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toughmudderdave
...Ever had one? Share it. I'm a lightning strike survivor myself.
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nerd4life
Member
wow... what was it like?
I remember about 7 yrs back, the summer of my freshman year of college me and my family went to virginia beach. The 3rd day of our stay the waters were really rough and me being the daring youth that i was I thought it was nothing to bathe in. the current was so strong that it had pulled me so far out in the water that I could no longer stand up in it.and the waves were way over my head. I started to drown a bit and thought I was literally gonna die. One of the surfers out that day saw me struggling and saved me. I was sooooo scared
I remember about 7 yrs back, the summer of my freshman year of college me and my family went to virginia beach. The 3rd day of our stay the waters were really rough and me being the daring youth that i was I thought it was nothing to bathe in. the current was so strong that it had pulled me so far out in the water that I could no longer stand up in it.and the waves were way over my head. I started to drown a bit and thought I was literally gonna die. One of the surfers out that day saw me struggling and saved me. I was sooooo scared
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toughmudderdave
I'll bet that was freaky. I too have been dragged by current and I'm a certified (lapsed though) lifeguard! The lightning strike happened so fast and rendered us unconscious for about a minute before we came to. My climbing partner below thought we were dead as he felt the shock and the rope go loose....900ft up off the deck!
been real close a few times. made me enjoy every day and be myself . and i aint afraid of death at all. i made sure everyone i know knows how i feel and what they will get when i croak.and if its done right the goverment wont get much at all. fuck em
ZoSo
Member
I've had one near death experience in my Mustang. Biggest adrenaline shot of my life. Sliding sideways in the dirt on the shoulder in a turn at 90+mph will do that. Got it back on the road, though.
I had another incident where I thought I was gonna die but I really wasn't. It was the first time I hit a bong. I took a big rip and couldn't clear it all but I had done some reading on overgrow and I didn't wanna look like a pussy so I blew out some and cleared that motherfucker. I then proceeded to cough out the entire hit and coughed my brains out for the next couple minutes. I was young and I wasn't getting any oxygen so it put the scare in me a bit.
Then after that I puked on my buddies carpet, got driven home, and I layed in bed and had an amazing hallucination. I flew out my back door beyond the porch and then straight up, out of the atmosphere increasing in speed, flying past stars and nebulae. Totally worth it.
I had another incident where I thought I was gonna die but I really wasn't. It was the first time I hit a bong. I took a big rip and couldn't clear it all but I had done some reading on overgrow and I didn't wanna look like a pussy so I blew out some and cleared that motherfucker. I then proceeded to cough out the entire hit and coughed my brains out for the next couple minutes. I was young and I wasn't getting any oxygen so it put the scare in me a bit.
Then after that I puked on my buddies carpet, got driven home, and I layed in bed and had an amazing hallucination. I flew out my back door beyond the porch and then straight up, out of the atmosphere increasing in speed, flying past stars and nebulae. Totally worth it.
bout 4 months back i got hit by a dodge 3500 while riding my motorcycle. it tossed me in a ditch and the guy drove off. ups guy stopped and helped..
also been carried out by current, but im a strong swimmer since my young years.. so no worries.
kinda understating the first one.. im still dealing with the injuries
also been carried out by current, but im a strong swimmer since my young years.. so no worries.
kinda understating the first one.. im still dealing with the injuries
ugh, what a pos. they ever find the guy?
come down to logan heights . theres a near death experience to be experienced every night.
Have had 3 close calls skiing. One time I was stopping to look over a roll and slipped a bit. Just caught myself and looked to see the 100 ft cliff below. Sidestepped the fuck out of there.
Next time I was skiing alone in the backcountry (not too smart) in what suddenly became whiteout conditions. I triggered an avalanche and tumbled down thinking "NO!! CAN'T GET BURIED CAN'T GET BURIED, NO ONE WILL SAVE ME". I ended up half buried and scrambled the fuck out of there. Had to hike 4 hours out, lost both skis in the avy. The next day I went back to find my skis with a dude with a metal detector. I realized I'd stopped on a shelf just below the start of the avalanche, avoiding the ride all the way down which could have completely buried me. We found both skis.
Last time, I had just finished smoking a big joint with my buddy at the top of Decker Mtn. in the Blackcomb backcountry. We skied down to a line I knew about, where you had to air into this chute from a ridge (like 6 ft, over a rock) but if you fell you were heading into rocks and off a cliff (steep face, "no fall zone"). My buddy looked at it and said, "hmm i think i need some speed", backed up and aired in perfectly. I wasnt really feeling the blind air-in so I decided to pole plant and just jump right off. I misjudged my trajectory, landed right on the rock and started tomahawking down the face. All I could think was "NOO! NO FALL ZONE!! FUCK!! MUST STOP!" I felt myself slow in midair on one of the tomahawks so I stomped down with both boots (skis had released) and came skidding to a halt about 10ft above the rocky outcropping of the cliff face. I collected myself for a few seconds, then hiked up to fetch my broken ski. Managed to ski out with one ski tip flopping without too much trouble.
Next time I was skiing alone in the backcountry (not too smart) in what suddenly became whiteout conditions. I triggered an avalanche and tumbled down thinking "NO!! CAN'T GET BURIED CAN'T GET BURIED, NO ONE WILL SAVE ME". I ended up half buried and scrambled the fuck out of there. Had to hike 4 hours out, lost both skis in the avy. The next day I went back to find my skis with a dude with a metal detector. I realized I'd stopped on a shelf just below the start of the avalanche, avoiding the ride all the way down which could have completely buried me. We found both skis.
