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38 Heart-Pounding Moments Where Instinct Or Luck Saved These People
Call it what you want—luck, fate, serendipity, pure coincidence, or your intuition—but you’ve probably had moments in your life when your inner alarm bells go off and you instinctively know that you should leave. Immediately!
Today, we’re looking at some of the most heart-pounding moments when people got lucky or trusted their instincts, and it actually saved their lives, as shared on AskReddit and Quora. Keep scrolling to read these internet users’ captivating stories. And remember, when in doubt, trust your gut!
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#1
I avoided a terror attack because I ditched class.
I go to Stuyvesant High School and have my last period free, meaning class ends at around 2:50 for me. By the time I go to my locker downstairs and see my friends it’s around 3. I leave at the first exit from the bridge that connects to the entrance of the school, sit down on a slab of concrete and wait for a text from my friend to see if she got on the bus before walking towards the bus stop (the seats are usually taken, which is why I sit on the concrete).
It’s Halloween 2017 and I’m decked out in my handmade Cosmo and Wanda outfit, which came out absolutely awesome fyi. It was the last day for AMC’s $5 movie ticket deal, and my friend and I planned on making the most of the deal so we decided to miss our last two classes so we could go movie hopping. We left school at around 2:10 and walked to the train station, our bookbags filled to the brim with candy and snacks.
We’re on the train when my phone starts ringing, and it’s from a friend who always texts me rather than call. I answer and am bombarded with questions asking if I’m okay, if I got hurt, if I’m still at school. Confused, I told her that yeah, I’m okay, but what are you on about?
“You don’t know?”
“Know what?”
“There was a shooting near Stuy…”
My heart dropped into my stomach but I still thought she was kidding. She explained to me how she heard about it and I realized by the tone of her voice that she was serious. I hung up and texted all of my friends that I knew were at school, asking them if they were safe.
I looked up what happened and saw that a truck struck several people, and the driver got out with a gun and started shooting. I looked at a picture of where the incident happened and I went numb.
The exact corner I stand at every day at 3:00, waiting for my friend's text. And that’s exactly where I would’ve been at the time the shooting happened only if I didn’t ditch class to go to the movies.
Edit: Thank you guys for all the upvotes! For anyone wondering, my friends are all okay and safe, nobody from our school was harmed that day!
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#2
Having to leave my high school friend group because of one “friend” who would always leave me out, went through months of depression not having friends, I went out by myself one day, it was nice, and I started to spend time with myself for the first time ever and I made the best memories of my life, that one friend who was the reason I left is in a downward spiral and confusion what his life is now and I’m glad I wasn’t around for that.
#3
Worked as an associate for a small 4-partner, 5 associate law firm that was the go-to divorce firm for very wealthy clients. Really shady billing practices (like seeing my actual billable time doubled and tripled on client invoices) and cut-throat office atmosphere led me to look elsewhere. The week after I left, the firm and each attorney billing on a particular file (including me) was sued for malpractice and fraud with a demand of $50MM. After I turned over my accurate time pre-bill records to the plaintiff firm in discovery, the plaintiffs dismissed me from the case. The firm did not survive the $15MM settlement.
It's not just luck that can save your skin. The odds are that you’ve had at least one moment in your life when your intuition told you that something was wrong, and it turned out to be true. Maybe it was a situation where you made an instinctive split-second decision that protected you from harm. Or maybe you had a moment where you ignored your inner alarm bells, only to regret it later.
The BBC explains that the strength and accuracy of your intuition depend on the breadth and depth of your life experiences. “The unconscious brain rifles through its stored knowledge to find the best answer to our problems, without us consciously recalling the precise memories that power those feelings.”
Sometimes, though not always, overthinking and analyzing things too much can backfire, and you end up making worse decisions. For example, human beings tend to know that someone is lying when they rely on their gut instincts, instead of trying to think things through.
