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One College Student Dead, Another Injured After Tree Their Hammock Was Tied To Falls On Them

September 20, 2010 at 3:37 pm by Morbid

WINONA LAKE, Ind. – At around midnight on Saturday, someone called 911 saying they had heard calls for help. When police arrived at the location given, they found 18-year-old Mallori Kastner dead at the scene and Jeremy Mohr critically injured. The pair had been sitting in a hammock when one of the trees it was tied to fell over and landed on top of them. Mohr was rushed to the hospital where he was listed in critical condition. Kastner was a freshman at Grace College, a small Christian college, and Mohr was a senior. “We ask all the campus community to be committed to deep prayer for Mallori’s and Jeremy’s family and friends and for Jeremy’s healing,” Ron Manahan, president of Grace College, said in a statement. Life is unfair sometimes, huh? That same night, some douchebags at a frat house were gang-raping underage chicks and will go on to be lawyers and doctors. These two were just sitting in a hammock and the Powers That Be felt they needed a friggin’ tree blanket. Meh.

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http://www.facebook.com/people/John-House/1011555524 John House

…I’m sorry, but I laughed at this. Can you imagine what everyone around them is thinking (well, aside from mourning their loss). A FUCKING TREE FELL ON THEM WHILE THEY WERE SITTING IN A HAMMOCK. “…And that’s how your great aunt Mallori died in the year 2010, kiddies…”
http://www.facebook.com/people/John-House/1011555524 John House

…I’m sorry, but I laughed at this. Can you imagine what everyone around them is thinking (well, aside from mourning their loss). A FUCKING TREE FELL ON THEM WHILE THEY WERE SITTING IN A HAMMOCK. “…And that’s how your great aunt Mallori died in the year 2010, kiddies…”
http://www.facebook.com/people/John-House/1011555524 John House

…I’m sorry, but I laughed at this. Can you imagine what everyone around them is thinking (well, aside from mourning their loss). A FUCKING TREE FELL ON THEM WHILE THEY WERE SITTING IN A HAMMOCK. “…And that’s how your great aunt Mallori died in the year 2010, kiddies…”
http://www.facebook.com/people/John-House/1011555524 John House

…I’m sorry, but I laughed at this. Can you imagine what everyone around them is thinking (well, aside from mourning their loss). A FUCKING TREE FELL ON THEM WHILE THEY WERE SITTING IN A HAMMOCK. “…And that’s how your great aunt Mallori died in the year 2010, kiddies…”
http://www.facebook.com/people/John-House/1011555524 John House

…I’m sorry, but I laughed at this. Can you imagine what everyone around them is thinking (well, aside from mourning their loss). A FUCKING TREE FELL ON THEM WHILE THEY WERE SITTING IN A HAMMOCK. “…And that’s how your great aunt Mallori died in the year 2010, kiddies…”
http://www.facebook.com/people/John-House/1011555524 John House

…I’m sorry, but I laughed at this. Can you imagine what everyone around them is thinking (well, aside from mourning their loss). A FUCKING TREE FELL ON THEM WHILE THEY WERE SITTING IN A HAMMOCK. “…And that’s how your great aunt Mallori died in the year 2010, kiddies…”
http://www.facebook.com/people/John-House/1011555524 John House

…I’m sorry, but I laughed at this. Can you imagine what everyone around them is thinking (well, aside from mourning their loss). A FUCKING TREE FELL ON THEM WHILE THEY WERE SITTING IN A HAMMOCK. “…And that’s how your great aunt Mallori died in the year 2010, kiddies…”
http://www.facebook.com/people/John-House/1011555524 John House

…I’m sorry, but I laughed at this. Can you imagine what everyone around them is thinking (well, aside from mourning their loss). A FUCKING TREE FELL ON THEM WHILE THEY WERE SITTING IN A HAMMOCK. “…And that’s how your great aunt Mallori died in the year 2010, kiddies…”
http://www.facebook.com/people/John-House/1011555524 John House

