BELTON, Texas (KWTX/Gray News) – A father in central Texas is being celebrated after he jumped into the ring at a rodeo earlier this month to save his son from a raging bull.
Landis Hooks jumped in the ring after seeing his 18-year-old son, Cody, thrown from the bull quickly after leaving the gate at the PRCA rodeo. His son was left unconscious because of the fall.
“All I could think about was just covering him up because he couldn’t cover himself up,” Hooks told KWTX.
Video of the ordeal shows the dad jumping in action to cover his son with his body.
“I’d much rather do that than get in a cage and go cage fighting, I can promise you that,” said Hooks, who used to ride bulls, too.
The video has gone viral since its release, with many commenters calling him a hero and some arguing Hooks should be nominated for “Father of the Year.”
Hooks said he doesn’t think he’s a hero and said he’d do it all again in a heartbeat, even if the bull had done more serious damage.
Whoa!
I'll bet he didn't even think about it before he cleared that fence. Father of the Year contended in my mind.
I'd say he thought about and knew this was the best way to protect him. The mind decides upon action very fast in males in intense situations. Females scream. Men act.
I'd say he thought about and knew this was the best way to protect him. The mind decides upon action very fast in males in intense situations. Females scream. Men act.
Don't tell that to my wife. When a 300+ pound black bear attacked our dog out side the door before dawn a few years ago, my wife ran out into the darkness to drive whatever was after the dog away. The bear came at her and she backed into the doorway and continued to wave her arms and yell as the bear stared her down 18 inches away. Satisfied that he had intimidated her, the bear went to finish off the dog. Not one to give up, Anne went out and tried to drive the bear off. The bear backed her in two more times before he decided to give up and ran off. My wife said later that she remembered what she was taught when growing up about dealing with bears. She said the mother instinct kicked in and all she could think about was saving her "baby".
The bear had grabbed the dog from behind as he raised his leg to pee. His canines punctured his back on either side of his spine and tore the hide loose inside his leg and belly. The vet tried to save him, but he died two days later from the internal injuries. But, you can't say my wife didn't try.
Originally posted by sourmash: The mind decides upon action very fast in males in intense situations. Females scream. Men act.
Hardly... I'd say 95% or more of people in this world do NOT react in intense situations... they either freeze up, or break down.
I don't know how you change this... if it's upbringing or a learned behavior.
I don't actually expect you to answer this without an insult or some crazy response... just throwing this out there for everyone. Serious question though, because I'm trying to teach my daughter this.
It's something I've always taken pride in... when stuff really gets scary / dangerous, my brain usually switches into another mode and I just do what needs to be done... without even really thinking. But I don't know if this was something I was taught, or if it's something that I developed.
...when stuff really gets scary / dangerous, my brain usually switches into another mode and I just do what needs to be done... without even really thinking. But I don't know if this was something I was taught, or if it's something that I developed.
You might've been addressing this to sourmash, but he appears to have his hands full in Politics & Religion. I'll therefore relate my own experience in regards to one's brain switching to "another mode".
Waaay back when I was 19 years of age, I joined a martial arts club. I wanted to learn some self defense. It was kickboxing/karate. We sparred (full contact) every session, and I remember the first few times that my focus was all over the place. I was aware of the instructor, I was aware of all the other students, I was aware of the entire room. It's almost like my opponent was secondary... which wasn't good! I'd be getting nailed far too often! Eventually, over time, I learned to narrow my focus, tighter and tighter... to the point where nothing else in the world existed except for my opponent and myself.
When I look back, I feel that learning to focus entirely on the task at hand (especially in a dangerous/stressful situation), and to act calmly and appropriately without really needing to "think", was the most valuable lesson I learned from my martial art days. And although it hasn't been required too many times in my life, there have been several occasions when that learned response, that total focus has kicked in, and I'm grateful for it.
And for anyone to state that only men can learn to act in this manner is... a lot of BULL! (See what I did there.)
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You might've been addressing this to sourmash, but he appears to have his hands full in Politics & Religion. I'll therefore relate my own experience in regards to one's brain switching to "another mode".
Back when I was 19, I joined a martial arts club. I wanted to learn some self defense. It was kickboxing/karate. We sparred (full contact) every session, and I remember the first few times that my focus was all over the place. I was aware of the instructor, I was aware of all the other students, I was aware of the entire room. It's almost like my opponent was secondary... which wasn't good! I'd be getting nailed far too often! Eventually, over time, I learned to narrow my focus, tighter and tighter... to the point where nothing else in the world existed except for my opponent and myself.
When I look back, I feel that learning to focus entirely on the task at hand (especially in a dangerous/stressful situation), and to act appropriately without really needing to "think", was the most valuable lesson I learned from my martial art days. And although it hasn't been required too many times in my life, there have been several occasions when that learned response, that total focus has kicked in, and I'm grateful for it.
