What was the closest you've ever come to dying/death....?

[Scootaloo]

134. Well...

Probably the closest to actually dying came when I was five or so, and got electrocuted by an open socket.

Since then?

• Came home after school, not knowing parents had had a drunk-fight. Dad was asleep on ht couch with a shotgun pointed right at the door.

• Got bitten by a water moccasin. That was a total panic-job. Everyone freaked, rushed me to the hospital, where I was in the ER for a while, before the doctors figured I was one of those cases where the snake strikes without using fangs.

• I used to get into fights with the skinheads. One time, one of hte fuckers pulled out a knife. A friend of mine got stabbed in the armpit, I got some flesh wounds in my side and thigh. Was a good call to stop picking fights, even with people who deserved it.

• I was once chased through the woods of a public park by some homeless dude who took a few shots at me.

• Then there was the time in Alaska where I got chased by a moose cow while I was trail biking. I'd rather be i nthe fight with that skinhead than do that again.

All togehter? It's made me aware that, first off, my live has been kind of fucking scary. I know there are people with worse, lots of them, but still. Second, it's made me understand that damn near anything can do a person in, at any time, for any dumb fucking reason. I honestly don't worry about myself, but rather the people I'd leave behind.