The Giant Wristband People.

The Giant Wristband People were at the park again this morning. I must tell you the story of my first encounter with the Giant Wristband People, because it gives you a little insight into how my mind works.

Last summer, or maybe early fall, I'm walking along the trail around the spring at Mammoth Spring State Park. I come upon this couple walking in the opposite direction. The man and woman were wearing identical black workout suits, and they had on these extremely large silver wristbands.

Are they space aliens? I wondered. Then I decided it was unlikely aliens would travel millions of miles to earth but couldn't find a better place to take a walk than Mammoth Spring.

Maybe they're superheroes. But I discarded that notion because I don't think superheroes really NEED to exercise.

Perhaps they're cultists. They certainly looked the part. Their matching outfits looked straight out of Heaven's Gate. But they didn't really have that brainwashed-zombie look about them.

Oh, I get it. Those are weighted armbands. They help the Giant Wristband people to exercise.

Normal people start at the most likely explanation. I start at the most outlandish one and work my way back inward until I find one that is reasonable. Sometimes the twain doth meet. And sometimes it dothn't.