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There are a handful of brief points in life when time seems to stand still, and the decision you make right there and then has the power to fundamentally change your future for better or for worse. In some cases, your quick reaction can save your life. A stroke of luck or listening to your intuition can protect you from the worst.
We’ve collected some internet users’ stories from a powerful online thread where they shared how key actions and listening to their gut helped them avoid disaster. Scroll down to read them and for a reminder that every tiny little thing that you do really does matter.
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#1
Not taking that pill. And then decided to quit all d***s. 🤞🏽🙏🏽 two months sober.
Julie S 8 months ago
Quitting Dícks is actually quite easy with absolutely no withdrawal.
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#2
My son is a lifeguard. One of the girls in the pool got a suddenly intense headache. He sat her down and looked her over. There was fluid coming out of her ear. He put her on a spinal board just to be on the safe side, and called emergency. He found out later that the fluid leaking from her ear was spinal fluid she'd had a rupture of some sort that caused her spinal fluid to leak out her ear. If he hadn't spotted that, she would have died later that day.
weatherwitch 8 months ago
Phenomenal. Top training, top instincts. Awesome lad to be well proud of ❤️
Marlene Ricker 8 months ago
I guess we all have to hope that if we are in a bad situation like this, someone will do the right thing! Congrats to the young lifeguard!
#3
I’m here today because I woke up late on Sept. 11th and decided not to go into work.
Libstak 8 months ago
I wish that was a day everybody's alarm clocks just did not work or wake them. So glad you are here.
Midoribird Aoi 8 months ago
Everyone was late to a church one day, and it exploded. So nobody was hurt. Happened in the fifties.
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If there's anything we've learned over all these years, it's that it's important to listen to your gut. Your instincts are often right about something being wrong. When there's a sudden, dangerous situation, many of us can barely think straight, so we rely on our subconscious. When it comes to making long-term strategic decisions, however, there's more room for thought.
The Harvard Business Review explains that the average adult makes anywhere between 33,000 to 35,000 total decisions each day. Now, this might be stating the obvious, but that’s a lot of them! These decisions range to everything from what clothes you’ll wear and what you’ll eat that day to what you’ll say and what tone you’ll use.
According to Harvard Business School professor Gerald Zaltman, the vast majority (95%) of our cognition occurs in the subconscious mind. In other words, we’re making most of these decisions automatically based on our past experience of what is good for us and what isn’t. One issue is that when you let your subconscious make so many decisions, you’re running on ‘autopilot mode’, and you may miss out on opportunities to do better in life.
#4
I went to ride my bike and almost forgot my helmet, I honestly debated grabbing it since I was only planning on doing a few miles; last minute I decided I might as well have it and then half a mile out I got hit by a car. Helmet was busted as hell but other than a concussion I was fine.
Laura MG 8 months ago
I always wore a helmet while horseback riding in Montana, so you can imagine how people made fun of me. But that helmet saved my skull from being fractured when my horse took a tumble on a steep hill and my head hit a rock. Helmet was caved in but my skull wasn't.
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Uncle Schmickle 8 months ago
I can't understand why bicycle and motorbike riders in the USA don't always wear helmets. It's the law in Oz ..... for a d**n good reason !
Seadog 8 months ago
I never needed a helmet or pads to ride a bike because bikes and cars lived in peace on the road and cyclists had common sense. Now so many cyclists don't ride where and like they should and intentionally cause problems with motorists. So, many motorists have hatred for all cyclists to the point you have to be almost insane to even think about riding on the street now.
#5
I woke up in the middle of the night because of a voice in my head yelling at me, telling me to lock a nearby door. I reluctantly got up, locked the door then fell back asleep immediately. About 30 minutes later somebody tried breaking in.
LGBTQpanda 8 months ago
Listen to your inner voice. Even if folks think it's paranoia. Better Safe than Dead. ⚠
AtMostAFabulist 8 months ago
I have regretted every time i did not listen to my inner voice. Every Time!
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Teresa Spanics 8 months ago
I woke up to a voice yelling at me to "Get out of bed!". I jumped up and looked all over my apartment when I was living in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada in 1994. It was 4:29am. Later that day, the Northridge Earthquake happened at 4:29am. I had been thinking of living in California if I could afford to at the time. To this day, I have no idea why I would hear a voice like that when I did not live there.
#6
Grabbing a middle schooler's backpack as she was about to cross without looking and staying on the sidewalk instead of crossing the road. (I was in high school at the time)
The reason?
The red car that had almost ran me over a few weeks before was barrelling down the street at high speed.
Car zooms past at the moment the kid and myself would have been in the middle of the road.
Same driver. I recognized the shade of blonde hair.
Michael Largey 8 months ago
Better if they have no use for one because they're serving time in prison.
Load More Replies... BarfyCat 8 months ago
I got in trouble once for grabbing the collar of a 5-year-old's shirt as he was sprinting into oncoming traffic. His dad screamed at me for saving his kid's life, because how dare I lay a hand on his little angel!!! I worked in an after-school care program at the time. They moved me to another school.
M B 8 months ago
You may have saved the kids life, rest doesn't matter. May you be blessed for it
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Big Chungus 8 months ago
This happened to me crossing a crosswalk that said stop for pedestrians. He got mad that he had to stop and called me an idiot lol
Just Another Karen 8 months ago
last year, my wife and I almost got k1ll3d by two (insert really bad name in here) drunk guys who were car racing at the road. these people should've been prohibited to drive for life
As per the Harvard Business Review, journaling—physically writing down your thoughts—can help you make more balanced decisions because you’re engaging both sides of your brain. “This benefits you in two ways: your logical, rational side is employed so that your feelings can’t exclusively run the show, and your creative and imaginative side is employed so that you can see beyond black-and-white, limiting thinking,” Amanda Reill writes.
The important thing when making big decisions like whether to change jobs or move cities is to be very honest with yourself. You need to go beyond just the pros and cons and really look into what your core wants and needs in life are, what (ir)rational fears you might have, and what real or imagined challenges might be stopping you from taking the leap.
#7
Previously I was a biker. I'm sure you all know the risks. One time it was any other day riding to work. I pull up to the lights and check the car next to me. Girl mid 20s on her phone - revved my engine to get her to look at me. She doesn't. She proceeds to go straight on into my lane.
I had planned for this. Half the reason I don't ride now is other people being morons.
Maggie Fulton 8 months ago
This is why I try to give motorcyclists a wide berth while driving.
Yellow dot 8 months ago (edited)
A family member of mine was in a BIG motorcycle accident, didn't survive. His 4 nephews, for some reason, ride motorcycles around town without a thought of their uncle. All 4 nephew, (these are my brothers btw) have been in a minor motorcycle accident at least once, one of them has been in 5. That one, he finally got scared enough to quit riding permanently. The others actually TEASE him for being scared. Oo, the moment their father (brother to their uncle) heard that, he went OFF on them.. reminded them of how their uncle went out and said just because they were kids when it happened doesnt mean anything has changed for the better of motorcycle safety. Shut them up, havent heard them tease the bike-fearing brother since.
