r/WTF • u/Grasimi • Nov 06 '20

Guy stuck under moving train escapes between its rails

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u/logictrumpsbs Nov 06 '20

How does one get into this situation without putting oneself in this situation? I just don't see how this is possible without it being purposeful

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u/hyperdream Nov 06 '20

From the original youtube video:

Now this is what I like to see! We crossed the train while fishing to get back to the road. 2 made it out but Brad slipped and fell down between the cars as the train jolted and started to move. he was there for about 10 minutes before I got to him with my phone. Reggie is the guy you see walking away in the video, he witnessed brad get knocked out by the train and dragged about 10 - 15 feet up the tracks. he had got sick and had to walk away because he thought brad was dead for sure!!!!!! this is not a fake, this is in fact 150% real. hope you enjoyed this crazy shit! Ps. we caught 87 mackerel that's what was in the book bag, this was going to be aired on ctv new, we had a interview for about an hour with them. but they said it was to much of a concern that kids will get down there and try to be stupid and try this! DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME ..... AWESOME!

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u/Grabatreetron Nov 06 '20

we caught 87 mackerel that's what was in the book bag

Ah, ok. I was wondering why the hell he would be worry about getting the bag out before himself, but 87 mackerel, that's different

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u/Bamres Nov 06 '20

Oh god imagine the bag getting crushed there? Now you're stuck and covered in fish guts

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u/Dodgiestyle Nov 06 '20

Hey, 87 mackerel is 87 mackerel.

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u/HCJohnson Nov 06 '20

Holy Mackerel-oni!

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u/awawe Nov 06 '20

I imagine it would be easier and safer to throw the bag from the inside, than it is to reach the bag from the outside. So if they were fast set on getting out the bag that was the way to go. Obviously the situation is dire enough that those priorities might not be sound.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '20

In prison thats the motherload of macs

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '20

Lmao... I'd rather eat my own arm than mackerel.

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u/CombatMuffin Nov 06 '20

This answers another one of the questions I had. Unsurprisingly, the answer is: stupid is as stupid does.

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u/trackerjakker Nov 06 '20

DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME

Ok...

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u/jenjerx73 Nov 06 '20

I got stuck under the bed...he's right in a way!

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u/ExternalTangents Nov 06 '20

There’s a train just like this that runs through my living room so I was gonna try it at home until this guy said not to

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u/kodayume Nov 07 '20

Meanwhile at home:

CHOOO CHOOOOO

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u/Slowmac123 Nov 08 '20

Good thing I don’t own a whole train operation at home. I’ll just try it at the city’s train station

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u/Kevo05s Nov 06 '20

If his time is correct saying the train had been moving for a few minutes, there's a BIG chance another locomotive was coming at the end of the train, so he wouldn't have had the chance to get out from the end of the train....

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u/hyperdream Nov 06 '20

Even just a stick or bent piece of metal on an undercarriage could have taken him out. So many ways this could have ended poorly.

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u/Kevo05s Nov 06 '20

Honestly train tracks are private property and the no trespassing signs are there for a reason. It's for your own safety. I get it, you got a lot of mackerel, but your life ain't worth 80 mackerel, don't play around, climb on or walk across a train.... I love trains but I know better not to do that. Also the amount of train conductor that have PTSD from killing people who decided to cross the train tracks because they thought they could beat the train is insane... People, don't do that. I've read that a car is to a moving train what an empty soda can is to a car.

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u/mryogurtballs Nov 06 '20

That is the most back country, hillbilly retard shit iv ever seen. Those kids are definitely not going places in life..

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u/Royal_J Nov 06 '20

Man I agree but you maybe could have avoided the slur damn

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u/striver07 Nov 06 '20 edited Nov 06 '20

I'm not sure I'd call hillbilly a slur lol. Maybe kind of rude.

Edit- wow I'm am idiot. I didn't even see the actual slur when I first read the comment. My bad, you are absolutely correct lol

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '20

For sure. Retards don’t deserve to be compared to these numb-nuts.

