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Hiker Who Cut Off Arm Says Unborn Son Saved Him
Remember the mountain climber who cut off his own arm back in 2003 to save himself? Some people are wondering if he lost more than his arm in Blue John Canyon.
Aron Ralston told Today that his baby boy saved his life back in May 2003. Except the baby isn’t due to be born until February 2010.
Ralston says he had a specter of a child while he lay with an eight hundred pound boulder on his right forearm, pinning him in place. Ralston lay in place for five days before finally decide to amputating his own arm, freeing himself and saving his own life. It was on that day – day five of a six-day ordeal - that Ralston told Today he saw the child.
““I certainly feel that this little boy is perhaps the same little boy that I saw the very last night I was stuck in the canyon, when I thought I was going to die,” Ralston said. “There was this little child, about 3 years old, blond hair, that I picked up and was interacting with with my left hand and a handless right arm, and I saw myself holding him there.”
Now Ralston’s wife Jessica is pregnant, and he’s excited to be a first time dad. We would be too – especially knowing how close he came to not making it there.
So what do you think – is the child for real or is he just trying to hype up attention for 127 Hours, the upcoming movie about his life?
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Mistress_Scorpio commented on Dec 09 09 at 10:41 amI don’t care much if he’s telling the truth about visions. Guy cut off his own arm to escape certain death. That right there is crazy incredible. He can hype away… He’s more than earned the right to do so.
Maggie commented on Dec 09 09 at 9:31 pmComments
What a strange question you end this post with. Are we taking a vote on whether he had a vision?
Let’s see:
1. He’s suffered a maiming injury.
2. He’s lost some blood.
3. He’s been stuck in the same spot for 5 days, alone with no one to assist him, no one to talk to.
4. Very probably he hasn’t been eating well. Possibly he’s been starving for a day or two, or more.
5. By now he may also be dehydrating.I think it is very nearly certain that he had visions. Whether you want to characterize them as “hallucinations” or “religious epiphanies” or “precognitions” is up to you. But I think it’s very much off-base to suggest that the man is lying, which is how I receive your question.
Nicole Müller commented on Feb 19 11 at 4:40 pmIn a coverage about the incident , that was filmed half a year after the accident, he told the reporter about a vision he had of a baby he was holding in the future! And when that coverage was filmed there was no thinking of a movie to be made!
So I think somehow that vision may have saved his life somehow, or at least it gave him the strengh to do what he had to do!
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