In the summertime after high school was done, my little surfer girl Peggy Sue and I traveled up and down California, having a good old time and plenty of adventures. Summer lovin', had me a blast.
We'd rented a big Schwinn tandem and were "bikepacking" in the high country at Yosemite National Park. Oh the grandeur, the rock formations, the majestic sequoias, the bits of Spanish moss! I love Yosemite.
Our first night, a bear had broken into our supplies and cleaned us out of food. Thanks to some friendly strangers, we were stocked again in no time! Did I mention I love Yosemite? I think people are the greatest fun!
Well, this was our second night. I'd set up the tent quickly and easily -- having finally read the dang directions. I was getting the tent this time, with Peggy sleeping out under the stars. I told every little star, just how sweet you really are...
So I was saying my bedtime prayer: "Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep if I should die before I wake --"
"Cut it out!" said Peggy, interrupting me. "Did you realize that in the space of one breath you've prayed twice to drop dead?"
I continued the prayer silently.
Well, I was sleeping soundly, when I was awakened by a screaming! "Huh, Peggy, wuzzat?"
"It's BIGFOOT! WAKE UP!" she yelled.
"Oh yeah now, calm down --" I began.
"CALM? Are you kidding!?" she was going through my pack. She found what she was looking for. "CAMERA WITHOUT FILM!" she cried, then dashed out.
"Wait for me!" I said. I grabbed a film canister and quickly changed the film putting Kodachrome in the Nikon camera.
Oh my, she wasn't kidding, there was a big... something that didn't look quite like a bear. I snapped a photo... dazzling myself with the flash of the camera. Bigfoot turned and ran, crashing through the bushes. I guess he'd been dazzled too.
"Dadgum it, I can't see anything!" said Peggy. She crashed into me.
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Well, three weeks later, when we got our prints from Castle Photographic in South Pasadena, we just couldn't wait, flipping through them to find... a picture of a fat woman wearing an oversized jacket! I tell you, that trip to Yosemite was something. Loch Ness monster, AND Bigfoot!
2007-08-06 13:29:53
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answered by Anonymous
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One moonlit night in August, a couple of the girls and I decided we were going to go camping out in "Bigfoot" territory. We didn't see any action so after a few hours of dead silence we decided to go into the tents.
All of a sudden Becky began "screaming". I said,"What the hell are you screaming about?" She just kept on screaming and ran out of the tent. By then I was so scared that I yelled out,"WAIT for me!!!!!" We ran out of the tent and there was something big, hulking, and smelly at the edge of the camp making growling sounds. I had my camera in my pocket, but it was empty!!!! What good is a "camera without film?" I told Becky to calm down and be quiet. She said,"Calm down?! Are you kidding?!"
After all of that fiasco we decided to go back home. The last thing that I heard as I fell asleep was Becky praying, "Now I lay me down to sleep." THE END..........
2007-08-06 11:57:08
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answered by Anonymous
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CALM?! Are you kiding?! I opened the basement door and Big Foot was there, foul-smelling breath and all. I'm guessing he was waiting for me for hours. I took off in the other direction screaming like a scalded dog, and found the camera without film in the living room. I escaped and made it to my grandma's, and now, I lay me down to sleep...
2007-08-06 11:45:20
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answered by Anonymous
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It was one of those camping trips that me and my sister decided to go on. We thought that it would be a nice sisterly bonding experience. We had just spent the day hiking along the river and were ready to set up camp, eat dinner, and turn in for the night. Yes, for some much needed rest. I don't know about my sister, but I was terribly exhausted and famished. We decided to just crack open two cans of Pork and Beans, warm up some Kielbasa, toast some marshmallows and then call it a night. Tomorrow will be another day of adventure...