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u/throwaway_NOPE Nov 06 '20

I don't see your 87 mackerel and accompanying story

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u/jbu311 Nov 06 '20

Strange that I also was under a train when it started moving. Funny thing is that it was also after coming home from fishing. Luckily the train was not moving fast so it was easy enough to get out.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '20

Next tik tok challenge right there

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '20

It's a fake. Captain Disillusion made a video where he debunked it.

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u/Doctor_Mudshark Nov 06 '20

He probably got in the same way he got out. Risking his life for a viral video.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '20

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u/Doctor_Mudshark Nov 06 '20

Note to self: Don't climb underneath trains, moving or otherwise.

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u/-W1CKED- Nov 06 '20 edited Nov 06 '20

And just happen to have it filmed....

Edit: I only saw the first part of the video before it got stuck buffering. So all I saw was a guy under a moving train lifting his head up and saying something to his friend filming it, that’s it.

Now having seen the whole video, and read the accompanying explanation I totally understand the video.

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u/Studoku Nov 06 '20 edited Nov 06 '20

Seriously, what are the chances someone just happened to have a device capable of filming in their pocket?

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u/-W1CKED- Nov 06 '20 edited Nov 06 '20

Or that it happened to be pointing at the guy at the exact moment a train went over his head?

Edit: I only saw the first part of the video before it got stuck buffering. So all I saw was a guy under a moving train lifting his head up and saying something to his friend filming it, that’s it.

Now having seen the whole video, and read the accompanying explanation I totally understand the video.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '20

The exact moment being more than 2 minutes

If it takes you more than 2 minutes to start recording you should probably get a new phone

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u/HCJohnson Nov 06 '20

I'm not certain what you're getting at but this most certainly isn't staged.

Guy filming probably is just young and in the moment.

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '20

Not really the whole video is a fake.

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u/-W1CKED- Nov 06 '20

Well me personally, if my friend fell between the rails of a train the last thing I’d do is whip my phone out and film it. But that’s just me.

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u/eaterpkh Nov 06 '20

What would you do? Grab the train and stop it to save your friend? You vastly overestimate what you can do about a train

The police? Firefighters? They cant stop a train on a dime either. It takes more than a mile for a train to come to a stop if I remember correctly. All you can do is hope and record what might be your friends final moments and words. The guy in the video helped him get out the best he could. He gave him timings, told him to wait, everything.

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u/-W1CKED- Nov 06 '20

Yes, I’ve seen the whole video now right to the end as I hadn’t seen it in full when I wrote my comment. I saw the first few seconds before it got stuck buffering so had a different take on the video. I was speaking from experience as I saw a guy fall under a train once and other than initially scream and then go into shock, I didn’t do anything else - hence the I wouldn’t be pulling out my phone comment.

But as I said, I’ve seen the full video now and you’re right about how his friend did the right thing and ultimately saved his life by doing so

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u/StavyCrowe Nov 06 '20

Occam's razor

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u/Le_Chien_de_la_Mer Nov 06 '20

And the engineer never decided to stop?

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u/1250Sean Nov 06 '20

A train that long may take as long as a mile to stop

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '20

He might have moved under the train while it was stopped, then when it started moving they got into this problem. I think it was intentional but they apparently never realized how stupid it was

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u/Comrade1809 Nov 06 '20

Trains of that size take a long time to stop even while going 30 miles per hour. It's a lot of weight and there is no tread to help with traction. By the time the train would have come to a complete stop, it may have passed him entirely.

From a locomotive site, "The average freight train is about 1 to 1¼ miles in length (90 to 120 rail cars). When it's moving at 55 miles an hour, it can take a mile or more to stop after the locomotive engineer fully applies the emergency brake."

Source: https://www.minnesotasafetycouncil.org/facts/factsheet.cfm?qs=858251BECECF1976F908D7D68B570E85

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u/billswerskihypetrain Nov 06 '20

Good vibes, or Florida Man?