“The Sound And Smell Never Leave”: 30 People Share The Absolute Scariest Things They’ve Seen

Even in death a hero lives, lives through you his kid, the motorcyclist and their family.... A hero's actions echo though time...

I was riding down the road once and saw all sorts of debris and then a motorcycle helmet .. luckily a family had tied a bunch of stuff the top of their van and it fell off but I was so scared I was about to see a head. I still remember how it felt thinking I was seeing someone’s hard rolling down the street! I don’t think I would have recovered if it had actually been that !

Absolute hero. I hope he's in the best place.

What a hero!

Stories like this bolster my belief in humanity again. Days like these that contain suffocating news stories that are bombarbing us from every source of media, I thank God for people living like your Dad and your family's story.

I am so sorry you had to witness that, that would give me nightmares. I hope you had some kind of counselling at least

Jesus Christ, WHAT?

@ice. WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU? WHAT KIND OF REACTION IS THAT?!?!?

That sounds horrific

My Dad was the oldest of 3 siblings, so whenever he did something my 2 Uncle's and eventually the two oldest kids who were my Brother's followed my Dad wherever he went. Dad didn't mind because he knew he could train and look out for them when they were out on sites with him. Before the Oil Bust happened all 5 worked on Oil Rigs and were what was called "Roughnecks" if you worked on land or offshore platforms. Dad was so damned protective of his family, because he knew and had seen firsthand what could happen if things went wrong on land or out on offshore rigs. Mom was always stressed and worried about everyone because she didn't want to join the "Widows Club" or either one of her Son's and BIL'S. Back then there wasn't as many safety protocols and OSHA didn't give a s**t about what happened on the rigs, so accidents happened all the damned time.

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Good job.

My dad pinning my brother to his bedroom door by one hand around the neck. I don't think my brothers feet were touching the floor. My brother (15, no license) decided to take my mom's car to his friend's house a few blocks away while my parents were out. Parents got home first.

My mother remarried when I was about six years old. Cue over a decade of abuse towards her, then me and my two sisters. I played rugby at school, so the abuse stopped when I was about 15. It soon started up again. When I was 18, it took four police officers to drag me off of him because he punched me in the face without warning. That was his final day in the family home, as I finally had the courage to tell my mother that I was going to be out of her life if he was not. That man later threatened my mother’s next partner (who had his flaws, but was a genuinely gentle human) when I was away at university. You can imagine my delight when I returned and heard this. On a walk one day, we three saw my ex stepfather. He crossed the road to avoid us simply because I was there. A true coward. He never bothered us again. Even my two half-siblings by him shun him now, and he lives in another city. He was the last person I hit, thirty years ago.

Sorry you had to experience this... I grew up with a step-dad that was a pure monster, and growing up with recurring, similar, random episodes, I can affirm it shapes who you become, afftects you and your own relationships, and never leaves you. I wish you strength 💪, health and peace of mind.

That’s terrifying

From OP on Reddit: "She didn't come out breathing and so they were rushing her to the resuscitation table which is part of the reason for the drop. Eventually, to start hearing faint cries and then loud cries was the best moment of my life. My wife had been in induced labor for like 30 hours up to that point so there was a serious exhaustion going on. We were just holding hands, praying and crying all the way up to that point. The hospital of course comped everything, and they were amazing with transparency about the whole process. We were visited during our stay by a good number of doctors and higher ups, explaining to us all the process revisions and procedure reviews they were doing to ensure such a thing never happened again. The doctor who dropped her and then ended up reviving her on the table was absolutely destraught and she had to take a month off work to deal with it. We were never angry or wanting to sue, we were just worried"

Omg. That's one of the most terrifying stories ever

Those lil guys are slippery! After my littlest has his second bath my husband was wrapping him in his towel and I had sat on the sofa preparing to breastfeed. Husband goes to hand me baby but baby slips out of his hands. I shot out quicker than I've ever moved in my life and just managed to catch him. It took me a long time to stop sobbing from sheer terror at what could have been. Poor husband wasn't allowed to hold baby for several days after that but I just could not let baby out of my arms after that!

What an idiot

Huh, I've never head of the avalung. Like others, I looked it up. It's like a snorkel mouthpiece built into a strap where tubing is for your breath. You breathe through the mouthpiece and the warm air is supposed to be expelled behind your back and the "fresh air" is inhaled through the front area that faces out from your chest. This is built so that the carbon dioxide buildup is away from the face and your body provides a barrier between the exhaled carbon dioxide (released behind the back) and the "clean air" in the front of your body. Otherwise, the carbon dioxide builds up right in front of the face and people suffocate faster. -- That's my interpretation of what I read if people are curious but don't want to google

The Aqualung was invented by Jethro Tull.

Living in Australia, having seen snow only once in my life when we traveled to a different state, I had to look up what an avalung was. So glad to hear of the OP's survivial.

Wow.

Ngl I thought it said burned alive after an avalanche and I was hella confused for a second there

I would also add: carbon monoxide detector. They're cheap and save lives.

Just wondering, why do they even MAKE flammable pajamas?

The helmet thing is serious! Idc how you think you look! You'll look a lot worse dead or not even know how you look given the brain damage that can happen.

My mom worked as an ER worker and a young 19 year old motorcycle driver went headforst without a helmet. Sadly the young girl died, her friend made it out but it’s still very sad

If you have a toddler in your house, get rid of you coffee table. Toddlers love to fall against a coffee table and cut/crack their head open.

WOW

So do you think the smell of the poop in my wetsuit would attract him or make him swim off sooner?

Sharky barky he's a good boy

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