PUBLIC RITUAL VEGETABLE SACRIFICE 17 October, 1999 Evan throws his pumpkin      Rev. DeLuxe blessed The Church's pumpkin offering in the standard manner and dedicated the ceremony to Tina Chopp and to all future Ritual Vegetable Sacrifices. Shortly afterwards the air was filled with flying pumpkins and the cheers (and jeers) of the onlookers. Many pumpkins landed either directly on the trail, or on the large rock outcropping to the left (west) of the trail as we were looking off the bridge. Tami throws her pumpkin The confusion that accompanied last year's sacrifice was mitigated primarily because of the warning that the participants had gotten concerning the height of the bridge prior to the circular reading, but also because there weren't any dogs frantically bouncing around. A couple of the particpants, however, did spend most of the time they were on top of the bridge, sitting as far away from the edge as they could get. Read more, go back to the Vegetable Sacrifice page, go back to Main Menu... or don't.