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The last gun I shot was a 45 caliber pistol. I was on a boat on the inside passage of Alaska near Petersburg when some friends of the captain came on board.

We had some freshly caught salmon grilling on a portable habachi and while we waited someone dropped a plastic bottle of some sort over board. As the minutes passed someone decided to use the bottle for target practice with a 22 caliber pistol.

I took a few shots with it and just nicked the bottle but didn’t come anywhere near sinking it. Others tried to sink the bottle as well but with about as much luck as I had.

Then an older man decided that he had enough fooling around. He reached inside his jacket and pulled out his 45. Compared with the 22 it look like a hand cannon. He took a shot at the bottle and at that noise everyone on the boat that had access to a gun picked it up and started shooting at will. The noise was deafening and lasted for a few minutes.

When the excitement wore down the bottle was still floating although barely. That was when I got my shot with the 45. All I can remember was the noise was loud and it really had a kick that knocked my arm back after the shot.

I was 16 and was working as a CIT at a summer camp in New Hampshire when I saw the Northern Lights.

I recall seeing what appeared to be thousands of ghosts flying in succession quickly across the dark night sky.

After a while the ghosts subsided and a ring of light shown straight over head with radiating rays of light beaming out from the inner ring. It could have been a ship of light waiting to beam everyone up to the next dimension.

What came next were beatiful patches of flourecent colors including green and pink and yellow appearing on and off in different parts of the sky over the lake and reflecting off the water. The colors started off faintly and grew brighter until they all eventually began to fade away.

I remember going to bed wondering if the world would still be here when I woke up.

The first things I’ll do are:

1. Take a year off and figure out what I really want to do.
2. Get in really good physical shape.
3. Spend time with my family.
4. Learn to really play the guitar and the piano.
5. Keep a journal of how winning the jackpot has changed my life.