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Archive Home > 2006 > May > 27 > Painted desert

Painted desert

Paintball enthusiasts create epic 6-acre battlefield east of Bend

By Julie Johnson * Photos by Pete Erickson / The Bulletin
May 27, 2006

he trailer was a death trap, the players said.

An old metal-skinned camp trailer surrounded by plywood walls and defenses, the trailer was the central objective of a paintball battle Sunday that brought more than 60 camouflaged men and women to the desert east of Bend for war.

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