And for anyone to state that only men can learn to act in this manner is... a lot of BULL! (See what I did there.)
Once you are engaged yes you should focus. But detecting and responding to a situation is the opposite. You need to be aware of your surroundings, far too many people walking off cliffs while looking at their phones.
When I was young I would run, I was pretty athletic and would use that to get myself out of danger, but as I grew up and started to get some life experience I found that running away isn't always the best answer. Part of that is training and part of it is not being a selfish ass and not doing what I can when I can when someone is in danger. Its that ability to focus once you recognize a situation and to be able to react. Some of that is training, some of it is just who you are. Some people will run and some will stand and spend too much time evaluating the situation. Some people will jump in before they know what is going on. <-- that is me sometimes.
Originally posted by Jake_Dragon: Some people will run and some will stand and spend too much time evaluating the situation. Some people will jump in before they know what is going on. <-- that is me sometimes.
From my youth up to somewhere in middle age and even to a point now, I react, sometimes without thinking of the risk to myself. I think it's part of my DNA. Now that I'm in later years of my life, I'm limited in what I can do and that makes one think before acting.
When assigned to Korea, I was on my way to the airfield and I saw a fight between a Korean man and what was obviously a soldier, the Korean was definitely getting the best of the soldier. I hollered at another soldier to get the MPs and simply grabbed both within my arms and squeezed both as hard as I could and basically tackled them and brought them both to the ground and held on tight until the MPs got there. I learned later that the soldier was actually trying to buy drugs and they got into an argument over how much money was to be involved. This involvement was kind of a stupid move on my part in that the Korean was armed but, I didn't know that.
Another time, I saw a young man and young lady being harassed by a group of teenagers at a convenience store I had stopped at getting fuel in my truck. I simply reached behind my seat and grabbed a tire bar and walked over and stood there watching. The teenagers saw me and decided their efforts weren't worth the possible tire iron's use. I don't tell these stories to make myself look brave, they are simply what I did. In fact, they could be considered pretty stupid things to do but, as I said, I'm not a stand back and watch individual. The possibility of me getting my ass kicked was and is always there. That's the risk one runs when they get involved. I honestly think most people if given the opportunity will stand up and do something but, not everyone falls within the grouping of most.
Most today 'appear' to be more interested in videoing an event instead of getting involved. Vids and piics have their place but not at the expense of someone else's life, safety, or well being.
"If you see something, DO something" other than stand around like a bucket of stale piss.
Sigh....yes there was. Not sure why it didn't show up correctly on your end. What OS/browser are you running?
Win7, Chrome.
I occasionally see odd, meaningless symbols where I believe (could be wrong) that the poster has tried to use a smiley face icon that their phone provides. I saw another one here just recently (by Cliff Pennock) that I was going to screen capture as a further example... but I can't find it at the moment.
[EDIT] This isn't what I was looking for, but it may actually be more relevant.
I occasionally see odd, meaningless symbols where I believe (could be wrong) that the poster has tried to use a smiley face icon that their phone provides. I saw another one here just recently (by Cliff Pennock) that I was going to screen capture as a further example... but I can't find it at the moment.
Pretty sure i know exactly whats going on for ya Patrick. Windows 10(perhaps 8/8.1) added a feature with the Windows + ; shortcut that pulls up an emoji list very similar to what you would find on most phones nowadays. Older operating systems like Windows 7, Vista(yuck), XP(god forbid you still run such a vulnerability) didn't have support for properly displaying those "characters," so you wind up seeing blank rectangles/squares.
I believe this is the menu Cliff was referring to in his post.
EDIT: Oh my that article reminded me of the character map. I forgot thats still a thing haha. I've memorized a choice few alt codes for symbols like ° (alt + 0176) but I forgot I could use charmap for it too
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Windows 10(perhaps 8/8.1) added a feature with the Windows + ; shortcut that pulls up an emoji list very similar to what you would find on most phones nowadays. Older operating systems like Windows 7, Vista(yuck), XP(god forbid you still run such a vulnerability) didn't have support for properly displaying those "characters," so you wind up seeing blank rectangles/squares.
Interesting. Yep, that certainly explains things!
I wouldn't be surprised if there's some "hack" which will allow Win7 to recognize and display the correct characters. My research begins!
Because I have a lot of photo and video editing software, and hardware, installed in my workstation tower... and I don't wish to have potential driver and/or compatibility issues if I was to "upgrade" to Win10. It all works just fine the way it is... and yes, I've been warned about "security" concerns.
