re: What’s the wildest thing you’ve even seen in person

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Daddy was an old WWII Marine

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Absolutely the greatest generation.

Was driving towards campus near dusk when I heard a screech of tires, a thud, and saw a large man somersaulting through the air, maybe 15' up in the air. I slammed on brakes and he landed up against a telephone pole with his legs out in the road.

I got out and checked him. He was still alive, but in bad shape, just groaning softly. The coed who had hit him was crying and very upset. She said he just stepped in front of her and she didn't see him until it was too late.

Someone in one of the nearby houses called 911 and the police and ambulance were there shortly and took our stories I don't think he made it. He was known to the cops and had some mental issues.

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shitekabob

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Thanks for adding another word to my vocabulary.

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A bum fricking another bum in the butt at the top of an escalator. It was especially wild because it was about 20 degrees outside and both were wearing big puffy jackets, and of course, neither had pants on. At least they had the courtesy to lay newspaper down. Literally had to say “excuse me” so that I could get on the escalator down and get to work.

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I am the only known person to have a ford Firestone tire separation at 70 mph and not to flip over.

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Join the club. Happened to me going about 70 and this was a few weeks prior to this matter being a national story. Thankfully, I didn't wreck and was able to pull over safely. I took the tire and separated tread to Firestone a week later or so and the manager told me to eff off they weren't doing anything about it.

Since I'm here, I can pass along a story. We had a client that was a recluse and didn't venture out of her house much. We were in charge of her finances and real estate so we could see her normal expenses throughout the week. She would normally go to Dairy Queen each week along with the local grocery store. Colleague came to me one day and said she had noticed that Ms. XXX hadn't been making her normal trips to DQ and the grocery store for about two weeks. I head over to her house and can't get an answer at the door. Not out of the ordinary since she rarely let us in as she preferred to communicate via phone. After about 15 minutes of waiting, I call the local PD and ask them to come over for a wellness check. They gain access via the back door and we go in room to room and come across her naked bloated body in the bath tub. She must have slipped and fell in the bath tub. If the overall scene and smell weren't bad enough, she popped/exploded when the coroners were loading her up. The looks on the faces of those two young guys was painful.

A stabbing.

Guy survived but I was a teenager and it’s still vivid in my mind.

On the way home from high school on Wolf River Blvd in Germantown, TN. Dude in a white Acura MDX on the opposite side is on his phone and swerves at the last minute to avoid a couple of bikers. Next thing you know, he does a horizontal 180 in the air and lands upside-down in the middle of the road. I immediately pulled over and called 911. Not even 2 minutes later, a couple of cop cars are peeling out onto the road to get to the scene. Since I saw the whole thing, one cop gets my testimony and tells me I can go. Driver ended up being perfectly fine other than a cut on his arm. He later confessed to have been texting.

Saw the same thing one night leaving this bar

I walked outside with this girl to leave and guy took off our parking lot on a 4 lane … cars weee parked along side the road. He didn’t see the car coming down the road

Knocked him way down the hwy

His shoes were laying where the bike was

He gone

When I was in high school (mid 80's) my brother was stationed at Eglin Air Base in Fort Walton. He was home on leave and was due to get paid so I rode with him down there to pick up his pay. On our way back on the east side of the tunnel some black guy tried a human version of frogger and lost to a 18 wheeler. Happened right in front of us on the opposite side. Thankfully we missed he graphic details.