re: What is the closest you have come to dying?

Head on collision at 75 mph on I-85 on the way to Atlanta by auburn. My 2009 Tacoma saved my life and I walked away with only a sprained ankle. Unfortunately the driver who came across the median and hit me did not make it.

I've been tboned by a car doing 50.
Seeing your life flash before your eyes is a pretty cool experience. Lotta adrenaline.

It's like a free party.

Oh I have had my life flash before my eyes a few times but I still doubt its the closest I have been to dying. I am sure there are a few situations where if I had made one small different choice I would be dead and I have no clue about it!

Was in a couple bad car accidents, def 1 and maybe a second could have been fatal. Topping that, I was accidentally hanged by my neck when I was young. My father had to cut me down.

Living with one foot in the grave for the pass 3 1/2 years. But I'm still giving it hell.

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I would bet less than 5% of us REALLY know the true answer to this.

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I always think about this concept. Everyone has made seemingly small decisions that they never thought about again that prevented something terrible from happening to them.

Like pulling into a shady place and thinking something doesn't feel right and GTFO of there. Or when a violent crime or terrible accident happens in a place where you were planning to be (or just left).

Flipped a car, was ejected out of back windshield as I wasn't wearing a seatbelt

My ex wife asked me if she looked fat in one of her dresses...

Possibly getting stalked by a lion while camping out in the Serengeti.

It's a long story that I've posted before, but basically my friend and I stupidly went out of our tent before the sun was fully up, heard footsteps behind us along with a deep guttural growl, and somehow managed to walk slowly to an enclosed area without breaking into a run (flight instincts were kicking in).

Later that day we heard a bunch of mom lions making the same noise while feeding their cubs a wildebeest

The first time I was ever put behind the wheel of a car to drive on my own. My brother wanted to hang out at his friend's house, didn't want his annoying siblings around, so he gave me the keys, and told me to drive home. It had rained earlier, I spun out on some loose gravel on the road, flipped the car on an embankment, and landed upside down, 20 ft. down in a gulley on top of a 2 ft. diameter metal culvert.
Firearms Instrucor in the military. Little weatherman kid on the line. We go from strong hand supported, to weak hand unsupported, and he put his thumb on the same side of the gun as his fingers. He fired one round of a six round volley and the gun came directly back over his shoulder into my face. I was literally staring down the barrel. He was ejected from the line rather quickly.
Bit by a spider in my sleep. Apparently I am allergic. 3 days later I'm sitting on the couch at my grandmother's waiting for my Mom to show up to drive me to the Dr. as my throat is starting to swell shut and I have to keep taking huge gulps of air to open it up to breath for a couple more minutes.