The Almon house

Michigan · United States · House

In the early seventies the man of the house went out to cut the grass and fell into a hole in the back garden.

In the early 1970s the man living in this house at Livonia, Michigan went out to cut the grass. He fell into a hole in the back garden, and the mower went over him.

The details recorded at the time are not repeated here.

People living in the house since have seen him late at night, pushing the mower, and sitting outside.

No name is set down. This was within living memory in a suburb and the family are traceable.

What makes the account stay with people is how ordinary the afternoon was. A man went out to do the lawn on a summer day in a Detroit suburb, which several million other people were doing at the same moment.

Rotary mower injuries were the reason for the safety changes that came in over the following decade.

The house is a private residence.

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Where is The Almon house located?

The Almon house is in Michigan, United States.