Rainbow Gathering Incident at Missouri regional

This is a letter I wrote to my sister explaining what happened night before last at the gathering. It is the second bad incident that's happened there. The first involved an elder getting a bad blow to the head while hanging out at front gate. Accidental, but she shouldn't have been there. There should have been more gatherers to go hang out with. There are not enough people there yet, and front gate wants all the "security" power. WE ARE ALL SHANTE SENA.

Hi sweetheart,

Well, the rainbow gathering has encountered a discombobulated beginning. On the net local family invited us all out there starting the 7th, but did not stay, then went back on a promise to hold the dates and pushed them back on the internet, so it doesn't even really start until this weekend, even though we've been there 14 days. So there were more dangerous road dogs than warriors of the light, you know? And Bob stepped on one of their toes when he said he took care of security matter and wanted them out of it. And nine of them beat Bob up (and though perhaps he shouldn't have, he fought back, and beat them up too, worse than him though he was outmnumbered). They went back to the front gate, Bob hid in the woods, and they came back 25 strong. We tried our best to send out for Shante Sena, but some of the folks camping deeper in the gathering took more than an hour to arrive. So 25 of them were screaming for Bob's blood, I was trying not to defend his honor while still protecting his kitchen. The others around the fire witnessed, but were afraid to act in Bob's defence too. So they terrorized me half the night, and promised to come back at dawn for worse if I didn't lure Bob out of hiding. They busted out two windows and the headlights, and tried to knife the tires. I singlehandedly, while the kids slept though the whole thing, held them off burning the van. Somehow some burning brush got on the kids' tent late in the night. All sorts of other details. Council was called in the night but all the front gaters just spread the lie that Bob started it and beat all THEM up and people believed it! The babies started waking up them and I kept having to go into the tent and quiet them. Twice while I did that a warrior type would come in and somehow fall into the hype and agree that Bob had to leave. OMG craziness! There was some promising of taking care of me if I let them take care of Bob (meaning they'd pay for the van's damages if I shut my mouth) I hollered ALL night long for Shante Sena and noone really came in the night. Or they came and couldn't handle it. Anyway, the front gaters finally left (after taking our cooler of meat and raiding the kitchen's medical kit, this I later learned). But I could not sleep in the steep of terror threats so I held on to the four folks by the fire and we stayed awake until dawn. In the night Bob came back with 2nd degree burns on his hands and feet from (and I saw this) a front gater kicking him in the fire. He has dog bites on his behind. He has bruises and scrapes all over him.

And it's not over yet. If you have any questions, please ask. The council at noon the next day agreed that Bob was jumped basically but wanted to do no punishment for the front gaters other than helping fix the van. I am still a little in shock about how far the rainbow has to plunge into the depths. Pull out! I need your help! Every action of those tense days up to and including the night of AGRO """"""""wrecking crew""""""""" (a dangerous word these guys banter around for something that in its true application is no joke) could have been recognized if the spirit were strong in this Missouri regional. WHERE IS THE FAMILY??? I ask. WHY WOULD YOU BELIEVE FRONT GATE OVER A MAMA & HER KIDS, AN ELDER, A MONTANA MUD KID? Why does there have to be a line drawn for who gets the power? Bob doesn't want the power!!!! He's a strong personality but he has never done anything that doesn't come from love. The front gaters do want power. They power tripped our small corner of the gathering all night and into the council. They spread rumors. They said Bob lied but then told a dozen of thier own lies, including saying they didn't steal the meat, saying that in Council, and then bringing back the cooler empty except for blood. I didn't file any report with the cops but I hightailed Bob out of there. After council talk was still about getting him. A front gate brother shook his hand, but it was a jail shake that means war and he had daggers in his eyes.

I am still in shock. Brothers and sisters on the land didn't want to talk to me about it after the council. They believed it squashed. But I was terrorized while my kids' slept. My property was raized and there were burn marks all over my tent the next day. A sister stuck her finger in my nexk liked a gun and said a threat I don't remember, because the spirit was holding me so strong in its protection. I didn't have a single warrior of the light stand with me but I kept them from mobbing me and my van all by myself, 25 to 1. I didn't do a perfect job, but I wish I didn't have to have done any job. I was planning on cleaning and beginning to pack the kitchen anyway.


