"There is another world, but it is in this one."

  • Ewa Wisnierska
    • 35 year old Polish paraglider
    • did not technically fall, but ok seriously, what the fuck
    • key themes: lightning, miraculous survival against all odds, the other guy died, she continues to be a champion paraglider
  • Juliane Kopcke
    • 17 year old German student
    • key themes: Werner Herzog (who was supposed to be on the flight); Aguirre, Wrath of God; miraculous lone survival; narrow misses; failed expeditions; bats (she is now a renowned mammologist)
      • OMG bats, also coming up a lot lately
    • from NYT
  • Vesna Vulovic
    • 22 year old Serbian flight attendant
    • possibly the craziest story of all, possibly a mistake and cover up by the Yugoslav Air Force
    • key themes: miraculous lone survival, German medic found and treated her, amnesia, political activism later in life
    • name means "messenger" or "springtime"
  • Autumn Veatch
    • name means "autumn"

Ok, I don't know how crazy to get with this, but I think that if I unravel the secret connections between these events, the meaning of life might be revealed.

You may be witnessing my total descent/devolution into conspiracism.

dec 12 2010 ∞
jul 1 2021 +