…I’m sorry, but I laughed at this. Can you imagine what everyone around them is thinking (well, aside from mourning their loss). A FUCKING TREE FELL ON THEM WHILE THEY WERE SITTING IN A HAMMOCK. “…And that’s how your great aunt Mallori died in the year 2010, kiddies…”
http://www.facebook.com/people/John-House/1011555524 John House

…I’m sorry, but I laughed at this. Can you imagine what everyone around them is thinking (well, aside from mourning their loss). A FUCKING TREE FELL ON THEM WHILE THEY WERE SITTING IN A HAMMOCK. “…And that’s how your great aunt Mallori died in the year 2010, kiddies…”
http://www.facebook.com/people/John-House/1011555524 John House

…I’m sorry, but I laughed at this. Can you imagine what everyone around them is thinking (well, aside from mourning their loss). A FUCKING TREE FELL ON THEM WHILE THEY WERE SITTING IN A HAMMOCK. “…And that’s how your great aunt Mallori died in the year 2010, kiddies…”
http://www.facebook.com/people/John-House/1011555524 John House

…I’m sorry, but I laughed at this. Can you imagine what everyone around them is thinking (well, aside from mourning their loss). A FUCKING TREE FELL ON THEM WHILE THEY WERE SITTING IN A HAMMOCK. “…And that’s how your great aunt Mallori died in the year 2010, kiddies…”
http://www.facebook.com/people/John-House/1011555524 John House

…I’m sorry, but I laughed at this. Can you imagine what everyone around them is thinking (well, aside from mourning their loss). A FUCKING TREE FELL ON THEM WHILE THEY WERE SITTING IN A HAMMOCK. “…And that’s how your great aunt Mallori died in the year 2010, kiddies…”
http://www.facebook.com/people/John-House/1011555524 John House

…I’m sorry, but I laughed at this. Can you imagine what everyone around them is thinking (well, aside from mourning their loss). A FUCKING TREE FELL ON THEM WHILE THEY WERE SITTING IN A HAMMOCK. “…And that’s how your great aunt Mallori died in the year 2010, kiddies…”
http://www.facebook.com/people/John-House/1011555524 John House

…I’m sorry, but I laughed at this. Can you imagine what everyone around them is thinking (well, aside from mourning their loss). A FUCKING TREE FELL ON THEM WHILE THEY WERE SITTING IN A HAMMOCK. “…And that’s how your great aunt Mallori died in the year 2010, kiddies…”
http://www.facebook.com/people/John-House/1011555524 John House

…I’m sorry, but I laughed at this. Can you imagine what everyone around them is thinking (well, aside from mourning their loss). A FUCKING TREE FELL ON THEM WHILE THEY WERE SITTING IN A HAMMOCK. “…And that’s how your great aunt Mallori died in the year 2010, kiddies…”
http://www.facebook.com/people/John-House/1011555524 John House

…I’m sorry, but I laughed at this. Can you imagine what everyone around them is thinking (well, aside from mourning their loss). A FUCKING TREE FELL ON THEM WHILE THEY WERE SITTING IN A HAMMOCK. “…And that’s how your great aunt Mallori died in the year 2010, kiddies…”
http://www.facebook.com/people/John-House/1011555524 John House

…I’m sorry, but I laughed at this. Can you imagine what everyone around them is thinking (well, aside from mourning their loss). A FUCKING TREE FELL ON THEM WHILE THEY WERE SITTING IN A HAMMOCK. “…And that’s how your great aunt Mallori died in the year 2010, kiddies…”
http://www.facebook.com/people/John-House/1011555524 John House

…I’m sorry, but I laughed at this. Can you imagine what everyone around them is thinking (well, aside from mourning their loss). A FUCKING TREE FELL ON THEM WHILE THEY WERE SITTING IN A HAMMOCK. “…And that’s how your great aunt Mallori died in the year 2010, kiddies…”
http://www.facebook.com/people/John-House/1011555524 John House

…I’m sorry, but I laughed at this. Can you imagine what everyone around them is thinking (well, aside from mourning their loss). A FUCKING TREE FELL ON THEM WHILE THEY WERE SITTING IN A HAMMOCK. “…And that’s how your great aunt Mallori died in the year 2010, kiddies…”
http://www.facebook.com/people/John-House/1011555524 John House

