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Normally, chaos is reserved for the big screen (or little screen, in the age of short form videos) but every now and then real life has its moments. So someone asked “What’s the most chaotic thing you’ve witnessed in public?” and people shared their most unhinged examples.

From very public crash-outs to just a Rube Goldberg machine of things going wrong, get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote the best posts and be sure to detail your own wild encounters in the comments down below. While most are quite amusing, there are a handful that are a bit dark, so be warned.

#1

Squirrel holding a stick and eating while sitting on green grass in a chaotic outdoor scene. Saw a full-blown, screaming argument between a guy and a squirrel over a single french fry. The squirrel won.

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glowworm2
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2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I fought the squirrel and the squirrel won. I fought the squirrel and the squirrel won.

Birgit M
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1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I lost my fry and it feels so bad. Guess my race is run. It was the best fry that I ever had...

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Maartje
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2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A guy was yelling at a squirrel over ONE fry?

Min
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1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Joey doesn't share food!!

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KatWitch57
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1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So the 3 month (ginger) kitten catches and brings in an adult squirrel. Brings it in up a full set of steps and through 2 cat flaps no less. Then he lets it go. 2 adult people and 13 (yes, I know but ...) cats, all lost while the squirrel performed the "wall-of-death" around the entire house for several hours. You couldn't make it up.

Rafael
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1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Squirrel logic is usually flawless. Usually.

Deborah B
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1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As soon as you start screaming at a squirrel, you've lost on style points.

Bonesko
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1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why is the guy trying to take the squirrels french fry?!

Bob Brooce
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1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just because you've only been violated a little bit doesn't mean you weren't violated and upset about it. And while I totally understand the guy not recovering the fry I'm curious about how the squirrel won the argument.

nottheactualphoto
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19 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Squirrel was captain of the debating team. Human was not.

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    #2

    Man wearing headphones riding bicycle amid chaotic city traffic and yellow taxis on busy urban street. I was in Seattle and watched a guy in a cab honk at a cyclist. The cyclist then pulled the guy out of his cab and proceeded to beat the [hell] out of him. A few seconds later, like three other cab drivers ran over and kicked the [hell]of the cyclist. Then a homeless guy stole the bike that was laying in the intersection.

    It was like 30 seconds of pure madness.

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    Cara Vinson
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can smell the intersection that this happened at.

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    #3

    Person wearing bright pink high heels and black tights standing on a city sidewalk in a chaotic scene. I wasn’t there but I’ve heard the story a few times.

    My mom used to pretty much live in high heels. One day at a busy, fairly nice restaurant, she was sitting with her legs crossed for a bit too long. Her foot went numb. As her group stood up to leave, mom lost her balance, stumbled back, her shoe went flying across the restaurant, and she landed in a random guy’s lap.

    Legend has it, he looked at her and said “this isn’t what I ordered”. She had to hobble across the room to get her shoe back.

    Spinach_Puffs , Ian Taylor / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    glowworm2
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That man is awesome! Best response ever!

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    #4

    Person pushing a shopping cart down a busy urban street, creating a chaotic scene witnessed by many. Saw a dude try to chase his own runaway shopping cart down a hill, grab it, miss, spin, and accidentally tackle a random guy who was just walking by.

    Both of them went down like bowling pins. the cart kept going. a third guy tried to stop it and slipped. It was like watching a live action slapstick scene with zero music.

    Affectionate-Lie2563 , kileypanziera2365 / youtube (not the actual photo) Report

    #5

    Framed portrait of a large dog wearing a chain collar captured in a chaotic scene photograph. I only heard about this. My parent took her Mastiff puppy to the mall to get X mas photos. The dog was under a year old but @ 100lbs. She sat in front of the drape and had her photo taken.

    Once the photo was done, something got her attention and she pushed the drape aside and started running through the mall.

    My parent started chasing after her as the dog raced towards Macy's. On the way, the dog spotted a woman with a baby in a stroller. My parent could not catch up with her but yelled at the woman, "She doesn't bite!" The dog licked the baby in the face and took off towards Macys.

    She ended up running into the fine jewelry section and planted herself next to an old lady (who was not amused).

