| 3am in the morning coming home from night shift at the dairy.... a strange black lump appears in the middle of the road. About garbage bag size. I'm feeling a little mean, and was thinking about hitting it to make a mess... when this 'lump' sticks a shoe and a hand out. Some over consumption got a 20 yo in trouble, ran off the road, and passed out on the yellow line. I mean, PASSED OUT.
After blowing past it, not over it... at 60 mph, I skidded to a stop, forced my heart back down out of my nostrils, I turned around and went to see if 'it' was still alive. Got a loud groan, and I said; "Don't move" I'll go call for help. Oh brother, that kid isn't going anywhere..why did i say that? So ran around the end of the quarter section where my neighbor lived, drove into his yard honking the horn, and yelled for him to call the sheriff.. Went back out to the scene to keep anyone else from doing what i almost did.. Long story but even today i get chills remembering how close i came to making a hell of a mistake. |