Well, I was sleeping so comfortably in my sleeping bag (I mean for the first night anyways) when all of a sudden I was awakened by my sister screaming..."BIGFOOT!!!" I unzipped open the tent and climbed out to see what the commotion was all about. "Sis," I laughed, "are you sure you aren't like dreaming? It's probably just a dream... Stay calm...", I said. "CALM?! Are you KIDDING me?! I'm not going to STAY CALM!!!!" "Alright, alright... just hold your horses...", I replied back impatiently. "If it's going to be one of those once in a lifetime experiences of seeing Bigfoot in person, _I_ sure would like to get a picture of that critter.... hold on a sec.... I wanna get my camera", I said excitedly. So I climbed back into my tent and got my backpack.... "Yes, I'm FINALLY gonna get the perfect shot with this camera....", I thought to myself. Then I realized... "DANG!, Camera without film.... I left the film in the glove compartment of the car!!" So I stumbled back out of the tent, and hurriedly told my sister, "Sis, I HAVE to get the film... I left it in the car...I'll be right back", and rushed off. Next thing I knew... I heard my sister running waving her arms crazily as if she were being attacked by a whole bee colony yelling... "HEEEY, WAAAAAIT FOOOR ME!!!!". "Jeez... she's gonna scare the living daylights out of Bigfoot!!!", I thought.... really wanting sooo badly that my sister hadn't come with me on this camping trip. "KILL JOY!", I mumbled.
Meanwhile, back at the campsite... Bigfoot made himself at home.... He thought, "Boy, I didn't even DO anything!!!... and I'm having myself a nice rustic cooked meal...." He cracked open a couple of cans of Pork and Beans.... browned some sausage.... toasted some marshmallows.... and he turned in for the night.... He thought to himself,... "Yup, this is what I live for.... sweet dreams, young ones.... Now I lay me down to sleep...." And Bigfoot grinned a big smile as he slipped into Dreamland.
(And so my friends.... that is where that well-known prayer came from... and the rest is history!)
2007-08-06 17:45:42
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answered by blueskies 7
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One night in February, i was putting my seventeen children to bed and we were all praying, and just as we were saying "Now I lay me down to sleep", I heard screaming outside the window. So once we finished, I went outside to see what was wrong. Our 96 year old neighbor was yelling, "IT'S BIGFOOT!!!!", and since just last week she had screamed, "SOMEONE STOLE MY SHOES AND MY PAINT SET!!!!!" I just figured she needed to go back to sleep, or be referred to a nice home. So I asked her nicely to calm down, and go back inside and she said, "CALM? are you kidding?!" and ran down the street. Shrugging, I started to go back inside when I saw a large hairy creature meandering down the block. Panicking, I thought the lady must be right, so I ran back inside to get my camera, and I took a few shots, until I realized the camera was out of film, so I ran down to my friend Jill's house and asked for a camera. Confused, she said "WAIT FOR ME!!" When I went back outside, the bigfoot was only a few feet away, and I started snapping shots left and right. Just then, he took of his mask, and I realized it was only my exhusband. I asked, "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU WEARING?!" and he said he was just going to a costume party. Shamefaced, I returned home, had some hot chocolate, and watched a Friends marathon.
2007-08-06 12:05:15
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answered by Anonymous
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My camera ( without film, thank God...it's so expensive), was hurled at Big Foot when he tried to attack my camera guy...I was ditchin' the scene screaming like a banshee, and I can still here his painful screams of "Wait for Me...AAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHH Wait for me"...I hear them every night now when I lay me down to sleep. I feel like such a coward.
2007-08-06 11:48:24
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answered by Mizz SJG 7
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just then she saw what appeared to be bigfoot, so she turned and started screaming "WAIT FOR ME, WAIT FOR ME!!!" to her mom and dad who were driving back home from camping.
she wanted proof of her sightings and she found a camera...without film...'so much for that' she thought.
her parents were telling her to calm herself because they saw her crying...but she yelled "CALM?!?!?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?!?!?!"
when she got home she wasnt happy becuase she heard her parents disgussing therapy...so she decided to just Sleep...
"now i lay me down to sleep, pray my soul the lord to keep away from bigfoot, if he gets me before i wake, i pray my soul the lord to keep away from that hairy monster..." AMEN!
2007-08-06 11:48:46
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answered by IGaveEmHell 5
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and your question is...
Im flagging you know. have fun getting your violation notice in you inbox.
2007-08-06 11:45:39
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answered by Yahoo! Answers Law Enforcement 3
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*edit* thinking..............
2007-08-07 13:46:49
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answered by Anonymous
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