Comments on: Sica Hollow State Park – Sisseton, South Dakota http://www.southdakotabeautiful.com/northeast-south-dakota-tourism/128-sica-hollow-state-park-sisseton-south-dakota.html - South Dakota Vacations - your Travel Guide - South Dakota Beautiful Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:19:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Trace http://www.southdakotabeautiful.com/northeast-south-dakota-tourism/128-sica-hollow-state-park-sisseton-south-dakota.html/comment-page-1/#comment-7210 Trace Sun, 20 Mar 2011 18:33:25 +0000 http://www.southdakotabeautiful.com/northeast-south-dakota-tourism/128-sica-hollow-state-park-sisseton-south-dakota.html#comment-7210 A few years ago, my Dakota adopted sister & I along with my niece walked a trail in Sica Hollow. The small bridge crossing the creek was unusable, so we decided to cross over some very large boulders in the creek. As I was crossing, there were two large, somewhat flat boulders I was going to use to cross. They we're dry and it was a nice fall day out, around dinner time. I remember stepping on the first one, and went down as I was about to step on the second one. Going down, I hit my head so hard on a rock, I thought I was going to pass out. My sister & niece couldn't get me up and I could not get up myself. They were calling out for help as we saw some other visitors across the road, but no one ever came. After about 20 minutes, I was finally able to pull up enough strength and get myself up and out of the creek. They took me to the hospital where I stayed overnight with a level three concussion. We went back the next day with my sisters father who happens to be a very well respected Dakota Medicine Man throughout the region from Sisseton. We showed him where I fell. If I would have fell a slight centimeter in either direction, there were jagged rocks on either side of where I landed and probably would've been killed if I landed on either one. I love Sunkist Orange and had a bottle with me that day which was about half full. We couldn't believe the bottle was still bobbing in the creek where I had fell. It should've flowed on down the creek. I truly believe the spirits were watching over me on this day in Sica Hollow. A few years ago, my Dakota adopted sister & I along with my niece walked a trail in Sica Hollow. The small bridge crossing the creek was unusable, so we decided to cross over some very large boulders in the creek. As I was crossing, there were two large, somewhat flat boulders I was going to use to cross. They we’re dry and it was a nice fall day out, around dinner time. I remember stepping on the first one, and went down as I was about to step on the second one. Going down, I hit my head so hard on a rock, I thought I was going to pass out.

My sister & niece couldn’t get me up and I could not get up myself. They were calling out for help as we saw some other visitors across the road, but no one ever came. After about 20 minutes, I was finally able to pull up enough strength and get myself up and out of the creek. They took me to the hospital where I stayed overnight with a level three concussion.

We went back the next day with my sisters father who happens to be a very well respected Dakota Medicine Man throughout the region from Sisseton. We showed him where I fell. If I would have fell a slight centimeter in either direction, there were jagged rocks on either side of where I landed and probably would’ve been killed if I landed on either one. I love Sunkist Orange and had a bottle with me that day which was about half full. We couldn’t believe the bottle was still bobbing in the creek where I had fell. It should’ve flowed on down the creek.
I truly believe the spirits were watching over me on this day in Sica Hollow.

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