Friday, November 30, 2007

Park considers raising ride after rider loses feet, but just install's sign instead.



http://www.wlky.com/news/14731013/detail.html

So the Superman ride, at Six Flags, Kentucky, is responsible for a 13yr old girl losing her feet. Park officials sought to cover up the story and "just play it off as an Urban Legend" and even got the story included in an upcoming Urban Legend movie. But after long consideration, and media attention, park officials were thinking about raising the ride, but instead just installed a sign that says "Lift feet here." Park manager Bill Christen said it all came down to cost, "you see, it's like we have these issues of cost and it's just cheaper, more cost effective, to install the sign instead of raise the entire ride two more feet off the ground, I mean we can't pander to everybody, what if a really really tall guy comes in? What will we do then? Anyway I don't think this girl will be a problem anymore, because I think she's too short to actually ride the roller coaster now." We checked that last fact and it's true. We sat down with the girl, Cindy Link, to see what her take on the story was:

Cindy: Hey guys!

TheNewsReport (TNR): Hey.

Cindy: What are you guys up to?

TNR: What? wait why do you keep saying guys? There's only one of us, me.

Cindy: Okay, yeah that's cool.

TNR: Let's just get on with this... so how are you getting along at school?

Cindy: Oh pretty well.

TNR: Could you please elaborate?

Cindy: Well, I can't really walk now.

TNR: Do the other kids at school make fun of you? They do don't they, what do they say? Do they call you things like "Stumps" or "Slut"?

Cindy: Well if they say anything I just laugh it off and say that Superman cut off my feet!

TNR: That's Impossible.

Cindy: What? That's what happened?

TNR: The super hero Superman took off your feet.

Cindy: yes.

TNR: The superhero that was sent to earth and powered by the sun's rays, in order to fight crime and save children cut off your feet?

Cindy: yes.

TNR: You obviously don't know anything about superhero's

Cindy: What? You're not making any sense.

TNR: I'm not making sense? You're the one that just said the superhero, sent from galaxies far away just to come and help people like you out, cut off a 13yr old girls feet!

Cindy: Stop!

TNR: NO YOU STOP! THIS INTERVIEW IS OVER, WHORE!

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