Oh, it isn't over yet.I need to spread this word. I love you Natalie and know that now we are taken care of and well. There are still many kind people in "Babylon" and they are helping us. I will come again on the net tomorrow to update. I don't know what's happening on site now, but I'm worried.

 

that's horriffic. i am so saddened that you all had to go through that nightmare. my love and best wished go out to you.

 

Oh love, I'm so sorry.
So, did no one at all respond to Shante Sena?

 

most of us have left the rainbow. i try to let kids know about the wrecking crew. its hard for them to believe me. im so sorry for whats happened. alot of these drainbows end up going to jail for selling drugs, as that is how they get by. once out of jail they are no longer kind. they become parasites of the rainbow. they get the kids strung out. they get the girls pregnant. there is no love in them. i would suggest you stop following the rainbow, and start walking the earth alone . .. a refugee of babylon. the gatherings are overrun with aggro junkies. its just a matter of when you realize it.
truth is is that most of the elders of the comunity have left. a few remain, but they are not ignorant to way things are and they stay properly protected. dont let your idealism be capitalized on, and if you cant protect yourself . . . then walk away from the rainbow.

 

Most of the kind Missouri folks I knew back in the day got fed up with Looking-for-a-heart's power trips and pretty much walked away. The few who had a strong enuf personality to compete with him and his crew moved out of the region (for unrelated reasons of course) last I heard... Not that I've been around for the last few years. And, of course, this is not to imply that there aren't kind folks around now, but the elders (at least not enuf of them, there were still a couple here & there last I knew) are no longer there to teach them the path.

Sadly, being from MO, this tale fails to surprise me. Once upon a time, we took pride in the fact that our regionals had strong local focus and were kind scenes with very little alcohol or hard drug abuse to be seen. The contrast between a MO regional and the Shawnee gathering (definite road dog show) was like night & day... But then I saw good, kind, experienced folks drop off one by one -- some because they couldn't stand the drama with the Peace Conspiracy folks, some because they were fighting a FS ticket for not signing a permit (so didn't want to be seen at a gathering for legal reasons), some for personal reasons... Sad.

 

fuckin frightnin stuff ......so the peace conspiricys show ....whats it like??

 

It's a conspiracy, their name says it all. Not everyone has walked away from Rainbow, like WayfaringStranger says, an incident like this at a National would be handled much differently; but see looking-for-a-heart likes to drink. His power trips are too much, told us straight up, first time we met him, that Rainbow ways were all wrong.

 

Wow, seriously? In dealings with those I've known directly, he was always much more careful to put a "kynd" face on his actions. He wasn't advertising his PC drunken campout as a "rainbow event", just a "rainbow style event"... That kind of thing.

Wow.

 

The Peace Conspiracy festivals are very chill and there is no agro energy. Lots of folks bring their children to play in the river and the free kitchen serves up some of the best food I have ever eaten. There are no drainbows, bad drugs or abuse going down. The PC gatherings are in June on the summer solstice (June 17 - 20, 2005) and more information can be found at http://peaceconspiracy.org/event

Our name says it all "Peace Conspiracy" - Conspiring for Peace!

Come experience the energy of the tribe - Get tribal for survival, shine!

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Dawn, how did it go from a Wrecking Crew deal to Peace Conspiracy? I wasnt there so blaming me is wrong, trying to settle an old vendetta by lieing to the folks here on Hip Forums? What did you do to help the situation at the Regional?

 

Hi Becca, sorry things got so messed up for you in Missouri. I'm kinda glad we didn't get to go after all. It doesn't sound like a rainbow gathering at all. In fact, Rainbow gatherings in general seem to have a lot of tension anymore. Well, I'm glad you're all well. Next time you're through missouri, stop by and we'll show you that there are kind people here still. Remember though, rainbow is in the soul. These people obviously weren't rainbows. Peace and love

Ron and Julie

 

hmmmm, no comments from the guest about the terrible experience of Bobbin Becca...

peace conspiracy is just a can of beer away from wrecking crew in some folks' opinions, the ego & arrogance is there.....

Bobbin Becca & family suffered and that ain't Rainbow; even 'old school' wrecking crew knows better than to terrorize children!

 

Lies? Personal vendetta? don't thing so dear guest who only posted here to 'protect' his 'good name'. Dawn is a Shining Rainbow, through & through. No one here could read Bobbin Becca's post without seeing that the Ozark Regional is not all you claim it it be.