Hiram's Friend 8 months ago
I always assumed that everyone had my license plate and a photo and were actively out to k1ll me. Made it 20 years without an accident. Was on a major highway with a semi in front of me and one on either side and suddenly realized that they'd drive right over me without even noticing. Stopped riding.
Cindy Brick 8 months ago
Shoot, and I thought this was going to be some kind of "how I met my wife" story.
DaveC 8 months ago
Used to work in the health care field. 85% of the bikers I took care of (post surgical ward) did everything by the book (there were the drunk ones..). And someone didn't look and that was that. You want to ride? Your choice. You want to ride w/o a helmet? I think you're a special kind of reckless/stupid but.. Me, I'll pass.
Marie Clear 8 months ago
When my dad was teaching me to ride at 12 yrs old (in the back yard) he always warned, they say you should ride like you're invisible and they can't see you, but don't do that. Ride like they're out to get you.
#8
English is not my first language, sorry if I make some mistakes.
My friend and I were chilling at a skate park. There was a Basketball hoop made out of stone. I was sitting right underneath that hoop. Suddenly I got the urge to stand up, Seconds later this massive thing came crashing down where I sat seconds before.
I didn't comprehend it in that moment but I often think about it from time to time and a shiver goes down my spine.. my friend was scared as f**k..
MagicJacket 8 months ago
The English was fine. Would never have known OP was not a native speaker.
BoredOpossum 8 months ago
They said that English wasn't their first language, they might have accidentally used the wrong word.
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Shelley Colleen 8 months ago
I've lived my entire life as a skeptic. I LOVE the idea of there being "stuff" going on that our dumb little brains can't usually recognize but I never reall slipped over the line into OH MY GAH, THE SUPERNATURAL IS REAL! Until I did. I've had three different life experiences, years apart, that my hyper-skeptic brain was fully FORCED to acknowledge that things we absolutely cannot expplain do sometimes happen. (Truthfully, it makes life way more interesting.)
Sven Grammersdorf 8 months ago
I've never seen a basketball hoop made out of anything but orange-painted metal
#9
Driving 80 miles per hour on a lonely interstate in the middle of the night. Decided to change lanes for no reason, and ended up missing a crumpled car in the middle of the lane I just left. It looked like a professionally crushed car that had fallen off of a truck. No light lenses or reflectors.
Paul C. 8 months ago
In the 80's I was driving home from a London concert to the south coast at about 2 in the morning. Doing about 70mph on the A24 at Leatherhead and thought what if an animal was to run out. Immediately slowed to about 35 and a Deer bounded across the road. I braked slightly and carried on, one of my sleeping mates said, why did you brake, I said, don't worry about it, go back to sleep.
Seadog 8 months ago
In my youth, we used to ride motorcycles through the woods at speeds up to 60 and never once thought about what if an animal jumps out? What if a tree has fallen since yesterday? It's a wonder any of us are still living.
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Anne Spee 8 months ago (edited)
About 40 years ago I was driving home during a snowstorm. My brother all of a sudden said: 'why are you so close to the right, go drive in the middle more!'. I did and right after that there was a man walking along the road. I would have hit him, had I not reacted like my brother told me.
In the meantime, Verywell Mind points out that the key to making good decisions, solving big problems, and living your best life comes down to developing lots of small, interconnected habits. For example, you should try to gauge whether you’re too overconfident in life so that you don’t overestimate your abilities.
You should also take the time to evaluate the risks you do (or don’t!) take in life and how things can go wrong. Meanwhile, you should also get into the habit of reframing problems in a way that helps you find solutions, take breaks to let your mind rest, consider your biases, and reflect on your past mistakes. It’s also helpful if you’re aware of and clearly label the emotions that you feel and how they can affect your choices.
And, at the end of the day, it’s never a mistake to treat yourself with kindness. You could, for instance, consider how you’d advise a close friend to tackle the same issues that you’re up against. This should help you be more objective and take a lot of your emotions out of the equation.
#10
Was in a bombing. Knelt down to sign something when the detonation happened. Glass shards were a hair away from ki**ling me. The person who gave me the paper to sign technically saved me, they’re fine too.
Phoebe Bean 8 months ago
Forgive me if I do not understand the context here. A bombing? Signing a paper? Was this an building being imploded?
Lyoness 8 months ago
Sounds like OP was signing an autograph. When they bent down to sign it a bomb went off and the glass shards from the explosion just missed them. Or if this question is sarcastic then don't I just feel silly.
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I'm glad both of you re okay. It could have been a real disaster for the two of you.
Seadog 8 months ago
around 1990 a coworker was flying to Germany to be with her hubby. Flight receives a bomb on board threat, diverts to France. Emergency evac and all. She's helping a woman run away from the plane with her children and it actually blew. They were still close enough that pieces of aluminum hit them. That was her first time flying and she was already terrified of flying. Back in the states? Not one word in the news at all about it. Just imagine how much real news the media could report if they weren't so busy making up lies to report.
#11
Years ago, I parallel parked my car on a busy street in Hollywood where I lived at the time. The street was on a hill and my car was parked on the downhill side of traffic a couple hundred feet from a blind curve in the road. I checked for cars and got out of the driver's side of the car, being careful not to step too far in the street. There were no cars going by at the time.
Suddenly, a voice inside my head shouted "FREEZE!!! DON'T MOVE!!!" I instinctually froze and pressed myself up against my car even though I had no idea why. Out of nowhere a large city bus came barreling around the curve going at least 60mph and missed hitting me by just a couple inches. I can still feel the wind from the bus on the back of my neck at it blew past me. If I had taken just half a step back to lock my car door, I would have been flattened and that would have been it.
Even worse, my future husband was with me and would have witnessed it all. It still shakes him up to think about how close he came to losing me that day.
Crikey! (ho/hum) 8 months ago
Did you get a look at the driver? Was it Sandra Bullock? I bet it was. With Keanu.
minnieslave0 8 months ago
Had a DON'T MOVE!!! moment years ago. Coming home from a friend's house, got to the crossing and there was a man waiting on the other side. I looked both ways but something told me to stay still. As the man was halfway across, a car came tearing through, knocking him down. He survived, badly injured. I don't know if my guardian angel was on duty that day , or whether I saw the car in the distance and subconciously recognised the threat. Anyway, the driver went to prison.
Russell Tilling 8 months ago
Should have reported that nutcase to the bus company. Location, time, etc.
Shelley Colleen 8 months ago
Humans are pretty badass. At our seemingly most vulnerable moments, we have sensory powers we can't even recognize! I once saw a peron asking an arachnologist if Spider-Man's "spidey sense" was a real thing that spiders have. The answer killed me! The scientist replied that spiders have an awareness of everything around them called "eyes." (They have eight of them.) That is the thing! We have all these gifts that we don't recognize until they kick in when we're not paying attention!
Marlene Ricker 8 months ago
I hope you reported the bus. Doesn't sound like he was being very careful!
#12
I got a couple, but I'll go for the biggest one.
Fell snowboarding, and had a splitting 'migraine' the next day. Went to the GP, deciding after a night without sleep it was worth the early phonecall and appointment. He took one look at me and proceeded to give me a course of oral steroids and schedule an MRI. I was completely dissociated, just kinda thought maybe he was looking to see if I'd twinged my neck.
