Thread: Rookie mistakes!

Originally Posted by 308

Graeme, sometimes they stand like this new foal in the pic and I think that some animals try to shadow themselves - could that contribute to seeing one when there's two?

and yes I know its a horse

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Yes 308 that is exactly how a yearling or a large fawn stands in front of its mother and I expect that was exactly how it was standing at the time of the shot. I had then eyes that could spot a gnat at 100 paces and don't forget we were both looking through our scopes. At this stage of the game I was pretty intent on putting my .243 bullets through the animals shoulder so that is where the scope was centred.

I offer this as evidence of what I am trying to explain. A film we were shown at Commercial Flying School showed how the proper thinking processes can be distorted by Stress, Fear, Excitement, Panic and other things I have probably forgotten. One was the
"Friendship"?? that bounced off the top of a ridge on the top on top of the Ruahine's and kept flying. It is hard to believe that aircrew would allow themselves to become so distracted by a lesser problem that they allowed the aircraft to descend to such a level as to impact with the ground.

I wish I could remember the other example better but the gist of it was the aircraft had a serious problem. The pilot became that convinced that a particular unit on his console "Mixture Control"?? was to blame that he exerted so much strength he tore it right out.
Tunnel vision?? this instrument actually had no connection with the major problem that was effecting the aircraft. Interesting the pilot had exerted such superhuman strength it had been believed before that it was impossible to do.

Not very good examples I am afraid nor probably a very accurate memory after so long.

Perhaps a better example , and it has been recorded more than once, that a man with buck fever or seeing a lion has ejected a full five rounds, one at a time out of his magazine and swore he had fired the lot.