Have you ever had a near death experience?

[snotknocker]

Have you ever had a near death experience? Tell us all about it.

[Scorch]

Yeah. I was riding my bike around the neighborhood and this huge dog started chasing me. I sped up, but I can't remember if it grabbed my leg/pants or not. I saw my life flash before my eyes. I know I marry a blonde. Then I kicked it in its head and took off.

[sblymnlcrymnl]

Not that I can remember.

[ZeroSupporT]

I was in a 1 ton half cage on a fork lift that slid off about 8 feet in the air and came down on its back with me in it. Saw my life flash before my eyes but ended up with only a bruised knee and scraped elbows.

[Jaket]

I was in a 1 ton half cage on a fork lift that slid off about 8 feet in the air and came down on its back with me in it. Saw my life flash before my eyes but ended up with only a bruised knee and scraped elbows.

wtf were u doing in there

[Grave_Addiction]

I was in a 1 ton half cage on a fork lift that slid off about 8 feet in the air and came down on its back with me in it. Saw my life flash before my eyes but ended up with only a bruised knee and scraped elbows.

wtf were u doing in there

Heh heh. I was wondering the same damn thing.

[Scotty P]

i OD'd once on some pills... bad night... prolly just trippin but its weird to even think youre listening to your heartbeat fade... that and the crazy visions... anyways... i never did that again

[catacasa]

I was very young...maybe 4 or 5 and was swimming with my cousins in my uncle's above-ground pool. About 1/4 of the pool was still covered-up with the pool cover. Anyways, so I went under and was swimming around towards the bottom of the pool when I needed to come up for air. I came up expecting air, but instead I got a face full of cover. I thought for sure I was going to drown.
This probably explains why I hate swimming.

[pimpinc333]

When I was 3 years old, when my Mom was driving me around on a 4 wheeler. I don't remember too much but I do remember almost falling off of a cliff(like 100 ft drop). It was pretty scary especially when I was 3, and that's why I now hate high places.

[Theenternal]

I did a few things, that could have gotten me killed,

In HS I crawled across these 3 inch wide rails in the ceiling about 50 feet to get from the guys changing room to the girls changing room, to drill a hole. Couldnt get a good view :(, anyways if i fell it was about a 3 story drop. Anyways its one of those things that you look back on and you realize how you didnt really think about how easy it would be to kill yourself.

[soulyogurt]

I woke up this morning and the first thing I saw today was catacasa's avatar... does that count?
Seriously... I've been a hair's breadth from dying violently more times than I car to remember... and in some cases certainly should have perished... but other than the normal time dilation that seems to happen in moments of extreme peril, I've never had the 'Life flash before my eyes' thing, or ever left my body or saw a bright tunnel or any of that stuff.

[Wshakspear]

Once...and he smelled kinda bad and wouldnt shut-up...never again...

[pimpinc333]

I did a few things, that could have gotten me killed,

In HS I crawled across these 3 inch wide rails in the ceiling about 50 feet to get from the guys changing room to the girls changing room, to drill a hole. Couldnt get a good view :(, anyways if i fell it was about a 3 story drop. Anyways its one of those things that you look back on and you realize how you didnt really think about how easy it would be to kill yourself.

Yea when i was 7-18, I did alot of stupid shit. But, now(at 20) I always look to the conciquences(spelling) before i do something.

[snotknocker]

Once...and he smelled kinda bad and wouldnt shut-up...never again...

Something about this just does not sound right

[Theenternal]

Actually I just remembered one...when thinking back about more of the stupid things that I did.

One time coming back from Church St Station Fl,

It was senior skip day, and we went down to the arcades there etc, in this guy's that I knew pinto. Which was one stupid thing to do. Anyways on the way back, he had this wild west capgun, metallic with a red tip, and as we went down the road i would hold it to his head. Just when someone looked over, I would give them enough time just to see what it was. And I would pull it down. We also did this with my friends pocket knife. Some old ladies were watching and i pretended to hit my friend over the head, and he put his head down and started swurving. It was hilarious.

So as we near our exit I see a cop on the side of the road, and I decided to give a quick spin of the gun on my finger as we past. The cop turned on the sirens and came after us. So we pulled over, and then all of a sudden all these other cops appeared behind and in front of us. Someone had called in what they had seen. And as they said put your hands where we can see them.... i was thinking "this is like an episode of cops" and i was afraid that i might move the wrong way and have one of the may shotguns go off at me.

To make things worse when they were searching us, my friend started saying "ooo that feels good"

They then took us to the station, and gave us a warning, then let us leave. :?