…I’m sorry, but I laughed at this. Can you imagine what everyone around them is thinking (well, aside from mourning their loss). A FUCKING TREE FELL ON THEM WHILE THEY WERE SITTING IN A HAMMOCK. “…And that’s how your great aunt Mallori died in the year 2010, kiddies…”
http://www.facebook.com/people/John-House/1011555524 John House

…I’m sorry, but I laughed at this. Can you imagine what everyone around them is thinking (well, aside from mourning their loss). A FUCKING TREE FELL ON THEM WHILE THEY WERE SITTING IN A HAMMOCK. “…And that’s how your great aunt Mallori died in the year 2010, kiddies…”
http://www.facebook.com/people/John-House/1011555524 John House

…I’m sorry, but I laughed at this. Can you imagine what everyone around them is thinking (well, aside from mourning their loss). A FUCKING TREE FELL ON THEM WHILE THEY WERE SITTING IN A HAMMOCK. “…And that’s how your great aunt Mallori died in the year 2010, kiddies…”
http://www.facebook.com/people/John-House/1011555524 John House

…I’m sorry, but I laughed at this. Can you imagine what everyone around them is thinking (well, aside from mourning their loss). A FUCKING TREE FELL ON THEM WHILE THEY WERE SITTING IN A HAMMOCK. “…And that’s how your great aunt Mallori died in the year 2010, kiddies…”
http://www.facebook.com/people/John-House/1011555524 John House

…I’m sorry, but I laughed at this. Can you imagine what everyone around them is thinking (well, aside from mourning their loss). A FUCKING TREE FELL ON THEM WHILE THEY WERE SITTING IN A HAMMOCK. “…And that’s how your great aunt Mallori died in the year 2010, kiddies…”
http://www.facebook.com/people/John-House/1011555524 John House

…I’m sorry, but I laughed at this. Can you imagine what everyone around them is thinking (well, aside from mourning their loss). A FUCKING TREE FELL ON THEM WHILE THEY WERE SITTING IN A HAMMOCK. “…And that’s how your great aunt Mallori died in the year 2010, kiddies…”
http://www.facebook.com/people/John-House/1011555524 John House

…I’m sorry, but I laughed at this. Can you imagine what everyone around them is thinking (well, aside from mourning their loss). A FUCKING TREE FELL ON THEM WHILE THEY WERE SITTING IN A HAMMOCK. “…And that’s how your great aunt Mallori died in the year 2010, kiddies…”
guillotinegirl

After cuddling under a tree blanket, one of the students went on to take a dirt nap.
Boughtthefarm

The pres of Grace college must be on crack if that was all he had to offer up….douche bag. Poor kids though….what are the chances of that happening.
melb1970

Man, this would so bite. I’m guessing they were in the forest for some away time. Somebody did a real bad job of picking the tie off tree. It sounds nuts to be crushed by a tree but with our forests littered with fallen trees and the dying trees ( no more controlled burns to rejuvenate the forest and eliminate the dead soldiers) it could easily happen.
I have a hammock I use when backpacking, this would be a very easy mistake to make, tethering off to an unstable tree.
Crawling under fallen trees or over them on steep slopes should be done as quickly as possible as well- gravity works in mysterious ways.
I hope she didn’t suffer and for his speedy recovery.
Holly Golightly

How sad…
Holly Golightly

How sad…
Mel

crazy and sad. i hope he has a full recovery
Mel

crazy and sad. i hope he has a full recovery
Mel

crazy and sad. i hope he has a full recovery
headonapike

Sometimes it’s easy to laugh about a freak accident when it’s not you. I’ll bet if a jet airliner crashed into the house of John House and killed House in his house, you wouldn’t be laughing then. A lot of other people might be because of the irony though. I could see the headline- “Jet Airliner Crashes into House, kills House and his House” “John House was in critical condition, the doctors did all they could, but not even Dr. House could save House.” I’m getting carried away now. Just saying, it’s an unfortunate situation.
headonapike