Damage **at C1**. For context, C1 is your first vertebrae at the base of your skull and by damage I'm referring to spinal cord damage. A very small lesion and some swelling which was now being treated by the oral steroids course. After the course, another MRI showed the area of damage more clearly - I also now had a severe movement disorder, and minor issues with my breathing alongside chronic neuroinflammation which would eventually result in another lesion (C5/6) that hit 4 years later, paralysing me.
BUT if my GP hadn't seen fit to prescribe outside of his remit and give me those initial steroids there is no telling if that C1 lesion could have enlarged and just straight up k**led me at 21. My neurologist tells me that he did possibly save my life that day.
BookFanatic 8 months ago
A good friend of mine fell backwards off a chair and smacked her head against a metal bedframe. Thought she was fine until she passed out cold at dinner. Turns out she had a brain bleed and needed emergency surgery. She's fine now, but if one of us falls her first words are "Did you hit your head? Are you sure?" Always, always, always, go to a doctor if you hit your head.
Upstaged75 8 months ago
Similar to what happened to Natasha Richardson. Except it was too late for her. :(
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What are some deeply intuitive or split-second decisions that you’ve ever had to make that completely changed the course of your life, dear Pandas? Have there been moments where you (accidentally or otherwise) avoided major catastrophes?
What were the best decisions that you made without fully understanding why you made them? We’d love to hear all about your experiences, so feel free to write your thoughts in the comments below.
#13
Deciding to go to A&E over the "gas pains" in my abdomen instead of going to sleep (I was already in bed).
Appendix was about to blow by the time the surgeon got to it that same night.
I remembered something specifically about looking out for pain when you lift your left leg, and since healthcare is free here, decided not to chance it despite the symptoms being relatively mild.
Multa Nocte 8 months ago
"since healthcare is free here, decided not to chance it despite the symptoms being relatively mild" - one of the saddest things I've ever read, but true.
Totally happy Panda 8 months ago (edited)
Sadly, people in some parts of the world can't say the same.
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Crikey! (ho/hum) 8 months ago
The free healthcare thing angers me greatly. Any government which collects taxes has the opportunity to provide healthcare which is free at the point of delivery. The fact that they choose to buy weapons and space rockets instead is a disgrace. If this was a 'developing world' issue, Bob Geldof would have done a song about it. Scandalous.
Kkg 8 months ago (edited)
USA - the richest of the 3rd world countries. Heard it somewhere and sometimes it's so painfully true.
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I had been throwing up for hours and called my doctor (years ago when doctors were on emergency call). I asked him to prescribe something to stop the barfing at the 24 hour Walgreens and he said no, go to the ER, it may be your appendix. I told him I wasn’t having any pain. He said go anyway. Half way there, while I’m barfing in a garbage can, I doubled over with terrible pain - my appendix ruptured. We were at the hospital 10 minutes later and they immediately started prepping me for emergency surgery (my doctor had called ahead).
Melissa Gallo 8 months ago (edited)
Same thing happened to me, except it was my acutely infected gallbladder (and painful stones). Not only that, but thanks to one of the scans I had for that surgery, a tumour was detected on my kidney (clear cell carcinoma), so in a way, my infected gallbladder potentially saved my life. I've had surgery since and I feel extremely lucky I was diagnosed early and require no further treatment.
Svenne O'Lotta 8 months ago (edited)
I had the acutely infected gallbladder thing happen to me like a year ago, and I definitely wouldn't have gone to the hospital if healthcare hadn't been universal and free in Denmark. It just felt like a regular gallstone attack, so just excruciating, actively giving birth levels of pain all through the night but fundamentally not actually dangerous. I went to the hospital next morning because my boyfriend told me to and 24 hours later my swollen and infected gallbladder was no more.
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Beachbum 4 months ago
Just had mine taken out. When I go to hospital, it had no yet ruptured, since my surgery was not an emergency, they waited to the next day. I am remember exactly when it ruptured, I had never felt pain so intense in my life, still didn't have surgery till 11, lots of infection, had to stay an extra day because it
#14
When I was in 9th grade I was walking to church on Sunday morning. My friends stopped and asked if I wanted to go riding with them. I thought about going but something stopped me from getting in the car. Later that afternoon 2 of my friends in the car died in an accident.
MagicJacket 8 months ago
In the 80s was invited to go with some friends to go T-Tracking, which is using CB radio to try to find your friend based on their radio signal strength or something. I decided to decline and stay with some other friends and party. Three of my friends went into the hills around town and a drunk driver in a big pickup without his lights on, slammed right into the passenger side of the car. Two of my friends were in the back seats and got moderate injuries. My best friend was in the driver's seat and was critically injured but survived. No one was in the front passenger seat, and it was completely demolished. If someone had been sitting there, they would have been pulverized. I think to this day I would probably have been sitting in that seat had I chosen to go with them.
#15
A bit of a story, but here goes.
Back in 2020, I was in an a*****e relationship. Not so much direct physical violent (although that was there); instead, it was constant mental and emotional abuse with some sexual a*****t thrown in. This was particularly damaging as I struggle with mental health. To be honest, I was contemplating ending my life for most of the last 6 or so months her and I were together. One day, her and I had a MASSIVE fight that ultimately ended the relationship.
Her and I ended up splitting up during quarantine, roughly around mid April. Most of the people I was close to were immunocompromised, some lived states away, and the rest just weren’t good for me to be around in my fragile mental state. Aside from a few nights at a hotel I was gifted from my parents (one who lived 15 hours away, the other one is badly immunocompromised), I slept in the bathroom at work. She (and whatever flavor of the week she was dating) continued to harass me, call my work, call my parents, and (later, during summer) somehow found the contact information of a girl I had just begun dating and began harassing her as well.
While I am eternally thankful for my boss giving me shelter *and* giving me an air mattress, it was so incredibly lonely in that bathroom. I remember hugging a pillow and convincing myself, through tears, that the pillow was my friend and that I wasn’t alone. I spent my birthday, which falls towards the end of April, alone in a grocery store parking lot bawling my eyes out. Never in my life was I so desperate for a hug.
After a couple months of this, my mother found me a new apartment. Quarantine restrictions had JUST lifted in my state (I live in SE Wisconsin). While I still had to keep a massive amount of distance from my mother, it was still nice to see someone who actually liked me.
As a bit of background, I am very interested in meteorology. I love stormchasing and dream of making a career of it, or anything related to meteorology for that matter. I had not chased a single storm for over a year, for obvious reasons. The week I moved in, I saw on my weather app that there was a storm scheduled to hit about two hours or so away during the weekend. I went and chased it, and, for the first time in years, I started to recognize the reflection in the mirror.
A week later on Friday, I realized that I badly wanted to chase another storm. So, I began checking my weather apps. Nowhere in Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Illinois, etc was forecasted to even have rain. So, in desperation, I dug deeper and found that there, in fact, was going to be a storm. Issue was, it was all the way near Rapid City, SD. Eleven to twelve hours away from me.
I decided at noon on Friday that, once I got off at 6:30, I would pack a bag, eat dinner, talk to a couple friends, and then take off to South Dakota, driving through the night. I had never been to South Dakota nor traveled by myself, and I had never driven through the night before. But, screw it, what do I have to lose?
