SkySlut 0 #1 June 5, 2003 My g/f just took a job at a hospice (where terminally ill people go to spend the last days of their life) and there is a weird thing that happens just before and during someone passing on. Crows show up at their window...usually about 4 of them. Once they have passed away, they fly off. The rest of the staff say that this is quite common and they can usually tell which patient is going to go next and when by where the crows show up. Is that bizarre or what? Then I was thinking about the fatality that we had at SNE last year and the DZ owners g/f who is a bit on the supersticious side made note of several crows hanging out the day of and after our friend passed away from a low turn. Just thought that was interesting... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luv2Fall 0 #2 June 5, 2003 I really don't know what to believe in about crows and death. I've hear "they carry away the soul of the departed" - I find this stuff hard to believe, but there are many true stories in circulation about this stuff to include yours. I will admit that a few weeks ago I was driving home after a jump and there was a crow on the side of the road who watched my approach, passing by and the rear end of my truck (caught a quick glimsp of that from the rear view mirrow). It "spooked" me just a little as the first thought that came to my mind is "I must have cheated death today". Who knows? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stacy 0 #3 June 5, 2003 I also work for hospice, but I've never heard anything about crows, sorry. Usually go for the more obvious signs like breathing rails, rattling, and lack of vital signs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites murrays 0 #4 June 5, 2003 Friends of mine who keep donkeys told me a fairly interesting story along these lines... A number of years ago, one of their donkeys had a baby mule (she was messing around with a horse). The young mule died suddenly at about a year of age. My friends buried him in a corner of their property. The mother donkey stood by his grave constantly for several days after he died. Then, my friends saw a raven land on a fencepost near the mother, the mother looked at the raven while it croaked at the donkey for a while. The raven flew off and the mother donkey ceased her vigil at her baby's grave. Who knows what goes on?-- Murray "No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets." - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jfields 0 #5 June 5, 2003 Actually, I thought they were vultures. And they only come in if the window is left open. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Cornholio 0 #6 June 5, 2003 Damn, there has been this crow outside my house now for two days when I leave for work. Hrmmm..... Butthead: Whoa! Burritos for breakfast! Beavis: Yeah! Yeah! Cool! bellyflier on the dz.com hybrid record jump Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Schroeder 0 #7 June 5, 2003 I've always believed, to some extent, that ravens are a little 'weird'. Not in a bad way though. When I ski, and that's a lot, I often find myself out in the middle of nowhere and I can't count the times I've stopped and looked up to see a big black raven watching me from the limbs of some tree. I always say hello to the "old man" and carry on my way. Every raven I meet in the wilderness, hiking, skiing, canoing, kayaking, whatever, is the 'old man' to me. I've learned to imitate their call, to a not-bad degree (i think anyway, haven't asked one), and when I see one, I'll call out to it, and usually they'll answer. If I ventured in the slipstream; Between the via-ducts of your dreams.......could you find me? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkySlut 0 #8 June 5, 2003 Well there has always been some sort of connection with ravens and death...I am not sure why, other than them being all black, but I wonder where else this comes from. Edgar Allen Poe wrote about it in the "Raven"...I wonder what other cultures this comes from... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Schroeder 0 #9 June 5, 2003 I agree that there's been that connection. To me, I see them more as a watcher. And when you're risking things, you life, you're likely being watched by something, somewhere. And should you go while being watched by one, you'll be delivered by it as well. I don't know how much stock I hold in that, but it is a nice idea. Part of it probably comes from the intelligence we see in them, the mystery, and how they're not afraid of us. They just show up and they just disappear. If I ventured in the slipstream; Between the via-ducts of your dreams.......could you find me? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jceman 1 #10 June 6, 2003 QuoteWell there has always been some sort of connection with ravens and death...I am not sure why, other than them being all black, but I wonder where else this comes from. Edgar Allen Poe wrote about it in the "Raven"...I wonder what other cultures this comes from... It goes a hell of a lot farther back than that. In Norse mythology the chief of the gods, Odin, was accompanied everywhere by a watchful raven or two, and ravens were the messengers of the gods. It was felt that ravens seen here on earth were the eyes of the gods. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
murrays 0 #4 June 5, 2003 Friends of mine who keep donkeys told me a fairly interesting story along these lines... A number of years ago, one of their donkeys had a baby mule (she was messing around with a horse). The young mule died suddenly at about a year of age. My friends buried him in a corner of their property. The mother donkey stood by his grave constantly for several days after he died. Then, my friends saw a raven land on a fencepost near the mother, the mother looked at the raven while it croaked at the donkey for a while. The raven flew off and the mother donkey ceased her vigil at her baby's grave. Who knows what goes on?-- Murray "No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets." - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #5 June 5, 2003 Actually, I thought they were vultures. And they only come in if the window is left open. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cornholio 0 #6 June 5, 2003 Damn, there has been this crow outside my house now for two days when I leave for work. Hrmmm..... Butthead: Whoa! Burritos for breakfast! Beavis: Yeah! Yeah! Cool! bellyflier on the dz.com hybrid record jump Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Schroeder 0 #7 June 5, 2003 I've always believed, to some extent, that ravens are a little 'weird'. Not in a bad way though. When I ski, and that's a lot, I often find myself out in the middle of nowhere and I can't count the times I've stopped and looked up to see a big black raven watching me from the limbs of some tree. I always say hello to the "old man" and carry on my way. Every raven I meet in the wilderness, hiking, skiing, canoing, kayaking, whatever, is the 'old man' to me. I've learned to imitate their call, to a not-bad degree (i think anyway, haven't asked one), and when I see one, I'll call out to it, and usually they'll answer. If I ventured in the slipstream; Between the via-ducts of your dreams.......could you find me? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkySlut 0 #8 June 5, 2003 Well there has always been some sort of connection with ravens and death...I am not sure why, other than them being all black, but I wonder where else this comes from. Edgar Allen Poe wrote about it in the "Raven"...I wonder what other cultures this comes from... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Schroeder 0 #9 June 5, 2003 I agree that there's been that connection. To me, I see them more as a watcher. And when you're risking things, you life, you're likely being watched by something, somewhere. And should you go while being watched by one, you'll be delivered by it as well. I don't know how much stock I hold in that, but it is a nice idea. Part of it probably comes from the intelligence we see in them, the mystery, and how they're not afraid of us. They just show up and they just disappear. If I ventured in the slipstream; Between the via-ducts of your dreams.......could you find me? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jceman 1 #10 June 6, 2003 QuoteWell there has always been some sort of connection with ravens and death...I am not sure why, other than them being all black, but I wonder where else this comes from. Edgar Allen Poe wrote about it in the "Raven"...I wonder what other cultures this comes from... It goes a hell of a lot farther back than that. In Norse mythology the chief of the gods, Odin, was accompanied everywhere by a watchful raven or two, and ravens were the messengers of the gods. It was felt that ravens seen here on earth were the eyes of the gods. Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money. Why do they call it "Tourist Season" if we can't shoot them? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