    I still have this photo and love it.

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    glowworm2
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like the makings of a classic dog film. BTW, the photo is adorable. Sounds like someone had a good time at their "rampage" at the mall.

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    #6

    Young girl with braided hair on an airport moving walkway amid a chaotic scene with blurred lights and people in the background Has to be an attempted kidnapping in the Orlando (MCO) airport one night. we were walking to our hotel at the airport and heard the most awful scream from about 30 yards away. turned our heads to see a man with a little girl in a stranglehold and waving to onlookers to stay away. thankfully a few brave folks approached while one snuck behind and knocked his legs out from under him. they got him subdued and police arrived seconds later. it felt like it lasted an eternity, but was probably over in under 15 seconds.

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    #7

    My dog once found some garbage bags with a cut up rotting carcass in it, dumped in the woods.
    He went completely feral from the smell and wrestled himself out of his harness and jumped face first into that pile of rotting deliciousness. He was in heaven, rolling around in it, while gorging himself on rotting organs, and every time I tried to approach him he turned into a feral wolf trying to guard it’s bounty.

    I wasn’t sure if the remains were human or animal so I called the police but the smell was so overwhelmingly disgusting I kept dryheaving and vomiting while trying to explain to the dispatcher what was happening. She was like ‘wait… your dog found a body and is now eating it?? What is he eating exactly?’ Me dry-heaving: ‘the heart, liver, intestines I dunno!!’ Her, to her colleagues in the background ‘this lady’s dog is eating a body and she keeps vomiting’ Then I heard them giggling in the background.

    About twenty minutes later police arrived on the scene to find me still dryheaving and my deliriously happy dog, covered in blood and gore rolling around in a scene out of a horror movie. They could not stifle their laughs! W*f…

    They got him out in the end and send us home. Took me three days to get the smell of putrefaction out of him.
    Police later called back to tell me it was a sheep carcass. So at least my dog didn’t eat a human.
    It was the best day of his life.

    ETA: oh yeah so this was in a sort of ditch between a woodsy area and a busy road so a lot of passing cars saw a woman vomiting while a feral blood covered wolf looking dog played with viscera.

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    Upstaged75
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🤣🤣🤣 This is a brilliant description of the event. I'm crying with laughter after reading it.

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    #8

    Lawn filled with numerous chaotic political signs under large tree near a brick house in a suburban neighborhood. Minding my business driving to work one morning on a two lane road (both lanes going in the same direction) when the vehicle in front of me comes to a dead stop. No red light, no stop sign. Just stopping in the middle of the road. Another vehicle pulls up next to me in the adjacent lane and stops also. The drivers of both vehicles get out all aggressive and start screaming at each other. They look similar enough that I think they may be siblings. It escalates to a physical altercation in front of me. Now mind you this is the morning work commute so there are cars piling up behind me and they are honking and yelling but these two are undeterred. Now a woman gets out of the vehicle that had stopped beside me ans she is trying her best to pull them apart. She looks like she could be their mother further supporting my impression that these are brothers. She gets them pulled apart finally the one dudes shorts are around his ankles and there he is in his drawers and the other guys shirt got ripped off. Dude with the shirt ripped off gets out of the woman's grip and runs to the grassy median and pulls an election sign out of the ground and then starts beating his brother with it.

    Ironically enough the elections sign was a "Make America Great Again" sign and i could help but to find that funny.

    lilbit6675 , anonymous / reddit (not the actual photo) Report

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    #9

    I was working at a bar downtown and I stepped in to the alley to smoke. I’ll preface and say this was all during some festival happening.

    As I’m smoking a girl falls out of a portapotty and lands face first unconscious. So I immediately call 911.

    The operator says “see if she’s conscious but DONT try to move her. She might become irate. Just nudge her with your foot and try to to see if she reacts but try and keep a distance”

    So I walk up and nudge her with my foot and say “hey, are you breathing?” And she JUMPS up, SCREAMS like a banshee, throws an empty bottle of fireball at my face and takes off running down the alley way. At one point I thought she was going to fall but she just squatted and pissed in the middle of the road. Then she kept running down the road. Screaming the whole way.