#4
In fourth grade I went to aftercare after school every day, while my parents were at work. One day, while I was at aftercare, there was a report of bad weather coming and a chance of tornados. My mom called my next door neighbor and asked if she would be willing to go pick me up from the school, as it would take my mom too long to get there. My neighbor said of course and came and picked me up. As soon as we got back to their house a few minutes later, the wind started picking up, the front door blew open, the dogs started panicking, and I hid in the closet with my neighbor's kids. Within a few minutes it was all over. The tornado went right through my school and completely levelled it. Luckily there were some painters who were also at the school at the time, and they helped the rest of the afterschool kids. I had friends who were airborne but were saved by the painters hanging onto them. That tornado k**led 21 people. Thankfully, the kids at the school survived.
#5
There was a drive by shooting downtown Toronto where I live. Two gangs just started shooting at each other.
Broad daylight, thousands of people around again like I said it’s downtown Toronto. I walked past this dessert restaurant and to the bus stop then seconds later I said nah I want that Nutella crepe. I turned around and went and got it. 2 mins later I heard gun shot and then everyone took cover as gangs shooting was just going off. Anywho finally cops came, took care of the scene etc. later on I realized it was the exact same bus spot where I was standing at the bus stop and contemplated if I should get the Nutella crepe.
A by stander young girl got a stray bullet and died of her injuries. That same spot was where I was standing waiting for the bus.
The Nutella crepe saved my life. Was on the news and everything. I did go to the girls media event at the scene. Still shook.
#6
In the summer of 1974 I was 19 years old. I ran with a group of friends that loved the outdoors . Especially anything’s to do with boats or water. We would spend weekends camping at various lakes , fishing, water skiing and partying. Good times.
A few of us had taken up tubing Down different irrigation canals for fun.
One weekend my Friend Randy and his girlfriend Rose invited myself and several friends to tube down a canal next to interstate 15 in Draper Utah . Just as I was leaving to meet them on Saturday morning my friend Brad called and invited me to come with him to Los Angeles for a few days, he was leaving in an hour or so. I was torn but at the last minute I chose L. A. . I had a crush on brads cousin an she would be there.
when we got back to Salt Lake city four days later I found out that everyone in the canal group had Drowned except for one.
Apparently construction had been done on the Canal, and they had diverted the water to a pipe that flowed under interstate 15 into the Jordan River. The walls of the canal for the last 50 yards had been solid concrete and no one could get out .they were sucked into the pipe and their bodies were found on the other side of I 15 along with two dogs. One person managed to get out by grabbing A cable that was hanging down the concrete wall.
The funerals were so horribly sad, these were my friends. And it’s haunted me forever That had Brad not called me, or called 10 minutes later ,I would have been with them .
Meanwhile, when you give yourself some time and space, you allow your unconscious brain to look through and process lots of complex information. This can help you make better decisions.
However, that’s not to say that everyone’s instincts are properly honed. Nor is your gut ‘perfectly’ accurate 100% of the time. As the BBC points out, you should aim to improve your emotional intelligence. Learning to understand what you’re feeling and where those emotions come from can improve your intuition. Then, over time, you can find it easier to understand whether the signals your gut is sending are accurate or not.
Meanwhile, The Guardian reports that you have to be aware of the context surrounding you in order to gauge whether or not your instincts might be right. According to neuroscientist and psychologist Joel Pearson, from the University of New South Wales, you should be aware of your emotional state. For example, if you’re highly stressed or extremely emotional right now, your intuition may be way off.
#7
In a coal mine in WV having lunch one day dust kept falling on me where I was sitting. Then a little water started hitting me. It's not really that uncommon in a mine obviously. Finally some dust got on my sandwich and I stood up and walked about 30 feet to a more favorable spot and like 30 seconds later the area I was in completely collapsed. Basically right in front of me. Dropped the dang sandwich in my retreat (which sucked, but it was dirty anyways). I'm not for certain that I would have been k **led, but it's likely, and it definitely would have sucked regardless. Not wanting to give up on lunch probably saved my life. That was the only cave-in event I ever saw underground in 4 years of mining and it was almost on my head.
#8
Working new construction in Killeen TX, been eating lunch at Luby's all week.
