{"id":37526,"date":"2022-02-02T09:03:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T15:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com.php72-4.lan3-1.websitetestlink.com\/?p=37526"},"modified":"2022-02-02T09:03:29","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T15:03:29","slug":"rufus-hussey-slingshot-assassin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/culture\/rufus-hussey-slingshot-assassin\/","title":{"rendered":"Rufus Hussey: Slingshot Assassin"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37527\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37527\" style=\"width: 199px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/RHmain.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37527 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/RHmain.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"225\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37527\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is the &#8216;Beanshooter Man&#8217;&#8230; Rufus Hussey.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>His skill with a slingshot is legendary.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He mastered his weapon of choice in his youth. Growing up on a poor farm family of 13, the slingshot was a way of getting something to <strong>eat<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41196\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41196\" style=\"width: 359px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/rufus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-41196\" src=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/rufus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"359\" height=\"268\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just a &#8216;lil snack<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>His artistry with a slingshot gifted the man with the ability to hit a walnut tossed into the air! <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Oh that didn&#8217;t impress you? How about if he picked off a quarter in mid-air&#8230; which makes a wicked cool sound you&#8217;ve probably never heard before. (check the documentary below.)<\/p>\n<p>He made his own slingshots using dogwood.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37529\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37529\" style=\"width: 353px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/RHSlingshot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37529\" src=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/RHSlingshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"353\" height=\"262\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37529\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An original Rufus Hussey. Probably worth&#8230; like&#8230; a lot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rufus got such a reputation for his slingshot skills, he was invited to appear on The Johnny Carson Show back in the day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/RHCarson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-37551\" src=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/RHCarson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"714\" height=\"373\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>How does someone get so good at <em>anything<\/em>?<\/h3>\n<h3>Answer: The man didn&#8217;t have a television or a telephone.<\/h3>\n<p>This video has been floating around the internet for awhile, but in case you missed it&#8230; you gotta love these &#8216;classic&#8217; news clips.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Carolina Camera: The Sling Shot Man\" width=\"1290\" height=\"968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9ieWrWLjii0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sadly, Rufus left us all long ago (back in 1994)&#8230; so I bet it would blow his mind to know through the power of television and now internet (and perhaps even a phone if that&#8217;s what you are reading this on)&#8230; people can still get a smile from what he could do better than anyone else.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/RHmeme.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37532\" src=\"http:\/\/www.modernfix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/RHmeme.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"524\" height=\"421\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His skill with a slingshot is legendary. He mastered his weapon of choice in his youth. Growing up on a poor farm family of 13, the slingshot was a way of getting something to eat. His artistry with a slingshot gifted the man with the ability to hit a walnut tossed into the air! Oh [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37530,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[746,6139,6586,7165],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37526"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/modernfix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}