GypsyHeartgirl
POP for GIRLS
It was a place I'd gone to before, and after all the terror and worry and closed schools, I told my kids if the sniper was caught we'd go there to kind of celebrate the relief of not having to worry about being shot by the sniper and the freedom of being able to go out and feel relatively safe. As we got off the exit and drove within site of the resturant, I was wondering how it would be. My thoughts were, either it would be deserted because everyone was so creeped out by the shooting (though fortunately the victim here did survive) or it would be packed as some kind of bizarre tourist stop. The second was correct. I do admit I was there because of the news, but it was only as a celebration the scare was over, but we were shocked that people were posing for and taking pics, yes, stopping and posing in front of the resturant, its sign, and the woods! My kids laughed so hard, they yelled 'OMG they're POSING!!!' No, we didn't pose, but we did go back to the woods to look if we could see evidence of the incident and all the cops and agents. I never noticed how dark and dense and creepy those woods were, even in the sunlight of the afternoon. It was eerie and chilling. It was so scary to think a shot could come from a patch of woods, anywhere. When I was a little kid I was scared of woods like that, but as I grew up I thought, oh come on, what are the chances a weirdos or 'the bogeyman' are in those woods right now? This is proof you really never know.
We also met the girl employee who was interviewed on the news. I recognized her and asked her and she said yes it was her. You just never know how notoriety will come to your town. It can be a terrible way and how you'd least suspect. They're famous now, or is that infamous?
I would also like to express appreciation for all the law enforcement officers and agents in VA, and MD and DC and the FBI who did their best to keep the public safe, and the guys who turned in the licsense numbers of those snipers. Thank God this painful and frightening episode of history is over.
It reminds me of a movie quote, from the last line of the original:
"Was it the bogeyman?"
"As a matter of fact, it was."
But this one was true.
We also met the girl employee who was interviewed on the news. I recognized her and asked her and she said yes it was her. You just never know how notoriety will come to your town. It can be a terrible way and how you'd least suspect. They're famous now, or is that infamous?
I would also like to express appreciation for all the law enforcement officers and agents in VA, and MD and DC and the FBI who did their best to keep the public safe, and the guys who turned in the licsense numbers of those snipers. Thank God this painful and frightening episode of history is over.
It reminds me of a movie quote, from the last line of the original:
"Was it the bogeyman?"
"As a matter of fact, it was."
But this one was true.
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(a sick variation of the state's "Virginia is for lovers" slogan with a heart and the state) When criticized he said he'd stop- after he sold his entire stock
