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Mike and I were talking today about two instances we found to be quite interesting in our lives. These two events weren't spectacular, just interesting.
Years ago we used to attend outdoor concerts held at the Wild Animal Park, part of the San Diego Zoo. Don McLean was the guest singer one particular warm summer evening. Concert goers sat on the grass in a rather large area and enjoyed music under the stars. People were listening, talking, having a good time. Then Don started to sing "Vincent." A field filled with old and young people, a few thousand, suddenly went absolutely and I mean ABSOLUTELY silent. I'd never experienced anything quite like that. Don sang, everyone listened and afterwards, the applause was loud and long.

Another time we were in Arizona with my sister and her husband, visiting the Grand Canyon. We stayed in a town just outside of the park and took a train to the park. From the train station we had a short ride on a bus to the canyon itself. People were chatting, laughing, enjoying their bus ride, they'd had a good time on the train and thought it might be a bit of a ride to viewing areas. Suddenly the bus stopped and people were still chatting away. The bus driver then announced is a smiling sort of voice, "Would you like to see what you came out here to see? Take a look to your left." At that point it was like a chorus..all the passengers on the bus said, rather loudly, and in unison, "OOOOOOHHHHHH!!!" It was such an amazing sight, this massive canyon in so many brilliant colors....all one could say was ooooooooohhhhhhhh!

Tell us about any instances you've experienced that are now etched in your memory banks because they were just a tad out of the ordinary.