Shooting an apple off one's child's head of the story is in the legend of William Tell, supposedly happening to start off the Swiss revolution, written first in the 15th-century "White Book of Sarnen", then in Aegidius Tschudi's 16th-century "Chronicon Helveticum", and later the basis for Friedrich Schiller's 1804 play. Tell is arrested for failing to bow in respect to the hat that the newly appointed Austrian "Vogt", Albrecht Gessler, has placed on a pole, and Gessler commands him to shoot an apple off his son's head with a single bolt from his crossbow. After splitting the apple with the single shot (supposedly on November 18, 1307),
Afraid to Shoot Strangers Afraid to Shoot Strangers "Afraid to Shoot Strangers" is a song by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It appears as the third song on their 1992 album Fear of the Dark. It is a political song from the point of view of a soldier in the Gulf War. Lead singer/frontman Bruce Dickinson would often introduce the song as an anti-war narrative. The song has been played live by Iron Maiden 402 times. "Afraid to Shoot Strangers" and "Fear of the Dark" are the only songs from the album that have been played live after 1993. The song became