Posted on 10/11/2018 6:27:33 PM PDT by 11th_VA
Friends and family of a beloved Medieval knight re-enactor have been left stunned after the Virginia man accidentally impaled himself with his lance during a re-enactment event over the weekend.
Peter Barclay, 53, was competing in an equestrian game in front of a crowd in Williamstown, Kentucky Saturday when he was fatally injured.
Participating in events under the knight name of Master Terafan Greydragon, Peter went to spear a paper plate while on horseback when something went wrong and his lance impaled him under his sternum, WLWT confirms.
Peter, a military veteran, was airlifted to a hospital but died en route.
Everybody that knew him is just dead stunned, President of the Society of Creative Anachronism John Fulton told WLWT. His ability, his skill and his attention to detail and safety is just totaled.
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I like and use that saying myself...
I was told “don’t run with scissors.” I guess “don’t run with a lance” is also not bad advice.
Or paper plates.
Or people named Lance.
“Whilst thou holdest my beer and behold this...”
Paper beats lance
He should’ve used a rock
rock beats everything
https://www.wlwt.com/article/man-impales-self-dies-during-medieval-horseback-stunt-at-nky-event/23654784
“Barclay was trying to spear a paper plate on the ground.
Barclays brother posted on Facebook that the metal tip of his brother’s lance hit the ground, flipped and then impaled him under his sternum.”
LOL!!!
That’s a fascinating little piece of information. Wow.
Didn’t help Henry II of France.
I hope he love what he was doing. No better way to go. Bless him and his family.
RIP
article said his lance stuck in the ground and flipped. And he was impaled below the sternum.
Fulton apparently did not prepare his remarks ahead of time.
I’ve heard that, too. It was specifically done to guys that fired the longbow. Without a middle finger, you couldn’t effectively operate one, so they’d chop them off if they captured you.
Playith stupid games and winith stupid prizes?
I’ve portrayed a Mexican Lancer in a movie and the 9 foot lance can be dangerous if one loses it on horseback at a canter. In a Civil War sequence I saw a fellow trooper lose his sword and as it bounced I winced seeing it almost impale the horse. Weapons and horses at speed have some dangerous consequences if something goes array.
Oopseth....
That's interesting - whether true or not, I'm telling my grand kids (They love archery) !!! Thanks !!!!
Poor fella. RIP.
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