    I almost laughed when the 911 operator said “Well, did she move?”

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    Rafael
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This has happened enough times that the operator knew what her reaction would be

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    #10

    Person with shopping basket in front of empty grocery shelves, illustrating chaotic scenes witnessed in stores. I was in graduate school and a hurricane was headed to the coast of Texas, mind you my university was ~200 miles inland. My roommate and I were both from gulf coast Texas and went to the grocery store to procure more beer since it’s likely rain for a day or two where we were.

    It was absolute chaos. You would have thought the world was ending. People were fighting over cans of creamed corn, there was no water left in the store, all the canned goods gone, but basically all the other dry goods mostly untouched. Students in a complete panic calling their parents in tears.

    We grabbed some beer and snacks, filled up some water pitchers at our apartment just in case and it just rained for a day or two. Never lost power, watched Netflix, drank and ate Oreos.

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    Glen Ellyn
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like here just before a significant snowfall is forecast. People go crazy as though they'll be snowed in for a week and their cupboard is bare. But here in Minnesota, we have the equipment to get the roads cleared within a day or two, at most. Sure, it may take a little longer in outlying areas, but in town, things are fine. Mileage will vary if high winds are present blowing snow back onto cleared roads, but that's more of a problem in open areas.

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    #11

    Passengers inside a crowded subway train at a station platform, capturing a chaotic urban commute scene. Riding the Paris subway at night when a woman standing near our seat tells two young guys to turn down their boom box. One of the guys smacks her and she gives him a high kick to the head.

    Everyone on the whole car stands up as one and starts yelling at the guys. (Except for my partner and I because we can’t follow what is being said and we’re almost in the middle of the fray.).

    The guys got off at the next stop. If they hadn’t, we would have!

    FillUpMyPassport , Dmytro Nushtaiev / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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    #12

    Crowded chaotic scene of swimmers in a river passing under a stone bridge during an open water event. On holiday in Amsterdam this summer. Hot as hell, lots of people swimming in the River Ij.
    Watched a heron scoop up a fat rat, fly off with rat struggling, seagull tries to intercept. Heron drops live rat from 10ft above the water into incredibly crowded swimming spot. 

    Least_Return5174 , breehanna / reddit (not the actual photo) Report

    Maartje
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dang I din know people would swim there. That is pretty dirty.

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    #13

    Shoppers crowded inside an electronics store during a chaotic sale event, with many holding products and waiting in line. Walmart, Black Friday, around 2010. They rolled out a pallet of cheap DVD players and it was an actual feeding frenzy. I saw a middle-aged woman literally climb on top of the pile and start throwing the boxes behind her to her husband like she was digging for gold. People were grabbing, yelling, a couple of dudes almost got into a fistfight over a $19 Sanyo. All for a piece of junk that would probably break in six months. The whole scene was just pure, unadulterated consumerist rage. Never again.

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    StrangeOne
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still remember when cold-hearted, careless people trampled a Walmart employee to death over black Friday. Wonder if anyone was charged or how those people live with themselves to this day.

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    #14

    Two green grapes on a plate with a bright flare of chaotic light, creating an unusual and chaotic scene. Middle school science class when someone microwaved a bag of grapes “to see the plasma thing from YouTube.” Fire alarm went off, half the class was screaming, the other half was chanting “SCIENCE” while the teacher tried to explain to the principal that we were not, in fact, trying to burn the school down.

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    Panda Kicki
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, my teacher tried to teach us that the fumes fom gasoline is flammable. He made a little slide, put gasoline in one end, and lit a match. The fumes was indeed fammble, he set his sleeve on fire, knocked over the slide and the curtains went up in flames. School had to be evacuated and pricipal had opinions. When we wasnt afrid to get torched anymore we agreed it was best class ever.

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    #15

    Young woman in a red dress with elaborate hair accessories and long nails posing thoughtfully against a concrete wall. A young Japanese "gothic lolita" girl leading an old (60+) Japanese man, who was dressed in a Sailor Moon outfit, around by a leash. Hankyu Umeda station, Osaka, Japan, 2008. Over a million people a day go through that station, so a lot of people saw this.