The last day, decided to forgo lunch and just finish out the job.
On the way out of town, Luby's is roped off, cops everywhere a pickup truck sitting thru the wall at the booth we used all week.
4 hrs later, found out we had missed being in Luby's when someone crashed into the building and went on a rampage shooting everyone he saw.
If we had lunched that day, we would have been the 1st to die as he crashed thru the wall.
#9
In 2013 I was with some friends at the Boston marathon. The marathon is a long circuit but many like to congregate at the end. I was a teenager at the time and my friends and I decided we wanted to go to the finish line. I told my Mom that’s what we were doing and she stayed closer to our home and let us head that way. On our way there we decided we wanted to go to our favorite arcade/gaming spot instead (they had like Xbox360’s setup everywhere it was a cool spot). We arrived at our gaming center and my friend shows us his phone that the finish line had just gotten bombed. My Mom called me freaking out wondering if I was there. She was beyond relieved to hear we had made the detour. Not sure who was looking out for me that day but man I’m glad I left when I did.
According to Pearson's research, you should also be aware that your instincts probably won’t be right if it’s your first time doing something. On the flip side, your gut instincts will be more trustworthy when you’re operating in a more predictable and familiar environment.
Furthermore, he stresses that your intuition is not the same as your impulses or innate reflexes. He also warns that human beings’ brains are pretty bad at understanding odds, so they attribute random events to intuition.
#10
I was a little kid in South Florida. I was in the swimming pool by myself since the weather was getting kind of dark. Eventually, I got out and walked about 10 ft and then.. BOOOOM... Water everywhere. Lightning had struck the pool.
#11
I was walking down from the parking lot down to square lake in Stillwater Minnesota when my wife yelled for me to stop because I forgot to grab the swim bag I start walking back and right where I would have been walking a huge 100+ foot tree uprooted and fell right where I was walking. It would have certainly k**led me instantly.
#12
One time I was looking for a job and saw an ad for an interpreter. It was in the Middle East and a person had to speak English, Russian, and Uzbek. It sounded dangerous, but there were assurances that there would be full protection by US military and local security forces, it was on base, and it was basically very safe. The most interesting thing was the salary. It was in excess of $150,000 plus all expenses paid. At that time I was barely making probably $30,000 a year. So, it was very tempting. I seriously considered it and may have even started the application process, but stopped at the last minute.
A few months later I was watching the news and they were showing the report about a t**rorist act at the same location which I considered. And two interpreters died. The news footage just showed the ground and a bunch of magazines strewn around, covered in blood. The eerie thing is, those were the exact type of magazines that I read - it’s one of my very few guilty pleasures. It was a very unsettling feeling.
What is the biggest danger that your intuition has ever protected you from, dear Pandas? What happened? When was the last time that your gut instinct kicked in and told you that something was incredibly wrong?
If you feel like sharing your experiences with the other readers, you can do that in the comments, at the very bottom of this post.
#13
I went to church camp when i was in 9th grade... i was not religious... i just wanted the camp experience. This church camp was psychotic.... and not what i was used to, being that I wasn't really raised in church. My friend and I realized that this place just wasn't really for us and that we wanted to go home about 3 days in.
We proceeded to talk to our camp counselors about wanting to use the phone to call our parents. It was a simple request... and even hinted that we were really homesick, and wanted to go home. They said okay... but in reality skirted around the issue over and over and over again... and just ignored our request... it felt like we were being held hostage. We could not for the life of us use the phone to call our parents, no matter how many times we asked. Finally we found a random camp lady we didnt know and asked her. She said yes and took us to a pay phone. while the phone was ringing... our psycho cabin leader saw and ran across the camp screaming [darn] m**der and yelling at my friend to get off the phone... as if she was doing something COMPLETELY illegal. She was yelling, flailing her arms, causing a scene, and SPRINTING to my friend who was on the phone.
