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Oh my, Lauren Elder's story is quite something. She survived the crash, climbed down from the mountain including a 100' descent straight down a dry waterfall, a

• henriquemaia 8y ago
  From the Wikipedia's article: > People saw her disheveled appearance and were afraid; Charles Manson had recently been put on trial in the town, and his female followers spent a lot of time hanging around it. The full context makes people's reactions to her much more acceptable and understandable.
  • Stratoscope 8y ago
    Very true, and I didn't mean my comment to be critical of the people in the town. Of course they had reason to be fearful after what they had recently experienced. I was looking at it from her point of view: she barely survived a plane crash where the other two people died, almost lost her life again on the way down the mountain, and then when she thought she'd reached "safety"... Just an awful experience for everyone involved.
  • notsomuch 8y ago
    Not really. It's just as understandable, with or without the Charles Manson detail. People judge appearance at all times, irrespective of context. And whether it's acceptable is your own subjective perception. Your own judgement and opinion determines what you find acceptable.