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    #16

    Close-up of a striped beetle on a green leaf in a chaotic natural scene captured with vibrant colors. A friend on a dare tried to eat a potato bug for $20 and chase it down with a 40 oz of mickeys. He took a bite of the bug, the bug bit him on his tongue. He was basically puking foam from his open mouth with half a potato bug attached to his tongue.

    My other friend laughed so hard he fell over a table and knocked himself out. My third friend laughed so hard from all of that he ran into the other room and puked into the bathtub.

    all in the span of like 30 seconds.

    Edit for anyone wondering: My friends are [jerks], they didn't give him the 20 bucks since he didn't actually eat the bug.

    kingp43x , Rosana Prada / flickr (not the actual photo) Report

    glowworm2
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    FYI, Mickey's is a malt liquor. I wasn't sure what it was so I looked it up.

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    #17

    Man in denim shirt showing shock and surprise, capturing a chaotic scene witnessed firsthand outdoors. Oh walking in San Francisco where a little person dressed in an outfit I can’t even describe came zooming by on a scooter with a humongous blaring sub woofer, followed by a quite large woman who was completely [bare] and shouting to the scooter person. One of the few times I’ve been legitimately speechless.

    elchorroloco , ShiftDrive / envatoelements (not the actual photo) Report

    Maartje
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That would be your average day in LA. Y'all need to catch up in SanFran.

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    #18

    Colorful vuvuzelas scattered on a wooden floor, creating a chaotic scene of noise and disorder. I was leaving a New Year’s Eve party in Boston about 20 years ago with a group of friends. Great night that we were still enjoying despite low single digit temps as we made our way to a spot where we hoped to have better luck finding a taxi.

    As we walked, about a block away we heard a lot of commotion and saw about 30 guys in a full scale punch up that flowed in and out of the street. They were evenly matched, and everyone had on very bulky winter gear, which probably explained why they weren’t hurting each other as much as you might expect.

    Along the moving perimeter of this scrum were all the female dates of the combatants who weren’t engaging, but we noticed that a sub group of them were huddled and moving together, seeming to be talking about how to put a stop to it.

    All of a sudden, with cheetah-like agility, these girls [attack] the other group of girls, but only to steal their vuvuzelas (very long plastic horns that were popular at the time). They then immediately began to attack the opponent group of guys with shots to the face from their newly acquired arsenal, which they were wielding like baseball bats with amazing accuracy. The other girls tried a weak counteroffensive, but were pretty quickly put down by the armed group after several of the women were knocked by David Ortiz level swings.

    We watched in astonishment as this actually turned the tide of the main battle, and the losing side ultimately scrambled away with their dates less than five minutes after the successful flanking maneuver, leaving probably $2-3k worth of hats, scarves, gloves and designer shoes in their wake.

    EDIT: And yes, as the losing side made their retreat they were most certainly urged along by a hearty vuvuzela victory cadence. I half expected a fife and drum corps dressed in tricorns and breeches to emerge from the alley to join in.

    crowpierrot:

    Incredible. I would pay money to see this.

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    UKDeek
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know if I'm more impressed by this event or by the elloquent and very vivid explaination given by the OP!

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    #19

    Person wrapped in a floral blanket under a bridge, portraying one of the absolutely chaotic scenes witnessed in urban settings. Once in DC, I was walking to a pharmacy and outside it a homeless man and a homeless woman crossed paths. They seemed to be coming from different directions. One of them was carrying a large comforter. Without hesitation, the other grabbed it and a tug of war ensued. There was a lot of screaming. I just sidestepped the whole thing and went to the pharmacy. After I paid and left, I saw them both sitting on the side of the building calmly, peacefully sharing the comforter. It was July.

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    Mike F
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When your blood is like water you're always cold.

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    #20

    I've been inside a 30-40 person riot as a Paramedic.

    This was in a small rural town in Australia, perhaps 4 cops available. So there was no control.

    My understanding is that a fight broke out, someone was knocked out, and we didn't know it was a riot when called. Our notes were sparse, saying it was at one of the local pubs (2 in town), and when we pulled into the centre of town saw the chaos spread out over 2ish blocks, and Police overwhelmed.

