At that time Gnu, if you had to stay after school of just had some school activities ain't no parent gonna pick ya up. ya walked home. I had two choices, one was a half mile or so maybe 3/4 tops up over the mountain and down to my house .. or around the stinking mountain which took forever and was one hell of a long walk. I always took the woods way. We all did actually. Maybe 2 years after me my neighbor Joey got treed also. We learned the cub season wasn't probably a good idea to take the woods route :-)

I remember thinking getting killed this way is really going to hurt. funny what goes through you mind.