Yesterday was a perfect Fat Tuesday in Lafayette, weather on point, good friends nearby, and plenty of floats throwing all sorts of fun things to the kids.

A good time was had until the very last float of the very last parade, one of these bamboo arrows was happily thrown into the crowd (the guy def did not mean any ill intent) and the flat end hit me directly in the forehead, gashing my head and ruining the crowd around me’s fun bc blood gushed everywhere. I hurried to the ER across the street and had to get 4 stitches.

3 years ago, the arrow’s plastic point hit a friend ( standing where we were yesterday) directly in the temple and caused extreme bleeding, she had to be escorted to the ER by ambulance.

I’m typing all of this to try to get these arrows banned from being throw at Lafayette parades.

I was told over and over again by the ER drs how much worse it would’ve been had it hit my eye just two inches down.

I’m terrified this hits a child in the future and does way more damage then it did to an adult.

My friend who got injured years ago, tried to get cooperation from the Lafayette Parade Association and it went no where.

Typing all of this in hopes this gets to the right person and get these banned as parade throws! We would never allow someone standing above us to throw bamboo rods at our heads, how is this still allowed?!