I grew up in a house that was directly across from a state historical park. The park hosts numerous events during the year, including re-enactments of Civil War battles. During these re-enactments, hundreds of Union and Confederate "soldiers" camp overnight in the park.
Many years ago, several of the kids in the neighborhood wanted to surprise some of the soldiers sleeping in tents during a re-enactment. Being teenage boys, our first inclination was to hit some golf balls in their direction. Fortunately, one of us (not me) ruled that out due to the likelihood of hitting a building or a person. Creative juices flowed and we came up with a much better idea.
Several of us had wrist-rocket slingshots. These are very powerful and accurate slingshots that use the shooter's entire wrist as leverage. We went to the grocery store and bought several bags of Skittles - the fruit flavored candy that comes in small balls about the size of peas.
We agreed to meet in our yard at about 10:00 pm. We could use darkness to our advantage and be assured that the soldiers were still awake. Shortly after 10:00, about five of us began the "shock and awe" bombardment of the soldiers. Within about two minutes, we lanched several thousand Skittles high into the air. Our aim was accurate - more than half landed in the encampments. We had a great time listening to the soldiers try to figure out what was happening. They did figure out that the things hitting them were Skittles. However, they had no clue where they were coming from.
This was one of the most creative pranks in which I have been involved. Every so often, I'll write about some of the others.
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