Warning: This article contains descriptions of intense bodily injury, gun violence, and mentions of rape.
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Recently, Redditor u/Traditional_Sea603asked, “People who escaped death by complete luck.
Needless to say, there were someFinal Destination-level horror stories that people fortunately survived.
Here are 21 of the wildest near-death experiences people shared:
1.
I would have been pancaked, no question, had I not moved.
Apparently, the second bus driver had a medical event and lost consciousness.
So not just burnt to death, but confettied.”
u/SirChrisJames
3.
Somehow, it stopped a few inches away from my face.
“One time, I went on a blind date with a guy, and everything went great.
I left my date there and rushed over.
After that, I didn’t hear from the guy.
u/Little_Lara21
5.
“I’ll take a stab at make a long story short.
Yeah…finding out about all this was a nice surprise.
I had absolutely no clue.
She got five years for conspiracy and was released after three.”
“Worked at my local mall while in college.
I’ve always prided myself on never being late.
I was going in early to go to my bank, which was at the main entrance.
A series of ridiculous events began, and I found myself running late, which really frustrated me.
Again, it rarely, if ever, happened.
I drove quickly to find police cars flying past me.
As I approached the mall, I saw the cops swarming the main entrance, where I was headed.
She killed three and wounded seven, some critically.
No doubt I would have been in the line of fire had I not been late.
She spent decades in jail and was recently released.”
u/Vivid-Soup-5636
7.
“I lived in the attic apartment of an old Victorian house.
I moved really quickly, because bats.
I thought, ‘Whew, I got outta there just in time.’
But that wasnt the end of it.
“The light turned green at the intersection where I was stopped.
I hit my brakes, too, and looked around.
Just then, a car blew through the red light, going 45+ miles an hour.
Anonymous
9.
“My frat bros mom was in the Chi Omega house at FSU in 1978.
She had to testify at his trial.
She locked her door.”
“I was at an indoor shooting range testing a potato cannon (don’t ask).
Suddenly, I felt a pinch/burning sensation on my wrist.
I took a look at my arm and saw blood streaming from a half-inch-deep hole on my wrist.
The bullet grazed my wrist, about three inches from my head.
That’s the only time I’ve ever seen a range safety officer tackle someone.”
u/JackCooper_7274
11.
“We went to a party at Paul Smith College my friend’s favorite cousin was a student there.
There was a bonfire, booze, and someone had the bright idea to bring out a snowmobile.
I was going to ride on it, but had to go to the bathroom.
I guess I took too long, because he asked a different girl to ride with him.
They were both killed about two minutes later.
It blew my mind for a long time.
I was surprisingly fine, while the girl in front of me got helicoptered out.
She made a full recovery, though!”
u/anonymousrex_
13.
“It happened almost 20 years ago.
It was a pretty stupid way to get injured.
I went on a school beach trip at the beginning of the year.
I was unlucky enough to hit a sandbank when I dove and immediately broke two vertebrae.
The lower one, though, did get into my spine.”
It was horrifying to realize it was my own hand.
And then… the deus ex machina!
As it turns out, you might’t scream if you might’t fill your lungs properly.
All I could do was produce an indoor voice call for help.
Since this was during a school trip, I was surrounded by other students.
One of them saw me and assumed I was just enjoying myself until she saw blood on my lip.
Had I not inadvertently bitten my lower lip as I jumped, I would probably not be writing this.
I have chronic pain, and today is a particularly difficult day.
u/computer_crisps_dos
14.
“While white water rafting, my raft went through rapids when I got ejected and sent underwater.
I swam up and hit my helmet on a rock.
“I had a tree fall on me.
I was two steps away from being crushed by the trunk.
Like, thanks, dude, for pointing out I almost died while I was already in shock.”
u/notyourcoloringbook
16.
My own damn mom nearly killed me, so I sure as hell don’t trust anyone else.
I drive, no compromising.”
“Back in the year 2000, 7-year-old me and my friends were outside exploring.
That day’s location happened to be a power station.
An older 9-year-old boy lost his life on top of a machine.
The electricity burned a hole through him.
I lost both my hands trying to climb up and help him.
Amputated below my elbows.
It never went through my chest, or I’d be dead, too.”
u/HandHunter
18.
He probably saved my life that day.”
“I smelled gas in my house after coming home from three days away.
Thanks to that sudden decision to change paths, I escaped death by pure luck.”
21.And finally, “When I was young, my first car was a junker.
The driver seat was held upright by a two-by-four wedged against the backseat.
If you took it out, the seat went flat below the car’s window line.
I was working nights and fell asleep behind the wheel on the way home.
I politely told them to be careful, as I was still alive.
Walked away with a few cuts from the glass, but that was it.
u/brokesd
Note: Submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.