Wifey is still using w7 on her aptop and I doubt she'll ever upgrade unless she buys a new computer. She uses her phone for everything except document editing and printing.
Me, I use my laptop for everything except talking on the phone.
I was however expecting it to be a little more in depth and hacky.
I guess it actually needs to be... as following those simple instructions resulted in no apparent change. I still just see a tiny box in that post of yours. Maybe some PFF super-nerd will offer some advice on this.
Because I have a lot of photo and video editing software, and hardware, installed in my workstation tower... and I don't wish to have potential driver and/or compatibility issues if I was to "upgrade" to Win10. It all works just fine the way it is... and yes, I've been warned about "security" concerns.
Hey man no judgement, those are fair reasons. Long as you aint got anything super critical/confidential not all that much to be worried about.
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Originally posted by Patrick:
I guess it actually needs to be... as following those simple instructions resulted in no apparent change. I still just see a tiny box in that post of yours. Maybe some PFF super-nerd will offer some advice on this.
Thats likely up to Unicode issues. While it may be possible, its likely not worth the hassle.
If you dont care about having color, another font pack such as Symbola seems to have most emojis i could ever expect to use: https://fontlibrary.org/en/font/symbola
There was a PDF somewhere that showed all the emojis it includes
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When I look back, I feel that learning to focus entirely on the task at hand (especially in a dangerous/stressful situation), and to act calmly and appropriately without really needing to "think", was the most valuable lesson I learned from my martial art days. And although it hasn't been required too many times in my life, there have been several occasions when that learned response, that total focus has kicked in, and I'm grateful for it.
And for anyone to state that only men can learn to act in this manner is... a lot of BULL! (See what I did there.)
I think you're right... and I appreciate the example. With what you said, it's certainly a learned response. As with everything, some people are more predisposed to skills than others, but it definitely sounds like something that is taught. My daughter seems to be the kind of person who loses her mind, as does my wife... respectfully. And I definitely want to help my daughter overcome that. Like her father, she is very ADHD. I grew up with childhood ADHD... had to be on Ritalin for like 12 years. Long story, but I literally couldn't sit still, had almost no impulse control and was constantly doing whatever and whenever in class. As an adult, I still cannot sit still. Without a glass of wine, I'm always running around trying to fix something, build something, or do ANYTHING other than sitting still. But just as I was able to get through college by really focusing, I think that's where I need my daughter to adjust as well.
But like Jake says...
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Originally posted by Jake_Dragon: Some people will jump in before they know what is going on. <-- that is me sometimes.
This is me too.
In Miami, we constantly have pedestrians getting hit by cars. This is the best example I can use as others I probably don't want to mention here. But I've seen at least three separate times where someone was totally creamed by a car. Immediately... I'm jumping out of the car to save the day. But in reality, there's really nothing at all that I could do. Everyone else is still in their car with their jaws dropped, and I'm over there helping the person. But again, in reality... other than helping the person off the street and onto the curb is probably really not helping at all, especially since I probably shouldn't even move them since they could possibly have back injuries. But every time, I'm out the door before the car even stops... yelling to my wife ("call 911") and I'm over there... doing basically nothing except just consoling the person. I breifly check before dashing out of the car... a good chance I possibly could get hit in the process. But oddly enough, I don't think I'm really even thinking... just kind of springing into action. Sounds good... looks good... but really, probably not doing a lot of good.
Thats likely up to Unicode issues. While it may be possible, its likely not worth the hassle.
Ah yes, "Unicode issues"... I've been down that road here previously when I used to type out my posts in WordPerfect.
It's actually very similar to what I've seen recently with some posts by a few other forum members. The weird characters show up when I find their threads in a Search, but when I open the threads, they're fine. I'm not sure if the problem is at my end or theirs.
Ah yes, "Unicode issues"... I've been down that road here previously when I used to type out my posts in WordPerfect.
It's actually very similar to what I've seen recently with some posts by a few other forum members. The weird characters show up when I find their threads in a Search, but when I open the threads, they're fine. I'm not sure if the problem is at my end or theirs.
I feel like I've seen some issues like that in thread not just in search. Occasionally on quite old threads I'll see random diamonds with question marks in them, but there doesn't seem to be a rhyme or reason for it. Software gets fonky with so much compatibility haha
I feel like I've seen some issues like that in thread not just in search. Occasionally on quite old threads I'll see random diamonds with question marks in them, but there doesn't seem to be a rhyme or reason for it. Software gets fonky with so much compatibility haha
I don't think it's a browser issue, but I've noticed this happening on websites after they've been converted from say... a Windows-based hosting site, to one that is Linux-based. Among other issues, images and links may stop working because Linux is case-sensitive. But mostly, I see that... don't know if it's related... haven't really bothered to look into it.