I was in southern Minnesota on I-90 around 4AM, about to break the South Dakota border. I was exhausted, losing strength, and about ready to give up. I tried to check into a hotel, only to find that I had forgotten my cards at home and that the hotel did not take Apple Pay. Regardless, something told me to keep going. Something told me everything would be okay. So, I plodded on into South Dakota.
Then I saw the sunrise. That sunrise was the light at the end of the tunnel. It was a beacon of hope that my past tried to convince me no longer existed. That sunrise told me that the excruciating pain, loneliness, and s******l ideations were temporary. It was then that I learned everything was going to be okay.
I still remember audibly screaming “I can’t believe I’m actually doing this! I’m actually doing this!”. It was always my dream to travel the country to chase storms. I turned the nightmare I was living into the dream I always wished for. I took so many pictures, videos, live streamed both chases (two for one weekend!), took in the alien landscape I found myself in, and finally felt human again.
Not only was I free, I actually believed it too. Ever since then, although I still struggle with mental health, I have a new purpose. The driver’s seat became my home, the open road became my best friend, and the sun became my wife. I didn’t care if she wasn’t human. The warmth, guidance, and support was all I ever wanted in marriage. The unlovable, burdensome, and ugly man turned into mother nature’s devoted husband. I finally found love.
Ever since then, I have continued to regularly travel the country on a whim. I have chased storms in Kansas, tasted wine in California, got lost in the desert in Arizona, saw the rocky mountains for the first time, walked along both coasts, went to the beach in Florida, and so much more. I ended up driving to every state in the lower 48 that summer (took three months) AND doing something in each one.
The decision to chase my dreams saved me from ending my own life. All I had to do was see the sun.
Tempest 8 months ago (edited)
Lovely read! I can relate with OP to some extent. Was suïcidal aged 11/12 years but some part of me that still had a glimmer of hope promised me that once I graduate school and leave home, everything will be alright. Idk where that hope strung from cause I was already writing out my suícide note at the time, but I started excitedly counting down the years until I can leave home. I’ve always wanted to migrate to this one country and pretty much start over and so that’s the promise I gave myself. It didn’t work out as planned and many a time I felt as I lied to myself, but it was that one promise, true or not, which saved my life back then. I’m so close to achieving this dream and I’ve worked so hard to achieve it ever since, but no one knows the real reason why.
KieLeaHar 7 months ago
I really hope you reach your goals and achieve your dreams and beyond soon! You deserve them! you really, really do!
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Marlene Ricker 8 months ago
I'll never look at the sun the same way again! Thank you for that!
#16
Fell asleep at the wheel, woke up and corrected my steering without panicking.
Drowsy driving is just as dangerous as drunk driving. Never again !
Big Chungus 8 months ago
What is nice is that some of the newer cars (mine has this feature) will actually set off an alert if it suspects you are not looking forward. One time I was driving and I was slowly stopping at a red like but also looked down for a bit (no one was around me). My car alert went off scared me half To death. It suggested I take a coffee break
John Dilligaf 8 months ago
happened to me. Coming back late from a concert, zoned out and was woken up by that rumble strip on the side of the road. Pulled into the next motel I saw and got a room.
#17
When I was 9 I loved sleeping in my older brothers water bed upstairs when he decided to live with my dad instead. One cold January night I decided against it for some reason. I ended up sleeping in my own bed downstairs. A massive earthquake hit in the middle of the night and the headboard with tons of shelves on it ended up crashing down onto my brothers water bed. I would have been seriously injured if I had been sleeping in that bed that night!
Clown fish 8 months ago (edited)
I was meant to go into Manchester (UK) on the 15th of June 1996 but my friend was late getting to mine by an hour. At 10:40 am the IRA bomb was detonated by robot trying to defuse it
notquitethereyet 8 months ago
My aunt was working in Topshop in the Arndale when it happened. She got out ok thank god.
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I was in high school, and driving home from a robotics team party when it felt like instinct took over, and I slammed the brakes from 50 mph. A car plowed through the intersection in front of me, hit a curb, and left with a drunken weave. I realized that if I hadn't stopped, I likely would have gotten hit. At that point I found the nearest parking lot, and had a panic attack for an hour before driving to my parents.
Crikey! (ho/hum) 8 months ago
I'm fairly sure that whatever a 'robotics team party' is, it isn't what my stupid faulty mind conjured up.
Tropical Tarot 8 months ago
Robotics teams are popular in American Junior and high schools from age 10 to about 16. They build robots for a certain purpose or to fight each other. And since it's usually an academic type team they'll have a holiday party or end of term party.
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Pheebs 8 months ago
Had a moment like this in high school. Was the first car in line at a light, waiting for it to turn green. I’m normally one of those people that goes with little delay when a light turns green - not flooring it to take off, but also not sitting there waiting for it to change shade or something. That day the light turned green, and I just sat there a moment longer, kind of frozen. As I was calling myself an idiot and easing my foot off the brake, some idiot barrels through the red light on the cross traffic, makes the turn left too fast (almost taking off my left front corner), slams in to the curb hard enough to send their hub cap flying (and likely damaging the wheel and rim), before continuing at way too fast down the road. I suspect she got pulled over a few feet later, as she was going at high speed toward a school. I’m just glad I paused longer.
#19
When I was in my early 20's I was working with a company laying deep services for new neighborhoods. In the winter, at the end of the day, the laborer crew would spend a few minutes scraping mud off the excavator tracks.
One day I was in between the two tracks scrapping away mud. Suddenly, my colleagues are shouting (almost screaming) my name. Although I didn't see it, it instantly occurred to me that they would only be that terrified if the excavator was still in motion and I was about to be pinned between the rear counterweight and the track.
I dropped to my knees and rolled away with less than a second to spare. The rear of the excavator swung across where I had just been standing. Had I been any later, I'd have been cut in half.
The operator had thought we were done. We didn't mention it to anyone... you know how you are at that age.
Once in a while I still think about it. Scary stuff.
Delicate Fcuking Flower 8 months ago
Same! My anxiety is up at a constant rate enough as it is on a daily basis
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Brian Droste 8 months ago
When working around or near or on a heavy equipment make sure nobody is in or on the equipment plus make sure it is off and possible remove the key.
ChickyChicky 8 months ago
This is why Lockout/Tagout is so important! Also, watch "Shake Hands with Danger" on youtube.
#20
Nowhere near as extreme as some of these, but I used to go for walks in a nature park right behind my neighborhood, usually with headphones. On one such walk, I happened to look down to see the foot I was currently stepping with was about 6 inches from coming down on a diamondback rattlesnake. It was arched back, ready to strike, rattle going, but I couldn't hear it over my music. Leapt back immediately and walked around it without issue, but holy c**p, it gets my heart going just thinking about it.
realenancy170 8 months ago
Headphones while mobile are just a bad idea. You need to hear traffic noises for saftey awareness in the city .In nature you have birds singing, brooks babblng , bears chuffing and snakes hissing!
