Introduction

Monday, May 3, 2010

Introduction

A lot of my favorite art and literature centers around a young person getting stranded in the wild in a storm and having to cut open and crawl inside an animal to survive. The experience invariably gives the young person a lasting love for mother nature and respect for all living creatures. Examples include: Naya Nuki: Shoshone Girl Who Ran, The Last Crossing, almost everything by Gary Paulsen, and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. This blog is devoted to giving the genre the forum it deserves and discussing what types of animals are ideal to cut open and crawl inside if you get stranded in the wild in a storm. Hopefully there will be firsthand accounts of what it's like to be inside an animal while a storm rages and your life hangs in the balance. All thoughts, ideas, and opinions are welcome. And if you know someone who has cut open an animal and crawled inside to survive please, PLEASE, contact me.
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6 comments:

  1. UnknownMay 4, 2010 at 11:57 AM

    During winters in high school I told Andrew Fife on a weekly basis that "if it comes down to it we're going to gut you and crawl inside for warmth." Luckily it never came to that. But I still stand by that plan; I would cut Fife open to live.

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  2. AnonymousMay 4, 2010 at 12:15 PM

    My dad once survived a blizzard by sheltering himself inside of the friendly elk he just killed.

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  3. JacobMay 4, 2010 at 6:56 PM

    Boy, I just can't wait to see where this goes. I've been trying to get together a small group to travel from Mongolia to England on camel back if you would be interested in setting up a situation where you might be the actor in your own favorite literature.

    And why COACISSW, not CIATS?

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  4. ArthurJune 10, 2010 at 10:37 PM

    have you seen that episode of man vs wild? Bear travels the Sahara, cuts open a camel and crawls inside for shelter. How to demonstration!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ysat-igQi44

    btw, this blog is f'ing hilarious.

    -Artie-

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  5. ArthurJune 10, 2010 at 10:39 PM

    oh, and he totally pukes while pulling the guts out.

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  6. GregLogOctober 28, 2010 at 10:18 PM

    Check out my photo album on my Facebook page Gregory Logajan called 'Surviving a snow storm by crawling inside your dead horse' In the early part of November of 1860 Reverend Joseph Gioffon crawled inside his dead horse to survive a blizzard near the town of what is present day Grand Forks, ND. He did nearly freeze to death and one leg was amputated

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