[pimp_daddy_smurf]

fell off a 2 story hubba ledge i was skating and thought i was dead, i was so achy the next day and i fractured my wrist

[DesertEagleXIX]

In eighth grade I took metal shop; I forgot what I was making, but I was grinding down a heavy foot-long, thick peice of metal. While grinding the edge, the metal peice got caught on the wheel guard. It got ripped from my hands, getting ejecting downward. It missed my crotch by a few inches (I could feel it). The metal bar went sliding a good 50 ft, along the floor, making all kinds of noise.

If that thing had hit me in the gut or face, I would have been screwed.

About 15, I used to go in the Berkeley Hills, where all the hippies grew weed. My friends and I thought we were ninjas; we'd dress in black, and 'harvest' their crops. On about the 7th harvest, we thought we were invincible; we were out and guys came out with guns. A friend took some buckshot in the leg, and I heard some shots go by. Last time we did that.

A few years later, these friends stayed at it, and robbed a Motorcycle store, but got caught. Some did some hard time. Glad I quit before I got caught up in that!

[scdoanintendo]

I was at a party once, but it was one of those parties were you have a bad feeling about being there. First off there were nothing but gangbangers there, second my friend saw a couple of people with guns at their waist. I was there for like 30 minutes when I decided to leave. As soon as I left I was walking with my friends. We noticed a car coming up slow and bam turned out to be a drive by. This car shot up another car that we just walked by if we had been a little slower we may of got a shot or two. While not really near death it was scary as hell.

[Wet Ninja]

My only near-death experience was last summer (June 2003). I was driving out of town to visit my parents at their summer home for Father's Day, when up ahead of me, I saw a tractor trailer run off the road. I wasn't exactly sure what was happening, so I slowed down a bit (60 mph down to 45 mph) just to be safe. Next, I saw the tractor trailer jacknife and slide toward me sideways. Given that it was a two-lane road, I didn't really have anywhere to go. I slammed on the brakes and pulled off the road as far as I could. I remember thinking, "Wow, I'm going to die. This tractor trailer is going to take my head off my shoulders." Then I thought, "What if I lower my head?" and at the last second, I ducked. The tractor trailer went right over me, tearing the roof off my car like the lid of a can of sardines. It knocked my roof 50 feet down the road as it continued to slide, finally breaking in half and dumping its load in the road about 100 feet from where he hit me. He had sideswiped a minivan before hitting me, and his tractor trailer was pretty damaged. Fortunately, mine was the only injury, and it was only a small cut on my head from when the windshield crashed down onto me (it didn't even need stitches).

I didn't have an out-of-body experience or see a tunnel or light, or anything, but as I was gathering my belongings out of my car, a man walked up to me out of nowhere and said "Jesus saved you." I replied, "Yeah, I was pretty lucky." He said, "No, Jesus saved you." He then started talking to me about Heaven, and when he was done, I thanked him, and he walked off. I can think of no way that I should have survived that accident, let alone walk out with only a small cut, so maybe he was right. I hadn't been to church in a while when my accident happened, but since then, I've been going a lot more. It was pretty surreal, but I'm thankful to have lived through it.

Here's a picture of me standing next to my car after it had been towed:
http://members.cox.net/thomassonw/Mountaineer_wreck.JPG

[snotknocker]

Wet Ninja you are one lucky dude!

[cyberlian]

About 10 years ago I was riding my go-cart on a private road that had a big drop-off on the side. (alongside a barbed-wire fence) The part of the steering assembly that attached to the right wheel suddenly broke. I veered of to the right and down towards the barbed wire fence. One of the strands caught my neck as my go-cart tore through the fence... Luckly it broke... I walked back home about a quarter of a mile with blood gushing from my neck (right on the jugular, but not deep enough to have punctured it) I had like 70 stitches put into my neck... It was bad...

[yeahokthenfu]

I had one, in my old truck. I was driving on a wet road hit this damn pothole and then lost control of my truck. I then gained control but had to make a quick move to avoid hitting this Suburban coming in the other lane, next thing I know Im flying threw my truck (didnt have the seatbelt on) and I hit this big light pole, knocking it down. I was told I was lucky to be alive and only have a scratch and some soreness in my shoulder. The docs and cops told me if I had had my seatbelt on my neck would have snapped and killed me or I would have suffered brain damage, they said not wearing the seat belt saved my life. Then the damn cop gave a ticket for not wearing a seat belt.

[Ikohn4ever]

In highschool we were tossing a frisbee around on the football field so everyone was a good distance away from each other. Well I had some flem in my throat and I tried hackin it up. Well when I tried to hack it up it got stuck on my windpipe and I couldnt breathe, because it didnt let any air get through. I was running around trying to get the closest person while tryin to cough it up. Finally as I got near someone I used most of my energy and this huge ball of flem flew out. It looked like the size of a squash ball. I didnt want to be the kid who died from flem.

