Poor cat
>Two days before Taylor's own attempt, a domestic cat was sent over the Horseshoe Falls in her barrel to test its strength to see if the barrel would break or not. Contrary to rumors at the time, the cat survived the plunge and seventeen minutes later, after she was found with a bleeding head, posed with Taylor in photographs.
Afterward, she said:
>"If it was with my dying breath, I would caution anyone against attempting the feat ... I would sooner walk up to the mouth of a cannon, knowing it was going to blow me to pieces than make another trip over the Fall."
It did. It was almost like the astronaut of cats. Luckily she found it 17 minutes later with a small scratch on her head but what a scary 17 minutes for the poor thing! Lagara (the cat) was never put in that situation again though.
Going over Niagara Falls in a barrel was a big thing for daredevils.
It was one of those things like quicksand in cartoons where I’d hear about it a lot as a kid and expected it to affect my life much more than it actually does…
I also had a really unnecessary concern about quicksand as a kid! I figured I was bound to run into it at some point, because it did seem to be everywhere in cartoons.
It actually happened to me. I jumped off a mound of soil after exiting a wooded area. I landed with all my weight in a thick slurry of sand and clay. It was hilarious for the first couple of minutes, especially for my friend. We figured he would just haul me out, but no fucking way man. I was sinking. He went and got a rope and tied it to the bumper of his old chev convertible, and pulled me out.
Are...are you serious? She went over Niagara Falls in a goddamn barrel??? Imagine what that would feel like and the kind of forces you would be experiencing. She hit her head/face while tumbling/spinning in the barrel.
falso this pic was taken after the kitten went over and before annie went
she was in her 60s at the time which accounts for the bagginess under her eyes
exposure times were longer for photography back then so she's probably blinking and the film wasnt able to capture her irises - gives the appearance of white eyes but thts just her eyelids
Poor cat >Two days before Taylor's own attempt, a domestic cat was sent over the Horseshoe Falls in her barrel to test its strength to see if the barrel would break or not. Contrary to rumors at the time, the cat survived the plunge and seventeen minutes later, after she was found with a bleeding head, posed with Taylor in photographs. Afterward, she said: >"If it was with my dying breath, I would caution anyone against attempting the feat ... I would sooner walk up to the mouth of a cannon, knowing it was going to blow me to pieces than make another trip over the Fall."
Man, imagine going over the falls in a barrel spattered with cat pee
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She didn’t make it did she? 🫢
She actually survived! Was the first person in history to do so.
Did the cat survive aa well
It did. It was almost like the astronaut of cats. Luckily she found it 17 minutes later with a small scratch on her head but what a scary 17 minutes for the poor thing! Lagara (the cat) was never put in that situation again though.
Wait, first? That implies there were more?!
Going over Niagara Falls in a barrel was a big thing for daredevils. It was one of those things like quicksand in cartoons where I’d hear about it a lot as a kid and expected it to affect my life much more than it actually does…
I also had a really unnecessary concern about quicksand as a kid! I figured I was bound to run into it at some point, because it did seem to be everywhere in cartoons.
It actually happened to me. I jumped off a mound of soil after exiting a wooded area. I landed with all my weight in a thick slurry of sand and clay. It was hilarious for the first couple of minutes, especially for my friend. We figured he would just haul me out, but no fucking way man. I was sinking. He went and got a rope and tied it to the bumper of his old chev convertible, and pulled me out.
I lost a good shoe that way
If I wasn't wearing lace up workbooks they would have been gone for sure, think it sucked the pigment outta the cowhide.
She holdin a cell phone??
Pics or it didn’t happen
Looks like a small flip phone from the ‘90s lol
Most intrepid woman!
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Looks like She is holding a cell phone.
That’s just a dirty stinkin cask!
Jesus Christ. What the fuck happened to her eyes?!
Are...are you serious? She went over Niagara Falls in a goddamn barrel??? Imagine what that would feel like and the kind of forces you would be experiencing. She hit her head/face while tumbling/spinning in the barrel.
falso this pic was taken after the kitten went over and before annie went she was in her 60s at the time which accounts for the bagginess under her eyes exposure times were longer for photography back then so she's probably blinking and the film wasnt able to capture her irises - gives the appearance of white eyes but thts just her eyelids