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A seven-year-old girl stumbled across a 4ft sword in the same lake where King Arthur's Excalibur was said to have been thrown.
Matilda Jones was paddling waist-deep in Dozmary Pool in Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, when she came across the blade while on a family holiday.
The lake is said to be the spot where legendary medieval leader King Arthur is said to have returned Excalibur after being fatally wounded in the Battle of Camlann.
This is waaaaay worse than running with scissors.
Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/girl-7-finds-4ft-sword-11106508
89PercentSureYoureFibbing
The queen that was promised?
PineApoe
Fate series is about to unfold.
SigningOrgan
Dennis: Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
TheLastOfTheDinos
I bow to the new queen of the realm.
SanSamis
Maybe she'll grow up to be The Lady of the Lake.
emkev
Strange women laying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!
jamesinGa
She's the Lady of the Lake!
iforgotwhatiwasdoinghere
Scissor are shorter and therefore easier to stab yourself with.
BubbaRunski
She must be a king. How can you tell? Because she ain't got shit all over her.
Affray
"Here honey, go run around in that field with the giant sword so I can get some good pictures for the internet."
UncleDikku
*Looks at the post* THATS A REAL SWORD? AND SHE CAN HOLD IT LIKE THAT? HAH. *Reads comment* Sword prop. Yes.
TheGiggityGuy
Now we see the violence inherent in the system!
ultraronbun
Did snape lead her to it
Piornet
Yeah, I don't think that's a famous sword. I know, because I own it.
iforgotwhatiwasdoinghere
Does the store mention how old the sword actually is?
CowboyScientist
Yes. 30 yrs old. Was probably a movie prop sword. OR! King Arthur ran into Bill and Ted and time traveled to 1987. Judge for yourself.
iforgotwhatiwasdoinghere
That was my guess. Still a cool story.
panamjck
Next Brienne of Tarth
ISellUsernames
But pretty.
splinterbl
I have that same sword. Pretty sure it's from Medieval Times gift shop. I got mine in Houston.
nuclearboner
What a beautiful beach.
PlZZATHEHUTT
TL;DR - It's about 30 years old and is probably a movie prop
dannwyrm
It looks like a federschwert, for training.
rezpawner
If only you had been upvoted earlier, I wouldn't have wasted my time on checking it myself.
JustHereToFactYouUp
Its only a model
iforgotwhatiwasdoinghere
Shush
mieuu
UnremarkablyInteresting
But she's so lifelike.
LoopStricken
Must be a special order.
ALthelvl7Wizard
SABERRRRRRR
Hiromagi
EXCALIBUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUR
CapsShield
I HAVE THE POWEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRR
Hiromagi
https://youtu.be/4zDt40QiY_4 watch Mongrel. And learn
CapsShield
BE GONE THOT! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dJolYw8tnk
Barrum
It's a sword, it's not meant to be safe.
TheCrankyCow
What if she cuts herself?
PumparumTheCrow
That will be an important lesson.
TheYoungBear
although I would suggest sanding it down, nicer aesthetic and less chance of scratches/tetanus
Clockworkdancerobot
SchrodingersDictator
Excellent. I was going to be angry if no one posted this.
MyCatLikesToFruitcake
swefur
Was looking for it. Thank you.
ISellUsernames
FIRST THING I THOUGHT OF
SpoopyHaunter
S A M E
ISellUsernames
danielsan1977
She is now the rightful ruler of all England.
Drougals
Well I didn't vote for her.
danielsan1977
You don't vote for kings or queens.
Drougals
Then how do you become king then?
danielsan1977
Right. Stop that. This has gotten far too silly. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7f/Graham_Chapman_Colonel.jpg
LittleOmar
I guess she is King now, also Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
AnAverageBrazillian
Eh, Saber?
IJustLikeToArgue
If I went around saying I was Emperor, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away.
princeherbert
OkButWhyWereTheyFilming
Well, she hasn't got shit all over her...
MasterDefenestrator
All I'm saying is if I went around claiming I was an Emperor because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away for it!
HeadlessBodyOfSpiroAgnew
You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!
Fishmongerolt
Thanks Dennis!
37bushelsofpotatoesx2
The old woman?
dansypants
That watery tart
Paracelsush
Rather than king, isn't she the lady of the lake now? I'd watch out for the guy she gives that sword to.
