Place: Odd Fellow and Rebekah Tall Oaks Camp, Baldwin MI
Time: August 2007
Story: The various members of the Family were meeting at the Camp for a weekend of fun and relaxation. Brothers and Sisters from all parts of our jurisdiction and visitors from many others were there. Normally, everyone gets along fine and things go very well (last year some of the Officers were put on ice(water), but only for awhile!)
This year there were some new faces from the Monroe clan. Rumours spread quickly about a fued that was building... Things were whispered about ammunition and arms! Late night movement was detected involving the water supply. What would happen come morning?
The first exchange
Words and looks were exchanged. Not happy ones either! The feeling in the air intensified...
It seems that there was one group who were not happy with one or more of the other family members. Pre-arranged plans were about to come into play...
Here is one of the members receiving a "go-ahead" signal... She seems pleased.
During the ensuing activites, there seems to be some mix-up that ocurred. It seems one of the group (or was it two) attacked one of the family who was not on the other side. Check out the video, then see a couple of photos... (Note: click on the BIG ARROW in the center of the pic to load and watch the video - it may need to be clicked twice... The videos have sound so make sure your sound is turned up!)
After some consulting, the group reformed and plans were made... The real enemy was known to be slacking off in his cabin. Now would be the time to make the hit...
Here we see the Fearsome Threesome heading for the Hit.
They were armed and loaded. Cocked and locked. Ready and steady.... Would they be able to make a direct hit? Luckily for us, they employeed a top notch family photographer to capture the results.!
Shhhh..... Ready.... Set.... HIT!
It was a direct hit, but alas, the victim had quite a quick recovery... He was up and out of the cabin in the blink of an eye.
No one noticed that he was armed too. After his quick-fire retaliation, it was now known what that late night activity was all about.... WATER BALLOONS!
His aim was good and he made two direct hits. One of them hit one of his attackers. The other hit the guy that was accidently hit before. Whose side was this one on anyway??? The balloon guy did not go without pain either. Check out the following snapshots that were quickly snapped as this happened.
Notice that the Fearsome Threesome member recovered quickly and sent a new attack signal. Did her cohorts see it? Would they be able to respond...
That guy that can't decide what team he is on tries to commit hairy-kary by injesting the silly-string....
I bet you can't wait to see what happens next. The 3 against 1 (not counting the hairy-kary guy and the photographer) war is not quite finished. The loner who is facing a gang declares "You won the first battle, but I will win the war!"
Later in the day we find him getting ready to exact his revenge.... He waits and waits. Then he waits some more... Then he waits and waits.. You can almost see the grass grow, but this is a picture not a video, so move on.
Will his patience pay off?
One by one, the Fearsome Threesome strutted out from their lunch. Each one was gunned down in order. (One of them was warned but got hit anyway...) These are videos, so click the big arrow in the center for each one...
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Three
What a sad day for the usual happy camper campout... Could a truce be formed?
Wait - what is this? A child intervenes and gets the lone avenger but good. Too bad the video guy was reloading.... He completley missed it... But he did get some video of the loner getting the child back.. What kind of guy attacks a child? Probably one who just got nailed by her!
General triage and disscussion followed...
Much later, after much trashtalking, threats and boasts, there came about a miracle. The Threesome seemed to want a truce. The loaner at first laughed and vowed to win the war. But sensibilities prevailed, and a truce was formed and kept.... If only the bigger world could mend their differences so quickly and with so little pain and damage....
This was just some clean fun at the Odd Fellow and Rebekah Campout.
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