Right on schedule, at 2:22 p.m in the middle of Ballard, a flash mob pillow fight began with a whistle blow. Pillows suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and over 50 people started swinging. Everyone was a little timid. At first.
After the first few smacks, people started getting into it. Even this intrepid reporter took a few shots. Then the pillows exploded…
Feathers started flying like a March snowstorm in the middle of Ballard.
TV news crews pressed in for a closer shot.
Five minutes later, it was all over. People were supposed to walk away like nothing had happened, but a layer of feathers covered just about everything — even the homeless guy who was trying to sleep through it all on a bench nearby. Of course, we shot it all on video for your viewing pleasure…
Update: Tons more photos here, and more video here.
16 responses so far ↓
1 ivoryhalo // Mar 16, 2008 at 2:22 pm
I got pummeled.
2 bill98117 // Mar 16, 2008 at 4:15 pm
my ballard pillow fight pic on flickr at bill98117
3 ivy // Mar 16, 2008 at 4:56 pm
It was fun!!
4 Charlie // Mar 16, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Awesome time. I took some video from inside the fight which you can find on my blog charlesredell.com/blog.
5 Silver // Mar 16, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Bill’s pics are awesome!! Thanks so much!!
6 bigyaz // Mar 17, 2008 at 7:42 am
How did the cleanup go?
(That’s a sarcastic question, or course. I saw the mess you left behind.)
7 Judy // Mar 17, 2008 at 8:03 am
It’s spring! Birds will make nests from found feathers - makes this a sustainable activity!
Enjoy!
8 Geeky Swedes // Mar 17, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Thanks for the patience on the video, everyone. We shot it in HD, which made it next to impossible to encode and upload without the various web video services choking on it. But we finally found a winning formula.
9 Silver // Mar 18, 2008 at 8:18 am
It was worth waiting for. I shared it with bunches of friends. ;-)
10 D. Dassledoof // Mar 19, 2008 at 10:42 pm
you guys r fucking gay
11 Seattlepillowfightclub // Mar 21, 2008 at 9:10 am
As in, Homosexual? Some of us, probably, yes. We’re non-discriminatory ;-)
We’ve taken full responsibility for the mess, I’ve personally apologized the Seattle Parks and Rec, I’ve volunteered for 6 hours of community clean up and so have 15 other pillow fighters - for a total of 90 hours of free service for the city of Seattle, we’ve also made the club feather-free. The head honcho over at Seattle Parks and Rec was surprised about all the negative press. She is pro-pillow fight and was a delight to talk to. She told a reporter that she’s considering participating in a pillow fight ;-)~ We aren’t ignoring or hiding from this issue.
12 Seattlepillowfightclub // Mar 21, 2008 at 9:35 am
I must say, I think it’s a great testament to how far we’ve come as a society that I haven’t heard “Gay” used as an insult since…high school, possibly. And written in true teenage text message vernacular!
“you guys r f’ing gay”
13 D. Dassledoof // Mar 21, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Really? I haven’t been in a pillow fight since….grade school, possibly. Even then, my parents taught me how to clean up after myself. I have no animosity towards homosexuals and I apologize to any who took offense and felt I was in any way associating them with Seattlepillowfight club.
14 ilovehomosbut.... // Mar 26, 2008 at 2:42 pm
srsly? - ya gotta admit it was pretty gay
15 God Damn // Apr 11, 2008 at 3:15 am
You hipsters are the most pointless, self-important dorks. My God. What a tremendous waste of time.
“As in, Homosexual? Some of us, probably, yes. We’re non-discriminatory”
That’s great and all, but to be such a pretentious tool about it. Ugh.
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