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The weird, wild and interesting goals people have on their bucket lists

When people think of a "bucket list," they think of all the things that they want to do or experience throughout their entire life before they die.

People want to achieve things that will make life memorable and perhaps more meaningful, from travelling the world to running a marathon.

Recently, a 99-year-old woman identified as Annie, decided that she could not die without experiencing being locked up in prison.

With the help of her niece and local police, Annie was picked up from her home, placed in a police car and taken to prison.

“We don’t usually do this, but we made an exception for Annie. It was just a couple of minutes in the cell. It was all about the experience. We don’t know why it was on her bucket list.” said a police spokesperson.

Bijna 100 en een bucketlist: Vanochtend hebben we Annie een zeer mooie dag kunnen bezorgen door één van haar laatste wensen in vervulling te laten gaan. Ze wilde ooit nog eens een politiecel van binnen ervaren. Omdat burgers niet zomaar in het cellencomplex mogen komen heeft collega Maarten in zijn pauze geregeld dat Annie(bij hoge uitzondering) wel kort in een ophoudkamer mocht zitten met de handboeien om uiteraard. Een dag om nooit te vergeten! ^kve

 

For some the goals on their bucket lists are attainable but for most financial constraints and family responsibilities prevent people from reaching these dream goals.

"Set goals to experience and accomplish on a smaller scale. Focus on experiencing something every day, every week, every month and every year. We cannot wait for the right moment to experience life. We have to create the right moments and experience life. As you create your bucket list, be sure to make your family your top priority. You can have all the experiences the world has to offer, but if you don’t get to share them with those closest to you, they will be empty, "said Dustin A, Wiggins on familyshare.com.

Here's a list of bucket list goals that people have actually done:

1. Air boat across an alligator infested swamp

2. Be in the front row of a concert

3. Save a life

4. Swing from a rope into a lake

5. Have a food fight

6. Go to the Day of the Dead, Mexico

7. Have a wild deer eat out of your hand

8. Visit every country in the world

9. Solve a Rubix-Cube

10. Learn how to crack an egg with one hand

11. Find a four leaf clover

12. See the hobbit huts in New Zealand

13. Donate my hair to locks of love

14. Walk on the Great Wall of China

15. Witness a Miracle

16 Ride a camel in the desert

17. Run a marathon

18. Chase a tornado

19. Swim with sharks

20. Run with the bulls in Spain

 

 

Bucketlist.org

 

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