IfYouLiveAroundMeLetsGrabABeerOrBottleOfWhiskeyOrBurnAHouseDown
Lovely muck over here! Oh! How do you do?
TheStaffmaster
something something moistened bint, something something lobbing scimitars
AtsaMattaForYou
http://imgur.com/n2fFT2v
CQemt
Help! Help! I'm being repressed!
MerToo
See the violence inherent in the system!
zeiji
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government
AntiEvil007
Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
kcg799
I'm thinking this was a qoute from something...?
feeltheice
yes it is
Hendlton
Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
BruceWillisWasAGhostTheWholeTime
We've found the new queen of England
kentnl
Well I didn't vote for 'er.
ImNotAnOrange
They have to fight first
LoneTiger
I would take her over prince Harry any day. :D
OopsieDaiseys
I, for one, bow to our new queen and overlo...lady. overlady
Bortus
Jokes aside, I dont think I would have any problem with this. Liz doesnt do shit anyway, at least this way it'd be more interesting. Plus,
Bortus
memes
Mankytoes
She did more to earn it than any of the current lot
PhoenixQueenAzula
This sword's monarch selection is dated and cannot choose a queen. It can only choose a king.
BruceWillisWasAGhostTheWholeTime
You are fake news
DreadZeppelin
Little underage bints finding swords on accident is a terrible basis for a ruling system.
BruceWillisWasAGhostTheWholeTime
DID YOU HEAR THAT!? IM BEING OPPRESSED
KarlKingOfDucts
A dysnaty is a terrible basis for a ruling system too.
MelancholicacR
On the one hand, a family that devoted all life to the country, on the other hand, short-term businessmen seeking to increase their capital.
MelancholicacR
Maybe vice versa. The system is not bad, but the ones that govern it.
ImDyslexicSoWhat
its well preserved for a sword sitting in a lake for so many hundreds of years
avenlanzer
You think Excalibar would be felled by anything so mundane as rust?
CaptainMiffles
silt.
StandardDeviant
It's a +1 Impervious longsword, it's immune to rust
Bystandr
Ive seen viking swords that have been thrown into rivers and lakes. The only ones that survive at all are those that get burried in certain
Bystandr
clay silts and they are all in very poor shape, most bent, heavily damaged by corrosion. The leather in the hilt would also surely be gone.
ProlapsePlower365
It's a magic sword, it's different.
ImInLoveWithAtLeastThreeGirls
Muggles just won't get this. Wait, wrong kind of magic... maybe.
Roqinn
Yep, that leather would have rotted away a long time ago and there would be much more rust.
Jimthebutler
Depends on if that is salt water
MoopsyLD
and magic
Wrexytrex
I would also think the excaliber sword would be much to heavy for the average 7 year old to weild and run with
brassknucklenerd
*too, *wield. But also yes.
dasmoons
http://www.sarahwoodbury.com/medieval-swords-and-armor-were-not-heavy/
ThaneofGlamis
Swords are generally quite light. You don't want them to be too heavy. Light, flexible, and strong is what is best.
Wrexytrex
Like a needle
ThaneofGlamis
Stick 'em with the pointy end.
dasmoons
"swords from the famed Wallace Collection Museum - readily lists dozens of specimens - it is difficult to find any weighing in - of 4 lbs"
tyr888
4lbs? That's light
MrE158
4lbs is pretty heavy by sword standards.
tyr888
I am honestly shocked
Carnwenhau
Kinda heavy actuallym
JustHereToFactYouUp
The dad says in the article it only looks to be about 30 years old and probably a film prop, but they make you read the whole story first.
Mangomancer
The real Champ, ladies and gentlemen
LupusIgnis
Only surface rust, handle wrapping still intact, blade looks like it has been cut from plate steel. Still an awesome experience for the girl
tyrson
Parenting Idea: Hide stuff for your kids to "accidentally" find sometime down the road. Bonus points if it's thematic for local lore.
RadioactiveCanuck
with how many movies about King Arthur there are, wouldn't be hard to think one person was like "let's go throw it in the real lake."
LeumisRichardson
I can totally picture someone deliberately throwing it in the lake in the hopes that this story would happen some time in their lifetime.
STGxDante
Same. There are probably hundreds of swords in that lake.
bitemark
That or some props guy is like: "THAT'S what happened to it!"
TezuNii
probably both