    A cop told us a block down there was someone unconscious, and my partner and I decided bravado and drove through (weaved) the crowd, pulled up, did a 'rapid trauma assessment', and then a 'rapid extrication' (throw on stretcher, bail). Around the patient was their, very drunk, very hostile, family members.

    Loaded into the back, my partner in the back and I jumping in the drivers seat, when the back doors opened and the patients HUGE father (45ish, 6'5", built like a truck) climbs in aggravated. My partner talked him down, got him out of the back, I locked up to whole vehicle and bailed around the corner and a couple of blocks up.

    I climbed over the front seats into the back, and started helping the assessment/treatment. Then, the whole ambulance started to shake, and it turns out the family followed in cars, got out, and were all around the vehicle (doors locked).

    As a rural ambulance, we have super-geared out high beams, and I turned them on, the people in front scattered like a monster film, and escaped for the small rural hospital.

    Pulled up, followed by the family. There is no security here.

    We get the patient out the back, push through to the ED, and kicked the whole family out due to drunkenness/behaviour. The ED door was a metal/glass, hinged, door that opens outwards. The huge father started barging the door, shoving it *inwards* on its hinges. We called a 'Code 1' (Paramedics in immediate danger, urgent police needed) and barricaded the door with the stretcher.

    Control was confused, as they commented "Aren't you with police? They were at scene?". Explained we were followed, far away from the riot, and the Hospital is being battered in.

    Control got in contact with police, a minute or so later 2 cops pulled into the Ambulance bay with guns drawn (a big deal in Australia). One officer held the family at gun point, and the other ran straight for the ED door to secure the hospital, us, and the nursing staff.

    Heightened emotions were quelled, the family told to move on, nursing staff were not in a good mental state but persevered. Officers were brought in from closer towns (1-1.5 hours away) to assist in moving on the riot, and the next day was paper work and conversations with Management.

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    Daisydaisy
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is a lot of PTSD amongst emergency workers because of stuff like this. They are very brave souls

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    #21

    Dark chaotic storm clouds over a city skyline contrasting with bright blue sky, creating an intense dramatic scene. Years ago I was at work and a tornado just passed by the front window a few hundred feet away. The area was not even remotely known for getting tornadoes, I didn't even know it was possible at all. Upper management didn't let us leave but we did anyway and when the even upperer management learned of it, they fired the guy who tried to keep us there.

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    #22

    Worked at a summer camp up north Michigan. Part of the camp was a horse corral, for teaching kids to go in circles and trail riding and all that. I get shaken awake in the middle of the night by an amorphous black shape that slowly revealed itself to be a fellow counselor. He's whisper yelling that the horses are out the horses are out. They had either not been locked up right that evening or an old latch had finally given up. 12 horses unaccounted for. I hop off my bunk and run outside in my boxers. Myself and the other counselors that have been pulled from our slumber are spread out, silently running around in the moonlight trying to track down each horse. 15 decibel chaos.

    The story arrives at a point where I'm on a horse bareback in my underwear, emerging from the thicket to find some other brothers in underwear atop their own recovered steeds in the central cabin area. 15 decibel celebration. We split up again and the story ends with all horses back in the corral and a gang of teenagers climbing the trail back up to the cabins as the sun is greeting us through the trees.

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    #23

    Person taking a close-up photo of a white goat with curved horns, capturing a chaotic scene witnessed outdoors. Back in the late 90's, I was friends with a house DJ and we went to an after hours club in Vegas. I saw a bald fat man with a white goat on a leash wearing a muumuu and similar hat like Homer in that one Simpon's episode where Homer gained a bunch of weight. This was waaaaaaaaay before that episode ever came out.

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    #24

    Street food cart with colorful umbrellas and smoke rising near a busy urban intersection showing chaotic scenes. A guy on a segway crashing into a hotdog stand.

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    Mike F
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I really think that Segway was invented by a mortician.

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    #25

    I used to work in a public library. We had a decent number of computers but sometimes, rarely, they would fill up and we couldn't give current users time extensions. Usually this wasn't an issue but one day a young guy somewhere in his mid to late 20s came in wanting to game or whatever. Some librarians get weird about it but I’m not the Computer Police.

