Today I got in my car, turned it on and used the A/C for the first time in a while. Upon the first blast of air, there was a weird odor that smelled sort of like urine. Stale urine, you know, like cat piss that never gets cleaned out of the carpet and just perpetually eminates the scent of set-in, stale piss. It reminded me of something that happened at Bonnaroo in 2007.
My mom allowed Jen and Drew to drive her white Ford Escape to Tennessee for Bonnaroo. Erin and I met them there and parked next to eachother. We got a prime parking and camping spot because we were at the very edge of an area that was on the footpath to Shakedown Street aka where you get yo' drugs & get into Centeroo. The farm upon which Bonnaroo takes place was experiencing an especially dry, drought-y summer, so the footpaths - composed of dust, dirt and gravel - created an insane amount of dust in the air that we'd breath in/choke on/find in our nostrils when we blew our noses/had to wear scarves and bandanas over our faces because of/got our feet and shoes insanely dirty/was remedied (attempts were made, anyway) by water trucks that trolled the grounds hosing water on the ground to turn the dust into mud to keep it from rising. The dust was inescapable, really.
Being that we were parked directly next to these dusty paths, the Escape became more grey than white by the end of the weekend - it was completely covered in dust. On day four we awoke to find a nice message written with someone's finger onto the dust covered driver's side window. "I PEED IN UR CAR" (it may have actually been "I peed in ur car hehe" or "I peed in ur car :)" .. I'm sad I didn't take a photograph of it.) First thought was, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! But naaaahhh, there was no way that could have happened! Jen and Drew had the keys and kept the car locked at all times that none of us were at the campsite. Or at least they tried.... We decided that it was a small possibility that overnight as we were sleeping in the tent (just inches from the car) and the druggiest of druggies and craziest of crazies were still out and about, that they'd forgotten to lock up.
It remained a question in our minds and still does to this day, and I am convinced it was true and that some crazy person peed in the vent of my mom's (then) new car. The car was detailed and cleaned upon our return to Ohio and have been cleaned handfuls of times since. Jen, KTZ & I even took it to Bonnaroo again last summer. And yet, when I ride in the car with my mom and she turns on the A/C, I smell that distinct, stale piss smell... and I don't think I'll ever forget it.
I ALWAYS lock my car doors, but I SMELLED THAT SMELL, and I really hope no one peed in my vents. :/
Being that we were parked directly next to these dusty paths, the Escape became more grey than white by the end of the weekend - it was completely covered in dust. On day four we awoke to find a nice message written with someone's finger onto the dust covered driver's side window. "I PEED IN UR CAR" (it may have actually been "I peed in ur car hehe" or "I peed in ur car :)" .. I'm sad I didn't take a photograph of it.) First thought was, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! But naaaahhh, there was no way that could have happened! Jen and Drew had the keys and kept the car locked at all times that none of us were at the campsite. Or at least they tried.... We decided that it was a small possibility that overnight as we were sleeping in the tent (just inches from the car) and the druggiest of druggies and craziest of crazies were still out and about, that they'd forgotten to lock up.
It remained a question in our minds and still does to this day, and I am convinced it was true and that some crazy person peed in the vent of my mom's (then) new car. The car was detailed and cleaned upon our return to Ohio and have been cleaned handfuls of times since. Jen, KTZ & I even took it to Bonnaroo again last summer. And yet, when I ride in the car with my mom and she turns on the A/C, I smell that distinct, stale piss smell... and I don't think I'll ever forget it.
I ALWAYS lock my car doors, but I SMELLED THAT SMELL, and I really hope no one peed in my vents. :/
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