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The Washington Post

A man who was playing a Medieval knight impaled and killed himself with his 2-metre-long lance during a re-enactment performance.
Peter Barclay of Woodbridge, Virginia, who was a retired US Army lieutenant colonel, died after he was impaled with his lance in a timed competition on Saturday in Williamstown, Kentucky.
Barclay was a long-time and active member of the Society for Creative Anachronism, according to the group’s president John Fulton.
Fulton said Barclay was competing in a equestrian game at the Kentucky event inside a large pavilion while spectators watched.
In the game, riders had to pick up their lance from a hay bale and then ride, using it to pick up a paper plate.
Barclay, who performs under the name “Master Terafan Greydragon”, had the lance in hand and picked up the paper plate off the ground and was finishing the course when the incident happened.
“Something happened with that spear,” Fulton said on Wednesday.
“And he lost control of it or it turned, hit the ground, and as his horse was moving, the tip of it went into him.”
The lances weigh roughly 1.5kg and have a metal tip on the end.

COMING UP: A tragic accident takes the life of medieval reenactor Peter Barclay, killed by his own lance during a society for creative anachronism event in Kentucky. Details coming up NEXT on ABC7 News @ 5. #medieval #reenactment #accident pic.twitter.com/NloK33IB2S
— Richard Reeve (@abc7Richard) October 10, 2018

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Fulton said the lance’s tip went into Barclay’s abdomen.
“He got off the horse, took some steps and people noticed he was bleeding,” Fulton said.
Barclay then collapsed and was airlifted from the event to a hospital but died en route, according to Fulton.
Fulton said his group is cooperating with investigators as they look into what went wrong. He said his group follows a “very strict set of rules” and safety measures for its “combat-related activities.”
Fulton said Barclay was wearing a doublet, which is a short, tight fighting jacket. He said he was not wearing full body armour, which is not necessary for the activity he was doing, given that it was just a timed event with no other riders directly in the ring at the time.
Barclay had been involved in Medieval events and re-enactments for more than 30 years and taught others how to ride horses and do the activities, Fulton said.
The group has more than 30,000 members, including groups in the UK, Austria, Australia and Denmark.
Barclay was known for doing the event he took part in two or three times a month and was considered a leader in the group as its deputy for equestrian activities.
Fulton said Barclay had recently retired, having served the last four years at the Pentagon.
“He was the consummate expert,” Fulton said.
“He knew how to do it and how to do it safely.”
“It was just something that happened and we still don’t have a grasp of it.”
While there has been injuries before, Fulton said it is the first time the group has had anyone die. He said it was “shocking to have this happen to one of the best people in our organisation.”
“It is a horrible set of circumstances that caused this.

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Medieval knight re-enactor dies after being impaled by own lance in freak accident

Peter Barclay performed under the name ‘Master Terafan Greydragon’. Photo: Facebook

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Peter Barclay, a retired US Army lieutenant colonel, performed under the name ‘Master Terafan Greydragon’


The retired US Army lieutenant colonel, who performed under the name “Master Terafan Greydragon”, died while trying to spear a paper plate.


Medieval knight re-enactor dies after being impaled by own lance in freak accident

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Peter Barclay, a retired US Army lieutenant colonel, performed under the name ‘Master Terafan Greydragon’