RDN's Lucifer (nerthos)'s status on Saturday, 05-Sep-15 00:15:28 UTC

  1. Then there's people like this one guy from the capital that served with my grandfather back when he lived in the country. My grandfather and two other soldiers were tasked with carrying a wire roll through open range to set a communications line, and they were doing it at night. They were instructed to not let go of the line or they'd get lost in the darkness as there was nothing but dirt and plants for miles. One of the soldiers was from the capital, absolutely foreign to the wild, and was convinced that there were tigers there. At one point some bird made a noise, the guy got terrified, screamed "A tiger!" and ran away. My grandfather and the other soldier spent quite a while laughing and finished their task. The next day an officer from another detachment showed up at the base with the lost soldier, who had gotten lost and eventually stumbled upon civilization again.

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