Not to be taken lightly!...A "ginger" sighting can be one of the most exciting and dangerous experiences one can have on the streets of LA. Reason being..u never know what a ginger might do.
A normal person might hide the women and children when seeing a ginger skating through neighborhoods, or walking through the grocery store trying to find a nice ginger snack. Myself on the other hand,..well, i dont mind scaling the edge of lifes highest tower, wrestling with deadly alligators, or trying to get as close as i can to the snarling and moody "GINGER" for a pic. Just a lil something to make me feel like i've lived a somewhat fearless lifestyle and not to small on the food chain so that as i can live in the same environment that Gingers do. Its also gonna pay off huge by the time grand kids come along to show off to!
This took place while i was skating around the LBC. I was just taking a break, wiping the sweat from my own head, when i heard him coming..."ta tat, ta tat, ta tat" were the sounds the creatures skateboard made roaring through the sidewalk. All of the sudden...."eeerrrrrr!"..as the back foot slid behind the tail of the board bringing the creature to a stop. Shivers went down my spine, thinking he caught a sent of my sweat. By now i dove behind a parked car not knowing if he saw me. It appeared as though i was safe, but i was still curious what got his attention so abruptly. As I take a peek around the car bumper to get a better view, I see him looking at non other than a fire hydrant sticking out of the sidewalk. "Is he thirsty?" i wondered to myself. Or perhaps the color yellow to him is like red to bulls. I didnt know what to do. I have my camera in one hand, my cell phone (with 911 ready to dail) in the other.. After hearing a couple of what could be threatening sounds he was making with his ginger mouth...he jumped back on his board. "SNAP" goes my camera, getting a film view of this unnatural arrangement of a being skating off into...wherever they go. "Shweeeew!" That was a close one. Could have gone either way. Look it up if you dont believe me. Just as i was ready to come out of hiding, i see him turn around really fast. "He's comong back!" Im looking down at myself to check if any of my limbs could be in his view. Then i notice his plans for that hydrant that he snarled at seconds earlier. He galloped towards the obstacle, dipped into a drive way, and popped out and over it with ease. I was so amazed at what just happened before my eyes that i was just a millisecond late on the photo i took of the creatures demonstration. Afterwards he didnt even look back as he skated away eastbound.
Legend has it, this ginger is called Jacob Havens. Tales mention that you can see his wrath of terror and dicomfort in his bed head shaped hair. From what i saw...this is indeed true. The impression it made on me was so frightful, that it took 2 weeks to get the pains out of my gut.
I will take notes and keep up to date information as i document any more future ginger sightings.
Kids: do not try this on your own. Please leave this to the professionals.
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That was amazing. You're quite the writer Ryan.
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