[cyberlian]

that might have made the darwin awards

[FriskyTanuki]

I almost choked to death on a jawbreaker, I tried to give myself the heimlich maneuver and it came out after about 10, 15 seconds.

[cyberlian]

another darwin nominee?

[defender]

Seems like every god damn day I am about to die.

[smellhasreturned]

at Disney's Dixie Landings they had this sweet pool with water slide and everything. i was 8 at the time and i suck at swimming. i tried to hop over the water slide but landed right on it and was sent into the pool. As i was in the deep end i was splashing all around and couldnt breathe some dude picked me up and litterally tossed me over to the shallow end. good thing for that man

Also i have choked on water many times. all you have to do is relax but u cant breathe u make this noise quite creepy

[1SwtDeception]

Feels like most days crossing the streets. I never pay attention to the cars driving by and just cross across the street and sometimes a car comes out of nowhere and someone just ends up pulling me back. I really don't care at times nothing too big. Compare to when I went to Mexico, cars over there are crazy.

[dustyeff]

When I was a freshman in college, a few buddies and I were going down to Minneapolis just to hang out with another friend of ours who had moved down there for school. We picked her up, and her and I were in the back seat. I wasn't wearing a seatbelt, and we were doing about 90, when my buddy went too far left on the road and hit the gravel on the side of the road. He overcompensated to try and get back on the road, and he did a 180. The car then hit a guard rail, flipping over once or twice on our way into the ditch.

As I said, I wasn't belted in, so the last thing I remember was all the windows in the car shattering as we landed in the ditch. Then, I woke up on the ground, and I just saw woods, and it really, really confused me. I stood up woozily, looked around, and saw the car on its side, so my first thought was "Run the hell away, dumbass! It's going to blow up!" So I tried to run a bit. After a few steps, I remembered my friends were probably still in there, so I ran back, and they were all climbing out at the time. Luckily, the guy driving had the presence of mind to turn the car off.

I still don't know how exactly I fell out of the car with nothing but some extra-bloody scratches (only needed 5 stitches in my elbow). My back was pretty scraped up and bloody, but nothing serious...

The funniest part was later at the hospital, when the doctor was pointing out my 'obvious seatbelt marks' and how lucky I was that I was wearing my seatbelt. I wasn't going to say otherwise.

[SneakyPenguin]

I accidentally set my leg on fire taking pictures, had a thrown knife bounce back at me, had my mom run me over with her car (just my foot, but I had jumped back), and probably a few other retarded things.

[sblymnlcrymnl]

I didn't have an out-of-body experience or see a tunnel or light, or anything, but as I was gathering my belongings out of my car, a man walked up to me out of nowhere and said "Jesus saved you." I replied, "Yeah, I was pretty lucky." He said, "No, Jesus saved you." He then started talking to me about Heaven, and when he was done, I thanked him, and he walked off. I can think of no way that I should have survived that accident, let alone walk out with only a small cut, so maybe he was right. I hadn't been to church in a while when my accident happened, but since then, I've been going a lot more. It was pretty surreal, but I'm thankful to have lived through it.

If you ask me it was your quick thinking that saved you.

[Magician]

I haven't had near-death experiences, just scary ones. I remember when I was about 3, I was at the beach for a family vacation. I was wearing floaties, and just bobbing around in the shallow end. The adults were threading water a couple of yards away, and there were more adults on the shore. I did a very stupid thing and slipped out of my floaty, assuming I could stand (as it was relatively shallow). Needless to say, I got a mouthful of water, and underwater look at the salty, murky water. I came up gasping and rubbing my eyes furiously... Maybe thats why to this day, I still have difficulty opening my eyes underwater.

And this is slightly off-topic, but WetNinja, haven't I seen that picture of you in a magazine before? I think it was EGM.

[rywateska]

...walking the streets in Europe this past summer with some friends when a cab flew around a corner and towards our end of the one-way street. They all stopped at the edge of the sidewalk but someone asked out if anyone wanted to play chicken...so, I kept on walking towards the taxi. Turns out I pulled a spin-move about [---------------------] far away from the front right corner of the taxi. The driver wasen't slowing down and his passenger looked like they were about to shit themselves. Anyway, right after everyone screamed or jumped back...they thought I was done for but that sweet little L2, SQUARE combo juke/spin worked out well enough...Madden 2004 saved my life

[Mookyjooky]

I got really bored and wanted to get fucked up so I drank some milk and gasoline. I remember playing with all my dead animals and I slept with my grandmother. I told her "your soul is mine" and held my hand out and all that came out was cotton candy. I then gave birth to a cheese log (with nuts on top) and next thing I know....Im laying on a table in the ER getting my stomach pumped.

