America’s “wildest, craziest” party left finger impaled, crushed, throat slit in fight, arrested 50

One of the most tumultuous festivals in the United States, the “Redneck Rave”, ended in Kentucky after five days of boisterous festivities that left an impressive toll of violent incidents involving the consumption of large amounts of alcohol and drugs and resulted in 50 people indicted in criminal proceedings.

Among the most serious incidents are an impaling on a log, a fight for a blanket that left serious wounds and a slit throat.

The event is being held at Blue Holler Offroad Park, a private property in Edmonson County, Ky. Between June 16-29, and is listed as “The craziest, craziest country party in America.” It featured concerts, mud pits, and a demolition derby with the claim to be the biggest in the world, as promoted by the event’s organizer, “Justin Time,” an American country rapper.

The festival, according to county officials, brought together between 7,000 and 21,000 people, conflicting figures from the same rapper and park owner. The truth is, more than 21,000 people answered the free call for the event via Facebook.

Drugs, fights and injuries

One of the most significant incidents happened in the middle of a drunken brawl between two friends, in which one of them ended cut the throat of the other with a blunt element. The suspect fled the park and is still at large. The victim survived, County Sheriff Shane Doyle told media.

Another man was charged trafficking in marijuana, buying alcohol and transporting drug-related paraphernalia after police found him with five bags of marijuana, pre-rolled blunts and Corona beer in his vehicle.

Woman was strangled by her boyfriend, a 29-year-old man from Missouri, in an argument over a cold blanket. The young woman passed out, the man said he had only pushed her and hit him. But the woman was found with scratches and bruises on her neck.

“She was incredibly hoarse, compatible with a strangulation victim.” Yes “He had fingerprints behind his ears”, said the arrest report.

More than 30 drug and alcohol charges have been filed, Sheriff Doyle said.

A total of 48 people have been criminally charged with various crimes. Fourteen have been arrested, while the others have not been detained, but will still have to appear in court.

In other non-criminal cases, paramedics responded to emergency calls regarding “broken bones, severed and dislocated fingers, impalement by the abdomen, lacerations and serious medical problems related to the poisoning ”.

The impalement case occurred following an accident involving a man driving his SUV on a trail, when a tree pierced his stomach. Plugged “He went through the suspension, the bottom of the floor and went through the patient through the abdomen and came out through the back”, affirmed the usher.

According to a woman on Facebook who identified herself as his wife, it was a “strange accident” and she repeated that her husband had been taken to hospital.

According to Sheriff Doyle, the festival started off quite calmly on day one, but as it progressed it became more and more cloudy.

“On Wednesday, there were more people arriving, a lot of campers entering, and there was a bit of congested traffic, and we weren’t causing so many injuries”, He said. “It really got out of hand on Thursday. And then it got worse as the weekend wore on. “

Police issued 63 traffic citations during the event. According to court records, there were cases of drivers without seat belts, drivers under the influence of alcohol, drivers with suspended licenses and drivers without insurance. There have also been several cases of people riding ATVs on the streets, which is illegal in Kentucky.

The Redneck Rave Against the Media

‘Justin Time’, the rapper and organizer of the Rednec Rave, lashed out at the media in various social media posts after he began reporting the violent events taking place at the festival, which resulted in more than one arrest and death. many injured.

For the rapper, these were misrepresentations of the event by the media, which he believed failed to capture the business boom it brought to Kentucky.

“They’re really trying to throw us under the bus, but they’re actually making more and more people want to know what it is,” wrote. “Some would be crazy for all those lies and exaggerated headlines, but you know what they say, there is no such thing as bad publicity.”

Doyle acknowledged the increase in business the county has seen.

“We don’t want to discourage businesses in our community.”, He said. “We just want our businesses to be responsible and we expect their customers to be responsible.”

For the bailiff, this event is not new, because it had already taken place in the past and was interrupted by COVID-19. This year, although he had not heard from the organizer or owner of the park about coordinating the festival, he and his police had been preparing for it for months.

“We received positive feedback from people who attended the event, on how they felt safer due to the situation, that anyone who had contact with law enforcement felt treated. in a professional manner.

With the return of mass events in the United States, incidents that occur in many of them have also returned. In the end, for the “wildest and craziest party” in the country, having 50 inmates is not a bad record.

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