People Can Fly!
By Catherine
@bluesa (15023)
Johannesburg, South Africa
November 15, 2017 8:01am CST
I was talking to my Mom this morning and she remembered a very funny childhood incident. She says, that what occurred that day proved people can fly! She was visiting her Aunt and would spend her summers on her Aunts farm.
One day she was crossing a field, when she heard a very odd noise behind her, she was about 10 years old at the time and a very skinny young girl. So, she heard this strange noise behind her and turned to see a very large bull pawing the ground and snorting, with its eyes aimed right at her!
Before she could do anything, it started to charge at her, the field was quite large, but in the distance, she spotted a few trees. She ran for those trees with all she had in her! To when she got to one of the trees scramble up it and sit on a branch!
Once the bull had moved on and my Mom had calmed down, she realised she was stuck! She couldn't get back down the tree! And she had to wait for her cousins to find her, when they did find her, they couldn't believe she had got up that tree! They needed a ladder to get to her! The branch she was sitting on was so high off the ground, they needed a ladder to get to her!
And that is when the one cousin, said to my Mom, "I guess people can fly, because that is the only way you got up this tree!" Well, like my Mom says, it was either that, or she walked on air!
Photo is mine.
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15 responses
@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
16 Nov 17
I think she got a little help from the bull. They do say that when our adrenaline is high that we can do amazing feats and your mom proved the point. It's funny now but I'm sure that when she saw the bull she wasn't laughing. 2 people like this
@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Nov 17
If I was being chased by an angry bull, I would someone manage to learn how to fly too!
What a cool story told by your mom!
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
20 Nov 17
@bluesa I can imagine life on a farm is full of adventures!
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
16 Nov 17
that is adrenaline rush if one can climb a tree that seems not accessible to others
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
15 Nov 17
Oh that is funny. I'm happy she was safe from the nasty bull
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
16 Nov 17
@bluesa Me too, I wouldn't want her to have a stand off with that bull lol
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
17 Nov 17
It is quite amazing what a little adrenaline can help a person do isn't it lol Become lighter than air.
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@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
17 Nov 17
Maybe fear is all we need to make us fly! I've heard similar stories about people being able to jump over a very high wall or fence when they got chased by a dog.
I've heard similar stories about people being able to jump over a very high wall or fence when they got chased by a dog.1 person likes this
@HebrewGreekStudies (1646)
• Canada
16 Nov 17
It kinda reminds me of stories about ppl who had to move cars in emergency situations, sometimes when we really *need* to, we act more intensely then under normal circumstances (like an angry bull;P). The interesting thing is, when we realize we could do something all along, then that can become a tool...and, we can become something more then what we once thought we were, or we realize that we are more then we thought we were.
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@HebrewGreekStudies (1646)
• Canada
16 Nov 17
@bluesa actually, I think we could be capabale of that even if the danger is passed, because the deciding factor is of course mere motivation (in this case, fear). Like, the bull, or fear of the bull, was motivation, everything else was the same, and it was always there. That's one of the things in martial arts, you are trying to discipline your mind, and your body to follow your mind...the body of course does not want to follow, but, we discipline the body-and that is why, a lot of martial arts, when they did not serve military function, still had the function of meditation-as you can see I am still attempting to articulate that in my own life;P.
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@bluesa (15023)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
17 Nov 17
@HebrewGreekStudies I really need to consider martial arts. But, yes with training and discipline, I think we could do more. You are doing better than I ;P
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
16 Nov 17
maybe your mother had fly because of adrenaline rush. Maybe people could to that like jumping to a very high fence only to left thinking how they'd do that impossible thing.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
18 Nov 17
our superpowers come out during those times.
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@YrNemo (20261)
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17 Nov 17
Made me think of cats which after running from dogs, found themselves stuck on top of some trees and couldn't get down later. Your poor mom! Her survival instinct was incredible. (I heard similar cases, where people ran from bulls/aggressive dogs, end up jumping over very high fences or climbed certain poles which no human being could do in normal situations.)1 person likes this
@bluesa (15023)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
17 Nov 17
@dgobucks226 I have to agree! Flight was the smart move!
I have to agree! Flight was the smart move!1 person likes this
@dgobucks226 (34365)
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17 Nov 17
@bluesa Fight or flight! The flight was a smart move 
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