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117 I did write him a letter telling about my fall in the garage only minutes after his call. In the letter I told him it still appeared to be too dangerous to resume work with him. I also wrote several pages telling him of my gratitude that I had had the opportunity to work with him, that he had made me a more knowledgeable person, and other things of that sort, then I put the letter into an envelope and put the envelope into my bag to mail before lunchtime. That day we had invited people over for lunch on the patio. I was crossing the patio telling a few of the early guests that I was going to run down to the Turley post office and would be right back. I walked by a doctor who was carrying a plastic bag of ice. Without warning, his arm released the ice bag and the heavy frozen bag smashed into the top of my foot and broke it. I tried to pretend I wasn’t hurt. The pain was so great that even though I was headed toward the post office I turned back. I realized I wasn’t supposed to mail the letter... at least not then. An X-ray on the following day confirmed the break on the metatarsal arch bone of my right foot. I sat down on the couch, took the letter out of my purse and put it into the desk drawer. It wasn’t time yet, I knew. Four days passed. I was again fairly pain free and felt fine. I told myself, “Everything is okay. I’m going to mail the letter while I’m shopping for clothes for the kids.” I put the letter back into my purse. At the Thrift Store I found the rack of kids’ clothes. On the wall above the rack was a high shelf which traced along the whole length of the building. The stationary shelf held toys, radios, pans, vases, tools, just a ton of stuff of all kinds. Right above where I was standing was a large metal lunch box with a beverage vacuum, the box was set toward the back of the shelf. When I stepped back to scrutinize one dress the heavy metal lunch box jumped off the shelf and hurtled down to the top of one of my feet. I say “jumped” because there was no explanation for the fallen object. It Barbara: The Story of a UFO Investigator