    Unfortunately, he'd already had a time extension and the computers filled up. So when he asked for more time, we had to tell him no because we had people waiting. He couldn't cope. I can’t even give you a clear play by play because what happened next was straight-up Looney Tunes.

    We look up and see him on someone else’s computer. The person had just stepped away to use the bathroom. They'd even left their stuff behind. Even if it hadn't been obvious that they weren't finished, you don't just get on a computer. They have to be logged out so personal files and browsing details can be cleared. Knowing this, he'd still sprinted over and claimed her terminal like he discovered new land. Her personal stuff, documents, emails, and social media were all still open. We told him nope, absolutely not, so he slunk off toward nonfiction like a raccoon caught in the trash.

    A few minutes later we spot him again, diving onto another computer before the rightful user could sit down. This happened I don't know how many times. He caught on to us watching him so he began to run away the second one of us would stand up. He'd dash off through the stacks thinking, I don't know, maybe that we'd eventually give up? Probably not thinking at all, honestly.

    We finally decided to kick him out of the library. He'd become a full-blown disruption, he was a grown adult who'd had enough chances, and we didn't need him running into other patrons. The problem was, he'd gotten squirrely. If he saw a staff person he recognized, he ran, and we weren't about to literally chase him through the library. That's not even appropriate.

    I finally had enough and told the Assistant Director, an older beast of a woman who started her career as AD by getting into such a fantastic row with an unruly patron that she told them, "Let's take this outside". He didn't know who she was, she didn't have her name tag on, so she walked right up to him and calmly said, "Let's have a talk" while gesturing him off to the side.

    I don't know what she said to him but he didn't come back.

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    KatWitch57
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    "An older beast of a woman". Whilst there is a part of me that might warm to this description. This is ageist and sexist beyond belief. Women should, along-side men, be allowed to age, to have it assumed that the passage of years might permi.t the acquisition of wisdom. However, as my granny said; "stupid cannot be argued with"

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    #26

    My young dog was always chasing squirrels. Finally one day he caught one and bit down on it. The squirrel bit my dog’s lip. Both were crying and screaming . Finally my dog shook his head and the squirrel was let go. My dog never chased anyone squirrel after that.

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    Deborah B
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mum's cat caught a squirrel once. Unfortunately (for the cat) it was by the tail, so in no way disabling to the panicked squirrel. Squirrel got away, cat got a trip to the vet for squirrel bites to the face and a scratched cornea. The squirrel seemed to be just fine.

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    #27

    Waitress serving a meal with ketchup and mustard bottles on the table in a chaotic diner scene. Not me, but my uncle had gotten fired and decided to go on a trip. So he went and spent a few days in NYC. On the last day he decided to grab breakfast at a small dinner. While eating his food, he witnessed an airplane crash into a building less than a mile away.

    This was September 11, 2001.

    the6thistari , Pressmaster / envatoelements (not the actual photo) Report

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    #28

    I rounded a corner on a country road and a head to head collision just occurred. The front of one car was on fire, and the other car was off the road in a ditch and completely flattened in the front. The driver of the car on fire was physically okay and walking around with an adrenaline dump, his passenger was on his knees in passenger's seat flooring compartment, squished between the seat and the dash with the car smoldering beneath him.

    It was not so much fun dragging him out of there because he had some back and hip injuries, but it happened anyway. The look of panic on his face when he realized he was pinned in there, then the pain of being ripped out of a smoldering car was something I'll probably not forget.

    The person in the second car was alive but trapped inside of it and had to be extracted with the jaws of life. It was unexpected and wild to stumble upon. A lot of people stopped, just to sit around and watch.

    Keep your eyes on the road out there..not your phones.

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    KatWitch57
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The moral of the story is good. The rest is either ill-written or ....

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    #29

    Person in a red and black shirt holding fried chicken above their open mouth in a chaotic food moment witnessed by many. I saw a guy on the subway eating a rotisserie chicken like an apple. No bag, no napkins, just vibes.

