Fright Of My Life
Everyone should have encountered frightening moment at least once in their life. I have had encountered few but I remember two incidents fairly well. That year was 1982 and I was still serving NS. It was our hard earned 3 days rest & recreation trip (R&R) in Brisbane city after more than a month of army training in the wilderness. We went to Dream World, it was already a highly developed outdoor entertainment park then. My army mates and I were queuing up to board a boat which will take us through the man-made river and into the man-made safari. At the entrance, there was this big notice warning us that a lion had escaped from the zoo and was on the loose. I happened to read that notice but it didn't bother me. As we were slowly moving, there were crocodiles in the river and some other animals. We knew these were not real. As we went into this man-made cave, it was quite dark and while the boat was gliding through, I saw a...