My friends mom finally answered and she said as fast as she could "Mom!!! please come and get us please... we want to go home i have to go bye." and hung up. after the call and our cabin leader made it to us... she pulled us aside to convince us to stay with love bombing. I felt SO uncomfortable and knew this situation was weird. LUCKILLY her mom came to get us that day, and forced them to release me to her as well.... and they did.
Her cousins were still at this camp. and they had to finish it out. They said on the last day... they brought each camper INDIVIDUALLY up into this tree house and told them that if they didn't believe everything they were telling them, that they would go to h**l etc.
This was only a quick synopsis of what happened at this weird a*s camp.... but I am soooo glad we left when we did... it was one of the worst experiences ever and i am so glad i had my friend with me.
#14
Tried,begged,did everything to try n keep marriage with 1st wife. She wldnt cuz she didn't want to hurt her affair partner 's feeling! I ended up finding n married the most wonderful person I ever met. Been happy for 40yrs. My ex became a very bitter woman who made his new husband miserable their whole life. The guy was my best friend at time of affair by the way. Talk about dodging a bullet.
#15
I used to work at Guitar Center in Clackamas(Portland), almost had lunch in the Clackamas Town Center food court, went somewhere else instead and avoided the mass shooting event in the food court. Coincidentally I sold the shooter a bass a month or two prior to the shooting.
#16
A stampede.
I’ve lived in Shanghai for 7 years now, and there is one golden rule: do not go on the Bund to watch the fireworks for Chinese New Year’s. Do NOT.
Well, one year a friend REALLY wanted to go, and don’t ask me how, but I found myself dragged along. We made it to the start of the street and were immediately pressed into bits by people on all sides. It was intensely packed, and we hadn’t even made it ten meters. And I mean ‘sausages in airtight wrapping’ packed - it made the subway feel like a walk in an empty forest.
Needless to say, yours truly made a firm point of leaving - now, immediately - and his friend hung his head sadly and followed.
A few hours later, we heard the news. There had been a stampede on the Bund. 36 people died, 49 were injured. Over 300,000 people showed up for the fireworks (which is basically the size of the population of my hometown, Nice), on ONE SINGLE STREET. It was a disaster waiting to happen.
Why was there a stampede though? Well, reports vary. But…
…there was that one restaurant on the rooftops that had the fun idea of throwing down 100 dollar bills to the crowd. Needless to say, people went absolutely crazy, and in such a tight environment, push came to shove and then turned to outright panic.
The worst part? They weren’t even real bills.
[darn] was I happy we didn’t go see that show.
#17
I was near Boise City, Oklahoma.
My sister left her phone at a rest stop.
We went back to get it.
We again drove to where we were going, to find the road with fallen trees and houses destroyed.
A tornado had happened, in the 20 minutes it took us to go get her phone.
I'm lucky my sister is so unorganized.
#18
The week after we moved house, we heared from our former neighbour that shots were fired on the playground next to our former home, cause of a drugdeal gone wrong. No not in the USA, but in the Netherlands!
#19
I went to a small 3 aisle grocery store 10–15 minutes before closing to grab a couple things quick one night.
The place was empty except for a couple other people milling around. I took note of them since we were alone together in the silent store and they were moving slowly.
It felt eery, but whatever - right? Get in - get out - nothing to overthink.
The place was closing soon and I didn't want to be there as employees tried to lock up.
In fact, one employee locked the entry door behind me as I walked in the place.
Get this - I woke up the next morning to news the place had been robbed at gunpoint at closing time by people in the store.
Yep. I was apparently there with the perpetrators and after leaving…it happened.
Money was taken, but no one was shot in the store.
…shook me up for a while.
#20
When I worked in Manhattan, I'd walk the same way to the train every night. I crossed 41st street between Lexington and 3rd at the same spot on the street. I always crossed about 3/4 of the block ( not on the corner) because cars turning right towards 3rd were unlikely to see or stop for pedestrians crossing the street.
When I arrived home from work, I saw that there was a huge gas explosion by my work. It was so big that it created a sinkhole that swallowed up a truck. That sink hole was the exact path I crossed every night and the explosion happened about 15 minutes after I crossed. In addition, people in the area were hit with shrapnel. Phew! that was a close one.
