My buddy Bill told one of the best stories I’ve ever heard while I was setting up camp for Knotfest when we all camped at Todd’s parents house. But it also frustrates me because I have so many follow up questions and no answers to them, so I’ve never told the story here. Bill and a big group of his friends went to an OG Pantera show back in the day. His old lady went up to the front row with the rest of the girls. Shows over they come back one chick is missing and the girls ain’t saying much about it. This missing girl has been dating Bill’s friend for like three years or some shit like that, it’s a solid relationship. They go towards the front, and at some point they get offered back stage passes, but the girls all declined except the one. She went backstage with the band. Dude is obviously pissed, but they are all out of town and have to bring this chick back home because you can’t just leave her there so they stick around after the show to try and find this chick. Venue is closed, no sign of her. Bus rolls out, no sign of her. The next day, no one has heard from her. Months go by, dude can’t get an answer, but her friends and family are kinda like “she’s fine, don’t worry about it”. Fast forward one something like 15 months later, dude gets a knock on the apartment door. He answers it, and it’s the chick. “Hey, you ahh, you still have my snake? Wanna talk?” Long story much too short, she went backstage with the band, ended up getting on the bus to party, stayed on until the next town, rinse and repeat, party some more, and she ends up on the road with the band for over a year.