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A dead goose fell from the sky and knocked a 51-year-old hunter unconscious on Maryland's Eastern Shore. The incident happened around 5 p.m. Thursday in Easton, Maryland, near the Miles River. Robert Meilhammer, of Crapo, Maryland, was hunting with three others for waterfowl when someone in the group fired on a flock of Canada geese overhead. One of the geese fell and hit Meilhammer, knocking him out and causing head and facial injuries, according to Candy Thomson, a spokeswoman for the Maryland Natural Resources Police. Natural Resources police officers, local sheriff deputies and EMS responders transported Meilhammer by ambulance to an airport and airlifted him to a shock trauma unit.
When Meilhammer came to, he knew who he was but "little else," said a Natural Resources police officer. Emergency responders with Talbot County described Meilhammer's head injury as "severe." The dead goose also knocked out two of his teeth. Attempts to reach Meilhammer were unsuccessful. Canada geese can weigh about 12 pounds and have a wing span reaching up to six feet. In Maryland, there are two types of geese: migratory geese, which fly north in the spring to breed; and resident geese, which are sometimes called "golf course geese," that live in the area year-round.
originally posted by: Lysergic
a reply to: seattlerat
Sounds like you just don't like to get your hands dirty animals raised for slaughter have it much worse.
Saw grackle fall out the sky hit the ground get up shake itself off aND fly away falling dead out the sky is a new lol.
originally posted by: seattlerat
I'm not a fan of hunting animals for sport. If you are starving and there are no supermarkets for thousands of miles, then, if your life depends on it and you have no other options, go ahead and do what you have to do to survive. One hunter in Maryland, apparently got more than he bargained for while out hunting waterfowl:
Robert Meilhammer, of Crapo, Maryland
originally posted by: KTemplar
a reply to: seattlerat
Seattle, my sons friend just spent many weeks in the Utah desert in Outward Bound; he is in boarding school now in Montana. His friend called one night in between OB and Montana and we talked for almost an hour. Pretty amazing stuff out there. He was pretty hungry too
Anyways how ironic is the goose
originally posted by: seattlerat
originally posted by: KTemplar
a reply to: seattlerat
Seattle, my sons friend just spent many weeks in the Utah desert in Outward Bound; he is in boarding school now in Montana. His friend called one night in between OB and Montana and we talked for almost an hour. Pretty amazing stuff out there. He was pretty hungry too
Anyways how ironic is the goose
Probably a similar adventure to my own. It was called "School of Urban Wilderness & Survival", and lasted about 3 weeks in the Escalante Canyon area. At first, it was like torture and I hated everything about it. All I could think of was food. People don't realize what they will do to fill their belly after just a few days without. It's kinda scary. Fortunately, we didn't resort to cannibalism, but I did have to veer from my veganism vows. Now I look back on that time and am grateful for the experience it gave me, I began to appreciate what I had and some other things lost their value. I hope your son's friend will find balance in his life!