sublauxation
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I wanted to post this earlier but figured I'd take a cooling off period since the rest of our Cub Scout group blew it off. I'm usually pretty rational but this still bothers me so before I report it to the scout camp director I figured I'd run it past you guys to see if I was/am over reacting. Sorry for the long read. You guys are all pretty rational so any input is appreciated.
Last weekend we were tent camping with about 400 others. It was hot so nobody slept well. Sometime early Sunday AM I was awoken by some guy a couple tents over chanting out loud. I immediately recognized the voice as that of a very big guy from a different Den. I couldn't hear him at first but he started walking closer. He was chanting, "somebody gonna die tonight" over and over.
I reached down to look at the time but my phone battery was dead. He paced back and forth in front of my tent and 2 others a couple times still chanting. I rustled around trying to find my glasses, flashlight and knife. He heard me and stopped, dead quiet, about 3 ft from my tent for about 20 seconds, then started pacing again, now chanting, "N$&&a doing my death walk". He then stopped in front of each tent, turned, shined in his flashlight and made shooting motions.
The zipper on my tent was screwed up so there was no quick or easy way out, he was big, and I had no idea exactly what was going on. Somebody from a nearby cabin yelled at him to shut up and I heard him take about 10 steps that direction. I took the opportunity to run out shining the flashlight in his face and yelled for him to sit his backside down and put his hands out. He obeyed which surprised me, then I stood over him with the light in his face and a 2" Scout knife in my other hand asking questions to determine how messed up he was. He was extremely passive. We stayed that way for about 5 minutes until somebody else who couldn't sleep walked by, realized something odd was happening, and sat down next to me.
I quietly chewed his backside explaining how inappropriate his actions were. We stayed right there for 1 1/2 hours til the sun came up and others started coming around. He was mostly quiet the whole time, making me wonder if he was on something or just felt really dumb for what he had done.
I want to give him the benefit of the doubt as he was there with his kid, who he doesn't live with. It turns out the other guy that joined us right away was in his group and they had never met this guy before that weekend. I'm sure he'll tell the other dads. Maybe that's enough, but I'm debating whether I should report it to the camp director, or let things be hoping that he learned a lesson of some sort?
Last weekend we were tent camping with about 400 others. It was hot so nobody slept well. Sometime early Sunday AM I was awoken by some guy a couple tents over chanting out loud. I immediately recognized the voice as that of a very big guy from a different Den. I couldn't hear him at first but he started walking closer. He was chanting, "somebody gonna die tonight" over and over.
I reached down to look at the time but my phone battery was dead. He paced back and forth in front of my tent and 2 others a couple times still chanting. I rustled around trying to find my glasses, flashlight and knife. He heard me and stopped, dead quiet, about 3 ft from my tent for about 20 seconds, then started pacing again, now chanting, "N$&&a doing my death walk". He then stopped in front of each tent, turned, shined in his flashlight and made shooting motions.
The zipper on my tent was screwed up so there was no quick or easy way out, he was big, and I had no idea exactly what was going on. Somebody from a nearby cabin yelled at him to shut up and I heard him take about 10 steps that direction. I took the opportunity to run out shining the flashlight in his face and yelled for him to sit his backside down and put his hands out. He obeyed which surprised me, then I stood over him with the light in his face and a 2" Scout knife in my other hand asking questions to determine how messed up he was. He was extremely passive. We stayed that way for about 5 minutes until somebody else who couldn't sleep walked by, realized something odd was happening, and sat down next to me.
I quietly chewed his backside explaining how inappropriate his actions were. We stayed right there for 1 1/2 hours til the sun came up and others started coming around. He was mostly quiet the whole time, making me wonder if he was on something or just felt really dumb for what he had done.
I want to give him the benefit of the doubt as he was there with his kid, who he doesn't live with. It turns out the other guy that joined us right away was in his group and they had never met this guy before that weekend. I'm sure he'll tell the other dads. Maybe that's enough, but I'm debating whether I should report it to the camp director, or let things be hoping that he learned a lesson of some sort?