Gibsland, LA – The self-guided tour of the famed Bonnie & Clyde Ambush Museum was bloody magical. Literally.
”It was an ambush and it was bloody,” said museum owner Perry Carter. “What did you expect?”
Perry worked his hardest to keep things at the museum fresh. He frequently updated his displays with a spray bottle of vampire blood to give everything a bit more of a red character.
Seven miles out of town on Highway 154 is the historical marker for the Bonnie & Clyde ambush site.
A defaced grey stone marker sits next to a bronze plated plaque haling the men who brought down the outlaws.
The stone has been replaced twice as tourists chip away trying to take a piece of the monument home.
Bonnie walked with a limp after a car accident. On the night of June 10, 1933, Clyde, with Bonnie in the passenger seat, was speeding along the rural roads of north Texas so quickly that he missed a detour sign warning of a bridge under construction. The duo’s Ford V-8 smashed through a barricade at 70 miles per hour and sailed through the air before landing in a dry riverbed. Scalding acid poured out of the smashed car battery and severely burned Bonnie’s right leg, eating away at her flesh down to the bone in some places. As a result of the third-degree burns, Bonnie, like Clyde, walked with a pronounced limp for the rest of her life, and she had such difficulty walking that at times she hopped or needed Clyde to carry her. Klein, C. (2019, May 31) 10 Things You May Not Know About Bonnie and Clyde history.com https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-bonnie-and-clyde
Have I not commanded you? … Be strong and courageous. … Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9
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