#21
I was in my apartment. It was 10PM. For some reason, I was tired and went to bed. Twenty minutes later, a huge BOOM! woke me up. I turned on the light and saw the air was full of something like smoke, but it wasn't smoke. It was drywall dust. A drunk driver had driven straight into my kitchen. Normally, I would have been raiding the fridge.
#22
In October 2016, an excavator in Portland, Oregon, dug on the wrong side of the street, causing a natural gas explosion. Several people were injured, including three firefighters.
There was a cafe/bagel shop in the building, and often I’d go in there and grab something before work. Even if I didn’t, I would walk right by there to get to my bus. I lived a block away from the explosion.
That day, I was in a training at work and got there not long before the explosion. Shortly after I arrived, my coworker who was also in the training had to take an emergency phone call. It was his wife; she worked in the building and, thankfully, they’d been evacuated due to a suspected gas leak. Moments later, the building exploded, causing the destruction you see above.
Apparently the blast shook my apartment building and shattered windows in the building and others nearby. I’m glad I left for work earlier than usual that morning. I’m glad everyone left the building when they did.
#23
My husband and I separated one week before I found out that his brother was arrested for m**der but first the police picked up and arrested my husband because his brother was using his ID. Glad I had nothing to do with them.
#24
Not me, but a friend was at a paint store. The checkout was up front by the entrance and parking lot. About 30 seconds after he left, a car plowed through the main foyer and traveled through where he was standing. Crazy to think how a few moments different could have changed everything for him and his family.
#25
Ooh, I got a good one.
I was born in 2004, and in that exact year, you guys know about the destruction of the 2004 Tsunami?
Yeah, so I was there, that same day the tsunami hit.
I was only like a year old, since it was near the end of the year. So the story goes, as my parents tell me, that we were at the airport, an hour before it started.
I very vaguely remember the airport being crowded, and one thing that had stuck in my mind: just as before we got on the plane, the big clock on the walls of airports began to tremble.
Of course, we didn't think much of it. Then the floor tremored slightly, and I remember people began to worry.
A few minutes later I was in the plane with my parents, and when we touched down back in Singapore, my parents were horrified by the news.
Yeah, we were very lucky that day.
That's my most insane moment of being glad we left when we did, cause if not, well… I'm sure you can imagine.
#26
My wife and I went to a wedding in the Adirondacks one weekend years ago. We used to live in NYC but we had moved to California, so we were flying in and out of Albany, arriving Saturday and taking the Monday off work to make it a long weekend. On the way to the airport to go home, we decided to see if we could stay the night, go to our favourite restaurant, and fly out of NY in the morning. We tried to book by calling United, but they wanted to charge us a change fee, so we gave up and flew home out of Albany. The flight we would have got was United 93, that crashed on 9/11, the next morning.
#27
On October 17, 1989, I left work early about 4:45 to go from Alameda to San Francisco to get home for the World Series game of the A’s at Giants.
After going under the estuary in the tunnel and looping onto the Freeway, I drove on the bottom deck of an unusually uncrowded Cypress structure, through the equally uncrowded Bay Bridge toll plaza, and up the cantilever section. While on the trestle section, the announcer on the radio said, “We’re having a really big earthquake”.
It was 5:04 pm.
I was about 30 seconds past the section of the bridge that collapsed into the Bay
[Edit: I am corrected — it didn’t collapse into the Bay, if fell on the lower deck. What can I say, it was behind me! One car went down with one k**led, but nobody got wet. ]
And if I had left at the usual time, or there had been traffic, there was a good chance I’d have been on the lower deck of the Cypress structure when it pancaked
So, yeah, I’m glad I left when I did.
I can also say authoritatively that after an earthquake, the vertical cables on a suspension bridge vibrate like those on a very large stringed instrument — with visible 5–6 foot waves.
#28
My marriage.
Less than two months after my divorce was finalized, the ex-husband was arrested for s*x crimes (two counts of carnal knowledge of a juvenile and two counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile).