Sometimes it’s easy to laugh about a freak accident when it’s not you. I’ll bet if a jet airliner crashed into the house of John House and killed House in his house, you wouldn’t be laughing then. A lot of other people might be because of the irony though. I could see the headline- “Jet Airliner Crashes into House, kills House and his House” “John House was in critical condition, the doctors did all they could, but not even Dr. House could save House.” I’m getting carried away now. Just saying, it’s an unfortunate situation.
headonapike

Sometimes it’s easy to laugh about a freak accident when it’s not you. I’ll bet if a jet airliner crashed into the house of John House and killed House in his house, you wouldn’t be laughing then. A lot of other people might be because of the irony though. I could see the headline- “Jet Airliner Crashes into House, kills House and his House” “John House was in critical condition, the doctors did all they could, but not even Dr. House could save House.” I’m getting carried away now. Just saying, it’s an unfortunate situation.
headonapike

Sometimes it’s easy to laugh about a freak accident when it’s not you. I’ll bet if a jet airliner crashed into the house of John House and killed House in his house, you wouldn’t be laughing then. A lot of other people might be because of the irony though. I could see the headline- “Jet Airliner Crashes into House, kills House and his House” “John House was in critical condition, the doctors did all they could, but not even Dr. House could save House.” I’m getting carried away now. Just saying, it’s an unfortunate situation.
headonapike

Sometimes it’s easy to laugh about a freak accident when it’s not you. I’ll bet if a jet airliner crashed into the house of John House and killed House in his house, you wouldn’t be laughing then. A lot of other people might be because of the irony though. I could see the headline- “Jet Airliner Crashes into House, kills House and his House” “John House was in critical condition, the doctors did all they could, but not even Dr. House could save House.” I’m getting carried away now. Just saying, it’s an unfortunate situation.
Anonymous

This is just an accident… it’s so unexplainable & sad. Hopefully she died instantly & didn’t feel a thing. BTW, don’t trees give you like a warning though? A crack or maybe while you’re tying the friggin’ thing you can feel it crumbling in your hands?
Anonymous

This is just an accident… it’s so unexplainable & sad. Hopefully she died instantly & didn’t feel a thing. BTW, don’t trees give you like a warning though? A crack or maybe while you’re tying the friggin’ thing you can feel it crumbling in your hands?
Anonymous

This is just an accident… it’s so unexplainable & sad. Hopefully she died instantly & didn’t feel a thing. BTW, don’t trees give you like a warning though? A crack or maybe while you’re tying the friggin’ thing you can feel it crumbling in your hands?
Anonymous

This is just an accident… it’s so unexplainable & sad. Hopefully she died instantly & didn’t feel a thing. BTW, don’t trees give you like a warning though? A crack or maybe while you’re tying the friggin’ thing you can feel it crumbling in your hands?
Anonymous

This is just an accident… it’s so unexplainable & sad. Hopefully she died instantly & didn’t feel a thing. BTW, don’t trees give you like a warning though? A crack or maybe while you’re tying the friggin’ thing you can feel it crumbling in your hands?
Anonymous

This is just an accident… it’s so unexplainable & sad. Hopefully she died instantly & didn’t feel a thing. BTW, don’t trees give you like a warning though? A crack or maybe while you’re tying the friggin’ thing you can feel it crumbling in your hands?
Anonymous

This is just an accident… it’s so unexplainable & sad. Hopefully she died instantly & didn’t feel a thing. BTW, don’t trees give you like a warning though? A crack or maybe while you’re tying the friggin’ thing you can feel it crumbling in your hands?
Anonymous

Very bizarre and sad.
Anonymous

Very bizarre and sad.
Anonymous

Very bizarre and sad.
Anonymous

Very bizarre and sad.
Anonymous

Very bizarre and sad.
Anonymous

Very bizarre and sad.
Anonymous

Very bizarre and sad.
Anonymous

Very bizarre and sad.
Anonymous

Very bizarre and sad.
Anonymous

Very bizarre and sad.
Anonymous

Very bizarre and sad.
Anonymous

Very bizarre and sad.
guest

This is actually lake front property and a very small town/no woods in the area of the house. I used to live three houses down (; never thought little Winona would be on this site
guest