Linda Hill 8 months ago
My son was camping and went to the trees to relieve himself late at night. Super dark. Finally turned the light on his phone on and he was standing on the head of a rattlesnake. By chance he stepped in the one right place. Aft he calmed down, he was able to lift and jump at the same time to avoid getting bit. Turns out they were camping right next to a den of snakes.i nearly passed out when he told me.
Svenne O'Lotta 8 months ago
Right, I'll just stop going outside my apartment again then, thanks for the tip!
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In a shocking reveal, it turned out the Internet did not have one single photograph of a rattlesnake to offer, necessitating the substitution of a spitting cobra. We return with a full report tonight at 6.
Tom De Paul 7 months ago
Did you stop listening to your music so you can pay attention to your surroundings? In other words, did you learn your lesson?
Marlene Ricker 8 months ago
I guess the lesson here is no head phones when you are on a nature walk. You never know what might be warning you to stay back!
#21
Riding my bike from Uni in the dark, and as I passed a silouhete of a person on the edge of the path, I stood up on the pedals. They struck me with a bat, landing the blow on my biceps. I was able to keep my balance/grip on the bars and ride through it.
Staying seated on that bike would have been my face meeting that bat. Plus, who knows what to follow on tbe ground.
#22
I was caught in a bar brawl. Tumbled to the bottom of a crowd and was pressed to the floor when some psycho was on my back choking me. Couldn't move and couldn't breathe. I thought that was it. I was gonna die on the floor of a New Jersey nightclub. Suddenly I remembered a move my wrestling coach taught us to break grips. I found his thumb, folded it like a fist and squeezed as hard as I could. It c*****d like a stick. I could hear him scream in my ear and he hopped off. I pushed up and swung my way out. I was choked so hard that both of my eyes were full blood red, no whites and I cracked a molar. That was a close one and who knows what would have happened if I didn't recall that one random move or if I never wrestled to begin with. Scary.
Tom De Paul 7 months ago
Do you pick better places to drink now? Before quitting, I was a bar drinker for years, decades really. I never so much as saw a fist fight, much less a full-on brawl.
#23
I was driving on the highway on a dark moonless night. Suddenly with about 30 yards of distance, I saw 4 lines on the road in my headlights. I had about 1 extra second to swerve lanes after I realized it was a F*****G COW.
LinkTheHylian 8 months ago
Cows are immortal. Haven't you ever seen 'Me, Myself, and Irene'?
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Bec 8 months ago
My family raised beef cattle and one spring after separating calves from the cows and bringing the calves to the farm's feedlot the calves freaked out and stampeded in the middle of the night. Dad called the sheriff's office and at first the deputy didn't get how serious this was going to be, around 100 cows were wandering around and in a few hours teenagers would be driving to school and people would be driving to work. With lots of community help, we did eventually get the cows home. I don't think dad slept for 3 days.
Carol Hobbs 8 months ago
We actually hit a black cow once, after dark, on a blacktop road. The car ahead of us swerved to miss it, but it was right there. We had a Concord at the time, it rolled up the hood and off to the side. It did more damage to the car behind us. The police wanted to know how we didn't see it. Black cow, blacktop road, dark night.....gee, I don't know, he wasn't smiling. Poor thing had to be put down.
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Almost went to the midnight showing of The Dark Knight in Aurora, Colorado when and where the shooting happened. Changed our minds enroute because a friend called us and we had to turn back and get them.
Sara Frazer 8 months ago
Oof, I remember this happening and seeing news about it pop up almost in real time. I was a teenager, staying up all night online instead of sleeping. I'd be poking around on Gaia Online, Facebook, listening to music. I remember just slowly seeing more and more posts and articles about this horrible shóoting, and then videos. I only saw it once but still ingrained into my brain is a guy staggering out of the theatre in a daze, being guided by an officer, and his shirt was just soaked in blóod. I cried a lot that night
Tom De Paul 7 months ago (edited)
The only thing good that came out of this is that the legislature created a statewide crisis response system. If you are in distress a call to 911 starts a process that gets you mental health services along a wide seamless continuum of care including the prescribing of medications AND priority appointments with an individual therapist.
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#25
I was carried away by a current while swimming at a beach. The beach was protected by a rock formation but I stupidly swam past it and I was swept away. The rest of the coastline was more or less a sheer rock cliff. I managed to spot a very tiny spot that I could swim ashore to but the waves kept throwing me against rocks that sat just below the surface. I decided to try to swim ashore by grabbing onto the rocks between waves and to hold on for dear life as the waves came over me so that I don't end up like shredded cheese. I managed to get to shore and I later realised that if I hadn't done exactly what I did I'd be dead.
LinkTheHylian 8 months ago
I'm a 70% body of water. Don't mess with me, either.
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Tourist season is about to start next thursday. We know that despite all the warning signs on the beach, info leaflets spread, info in tourist magazines on paper and online, beachwatchers on duty, about 10 people will not return home from their holidays. People will insist on doing stupid things. On top of the list is going swimming at night, going swimming drunk at night, going swimming at sunset to take photos for likes on Social Media, putting kids on floaties, ignore the flags indicating swimming conditions and areas. And not immediately calling 112 to have the professionals do their work, but jump in and solve the problem "as a true man", which usually does not end well. The ocean is nature, not an indoor tropical swimming paradise. If you notice a wave-free area, do not get in, this is where the current flows back and will drag you out into the ocean. If caught, swim parallel to the coast until out of the current. Then swim back.
Marlene Ricker 8 months ago
I'm terrified of the ocean. As a young girl, I got caught up in some kind of tide that was twisting me every which way. I didn't know which way was up. I did eventually get out of it, but the terror still lives in me. The most I will do is get my feet wet now!
#26
Realizing that me being gone would have long-lasting effects on everyone that knew me.
At the time, I had just returned from living overseas with my parents to being back Stateside living with my brother, who was living with his wife while they were still dating.
The first month was fine, but then she started to open up about her myriad problems with me. It got to the point where we would constantly be getting into arguments. The problem was, I wasn't working and I was only going to community college--my brother was my only option for housing; he knew that, she didn't. But it then caused them to have arguments frequently.
I would wake up most mornings to listen to her complaining about everything to friends or family over the phone--I was sleeping on their futon in the living room.
One of these conversations, she made it clear that when they do eventually get engaged that I wouldn't be invited to the wedding.
One morning, when both my brother and her were out of the house, I went into his closet to find his pistol. I was kneeling there staring at it for a long, long time. My body compelled me to bring the barrel up against my chin.
I never pulled the trigger. I put the gun back where I found it, called my dad in tears. To this day I never told my brother that I was on the verge of s*****e because I thought in that moment it would make things better for him to not have to worry about me, anymore.
Magenta Blu 8 months ago
The only reason why I don't do this is because I can't make my daughters go through the aftermath. My mother (with whom I had a very bad relationship) k1ll3d herself when I was pregnant, so I would never ever make my girls go through the same I did. But the thought is always with me. every morning I have to open my eyes and it never ends.. what a punishment
HeavyMetalHeart 8 months ago
I’ve been there, only staying alive because I knew how much it would hurt other people if I didn’t. It’s an awful way to live, just barely surviving day to day. All I can say is, it CAN get better. I had a good doctor who got me onto the right meds and now I can honestly say I’m happy and haven’t had those thoughts in many years.