He knowingly committed s*x acts with a 15-year-old. He was 36.
For the last year of the marriage I was miserable but stayed because I thought it was better for my children (they were 2 and 4 at the time). I shudder when I imagine some of the potential scenarios that my kids could have endured had I stayed. Sometimes a “broken home” is the healthier option.
When his photo was being splashed across the news I was sooooo glad I had already switched back to my maiden name!!
#29
We finished up at a restaurant and left just 4 minutes before a tornado came through without warning. We got lucky that day!
#30
I was at a party at a frat house. Large 3 floor house that had an oversized fire escape/porch on the back.
My friend stepped out onto the second floor porch to get some air. We were just shooting the breeze when the third floor door open and about 40 people spilled out above us.
Suddenly a board or strut c*****d behind us.
We just got up and kinda let gravity do the work as we went down the stairs as fast as we could.
We went around the side and found my friend Tony and told him that the back porch was overloaded.
We grabbed our beers and started walking home.
Found out the next day that the porch had collapsed after detaching from the side of the house.
Nobody died (Thank God!) but a lot of people got injured.
#31
After high school started running the wrong crowd, doing stupid things, smoking pot (a felony at the time), getting chased by police, etc. Working but was sort of aimless, that's when a new guy sort of entered our group of around 8 friends, he was older with long hair sort looked like a biker type. He had befriended one of the guys and before you know it, he was always hanging out with us, didn't really have a job but was fun, nonetheless. We're all hanging out doing delinquent things for about 6 months when my uncle called my folks and asked if I would help him do construction during the summer. I said sure, why not and literally within 4 days he drove up to my parents' house and said he was driving through to his home 3 states away and I could join him. Packed a small duffle bag and rode with him up to Seattle where I ended up staying for 10 years and earning my engineering degree. Forward 10 years later, I'm sitting at a housewarming party back in my hometown while I was visiting the folks over the holidays and the husband came up to me and said that he was a sheriff and let me know that the biker dude was an undercover cop and they were going to arrest me within the week. Pretty much the whole group of friends had either went to jail or prison, and it was just dumb luck that my life wasn't ruined. Not a day goes by that I'm so thankful how my life has turned out compared to what could have happened.
#32
Mine is way less dramatic than a lot of things here, but I was in an emotionally a*****e relationship for a lot of my teen years. After he pushed me too far sexually and then used my reluctance as justification for cheating, I finally got the good sense to call it.
A few months later, I was working for a local family doctor. My ex's new girlfriend came in (I knew this thanks to small town social media), s******l because he had gotten her pregnant and then manipulated her into an abortion she didn't actually want. I obviously couldn't say anything to her, but I have never wanted to reach out and try to comfort someone I didn't know so badly.
It could have so easily been me in her situation, and knowing myself I think it would have k**led or at least permanently traumatized me.
#33
It’s not my “I’m glad I left when I did moment.” It’s my friend, Stan’s.
Stan lives in Florida. He and his girlfriend had just made camp on the bank of a river in Florida. But Stan said that there was something—something—about that spot that did not feel right to him. So they picked up camp and made a new camp a couple of hundred yards down the bank.
A little later, Stan’s hunch was proven right.
A cattle stampede went right through the spot that they vacated.
(For those who don’t know, Florida is a major cattle-producing state.)
#34
Back in the mid-90's in Tampa there were a few women k**led (I don't remember all of the details) while out late and the only description was a dark-haired man in a red jeep. I worked 3rd shift and enjoyed (I had 3 young children at home) going shopping in the middle of the night. It was very peaceful and this was before cell phones but I would always call my husband from the payphone outside the front of the store to let him know I would be an hour late.
While making the phone call, you guessed it, a dark-haired man in a red jeep pulled up next to me and asked if I could help him. I replied, "hold on" while I continued speaking to my husband who, of course, asked, "who is that?" I told him what was going on (the interruption) and he said, "oh my god, Lisa. Get out of there right now!"
