re: Bama fan beaten to death in Ponchatoula Pub

The University of Alabama Alumni Association has sent out an email and is mourning his death

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I remember when Ponchatoula was a nice little town.

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. Still is, that is why so many people are moving here. shite happens and their are shitty people everywhere. Even worse when ppl are drunk in a bar.

I haven't gotten the whole story from anyone who was there yet.

But it wasnt a "were gonna walk up to this guy and pummel him because he is a bama fan"

There is a story floating around about the niece of the guy who got beat up trying to buy drinks for someone and they started arguing.

If he got knocked off a barstool and hit his head, may not have taken much more time if the kicked / hit his head a few time real quick to cause more bleeding.

I never understood some of these fights people get in, all it takes is somebody to fall wrong for the situation to go well beyond what anybody intended.

These two dudes apparently both have young kids at home - I can't imagine exposing yourself to that kind of risk with a young family.

Punchatoula*

You're thinking like a rational, intelligent individual. That's a rare quality for some areas.

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Which is odd, it is downtown less than a block from the police station. Been in there many times but it is always early in the even to just drink a beer or two and then I head home. Never stayed there all night.

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Exactly. I've never heard of any trouble at Stray Cats for instance and it's around the corner from the police station. Yet every couple months or so you'll hear of an incident at Ponchatoula Pub. I don't know the truth behind it but Arden Wells accused Bry Larryson of being drunk in the bathroom there, passing out against the door.

My ex-wife and I went there one time a while back. We were probably the oldest people there and we were in our early 30s. Most of the crowd was college age. I found it amusing how there were all these different beers on tap and everyone else is drinking Bud Light out of aluminum bottles.

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Really? When was that? 1930?

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It wasn't bad in the 80's when I visited relatives there on weekends and summers.

He was wearing a Bama sweat shirt. But the stories I read said that his being a Bama fan had nothing to do with the altercation. Regardless, it was a fight that did not end well for him or the others involved. I am not sure where the people involved were from.

Shouldn't have been talking shite