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    #30

    Firefighters in protective gear spraying foam on a chaotic aircraft fire scene with thick smoke in the background. Saw a plane crash happen less than a mile away from where I was sitting and eating pizza at the time. That was something.

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    Sue Denham
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That would be horrifying. I hope everyone came out of safely.

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    #31

    Flamingo spreading wings over a grassy field, capturing a naturally chaotic scene witnessed in the wild. Saw a guy chase a runaway flamingo through a crowded park, total chaos, everyone screaming and cameras out.

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    Lee Gilliland
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please don't chase birds, they get aggressive and it ain't pretty.

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    Police officers in high-visibility vests managing a chaotic scene witnessed by multiple people outdoors during daytime. Late 90's, Long Beach California. At the local dive bar outside smoking a cig, it was about 1am and getting busy. About 15 people outside and a guy starts pointing at people a yelling "you're the one!" He the starts swinging at people, then he pulls nail clippers out and starts thrusting the file at people screaming "you're the one!" A couple guys clock him and it doesn't phase him. 10 cops show up, it takes 5 to take him down, the hog tied him and put the bite/spit mask on him.

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    ILoveMySon
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    2 days ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't do d r u g s, Kids. Just a guess though.

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    #33

    I was apart of an “Exercise” (Exercise- simulated what if scenarios for response) of an unauthorized entry to a flight line ……. 🤦‍♂️(sigh) …….Dude was called to a response for this and he drove on the flightline where the individual was last spotted. Near that individual was a stationed F-16, upon arrival he put the truck he was driving in neutral and what was meant to be on park, at this time he was on foot chasing the individual all while the truck was still moving and which then crashes into the pointy tip of the F-16 causing millions of dollars worth of damage 💀…..that’s not even the worst part lol. He had a partner with him as well sitting in the passenger seat and she couldn’t get out in time and the tippy part almost punctured her. Let’s just say that was a educational night for everyone 😂.

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    Snazzy Smurf
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She couldn't put the truck in park? Military exercises were always "fun".

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    #34

    Two septuagenarian men in safari gear getting into a physical fight with a pair of twenty-something women in the parking lot of a Midwestern renaissance fair.

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    #35

    Two people inspecting chaotic car accident damage during a stressful scene witnessed outdoors by many. Two people getting into a fist fight in the parking lot outside my university. A fist fight in-and-of itself isn't too chaotic. The car crash that ensued on the street because the driver slowed down to watch the fight? That was wild.

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    KatWitch57
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    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You are so not going to believe I saw this but ... : Exiting the Black Dog in Lewisham, two guys get into a fight. Neither are exactly sober: Guy 1 swings at guy 2, misses and falls over the bonnet of a parked car, heaves himself to his feet. Guy 2 swings at guy 1, misses and actually punches the car. Guy 1 has his second swing; trips over guy 2 and (on his way down) hits his head on the bonnet of the car. 2 ambulances. 2 broken wrists, 1 possible concussion, and two charges of criminal damage because the owner of the Merc, outside the club was 'less' than happy. The late 1970s were wild.

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    #36

    A sword vs knife fight. I was parked, eating a sub sandwich at a city park in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. I watched two individuals get into an argument, one guy pulled out a sword and the other a knife.

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    #37

    Protesters holding chaotic scenes banner depicting grim reaper with WTO and environmental acts in a city street demonstration. The 1999 "Battle in Seattle", a huge protest downtown against the WTO meeting. Anti World Trade Organization.

    Complete pandemonium that lasted for days. I worked in a highrise and had to walk from my place to downtown since the area was cordoned off by police on horseback.

    No public transportation, so I wore hiking boots and jeans to walk a mile to the highrise where my law firm was located.

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    #38

    This isn't too bad, but it sort of changed my life path. I was in a British Literature class in college and these two guys are arguing about Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales". They stand up and start squaring up, getting ready for a fist fight. The professor calmed them down.

    I decided that I couldn't be an English major any more. I just wasn't that passionate about it!

    I ended up dropping out of school and working in a lab for years and years.

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    Daisydaisy
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh I just LOVE that they felt so strongly about Chaucer!

