Las Vegas Nevada - Ben Blalock is convinced that God showed his wrath on a lonely stretch of road last week. Ben was driving southbound on Hwy. 55 on August 22nd when a bible fell out of the sky and crashed into his windshield.

Bible smashes windshield but saves a soul

"I was driving back from my brothers in Indian Springs. It was late afternoon, around 5 o'clock and then suddenly, wham, this thing smashes into the windshield. It broke clear through the glass and scared the hell out of me. I hit the brakes and pulled off the road and it was then that I realized what it was."

Ben displayed the bible to me and it's a common King James version, bound in leather. It's is relatively new with a copyright date of 1984. Ben said that it had to come from the sky since no other part of the car was damaged except for the windshield and there was no other cars on the road at the time.

Flipping through the book there is one passage underlined in red ink. It's Numbers 14:17 which states, "Now may the Lord's strength be displayed, just as you have declared."

Ben said he had not underlined anything in the bible and had considered throwing it away, but felt he should keep it.

Ben Blalock

Checking with the Las Vegas airport reveals that the area in which the incident occurred is not under any flight paths. The Indian Springs Airforce base is nearby but an Airforce spokesperson there said no planes where in that area on the time specified. Also nearby is the mysterious 'area 51' But Ben thinks it was a higher authority than the Airforce that caused the bible to appear.

"I think it's the Lord trying to tell me something." Ben says. " I deal blackjack at (a local casino) and maybe God wants me to get back on track with my education. I was planning on being a doctor but it just didn't work out Maybe I should go back to school."

Luckily for Ben his insurance company replaced the windshield, chalking the collision up to "road debris" and not "an act of God".

July 17th, 2000

Freakylinks reader Matt raised some interesting questions. Here's the e-mail he sent me.

Not to be a hard ass or something, I would like to say that there is no proof of validity to this story.

The photograph taken was taken, not out in the middle of nowhere, but rather in a parking lot of some sort (note the tire reflection in the window). The bible, would seem as if it was replaced in the window, as it is not centered. Additionally, there is the ponderance of, "What the hell is the white stuff all over the car?" Last I checked, even bibles didn't make powder. Also, the bible doesn't fit just right, and if the story is true, it hit a little soft for falling from heaven.

My thought is that he did something stupid, broke his windshield, this story fit, so he figured he could get a free windshield out of it. And somehow, the story spread, and you caught wind.

Matt

sources

-interview with Ben Blalock, August 28th, 1999

-phone interview with Indian Springs Airforce Base Staff Sergeant William Standrews, August 28th, 1999

photo courtesy Las Vegas Auto Insurance