He was all alone taking a nap by a stream when the devil approached and started talking to him. They had a short conversation which ended with the devil saying that Gary's mother was dead and that the devil should be able to eat Gary. As soon as the Devil opened his mouth to eat Gary, he ran away and escaped Lucifer. Gary's experience with the Devil was different than most because of how he handled it. During and after his near-death encounter, Gary was afraid of the devil, but he ultimately took it as a learning experience and reflected on it daily. Gary once said, "As I lie here in my nursing home room and in the crumbling sandcastle that is my body, I tell myself that I don't need to fear the devil, that I have lived a good and caring life, and that I need not fear the Devil. (King 839) »Gary lived eight long years after the horrific attack and didn't let it change his perspective, all he did was learn from