I’ve never been a big enthusiast of the scarecrow, but I can honestly say that I’m always happy to see people happy. So, if you want to go dress like one, I am completely here for it. I support that decision. Same with #SpookySeason as a whole. I’m just not a big Halloween guy, but I support people doing and enjoying the things that make them happy.
That said, if you’re going to dress up like a scarecrow….it might not be a best practice to lay in the road all dressed up….
Marian Watt, 60, drove over 55-year-old Laurence John outside a pub in Alresford, Hampshire in November 2017.
Winchester Crown Court heard she had stopped but thought he was “a Guy Fawkes guy or a scarecrow” so drove on. He suffered multiple injuries.
She was jailed for a year after being found guilty of causing serious injury by dangerous driving last month.
Watt, of South Town Road, Alton, was also banned from driving for two years.
The court heard Mr John “wasn’t drunk but at most a little merry” when he left the Yew Tree to walk home alone on 25 November 2017.
Christopher Amis, prosecuting, said: “For some reason, which even now remains unclear, Mr John ended up lying prone in the middle of the very dark road on what was a very cold night.”
Well, hell – there go my plans for Halloween! This sounded like a lot of fun until we got to the part where the guy was run over. That is definitely a less-than-ideal way to spend the holiday.
But, damn lady! I don’t care if it’s a live human being or not. Who sees a pile of clothes in the road and thinks, “yep – just gonna run this shit over anyway?” I see a piece of cardboard in the road and slow down. Leaves fall and I’m like, “oh shit – better watch out.” Maybe that’s because I have a pristine 2006 Nissan Altima, and when you have that 06 Altima SWAG, you’re more than a little cautious about what hits your whip.
There’s a lot of dumbassery in this story – I don’t know how often Guy Fawkes is mistaken for a scarecrow. I don’t know why you lie down in a road. But, someone was run over because of it.
Let that be your lesson on this Halloween, and all Halloweens in the future. If you’re going to dress up as a scarecrow, just be prepared to be hit by a car.
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