Don’t Mess With a Rock Hammer [Offbeat News]
2008 April 24
Admittedly, this story has very little to due with actual, real geology. Regardless, it is pretty crazy! A couple hiking in Arizona were attacked by a rabid bobcat. After initially fighting the cat off, it returned and tried to attack again. Rich Thompson, who was hiking with his wife at the time, pulled out his rock hammer and ended up killing the animal with it.
“It’s very sad,†Thompson said. “This poor kitty cat was deranged by its disease-riddled brain. I love the native cats. It was terrible to have to kill it.â€
After receiving initial treatments at a hospital, the couple went with a state wildlife manager to retrieve the dead bobcat.
What on earth would you name your rock hammer after something like that?
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I called my hammer “Mjolnir” after the hammer owned by the Nordic god Thor. Mjolnir simply translates as “crusher”, which would be an appropriate name in this case.
Nice. I like the connotations of that name. I went the wacky route and simply called mine “Rock Discombobulator” (which you can kind of see a picture of in the main header image of this website).
Rock hammer names might be an interesting topic for the Accretionary Wedge.