from an interview with Survivor contestant Kelly Sharbaugh:
When your name showed up, you looked flabbergasted, shocked, dumbfounded.
All of the above. I had no idea that Russell had the idol. When [host Jeff Probst] said my name, I was like. âWhat just happened? What did I do?â I was so emotional because I was so unprepared. I didnât even wear my favorite boots to tribal because the thought that I could go never crossed my mind.
Did you ever get them back?
No, fire ants nested in them so I left them in Samoa and after the tsunami Iâm pretty sure they got washed away.
Good for Kelly, I say, for helping stop the spread of pest ants. When contestants are voted off the island, how many do you suppose check their luggage for invasive species?
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Yes Kelly, let's just pray for tsunamis to wash all those bad ants away.....leave your boots anywhere, anytime. There's bound to be a natural disaster soon.