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Billo66 8 months ago
I have fought cancer 10 years (They gave me 10 years) but what do they know. Really tired of fighting. The medicine keeps you alive but you feel like s.h.i.t every day. I am single with 2 children so thats not really an option, but man some days.
Mimi M 8 months ago (edited)
Sending you a hug and wishing you the very best, in your journey and in your fight.
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Ginger ninja 7 months ago
Op should have told his brother how close he got because of his b***h of a gf. If he knew then she would probably be an ex gf instead of a wife
Dawnieangel76 8 months ago
First I didn't do it because my sister was pregnant, and she was a MESS! Baby daddy was no better, and that baby needed me. She's 21 now & amazing, because of ME. Then, I didn't do it because my grandparents became sick & needed care, and then were in nursing homes & then hospice, and nobody else could be bothered. They were my EVERYTHING, and I was the one who watched them slowly wither away & die. Then, I didn't do it because we had pets that needed special healthcare that nobody else could afford or be bothered with. My last sick baby died in December. Right now, I don't know WHY I'm still here....
Marlene Ricker 8 months ago
Your death would never have made your brother's life better - only worse. I'm glad you changed your mind!
#27
I was in an accident back in 2008. I was going to college on my motorcycle (pretty common where I come from). It had just ended raining. I was about to overtake a vehicle when a tuktuk came out of nowhere from the street. Hit the break real hard but still rear tyres touched I was in air. That when it dawned on me that it is either my right arm or my head. Chose let my right arm get crushed and saved my skull. Properly healed on 50days. Have trouble writing with my right hand ever as I cannot handle pen properly. Learnt to write with my left hand and went on with my life.
Multa Nocte 8 months ago
It's funny how your brain can make that split second judgement. I fell backwards down a hill once (I have osteoporosis) and I had to decide whether to land on my wrists or let my head hit first. Ended up with two broken wrists, but much preferable to a concussion.
#28
Step on the brakes for no reason other than a bad feeling in the midle off the street, sudently two Cars racing pass on the next corner with no head lights.
#29
Maybe not died but been serious injured and facially disfigured.
Rescue dog for some reason freaked out and attacked me. Right before it happened I sat up and gently pushed his face away from mine (he had been whining and trying to lick at my face while I was stretched out on the couch). Some instinct told me to sit up and push his face away and do it now.
Ended up with a huge hole in my arm and he kept coming trying to take me down. If my husband hadn't been there the dog would have kept going til he got me down and kept me there.
Tropical Tarot 8 months ago
They state it was a rescue dog so who knows what trauma that poor dog had seen in its previous life. One of my mother's dogs barks at tall people or people wearing hats. No idea why.
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#30
I made a horrible decision to intervene in parking lot machine robbery.
As I was at the caged gate of the parking lot he swung his crowbar at me. Somehow I moved in the right way to avoid his strikes. I still don’t know how his crowbar didn’t hit me. He also screamed like a gorilla. But I didn’t die that night. And I was very close to it. Never felt so stupid and also so relieved he didn’t tag me. H****n is bad kids. It will make you a coin robber who almost became a m******r for like 8 dollars in coins.
Sara Frazer 8 months ago
Hey I'm pretty sure that pic is in Seattle! I see the MSP tag a lot around here. I see Washington plates, too! Sorry that was kinda off topic lol
Instinct often plays a crucial role in our daily lives, guiding us when logic fails, especially in unexpected predicaments. In moments of danger, quick thinking can be lifesaving. This idea resonates powerfully with the story of a mom whose clarity during a car crash, ensuring her kids were safely strapped in, proved pivotal.
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#31
Me and my friend were crossing a tall train bridge in his hometown while mildly intoxicated. We had called his mom to ask when the train went by and she said that one went by daily around noon; it was 4:30ish so we were all set. We got halfway across when we heard the train whistle. The problem was that we were above a river valley so the whistle echoed and we couldn't tell which way it was coming. We ended up scurrying back the way we came and the moment we jumped off onto the embankment, the train barreled around the corner immediately in front of us. If we had chosen to continue across rather than turn back, we wouldn't have made it.
#32
I was piloting a small training aircraft, with an instructor (I had full control), when a slightly larger light aircraft flying ahead, but to our far right field of view, seemed to be creeping in a bit too near towards us. The instructor yelled for me to watch out.
I immediately cut the throttle and applied the air brake, just as that aircraft swerved right in front of us, with less than 10 metres clearance.
Was nearly a mid-air collision.
The instructor had many swearwords for that aircraft and took down details to report them for dangerous flying. He also praised my response and said I was a natural.
#33
I wouldn't have died, but my mom would've. Last year my mom had this problem where she didn't pee for 3 days. She didn't make a big deal about it until she mentioned it to one of our coworkers. We work with special needs children so we work with nurses every day. The coworker had mentioned that it is not normal or good and we should schedule an emergency appointment with her PCP. There was an availability that day around 2, it was currently around 10-11 so she took a small nap. After the nap she was a complete ragdoll, I mean 100% body weight. She could barely talk, on the drive to the doctor's office she got worse just mumbling and raising her eyebrows. Thank f*****g God the nearest hospital is LITERALLY across the street from her PCP, so all I had to do was turn right instead of left. She was admitted right away and after a day or so she was put on dialysis. She isn't permanently on it, she only needed it for a few days. I think like 3-4 days, but the doctors at the hospital said that if I didn't take her to the hospital she'd be dead.
AtMostAFabulist 8 months ago
I have to pee every three hours. I couldn't imagine not going for three days.
#34
This isn't really a spit decision. But I'm going to go ahead and tell my story.
One night I decided to go to bed earlier than usual after playing video games. Later on that night, I heard some gunshots near my window and hit the floor to escape the gunfire. When I got off the ground I noticed a bullet in my doorframe. The bullet trajectory just so happened to cross the area where I play every time late at night. If I didn't decide to bed early that night I probably wouldn't be here to share this tale.
#35
13/14 walking home and it started to storm, storm. Man in car, that I recognized from neighborhood stopped and asked if I wanted a ride, sure jumped in. Our house was on a really long hill (back when they built houses into the landscape instead of flattening everything), at a point he should have started slowing down he started accelerating, just opened the door and rolled out onto the asphalt at 30-35.
Pheebs 8 months ago
The reddit thread, they clarified they were pretty sire they were in for a bad time if they stayed in the car. No follow up on whether they reported it, or saw the person again.
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Amanda Fondaumiere 8 months ago
What the person is saying is that the guy intentionally sped up so they couldn’t get out. Probably for a kidnapping or bad time in general. Op sensed it and made a bold leap to safety.
weatherwitch 8 months ago
So what happened?? Did you stop the car somehow? Did it crash? WTF Happened??? 🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
tameson 8 months ago
She opened the door and rolled out while it was moving.
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#36
I had just finished exercising and had what felt like a sudden onset pulled muscle in my shoulder blade that hurt like the proverbial behotch.
I wanted to drive myself to the hospital, but I just looked at my wife and said screw it, call an ambulance. She described my symptoms, and thank goodness they recognized what it might be and got there quick.
As I was waiting for the ambulance, the pain started shooting down my left arm.
