Gruesome Shot Deleted In Favour of Gruesome shot

Posted by Michael Rawluk (Williams Lake, BC, Canada) on 11 April 2008 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.

I was going to post a gruesome shot of a deer head that had been chewed up. I decided that it was too unpleasant. I switched to this one.
At first look, this is not a very gruesome looking shot but is a tale of years of sadness. We have the Highway of Tears. Dozens of native women disappeared and nothing was made of it until a sweet young white woman joined their numbers.
Yes, there is racism and violence in Canada.
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Comments (16)

Lynne's Somewhat Invented Life from Provo, Utah, United States

Women disappeared? What happened to them? And what happened to the women who went on this Spiritual Healing Walk? Have you ever noticed that things posted on telephone poles are usually not removed after the event is over? We have lots of garage sale notices for garage sales that happened last week or last year. Well, not last week as IT IS SNOWING AGAIN and is not garage sale weather but you know what I mean.

11 Apr 2008 7:09am

Lynne's Somewhat Invented Life from Provo, Utah, United States

PS Thanks for not showing us the chewed up deer head.

11 Apr 2008 7:11am

Betty from New Jersey, United States

Yes, thank you for not posting the deer head. And I have heard of these women disappearing.

11 Apr 2008 10:22am

Jim Browning from Birmingham, AL, United States

Violence and hated are known the world over. It is sad that we live in such a world these days.

Very thoughtful image. Nice work as always.

I'm glad you didn't post the deer as well. I stumbled across one the other day while traveling in Nebraska. Took one image, but I guess I won't share it either.

11 Apr 2008 1:35pm

paulski from Muncie, United States

the oter sounds more visually gruesome, though this one wins via subject matter. well done...

11 Apr 2008 2:42pm

yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece

I like the text you wrote about this picture - great

11 Apr 2008 2:56pm

John Maslowski from Dallas,PA, United States

I agree with the consensus for the note and not the deer head. Thanks for sharing this narrative with us.

11 Apr 2008 2:58pm

Kevin from OrganicPIX.com from DFW, Texas, United States

Sad narrative, but uplifting message.

11 Apr 2008 4:33pm

vu@granby - Wolfgang from Granby, Quebec, Canada

I remember hearing this on the news, a sad reflection on Canada and how we still treat the first nations....

11 Apr 2008 4:57pm

amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada

Look at the Picton debacle as well. For YEARS people had tried to get someone to look at what was happening but because these women were "sex trade workers" and mostly native there was no ... shall we say, interest. There's some lunatic out there targeting these women on that highway... there must be some evidence.

Evocative image, Michael. Brilliant.

Very glad you didn't post the deer.

11 Apr 2008 5:16pm

Helma from Tehran, Iran

I agree with all the above comments, thanks for not sharing deer head.

11 Apr 2008 6:44pm

Anne from White Rock, Canada

Haven't heard anything on the news lately, but your poster brings it home much more! I agree with Amy that there has to be some evidence somewhere so that this lunatic will be caught and the keys thrown away. As for the Picton murders, that was too close to home for my liking. My daughter was called for jury duty - but she managed to get herself excused - my youngest granddaughter was not quite two years old - it would have been very hard for her to be there for such a long trial - apart from that she couldn't even read the news articles I sent her about the gruesome details - so she wouldn't have done very well in court! Hope they catch that b..........r up in your neck of the woods though! Really great post and info Michael! :-(

11 Apr 2008 7:56pm