[Wet Ninja]

And this is slightly off-topic, but WetNinja, haven't I seen that picture of you in a magazine before? I think it was EGM.

Yep, it was EGM. A study had just been released about how people who play fast-moving videogames process visual information quickly, so I wrote to EGM about my accident, relating that study to how I was able to process the tractor trailer's movement and react quickly. I also included that picture when I wrote to them, and they put it and my letter in an issue last summer (July 2003, I think...it had Soul Calibur 2 on the cover).

[Zenithian Legend]

oh about a year ago I was going 80 on the expressway when my tire blew out (sure you can ask what a horse needs a car for, but that's not the point) anyway my car went spinning into the median, but for some lucky reason it didn't flip and I lived without a scratch, the car lived too minus the tire.

[Rozz]

Wet Ninja, it might have been a different picture, but I think I saw that picture in EGM..... Maybe it was a different one, i dont know.

[Wet Ninja]

Wet Ninja, it might have been a different picture, but I think I saw that picture in EGM..... Maybe it was a different one, i dont know.

It was that one. See a few posts above.

You all have good memories. I don't remember any pictures I saw in magazines a year ago.

[Kaijufan]

Years my brother and I were at the local swimming pool and for some reason he thought it would be funny to jump off the diving board onto me. I hard a really hard time getting up, and Im not all that great at holding my breath. When I finally got up my head was pounding and I decided to go home. No one saw it ofcourse because there was about 100 kids in the pool.
Another time not quite as bad was when I was in a water park, and I went in the wave pool. We were supposed to be on inflated tubes, but I decided not to (Its not like it was a requirement). When the waves started I was forced under the water and I could not surface. That was not as bad as the swimming pool incident.
Needless to say Im not a big fan of swimming anymore, and I would say that my biggest fear to drowning.

[CrimsonGeist]

When I was like 3 or 4 me and my brother were playing.I got on his back and he ran to the other end of the bed. I'd let go at the end, and he made a really fast stop. I flew off his back, and bashed my head into the heater. I was really, really dizzy and layed on my pillow. Then, I got up and saw a load of blood on the pillow. And thats when I freaked out. I needed like 7 stitches or something.By the way Wet Ninja, good thinking. I think I saw you in the letters article of egm a few months a go.

[evilpenguin9000]

I was ina a car wreck my senior year in college that killed a friend of mine and fucked me up quite a bit. I had a few broken ribs, a collapsed lung and some serious head trauma. That was pretty near death I'd say. I don't actually remember anything from that day at all and I consider myself lucky I don't.

On a side note, I wasn't wearing my seat belt and that allowed me to be ejected from the car (into barbed wire) and not die...so don't believe the seat belt hype.

[Storamin]

I got rearended by a f150 doing twice the speed limit. It almost sent me over the hill since there was no guardrail. That was fucking scary.

[jngx80]

I was returning home from the library, where I just finished reading the latest OPM, and I had to cross a street. It's always dangerous crossing this specific street because it had an entrance to the freeway. I spotted one coming up the hill when I was about halfway across, the old man should have stopped but he didn't. It was wide enough for him to go behind me but to my surprise he was trying to squeeze in front of me. I instintively stopped in my tracks, he swerved a bit.

All this time the only thought I had was the anticipation of getting my legs crushed and that I would fly off the guys hood. What pissed me off was that he tried to get in front of me because there was a bus coming down (the same direction that I was walking) and he just didn't want to wait for it to pass. plus his wife was at the front passenger seat, I looked her in the eyes and she didn't even say/look sorry. I couldn't believe how careless they were.

[Zenithian Legend]

EVER HAD THE FEELING

Ever had the feeling
of maybe blowing your face up on the ceiling?
Have you ever stopped to wonder,
what your life might feel like down, down, down down way under?
You ever felt the need,
to slash someone's throat,
and sit there and watch them bleed?
And what keeps you from popping too many pills?
Don't tell me its all your unpaid bills.
Oh but so what if you did?
So what if you did?
So what if you did?
So what if you did?
And I just got through one of those nights
Where I wanted to turn out the forever lights
And maybe snap my neck, and relieve some constipation
Or a razor through my wrist without the slightest hesitation.
Oh give it back to me
Oh please, please give it back to me.
Oh please, please, please give it back to me.
And I swear, I swear, I swear what if you did?
Oh I'd swear it if you did.
I'd swear on it if you did.
And what if you did?
What of you did?
Hey what if you did?
I wouldn't care if you did,
but who thought you would?
-Blind Melon

Just popped into my head for some reason.