'The woman from the hole': Winnipegger's comical quandary becomes Halloween costume
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Woman's sense of humour about spring incident prompts pair of fall tributes
Christine Keilback might just have the greatest sense of humour ever.
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She laughed off her misfortune after plunging shoulder-deep into a hole in the boulevard near her Winnipeg home in April — a predicament that brought out emergency crews and led to media coverage.
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Now she's getting a howl out of a Halloween costume inspired by it all.
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"It's so lighthearted and it's such a good spoof on what happened.
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I mean, how could I not be happy to see that?
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It's been fun," Keilback said.
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On Thursday she met Vanessa Desorcy, who was dressed as a Keilback lookalike — from the jacket, hair and eyeglasses right down to a leaf-covered ring at her armpits filling the role as hole.
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Keilback maintained her sense of humour even after the earth opened up beneath her.
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"I'm absolutely thrilled to meet Vanessa.
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I'm so glad to have this opportunity, because it made my day," Keilback said outside her house after embracing Desorcy.
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I laughed and laughed, and it was, it was the best.
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[Her] attention to detail on the costume, I mean … were we separated at birth?
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When they dropped her off, she dropped out of sight.
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Keilback had stepped into a small hole that suddenly widened and collapsed farther as she fell.
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She tried to boost herself out, but every foothold crumbled away.
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One of her friends ran for a broom and shovel to span the gap and give her a brace to hook her arms around.
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"In the beginning I was afraid … because the perimeter of the hole was falling away.
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So that scared me," Keilback said, reflecting back.
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But once she realized she was safe and unhurt, and fire rescue folks were on the way, the absurdity of it all hit.
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The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service's technical rescue task force uses a frame and winch to rescue Keilback.
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Keilback posed for pics with her friends before the rescue task force used a frame and winch and straps to lift her out.
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Keilback's sense of humour about it all radiated across interviews, from local media to international coverage by People.com and the BBC.
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The story popped back into Desorcy's head a few days ago while brainstorming for a Halloween costume for her work party.
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"I remember reading the story when it happened, and it just brought me so much joy — of course, as soon as I knew that she was fine.
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It was amazing, and she had such a good outlook on it," Desorcy said as Keilback stood by with a beaming smile.
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"And so in the last couple of days, it all just came together [as a costume]."
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Desorcy, left, shares a laugh with her costume influencer, Keilback.
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One of her co-workers knew immediately who she was, but a couple others were confused initially, Desorcy said.
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"So I crouched down and did the smile and then they got it right away: 'You're the woman from the hole,'" she said.
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I love stories like that.
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They just make hard days feel lighter and they make everything more fun."
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That's also why Keilback's story was featured as #TheMoment on CBC's The National with Adrienne Arsenault shortly after it happened.
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"I could not have been happier to have that happen, to have Adrienne Arsenault say your name out loud — and it was for falling in a hole.
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Like, not for any sort of contribution I made to the community or anything," Keilback laughed.
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"I fell in a hole and I was a good sport about it.
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"But still, I'll take it."
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Keilback chats with emergency workers from a hole in front of her property on Lipton Street in Winnipeg in April.
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Desorcy wasn't the only one who found inspiration in Keilback's amusing misfortune.
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Keilback's next-door neighbour created a Halloween display on the front lawn.
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…and 13 more, not listed.
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