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    #39

    I was coming out of a movie theater as a kid and saw a vehicle run a red light in front of me, hit a Jeep (if I remember correctly) and then speed through the movie theater parking lot after the hit and run while other movie goers tried to stop them.

    The Jeep caught fire and some other bystander rushed to get the driver out of the vehicle as it very quickly was engulfed in flames. The whole time I stood there slack-jawed. Completely unreal experience to witness after just coming out of the theater.

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    #40

    Elderly man clutching chest in pain, depicting one of the absolutely chaotic scenes witnessed in real life. Watching a guy have a heart attack/stroke at all- you-can-eat buffet. In front of his wife. Paramedics trying to bring him back to life. Awful stuff.

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    Roni Stone
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Worked in restaurant and I fell in the food alley, hurting my leg pretty badly. Paramedics called and had to wheel me through the dining room as I was laying on the gurney. It was all done pretty quickly, but my boss said a few tables complained that their dinner was "ruined" and asked for total refunds. Some idiots are so opportunistic.

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    #41

    C*****d watermelon on asphalt with red flesh and seeds spilled, illustrating a chaotic scene witnessed outdoors. Someone threw a watermelon down the stairs at someone in my library.

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    Barbara Wilcock
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Many years ago someone threw a melon off a tall car park. Nearly k****d someone

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    #42

    Night view of chaotic neon-lit buildings with colorful lights and casino signs creating a chaotic scene with many witnesses. I watched a full on riot happen in a hotel lobby in Vegas.

    I was at a music festival that got canceled the afternoon it was supposed to start. Several of the bands performing ended up booking super last minute shows at extremely weird venues. 3 of the bands ended up performing a show in the lobby of a hotel on the strip.

    The hotel clearly had no idea how famous these bands were and were super pissed when they had a massive crowd in their lobby. The crowd was thirsty and still cranky about the festival getting canceled and eventually the crowd broke out into an all out brawl that the hotel security struggled to contain.

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    #43

    Was in Queens visiting some family. Me and my brother were standing outside the house smoking a cigarette, we hear yelling and look down the street. We see 2 young dudes maybe early 20's arguing over a bottle of rum. Me and my brother look at each other and we're thinking the same thing, [something] crazy about to happen. We walk inside for 30 seconds, come back outside, and we see one of the guys take a knife and slash his own chest open from left shoulder to right lower ribs. He ended up collapsing in the middle of the street. I heard he actually survived.

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    #44

    A [bare] guy at a gas station yelling for help while people in white coats and cops try to grab him while he yells “i know my freedoms!” Help me!

    They took his clothes away because he kept escaping.

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    Mike F
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Apparently it didn't work as planned.

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    #45

    A car pulling out in front of a couple riding a motorcycle, causing them to hit her driver's side head on. They both flew off, flipping over her car like ragdolls. The woman landed mostly on her back, while the dude landed breaking both his legs. Screaming ensued, with the guy yelling and cussing at the driver as he was trying to stand up and couldn't. The woman was screaming and crying but not able to move. Neither were wearing helmets as it wasn't the law. The speed limit on that road was 40mph.

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    Lee Gilliland
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    2 days ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not wearing protection on motorcycles is dumb.

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    #46

    Someone riding a shopping cart down a grocery store aisle while people were screaming and trying to stop them. Absolute chaos.

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    #47

    Guy ran into the eye doctor's while it was raining, slipped, fell, and skid on his stomach halfway across the room.

    When he was done he just laid on the floor. Everyone, including me, was too in shock to ask if he was okay so we all just stared at him for a while.

    Then he got up. Then left through the door he fell in from.

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    #48

    Grocery store before a blizzard and they suddenly shut down all the self-checkout lanes, presumably due to thefts. People who had been in line for 15-30 min and we had to get back in longer lines and some lost their s**t. I left because it was getting so volatile.

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    Rick Murray
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    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Shop run by dícks. You close the line after the current people who are there, or yeah, I think people are perfectly entitled to be less than amused.

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    #49

    People making sweet love in the mud, at a waterlogged music festival. No care about the crowds of people passing by.

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    #50

    In Delhi I saw a man being robbed of his belongings. The victim was defecating on the street while the robber reached for the wallet.

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