He said he was watching the news and that is exactly what was described by witnesses...a man approached lone women and asked for help. I immediately left and have no idea if that was the "k**ler" or not. I tried looking for information by Googling but was unsuccessful. I would really like to know what happened afterwards.
#35
When I was in high school, my friend and I were at this party being held by another friend, Tracy, whose parents were out of town. A lot of people were drinking and it was starting to get kind of loud. A typical high school drinking party.
Tracy said she was running low on snacks and asked if my friend and I minded running to the convenience store to pick up some chips and stuff. We said, “Sure,” and headed out.
We were only gone for about 10 minutes but when we were heading back, we saw blue lights flashing all around the house. The cops busted the party almost immediately after we left.
We laughed our a**es off in the car and kept driving past the house. I couldn't believe the luck we had in our timing. We drove down to the beach and ate the snacks by ourselves.
#36
I had a long distance unofficial “relationship” for 4 years. He was my first love. He wouldn’t commit to us/me because his ex (who lived in another country) got engaged behind his back. He treated me so well but also didn’t. He abandoned me for someone in his proximity (NYC). He literally committed the same thing he feared I’d do to him but promised I never would. Mind you we never met, we were always long distance. I was 16-20 for all of this & he was 3 years older, so he’d promise me he’d visit, but never did. Come to find out that girl he left me for? He a**sed her. I found her IG and DM’d her bc I was heartbroken & wanted to know what happened since I stalked her IG & saw they broke up. She sent me photos of bruises, told me everything she’d do for him, & what he did to hurt her. I believe I dodged a major bullet by never meeting him.
After all that he virtually stalked me for 5 years and in our very last phone call before that (when I was 20) he cried and said he always loved me and for the first time I didn’t feel a thing.
#37
About 10 or so years ago, I had this friend who was nothing but bad news. We had some mutual friends from school and was one day invited home to the guy. Let’s call him Bob.
Bob had a firework tube. I don’t quite know the English word for them, but hopefully the picture is enough.
Bob also had a little twist with it. He had hammered nails through it everywhere. It had 8 bombs and each of them was pierced by several nails in all directions.
He wanted to fire it at a nearby field. And we were all game.
So off to the field we went, not far from the city. Right next to the field was a small forest. Really small, no more than a big handful of trees really.
We were about 5 or 6 boys, me, Bob, and some other guys from our class. At the field the other guys would find a place to stay safe while Bob and I went to place the firework and light it. We would then run down a slope and watch the mayhem unfold.
So there’s the scenario. On the left some trees, the slope up to the field and then the field. The multicolored line is the firework and the single, badly drawn stick man is a representation of me and Bob. If I drew two, things would look a little awkward.
After a few seconds of the firework starting to explode, I told Bob to move as I didn’t feel quite safe where we were.
Just as we got up and turned around, one of the shells landed where we were.
We managed to take a few quick steps away before it exploded. No harm done to either of us except the scare of it.
#38
When I was about 13 or younger, I was in the boy scouts. One day, we went on a long hike near Vicksburg, Mississippi. There were a lot of us boys and but very few adults to guide us.
The adults got tired, and stopped to rest. Many of us boys weren't tired. Where we stopped, was a really steep hill. At first, I watched the other boys run down the hill and laugh all the way down, only to climb up and go again.
After seeing other boys run down the hill, I decided to give it a try. I ran down and as I got to the bottom, I tripped and slid on my side ruining my shirt and having a huge sore on my side. I was also at the bottom of a steep hill.
Fortunately, my father was there. Everyone else left and my father waited for me to climb back up the hill. It took about another 20 minutes and then we continued the hike.
About 30 minutes later, we got to a bridge and just past the bridge was the boy scout troop freaking out completely scared.
Apparently, some boys had been throwing rocks off of the bridge into a creek below when one of those rocks missed and hit a passing truck. The owner of the truck stopped the truck and got out. While the scout leader and the other boys tried to apologize to the truck owner, he pulled out a gun.
Everyone got to safety and no one was hurt, but I'm glad I left when I did.
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