Girl Scalped On Carnival Ride My Never See Again

I know this is so tragic , I saw dad on TV and the poor man could hardly talk b/c he was so heartbroken . :(
 
As someone with really long hair, I am surprised the parents did not think of this and teach her to protect herself. But then again who would think these rides could cause such devastating damage to the poor girl... :'(
 
Jezie said:
As someone with really long hair, I am surprised the parents did not think of this and teach her to protect herself. But then again who would think these rides could cause such devastating damage to the poor girl... :'(
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I would think the Carnival would of had a sign posted warning people not have and lose clothes on and to have their long hair pinned up .
 
Not a lot of people think about that. I never think about my hair on a ride. But now I will think twice
 
It has been so long since I have been, I am sure there are signs... but how many kids will pay them any mind?

@DNM I have to always think of it... my hair is long enough to be its own entity :) thus is is just something that is automatic for me.
 
DeafNerdMommy said:
Not a lot of people think about that. I never think about my hair on a ride. But now I will think twice
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That good , I posted this thread to let people know of risk of having long hair and going on Carnival Ride . The traveling carnivals needs to better inspected b/c something
happen just about every summer.
 
whatdidyousay! said:
That good , I posted this thread to let people know of risk of having long hair and going on Carnival Ride . The traveling carnivals needs to better inspected b/c something
happen just about every summer.
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That is horrible, they should put it in the rule things. No pregnant women, no loose change, no hats, no loose long hair, no loose clothing. These should be in big pictures with bold lettering
 
DeafNerdMommy said:
That is horrible, they should put it in the rule things. No pregnant women, no loose change, no hats, no loose long hair, no loose clothing. These should be in big pictures with bold lettering
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And people should not be allowed on a ride if they refuse to follows the rules .
 
I've never seen any warning on any rides about long hair; I have seen warnings about removing glasses and keeping hands inside the car or ride, but that's about it. I also know someone who had long hair that he kept in a ponytail and was scalped by a drive shaft on a car he was working on, but the hair and scalp was torn off his head from the base of his neck to just above his eye brows. It was surgically reattached in something like a 16 or 20 hour surgery that was successful. Today he still is a mechanic and all you can see is a faint line above his eye brows, but that is about it and he now has a lot shorter hair. I home the girl has a similar successful outcome.
 
seb said:
I've never seen any warning on any rides about long hair; I have seen warnings about removing glasses and keeping hands inside the car or ride, but that's about it. I also know someone who had long hair that he kept in a ponytail and was scalped by a drive shaft on a car he was working on, but the hair and scalp was torn off his head from the base of his neck to just above his eye brows. It was surgically reattached in something like a 16 or 20 hour surgery that was successful. Today he still is a mechanic and all you can see is a faint line above his eye brows, but that is about it and he now has a lot shorter hair. I home the girl has a similar successful outcome.
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OUCH !! I hope the girl will regain her eyesight too. There should signs posted now putting long hair up before going the rides.
 
Many years ago...a class trip to some sort of warehouse that had commercial fans in it (no Ac)...these fans were huge!...One girl had very long hair and stood too close to one of the exhaust fans
 
I am trying to fix my title I left the 'A' out of 'may'. OOPS !



When I was around 10 yo I went on a ferris wheel ride for the first time and when it got to the top I fainted and my older sister had to hold me in so I would not fall out and she was yelling for the guy to bring us down . My sister saw was scared to death that I would fall out . I had no idea I would pass out b/c I was excided about going on the ride.
 
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