Yes, looking back on it, it could have been very bad. And if it had really hurt her, we'd have pressed charges. She had on a heavy coat, so that helped dampen the blow to the shoulder. It's a pretty heavy knife. I don't think the guy actually "threw" it at her. I think he was just being a moron with his knife out, and accidentally dropped it, because the blade wasn't locked open. It was only open 3/4 of the way. Stupid to be standing over a tunnel doing that, though. And he paid a stupid tax for it. I've never owned a pocket knife this nice before. I looked it up on the interwebs, and amazon has it for $85. I looked around for a cop or security guard, but apparently they were all on the field celebrating the bear win (did anyone else see the highway patrolmen high-fiving the gunny Sargent after every time the bears scored?) Didn't see any cops around our tunnel (J). The thing is, my wife and her family are bears. I'm the lone ranger in our family ('cept for the kids. I'm bound and determined to make them dawgs.)