Saturday, September 20, 2014

Boy, Almost 10, Assaulted by Cactus (Wednesday, September 17)

by staff reporter, Dan Rheault

A visiting boy was viciously attacked by an exceptionally sharp cactus Wednesday morning  near El Rosario, Baja, Mexico.  Fortunately, only minor injuries were reported.

While walking back to the car after examining a forest of cacti with Sam and Maeve Brown (and investigating a rattlesnake-like sound), Sam Brown’s dad heard a loud yelling.

Reportedly, while brushing the cactus off his pantleg, the unpleasant cactus imbedded itself in Sam’s hand.  Dad had to sudue the cactus with his shirt and promise not to write a blog post about the inci <REPORTER ATTACKED, REPORT TRUNCATED>

Suspect
Victim

2 comments:

  1. How odd... mabye the cacti are just out to get us. When out exploring the the ancient city of Dougga, I jumped through a window and landed on a 670 inch long spike placed there just for me. In fact it is still there! Same day. When we first arrived and saw some ripe cactus fruits. Well we thought we would pick one and see how it tasted. BAD IDEA. Although the fruit was delicious, we ended up with tonnes of near invisible spikes in our hands and mouths. Love Jet

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  2. Jet! You got attacked too! How can they be so cool and so dangerous? Like Jellyfish!!!! Do you mean that the spike is still there? In your foot? How did you get the prickles out of your mouth? Love, Sam

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