When they got there, as I was describing the symptoms, I passed out. Just a momentary dizzy spell enough for me to say "oh my god" and then I woke up on the floor with my shirt off and my wife screaming for all the wrong reasons. They had used a defibrillator on me. I asked the EMT if I had died and he said no, my heart was confused. It was beating, but something went wrong. It wasn't pumping hard enough.
I went to the hospital (passed out and was shocked awake for a second time on the way) and right into the cath lab. I learned what a widowmaker heart attack was that day.
I strongly suspect my wife and I would not be here if I drove myself in for my "pulled muscle.".
Dawn Woolley 8 months ago
I've just recovered from the same heart attack but my symptoms were the traditional crushing pain on the left chest when I moved off my chair. Ambulance, stent, and the doc says I'm good for 20 years now. Since I'm 80, I was very happy with that. Upgraded my diet and exercise though,
#37
Was in the Maldives with my wife Boxing Day 2004, we would always go snorkelling every day, late morning after breakfast out to the drop off or reef. That one morning, the only day we didn’t, because it looked a little choppy….. The tsunami that morning k**led over 230,000 people and took anyone on the beach or sea of our island far out to sea…..
#38
Not going to see Great White at The Station probably saved my life.
tameson 8 months ago
And s/he wasn't burnt or crushed to death like so many other people at that show that night.
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Jane Doe 8 months ago
He's talking about the pyrotechnic fire at the Rhode Island club called in the Station that happened when the band, Great White played there in 2003.
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Back when I was about 14 or 15 years old I was riding my bike. It was maybe about 8pm and my friend and I were coming back from a festival.
As we we riding up a hill in the city downtown some kid, maybe 17/18 years old ran up to me and pulled out a gun and put it to my stomach. My friend being scared, rode off… leaving me alone and the kid demanded that I come with him across the street (busy main road), he told me he knew me, which he didn’t and said his boys wanted to speak with me. As I followed this teenager, about 2000 feet, we approached an ally (kind a long ride between houses, just a street and peoples car garages) his buddies openly he door to a old school caddy, they were about 6 or more of them, all strapped with guns.. and a voice in my head said throw your bike in front of you and run like a sob… or they will k**l you… so I did exactly that and around the corner was a 24/7 hour donut shop and I called 911 on a pay phone inside. Eventually cops came maybe 1 1/2 hours later, didn’t do anything, but the gang bangers did take my bike. It was a nice BMX. I believe had I not run, they would of shot me. They would not of cared or thought twice about it. We had lots of gangs in our city.
This happened many years ago, but something I’ll never forget.
Svenne O'Lotta 8 months ago
Oh honey. They didn't take you there to shoot you. At least not until they were done with you.
weatherwitch 8 months ago
Really?? THIS is what you take from the post?? Not a child being threatened with a gun by an older child?? Good grief 🙄🤦🏻♀️
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Was about 15 was partying with my friend and these 4 girls. Men to women ratio was off so one girl calls her cousin and his friend perfect we are all hanging out drinking smoking listening to music. Someone brings up the idea that they want Dunkin’ one girl was sober so everyone piles in. Something in my gut told me to not get in that car. Two three hours later no one shows back up. Pre cellphone days so I wait awhile figure I got ditched missed out on the fun didn’t think about a crash or anything because the girl who drove them was super responsible ,head on her shoulders ,going places in life. Make my way to a different party have a blast figuring I’ll get back up with my boy either later in the night or that morning. Next day we wake up we’re sitting around making breakfast recovering from the night before. Someone turns the t.v on and BREAKING NEWS Turns out they stopped for smokes and decided that for whatever reason robbing the convenience store is a great idea. As they smashed and grabbed the girls cousin turns around and shoots the clerk K**LS the guy. They all were caught arrested blamed each other.
Cousin. LIFE WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE
his friend. Same as above
My friend . 15 years to life
The three girls 1 got life ( the driver ) other two 15 years to life. We were all 15,16. My boy JUST got out I’m in my 40’s . But mostly I feel bad for the driver she would have absolutely made the world a better place. Sometimes you need to listen to your gut.
#41
My work flew me into Costa Rica (prefer not to specify city) at night and got to my hotel around 7 or 8 pm, and I wanted something to eat as I hadn’t eaten in hours. I remembered seeing a Subway just up the street from my hotel, put my earbuds in and walked to Subway.
Got there and got the sandwich and began walking back to the hotel, when I get a block away and a white van drives up quickly in front of me at a crossing, and this man starts yelling at me in Spanish (I can faintly hear it through my earbuds).
For a split second I gave myself the choice to stop and figure out what was going on, or to start walking faster around the back of the van and just keep looking forward. I took out one of my earbuds so I could hear better and began walking quickly around the back of the van and could hear a sliding door open while the vans backup lights turn on and it starts to backup.
I started speed walking away and at the last probably 20 feet it would take to get to the hotel I began running. The feeling of trying to remain calm while booking it had started to turn into fear, and once I got into the doors of the hotel I looked back up the street to see the white van speeding off in the opposite direction.
I still don’t know if it was actually what I think it was that was going to happen or if I just misunderstood the situation. Either way, I personally believe that split second changed my life, because normally I’d stop and try to figure out what’s going on in any other situation.
AsylumWalker 8 months ago
Hardly, he clearly heard what was happening around him, just didnt understand the spanish
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"My work flew me into Costa Rica...". BP: "Oh, let's put a picture of J***n, makes total sense".
oktopus 8 months ago
Obviously "Japan", but this c****rship is getting silly.
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#42
When I was 14 I was walking to the river with two girlfriends when I stopped to get a pebble out of my shoe. Fortunately the other girls stopped with me because 2 seconds later a vehicle came plowing up onto the sidewalk and slammed into a brick wall just metres from us and EXACTLY where we would have been had we not stopped seconds before. It was wild. We could feel the force of that car hit the wall and there is no way we would have survived. Not sure what happened to the driver tbh.
#43
I was hiking Mt LaConte in TN. Some friends I was with were a bit more active than me and I was slowing my pace but told them I would be fine so they went ahead a bit. As I was going along the path, there was a ledge on a mountain side that was part of the trail that also had hand ropes setup by hikers from what I would assume awhile ago. On this day of the hike, there was black ice in the most random areas and unless you were really looking for them, they were invisible to the eye. Well the ledge was plenty wide but I decided to hold on to the railing anyways. As I started to go around the side my feet slipped on black ice and due to my insane drummer hand grips I was able to keep myself on the mountainside with my feet dangling off the mountain. There was a couple that was hiking as well that I hadn't noticed yet as they were way behind me and the female screamed like she witnessed a murder. They both said they were sure I was a goner.
I never was in a life/death situation like this before I honestly laughed in relief after and became a master of looking for black ice as I finished my hike up and down the mountain. As it didn't stop my passion for hiking, I certainly will be doing my best to go in warmer climate seasons to avoid such a situation again.
Chocolate llama 8 months ago
OP needs better friends, though. You don't go ahead amd leave somebody behind in the mountains just because they're slower. I don't care that he said it would be fine. It's a d**k move
BookFanatic 8 months ago
Exactly. Four of us went hiking in the Grand Canyon. I have asthma and that, plus the change in altitude, was killing me. Told the three to go ahead. They turned around and walked behind me instead. We were all fine, but it was nice to know we'd all stick together.