Last time, I had just finished smoking a big joint with my buddy at the top of Decker Mtn. in the Blackcomb backcountry. We skied down to a line I knew about, where you had to air into this chute from a ridge (like 6 ft, over a rock) but if you fell you were heading into rocks and off a cliff (steep face, "no fall zone"). My buddy looked at it and said, "hmm i think i need some speed", backed up and aired in perfectly. I wasnt really feeling the blind air-in so I decided to pole plant and just jump right off. I misjudged my trajectory, landed right on the rock and started tomahawking down the face. All I could think was "NOO! NO FALL ZONE!! FUCK!! MUST STOP!" I felt myself slow in midair on one of the tomahawks so I stomped down with both boots (skis had released) and came skidding to a halt about 10ft above the rocky outcropping of the cliff face. I collected myself for a few seconds, then hiked up to fetch my broken ski. Managed to ski out with one ski tip flopping without too much trouble.
Mr.Fastcast
Member
Eight years old,I jumped off a dock on to an inner tube.I got stuck like in a V shape,and it flipped upside down.I thought this was the end.Everyone was already in the cabin getting ready to eat lunch.So no one was there to help me.
I was able to reach the bottom of the lake with my fingers,and kinda pull myself to the shore.(luckily I was going the right way)
I didn't tell anyone till many years later.
I was able to reach the bottom of the lake with my fingers,and kinda pull myself to the shore.(luckily I was going the right way)
I didn't tell anyone till many years later.
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toughmudderdave
Wow....Talk about a freak accident, yeah?
Mr.Fastcast
Member
Yes.I'm very grateful to be alive! I've felt so positive sometimes, I feel like could levitate.
85 MPH in a downhill off-camber turn on my crotch-rocket and the front tire begins to wash out. Inside my mind I felt like time was going real slow and I had plenty of time to correct this. I must have done whatever was right 'cause I didn't crash. I wasn't a pro level rider. More like a young man with more balls than brains. The pros handle this stuff on a daily basis.
Somehow I survived to be an old man. Go figure. bg
Somehow I survived to be an old man. Go figure. bg
Max Yields
Active member
I don't know if this qualifies as near death, but I've been shot at on quite a few occasions. Once being a brief shootout with no gun on me (not my gunfight, wrong place, wrong time). I remember taking cover & hearing bullets whiz past my head with the bricks being chipped off the building walls. I wasn't too concerned at the time this happened, but later seeing someone shot & bleeding had me like OH SHIT!!!, yet feeling so relieived that I didn't get hit. The dude survived, he got hit 3 times yet still managed to shoot back & hit one of the guys. Not sure if the aggressor died, but he definitely got hit. That's why the shooting stopped, & the aggressors car pulled off screeching tires & burning rubber. As near death as I ever want to be, but these situations made me more aware that any moment can be your last...
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several. Most involving my misspent/wellspent youth. I had a lot of fun. Does gettin shot with fine shot count?? cause it never really rose to 'near death' for me. My buddy was cryin like a little gurl while I picked fine shot outta his Butt tho.
But near death I can tell??? A pond raft came loose at a family reunion. I dove down and grabbed the cement blocks and started walkin to shore but missjudged the direction a little and got to the deep instead.The 3 blocks ahd shifted and I was stuck in em. Damn it is HARD to tell your lungs no,no we are not breathing right now. Never did panic,just let some CO2 out and kept lookin up and walkin. Managed to jump up as I got shallower grabb some sweet O2 and walk out..
But near death I can tell??? A pond raft came loose at a family reunion. I dove down and grabbed the cement blocks and started walkin to shore but missjudged the direction a little and got to the deep instead.The 3 blocks ahd shifted and I was stuck in em. Damn it is HARD to tell your lungs no,no we are not breathing right now. Never did panic,just let some CO2 out and kept lookin up and walkin. Managed to jump up as I got shallower grabb some sweet O2 and walk out..
I'n my younger days I was a commercial diver.... doing Sea Harvesting off the back of trollers...geoduck and sea urchin t....
years ago... the floating bridge in Seattle had a bad accident and
several dive teams where brought in to do body & debris removal...
freezing cold... over 100 ft deep....
ended up w/ a type 2 central nervous system hit in the sternum over the heart....
the BENDS...bigtime....
jerked me up and out.... dropped me in a chamber and bottomed me out....
couple hours later took a oxygen toxicity hit...and had to bounce back down on air...
blew my eye lids and ear drums....
closest I've ever been......
years ago... the floating bridge in Seattle had a bad accident and
several dive teams where brought in to do body & debris removal...
freezing cold... over 100 ft deep....
ended up w/ a type 2 central nervous system hit in the sternum over the heart....
the BENDS...bigtime....
jerked me up and out.... dropped me in a chamber and bottomed me out....
couple hours later took a oxygen toxicity hit...and had to bounce back down on air...
blew my eye lids and ear drums....
closest I've ever been......
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toughmudderdave
Ugh....I understand that the bends are excruciatingly painful.
chidoctor
Member
i pulled a prank on a friend. he was wanted by skinheads so i rolled up at his house at 2am and banged on his door screaming your dead! didnt know his neighbor was an ex vet when i smelled gun oil and heard DONT MOVE MOTHERFUCKER OR YOUR DEAD i nearly shit myself! i been pulled out of the water 2 times, first time i saw the light!
At 4 I blew my self up with a pound of gunpowder(flash fire),inhaling the fire,severely burning my lungs. They filled with fluid suffocating(drowning)me. Luckily I was at the hospital by them. To this day I still have a fear of drowning.
First one of a long line of near death exp. Some one wants me here for some damn reason...
First one of a long line of near death exp. Some one wants me here for some damn reason...