This is actually lake front property and a very small town/no woods in the area of the house. I used to live three houses down (; never thought little Winona would be on this site
guest

This is actually lake front property and a very small town/no woods in the area of the house. I used to live three houses down (; never thought little Winona would be on this site
Aq

I live a block from where this went down. It wasn’t in a forest—it was right at the edge of the water, 5 feet from the road, about as public as you can get. The tree was dead, and had already been cut down to just 10 feet tall. The roots rotted, gave way, and came down on top of them.
Aq

I live a block from where this went down. It wasn’t in a forest—it was right at the edge of the water, 5 feet from the road, about as public as you can get. The tree was dead, and had already been cut down to just 10 feet tall. The roots rotted, gave way, and came down on top of them.
Aq

I live a block from where this went down. It wasn’t in a forest—it was right at the edge of the water, 5 feet from the road, about as public as you can get. The tree was dead, and had already been cut down to just 10 feet tall. The roots rotted, gave way, and came down on top of them.
Soccerbabe_819

umm i personally knew her.. its not really funny at all.
Soccerbabe_819

umm i personally knew her.. its not really funny at all.
Soccerbabe_819

umm i personally knew her.. its not really funny at all.
Soccerbabe_819

umm i personally knew her.. its not really funny at all.
Soccerbabe_819

umm i personally knew her.. its not really funny at all.
Soccerbabe_819

umm i personally knew her.. its not really funny at all.
FatMan

If you’re a right winger don’t worry. It’s just God’s way of saying hey what up i’m god. You already mowed down that supreme pizza ok good cause you’re gonna need the carbs. Now we go run around in imagination land. To continue please insert imagination land disc 1.
FatMan

If you’re a right winger don’t worry. It’s just God’s way of saying hey what up i’m god. You already mowed down that supreme pizza ok good cause you’re gonna need the carbs. Now we go run around in imagination land. To continue please insert imagination land disc 1.
FatMan

If you’re a right winger don’t worry. It’s just God’s way of saying hey what up i’m god. You already mowed down that supreme pizza ok good cause you’re gonna need the carbs. Now we go run around in imagination land. To continue please insert imagination land disc 1.
FatMan

If you’re a right winger don’t worry. It’s just God’s way of saying hey what up i’m god. You already mowed down that supreme pizza ok good cause you’re gonna need the carbs. Now we go run around in imagination land. To continue please insert imagination land disc 1.
FatMan

If you’re a right winger don’t worry. It’s just God’s way of saying hey what up i’m god. You already mowed down that supreme pizza ok good cause you’re gonna need the carbs. Now we go run around in imagination land. To continue please insert imagination land disc 1.
FatMan

If you’re a right winger don’t worry. It’s just God’s way of saying hey what up i’m god. You already mowed down that supreme pizza ok good cause you’re gonna need the carbs. Now we go run around in imagination land. To continue please insert imagination land disc 1.
FatMan

If you’re a right winger don’t worry. It’s just God’s way of saying hey what up i’m god. You already mowed down that supreme pizza ok good cause you’re gonna need the carbs. Now we go run around in imagination land. To continue please insert imagination land disc 1.
FatMan

If you’re a right winger don’t worry. It’s just God’s way of saying hey what up i’m god. You already mowed down that supreme pizza ok good cause you’re gonna need the carbs. Now we go run around in imagination land. To continue please insert imagination land disc 1.
FatMan

If you’re a right winger don’t worry. It’s just God’s way of saying hey what up i’m god. You already mowed down that supreme pizza ok good cause you’re gonna need the carbs. Now we go run around in imagination land. To continue please insert imagination land disc 1.
FatMan

If you’re a right winger don’t worry. It’s just God’s way of saying hey what up i’m god. You already mowed down that supreme pizza ok good cause you’re gonna need the carbs. Now we go run around in imagination land. To continue please insert imagination land disc 1.
headonapike