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10 years old, looking in the trunk of my mom's street parked Honda. I heard tire squealing close behind me. I jumped straight up. Drunk driver slammed into the back of the Honda , then I landed unhurt on the hood of his car.
#45
Deployed to Kandahar air field, Afghanistan in 2011z Just another pt morning, we got to do it on our own because large groups could be seen as a target. Well there’s a perimeter road that goes behind the gun range, and curves back toward the barracks, and that was my usual run route. I was ready to leave, when I had this feeling that I should stay today, and did a workout video instead. About the time that it would have taken me to reach the curve behind the range, it was hit by a mortar. Myself saved myself that day.
Der Kommissar 8 months ago
Who could imagine that being in Afghanistan while in the US Army could be hazardous to your health?
#46
When someone had a gun to my my head, i immediately grabbed it. Right after, they pulled the tirgger. Burned my hand and my ear, and couldn't hear s**t out my left ear for 4 days. Yeah, they tried it. Will never try again.
#47
I was driving across an intersection with a hedge blinding my driverside. I pull up a bit, see no cars oncoming, so I cross. Look out the driverside widow to see a truck speeding towards me and will hit. Split second instinct, hit the pedal to the floor. Still got hit in the rear bumper, but had I not floored it, probably would have hit me directly.
#48
Driving 220km/h on the German autobahn when a van moves into the left lane without looking. Thankfully I reacted fast and managed to avoid him.
#49
It's definitely not as crazy as some of the other replies but asking my partner out for our first date. At the time I was really struggling between a mental health crisis, 2 a*****e ex's, family drama, and the list goes on. He doesn't know how incredibly grateful I am for him, without him I certainly wouldn't be alive. Sending that text was the impulsive decision that saved my life.
#50
About 11-12 years ago my husband and I got into a fight and ditched me at the bar. I was gonna call a cab but these guys , there was 4 of them, said they’d give me a ride I was in the back seat and in the middle when an overwhelming feeling of deep dread washed over me and a well of panic was setting in and a voice in my head told me “ you need to get out of this car or you’ll die!” I made an excuse that I needed to use the bathroom, like right now or I’m gonna 💩myself !! I didn’t care how it sounded because if they weren’t gonna let me out I was gonna scream bloody murder. Luckily they let me out and I hide until I felt safe enough to come out. I immediately called a cab and arrived home safe and sound. But that really scared me. To this day I still firmly believe if I went with these men I would’ve went missing.
Tobias Reaper 8 months ago
I don't believe this one at all there is no way any woman would get into a car with 1 dude they don't know let alone 4 I call shenanigans
What do you think ?
Nils Skirnir 8 months ago (edited)
These stories are interesting, but folks putting too much stock in providence get on my nerves. We obviously never hear from the folks who made a decision to go to the fatal event. What about their providence?
Colin Matthews 8 months ago (edited)
I live in rural Australia on a bush land property. Was clearing away some old weed matting, when I glanced over at my noisy dog instead of just reaching for the next handful. As I looked down I realised I had just been about to grab quite a good sized Eastern Brown Snake. Where I live, the ambulance may/ may not get to you in time. Pretty close...
Romy Rösli 8 months ago
I was hiking late in the evening. At some point the trail crossed a cow’s pasture. Nothing special in my country. I had crossed pastures many times before. There was a small group of cows close to the trail. I passed them and when they were all behind me I suddenly felt the urge to look back. I did and saw the cows starting to run towards me. I panicked and ran as fast as I could to the fence and jumped over it. The cows stopped a few meters away. Someone told me the cows might have been just curious but we don’t know what they were up to.
Roin 7 months ago
My lazyness actually saved 2 coworkesrs once. I saw they were smoking next to building and i drove there to say hello to them, but was too lazy to get off the car so i just opened window and they came to chat with me. Insanely huge iceblock fell off the roof excatly where they were standing before they came to me, their heads would've been totally smashed without my lazyness.
Dove Bradshaw 8 months ago
I walked into an armed robbery at a motel, I saw the clerk putting money into a plastic grocery bag, I looked and walked away from the counter saying out loud "oh it must be shift change", later I heard he had his pistol aimed at my midsection when I approached the counter and booked the room. D**n the states can be frightening. I am Canadian.
Tobias Reaper 8 months ago
I was driving my new pickup truck with my girlfriend Jennifer when another truck pulled up besides me it was this guy from school i know we called him needles. He dared me to race him and called me chicken. As the lights started to turn green we revved our engines he sped off I reversed i wasnt stupid enough to race that a*****e. As i watched him speed off a rolls royce came out of a side road I would have passed i realised i would have hit that rolls royce and it would forever affect me looking back and to the future my life is better now,
Brian Droste 8 months ago
This I fake. This happened in Back to the Future movie. Don't take something from a movie and try to make it your own. Someone will recognize it.
Load More Replies... Nils Skirnir 8 months ago (edited)
These stories are interesting, but folks putting too much stock in providence get on my nerves. We obviously never hear from the folks who made a decision to go to the fatal event. What about their providence?
Colin Matthews 8 months ago (edited)
I live in rural Australia on a bush land property. Was clearing away some old weed matting, when I glanced over at my noisy dog instead of just reaching for the next handful. As I looked down I realised I had just been about to grab quite a good sized Eastern Brown Snake. Where I live, the ambulance may/ may not get to you in time. Pretty close...
Romy Rösli 8 months ago
I was hiking late in the evening. At some point the trail crossed a cow’s pasture. Nothing special in my country. I had crossed pastures many times before. There was a small group of cows close to the trail. I passed them and when they were all behind me I suddenly felt the urge to look back. I did and saw the cows starting to run towards me. I panicked and ran as fast as I could to the fence and jumped over it. The cows stopped a few meters away. Someone told me the cows might have been just curious but we don’t know what they were up to.
Roin 7 months ago
My lazyness actually saved 2 coworkesrs once. I saw they were smoking next to building and i drove there to say hello to them, but was too lazy to get off the car so i just opened window and they came to chat with me. Insanely huge iceblock fell off the roof excatly where they were standing before they came to me, their heads would've been totally smashed without my lazyness.
Dove Bradshaw 8 months ago
I walked into an armed robbery at a motel, I saw the clerk putting money into a plastic grocery bag, I looked and walked away from the counter saying out loud "oh it must be shift change", later I heard he had his pistol aimed at my midsection when I approached the counter and booked the room. D**n the states can be frightening. I am Canadian.
Tobias Reaper 8 months ago
I was driving my new pickup truck with my girlfriend Jennifer when another truck pulled up besides me it was this guy from school i know we called him needles. He dared me to race him and called me chicken. As the lights started to turn green we revved our engines he sped off I reversed i wasnt stupid enough to race that a*****e. As i watched him speed off a rolls royce came out of a side road I would have passed i realised i would have hit that rolls royce and it would forever affect me looking back and to the future my life is better now,
Brian Droste 8 months ago
This I fake. This happened in Back to the Future movie. Don't take something from a movie and try to make it your own. Someone will recognize it.
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