 

rainbow is a good and spiritual thing. as with all things good and spiritual, peoples and devils see a great oppourtunity to rape and exploit it for thier own petty gains or entertainment. the gatherings as well as other hippie scenes have gradually become overrun with these drainbows. its just reaching new heights. i hate to do it, but instead of preaching idealism and peace to my young hippie friends, i have to preach about the darker side of things to help keep them safe. things like freemasons gangs and methlabs are about the worst thing for someones spirit, other then heroin maybe, but it looks like those are the four most likely paths that a hippie will end up in anymore. there is no escape from babylon or its influences and philosophies in this world. as much as we strive to change it or run from it or hide from it or just catch a moments rest from it, its just not going to happen. the only thing you can do is keep yourself safe. keep your family safe, not youre whole rainbow family, but your real family and your friends. everyone wearing a freakflag sadly enough is not your brother or your sister, they are, but if they chose not to be, then thats thier choice.
"though i could not caution all, i still might warn a few.
dont lend your hand to raise no flag atop no Ship of Fools"

 

i always thought that the rainbow was full of good kind people. but lately ive been hearing nothing but bad things about people getting beat up and stuff. thats a shame, why even let those people in the gathering? the more i read about what happens at gatherings (HHB's post in the Rainbow forum) the more i am happy that i will never go to one. im not trying to stereotype the rainbows, i know most are good people, but it just seems to me like there are a bunch of immature kids running around beating people up at the gatherings........ what a 'family'

 

part of the loose knit rules that rainbows follow is that you cant really tell peope what to do and you have to be all inclusive of people. basically there is no one there to not let people in. except of course the gangs, who of course dont believe in the rainbow way so dont follow or care about the loose knit rules. they just know that no one will stop them. dont get me wrong gatherings are wonderful. i repeat. gatherings are wonderful. but there is a large parasite population to them these days, and its growing. kids look up to them. so it grows faster. gatherings are small these days. the rainbows are decreasing in number as the drainbows increase. then there are the kids. who can go either way. the rainbows only have love and hope. the drainbows have drugs and weapons. most kids think the drainbows are cooler. maybe there is a new familly. who the fuck cares. im rainbow every minute of my life, everywhere i go. im always gathering. i dont need catch phrases or name dropping to impress people.
i dont want to discourage anyone from going to a gathering. yall should just learn to pick out the parasites and stay away from them. actually i have a better time during the cleanup at gatherings than at the party.

 

Rainbow Gatherings are hitting a rough stage, but as long as those who are Rainbow at heart spread the love verywhere, the Spirit of Rainbow will never die.
A big to wayfaringstranger for the clean-up comment, we have a great time during seed camp,, before the party!

 

Becca, why didn't you post this to rfoll forum? I almost missed it. Thanks for the info, we are eagerly awaiting our brothers and sisters from MO event here in WV.

 

Hey all. Sorry so long to update; we have been recuperating in the forest. When Bob went to the hospital, the cops came and took a report, and after they shot Bob up with morphine he mentioned two front gater names. So while we were in town recuperating and getting our van fixed, the cops went back on site, and of course instead of trying to do anything productive, basically told everyone that Bob told on them. So when we went back (mostly because we had a rider and they promised financial support for me out of magic hat) front gate crew again came down. I raced across the river with the kids. Apparently the front gate ringleader harrangued Bob for an hour to toe up and fight him one on one. So Bob in the end did, and now front gat leader has respect for Bob, but wants to box him at nationals. We're still a bit in shock and I am pressing Bob to turn back and go back to Utah. My parents and nuclear family, of course, are begging me to leave the road and go get a job. I have a job, but it's now down to $10 a week. Anyway, I have no idea which way I'm headed yet. Still looking for all the signs the universe wants to give up. We fed 2000 meals at the MO regional, and ended up losing a lot in faith. The cops came in force on last Thursday to kick everyone out, so we ended up with nothing from Magic hat-- of course Bob tends to make an ass out of himself so I guess it was meant to be.
I hope all who plan to go to Nationals still do go--- we need a show of strength against violence. I hope all who were thinking and are now unsure know that even after this bullshit, I won't stop taking my children into the woods, with family.
I will consider camping without Bob, and will certainly keep out of front gate, though they have nothing against me (I don't think, or at least not before dark.)

 

damn, that's such a drag...any updates on this?