Charlie Foltz
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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So I didn't observe it skipping.
I just,
That probably happened when I was looking at my wristwatch.
But when that thing took off, within eight seconds of the time I spotted the sweep band to the time the thing was a pinpoint of light in the night sky, eight seconds had elapsed.
And I turned and I looked at the campfire.
The campfire had flames about one inch high.
The campfire had completely burned out.
But I didn't say, oh, my God, what happened to the fire?
I mean, because fires burn out.
You expect that.
But I was puzzled by the fact that the fire was exhausted.
So I asked everybody, should I throw some wood on the fire and build it up?
And they're like, fuck the fire, man.
I'm exhausted.
And I all of a sudden just felt exhausted.
So it was like...
that adrenaline that puts you into the,
afterburner rocket across the lake to get back to shoreline safety, that adrenaline is now dissipated and exhaustion hits you.
That's the way it felt like.
But I didn't know why at that time.