But would you describe it as such in an interview in this case? Based on sight alone? Or would you just say "a knife" to describe it? Sharp to me sounds like it was an implanted adjective, as an after thought to make it sound scary. Why else say sharp in this situation? I could fully understand "big" as a valid description in describing it in this situation.
I am asking sincerely. I handle a lot of knives. I see a ton of dull knives. So my view on this is very likely biased due to that.
But think about it. If you had just walked into a friends house, and there was a knife on the counter, and you assumed it was sharp, and someone asked you later what was on the counter, would you say "a knife" or "a sharp knife?"
In fact, the natural assumption that a knife would be sharp, would make the act of describing one as such that much more unbelievable to me.
I think there was a knife there. I think she was told to say it was sharp, to sensationalize the story.
Not a super important fact, just one more thing to lead me to believe that this babysitter was coached in her description of things that night.