I agree and I’m sorry for your loss. I thought my comment to John House was funny though,
headonapike

I read this post several times, and I can’t make any sense of it. All I know is I want to go to Imagination Land! Where do I get a ticket?
headonapike

I didn’t mean to post here, but since I did, I didn’t think this was funny as some people did. However, after reading some DD material, I understand people maybe saying insensitive things. My comment to John House was meant to be a joke. I went to his facebook page, and there’s nothing there, just a black cat in a hood. Dude needs some friends. And sorry about posting LOL to start with, That was supposed to be in reply to FatMan. I found his comment funny, even though I can’t make heads or tails of it. That’s the end of my rant.
Anonymous

“Now we go run around in imagination land.” LMAO I’m already there! I ate those funny looking mushrooms when I was hiking. Can I have that supreme pizza now?
Anonymous

“Now we go run around in imagination land.” LMAO I’m already there! I ate those funny looking mushrooms when I was hiking. Can I have that supreme pizza now?
http://www.facebook.com/people/John-House/1011555524 John House

We all deal with the bizarre in our own ways, hun. That’s why DD exists.
http://www.facebook.com/people/John-House/1011555524 John House

Nowhere did I say it wasn’t tragic. Chill.
http://www.facebook.com/people/John-House/1011555524 John House

I have over 400 ‘friends’ on Facebook (and yes, some ARE actually those I’ve met or have known for a long time), I just don’t expose them to people snooping in my profile.

My initial comment was in no way reflective of how sad or tragic this was. But DD thrives on the bizarre, and we DO make jokes and laugh about shit here. Are you new here? Because I’m fairly “new” (couple of months), but I caught on quickly.
Athena

There are two types of posters, here. Those who get their panties in a wad over what they perceive to be insensitive… and the rest of us.

As someone who has made jokes about the stories here so heinously insensitive in nature that people have openly wished sterility on me, I say, don’t bother, brotha man. They don’t get it, and they won’t.
Anonymous

Q: When a tree falls in the forest onto a hammocking teen and there is no one there to hear it, does it make a sound?
A: Yes: the sound of the other hammocking teen, who was only injured, screaming.

It was a trick question! LOL. Doesn’t mean I’m sorry Mallori died and Jeremy was injured. Cracking a joke doesn’t mean it isn’t a tragic story.
headonapike

I was just joking around. Honestly.
headonapike

I didn’t know that. I’m on facebook too, but I’d rather visit this site than mess with facebook much, And I just want you and Athena to know I was just joking around. You have to admit, it was kind of funny. I may disagree with you some, but I wasn’t trying to be an asshole.
headonapike

I was joking around. Maybe I don’t totally agree with you, big deal. I don’t care if you make fun of who I post as. Anyway, it looks like some people liked it and it wasn’t meant to be an insult. After I typed the first part, I thought of the rest.
Athena

Greatly appreciated.
headonapike

I was joking, but there is a point to it. I thought about what you typed and I think you and others on here would maybe look at things from another point. John House’s comment at the beginning did not offend me. But what about Soccorbabe-819 who is obviously a friend of Mallaris or anyone that might be a friend or family that stumbles into the Dreamin Demon and reads the article and comments? Obviously, they’re going to be offended and probably will be thinking, “what a bunch of assholes on DD, making light of the situation.” That is my point.
Athena

Oh, absolutely. Our members get hatemail from friends and family for insensitive comments all the time. But, imagine how boring this place would be if our members made every comment attempting not to offend a family member who may or may not stop by?

While my intention is not to offend family members of victims, I’m also not going to go out of my way to avoid it. This is not the site to come to for hugs and sympathy. You might run into some of that, but first and foremost, the Dreamin’ Demon is a site for snarky people to comment on bizarre and fucked up articles, so you’re going to run into some of that, too.
headonapike

I understand. Why do you think I cracked that joke? I know people don’t always like my comments. Like you said, that is part of this site, sometimes people are going to be offended.
headonapike

I understand. Why do you think I cracked that joke? I know people don’t always like my comments. Like you said, that is part of this site, sometimes people are going to be offended.