I was track-side for the annual Barry County Truck and Tractor Pull on Saturday night. I saw a ton of local folks showing off their rides, like siblings Saige and Otto Miller, of Seligman, and Cassville’s own Brian Kirk. My favorite moment of the pull though actually happened in a trailer behind the track. Someone brought a fancy truck with the body on hydraulics. When it was lifted up at first, I thought the truck fell off of something. Then I saw the guy hop in a seat and I thought, oh no he’s working on it somehow. Wrong again. I watched in awe as the frame of the vehicle lowered over the driver and looked like a normal vehicle again. It was a pretty cool thing to see, but the irony came when everything was in place — he opened the driver-side door that just lowed over him and hopped out. I’m sure there was a purpose, but the visual sure made my head itch!

Trout Brown is the comics correspondent for the Cassville Democrat, aiming to point out entertaining happenings in Barry County.