22 Oct 22 #5
I'm okay. 2naSalit Oct 22 #7
Vibes on the way to all, 2na. SheltieLover Oct 22 #6
I'll be thinking of you and the family of the person that was killed. I'm sorry, 2naSalit. HeartsCanHope Oct 22 #8
Holding that person, and their family, in light and love. niyad Oct 22 #9
Sending prayers LiberalLoner Oct 22 #10

LoisB

(8,878 posts)
1. Oh goodness. I am sending prayers for the family of the person who died. May The Universe welcome him/her.
Mon Oct 21, 2024, 11:38 PM
Oct 21

Hope22

(3,043 posts)
3. This is so very sad.
Tue Oct 22, 2024, 12:17 AM
Oct 22

I’m holding you in my heart and sending love to all touched by this tragedy. 💗💗🙏🏼💐

2naSalit

(93,130 posts)
4. I it sad...
Tue Oct 22, 2024, 12:24 AM
Oct 22

Especially for that person's family and friends. I just feel a little creeped out about it, feel kind of like I witnessed a passing, it was only moments afterward, it was reported right away as it happened right behind a row of houses.

I wonder if it's someone I know.

Hope22

(3,043 posts)
5. It really brings home how fragile life is.
Tue Oct 22, 2024, 12:49 AM
Oct 22

You are doing your best. 💗💗💗🙏🏼

niyad

(120,423 posts)
9. Holding that person, and their family, in light and love.
Tue Oct 22, 2024, 02:11 AM
Oct 22

Holding you also, my friend, whoever that person is. Lighting a candle for peace and strength for all involved.

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