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Another Mishap at Bonanza Creek Ranch

Kachina624 — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 01:47:50 GMT

This is the site of the Alec Baldwin shooting. Local Albuquerque news now reports a crew member who was working there relates that he was bitten by a brown recluse spider at the ranch. His doctors say his arm may have to be amputated. Do the disasters on this property never end?

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dancingwoman — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 02:20:17 GMT

@Kachina624 I read this on I think TMZ but not sure. They had pics but I didn't look.

I was cleaning leaves out of our courtyard yesterday and killed a black widow...and almost got a snake in the vac of the blower vac as I was picking up the leaves. Gotta be careful. Spiders are everywhere especially dark hiding places..

I can't imagine being bitted by a brown recluse...how devastating for the crew member.

Sounds like bad decisions are gonna haunt them for a long time...DW

Re: Another Mishap at Bonanza Creek Ranch

Mary Bailey — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 02:26:51 GMT

I can understand the shooting investigation

as awful (I HATE) but

how are spiders regulated?

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Kachina624 — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 02:27:26 GMT

@dancingwoman We have a lot of black widows here too. I just give them a wide berth.

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RoughDraft — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 02:45:43 GMT

I expect that sooner rather than later a mini-series will be made about the making of Rust, rather than ever seeing Rust be made into a feature film. Leave that area to the snakes and bugs and beasties that thrive there.

Re: Another Mishap at Bonanza Creek Ranch

patbz — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 05:18:25 GMT

A Brown Recluse is much worse than a Black Widow. I remember when I lived in CA High Desert ( Ridgecrest) DH found one in our garage, killed it with bug spray, put it in a Zip lock bag, took it into work to ensure it was indeed a Brown Recluse (they are often misidentified -- ours was one).

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AngelPuppy1 — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 12:10:31 GMT

That's terrible. I was bitten by a spider a couple years ago. This was the worst thing ever. It hurt so terribly and was the worst looking thing. It kept getting worse and worse and I was on all kinds of antibiotics, etc. I still have a large mark on my leg from it. I just saw a glimpse of the spider and it got away. At the time I was in no mood to chase the thing down and I am terrified of spiders to boot. From what I saw and the pictures of it, it did look like a brown recluse. The medical personnel said they had never seen such a terrible bite as the one I had and that if I hadn't come in when I did, I could possibly have lost part of my leg!

Re: Another Mishap at Bonanza Creek Ranch

SilleeMee — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 13:46:40 GMT

Maybe the land is cursed.

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dancingwoman — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 14:10:36 GMT

@SilleeMee That thought crossed my mind too...DW

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SilleeMee — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 14:18:01 GMT

Old Pueblo natives taking revenge for being enslaved miners. @dancingwoman

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dancingwoman — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 14:23:57 GMT

@SilleeMee Seems odd and not coincidence that so many negative things have happened. DW