/u/TheCaptainOfMistakes
Blackberry bushes have thorns... HOWEVER. I don't think
that's the primary concern |
/u/GhostofBeowulf
Maybe that's how he punctured his lung? |
/u/declare_var
the blunt force will do stuff like that. Source had a
fall, got liver hematoma and fucked one lung. |
/u/post_blast
Lots of "whoooosh" from 15,000 feet |
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/u/irishcybercolab
You might have misspelled woosh. Just saying a couple of
oooo's too many. |
/u/eDxp
Liver is full of water (slightly red water but still)
which is not known for it's ability to contract well. So
any impact is a hydrodynamic impact for the liver. Lungs
are a bit different. I'm not sure how exactly one gets a
punctured lung from falling. |
/u/Tiny_ghosts_
Broken rib puncturing it maybe |
/u/balkanobeasti
your bones when broken make for great stabbing tools. |
/u/Rowdyacorn
Like tiny stabby hands that caught him |
/u/wudyudo
I've been fighting the stabby hands in my yard for
years. Props to this evolutionary monstrosity for saving
this guy and being a real annual pain in my ass |
/u/P01135809-Trump
Have you thought about using gloves and secateurs
instead of just clenching them with your butt cheeks?
Might be less entertaining but more effective. |
/u/dudeCHILL013
But the onlyfans is booming |
/u/Merkel77101
I think you meant OnlyJams. Ill see myself out. |
/u/dudeCHILL013
I'm not even gonna risk a Google on that |
/u/wudyudo
It keeps coming back every year for a reason |
/u/red8cangodye
Maybe the pain cause him to lose falling momentum and
gain some jumping momentum instead??
You know, like how it was portrayed in Looney Tunes? |
/u/PracticalFruit9506
I don't know anything about this really, and I haven't
looked it up yet. A few weeks ago I was checking out the
plant selection at my local big box hardware store and
found out that the blackberry plants they sell do not
have thorns! Like they had fully matured, with ready to
eat blackberries, yet no thorns anywhere on the plants.
I have been picking wild blackberries for years, as they
grow on many of the hiking trails and roadsides that I
walk as a hobby. All of them are riddled with thorns
that will tear you to shreds. My guess was that they
have bred these commercially available blackberries
plants to not have thorns. But maybe some wild
blackberries don't have thorns. Maybe it's a different
variety altogether. So maybe this guy landed in non
thorn blackberries and it wasn't as bad as we all are
thinking. |
/u/roadit
Funny thing, by dad planted a thornless blackberry and
after a while it started to grow thorned branches. So
yes I think it is cultivated, or at least recessive. |
/u/blacksheeping
Maybe its because you kept eating the fruit so it said
to itself, better grow some nice big thorns to stop
these thieves. |
/u/Critical_Score
Someone else had survived in a similar manner, most
likely purely because of adrenaline.
"In 1999, skydiver Joan Murray's parachutes
malfunctioned, leaving her to free-fall 14,500 feet
above North Carolina, landing directly on a fire ants'
mound. Miraculously, she survived. Doctors believe that
being stung over 200 times by ants triggered a surge of
adrenaline, keeping her heart beating." |
/u/S3ki
I would have thought falling 14,500 feet would be enough
reason to release a hell of lot of adrenaline on its
own. |
/u/Major_R_Soul
"Aim for the bushes" |
/u/ILikestuff55
"THERRREEEE GOES MY HERO!" |
/u/Knotted_Hole69
I was at a furry convention and I could hear people
screaming this in the lobby. |
/u/FurryMeilo
Sure someone named "knotted_hole69" and a boykisser
profile picture goes to furry conventions :3 |
/u/enragedsquirrels
This is why I don't shave. I could save a life. |
/u/Heavy_Ingenuity1371
I pray so that your hedge may have blessings and be
fortunate enough to catch someone one day 🙏 |
/u/Melbourne_pervert
If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed
now... |
/u/Slick_36
There goes my hero, watch him as he goes! |
/u/whiskeynise
That whisper fight scene at the funeral was one of the
greatest things ever done on film |
/u/Excellent_Yak365
The massive, thorn covered bushes |
/u/tapeforpacking
Wonder if he continued doing this after this experience |
/u/Wild_blue_yondering
One of my instructors suffered a total malfunction of
main canopy and a partial (pilot chute in tow) on his
reserve. He finally manually ripped the reserve bag out
of the container at what we estimated was 300 feet AGL,
or about a second and a half from splat.
He picked up his gear, walked into the hangar, grabbed
a student parachute off the rack, and got right back in
line to jump again. When manifest asked him if he was
sure, he said "if I don't jump right now, I'll never be
able to again."
Last I heard, he's still jumping. |
/u/Yestomorrow
Same thing when I tried a double back flip on my
trampoline when I was 10, I went too far back and landed
in the gap in the springs in the corner. I immediately
got back up and did a double backflip again because I
knew I'd grow a fear of doing them again. Didn't really
work well because I later broke my leg on that tramp
doing backflips, but I'm happy I stuck with it! |
/u/aintnotmisbehavin
There's definitely a lesson somewhere in there... |
/u/dank414
It might not be a lesson but a message. This is why men
die earlier than women. |
/u/sleepyj910
Be Sure To Drink Your Ovaltine |
/u/CariniFluff
This is crazy. I used to do backflips on my trampoline
every day no problem for years and years. One day when I
was in highschool we were drinking a few beers and were
walking back from smoking a joint and I jumped on.
My launch was too close to the springs so I way
overshot the landing, did 1.5 backflips and landed on
the grass on my shoulders/neck. I'm SO unbelievably
lucky I didn't end up paralyzed, and I did not get back
on the trampoline that day. To this day, 25 years later,
I've never been able to do a backflip again.
I even had a giant trampoline for my junior and senior
year of college and I must have tried 100 times to do
it, but every single time my brain would glitch out when
I got upside down and I'd bail out. My lower
brain/survival part would override what I was trying
every single time. |
/u/Not-a-Throwaway-8
When I was 18 I totalled the family van. My dad picked
me up in another car and made me drive home so I
wouldn't get scared of driving. This tracks. |
/u/roostersnuffed
I guess my brother is an example of what happens if your
dad didnt make you.
When he was 17 he was driving dads truck, dad shotgun
when he ran a stop sign. Passenger side was hit by an
f150 going 60/70mph. Dad took 99% of all the injuries.
Internal bleeding, shattered bones lifeflight, coma, he
should've been dead 10x over and was in the hospital for
3 months. His surgeon visited just to express his awe of
his survival.
Brother refused to drive forever, but eventually was
forced back into it. Its been over a decade and its
still frustrating to ride with him. Lucky to see the
speed limit. |
/u/dbblaster0
Poor dude must be reliving that trauma everytime he gets
behind the wheel. |
/u/akanaan5
after i totaled my first car i asked my dad to let me
drive an hour later but he made me wait a week, same
when i crashed my motorcycle i wanted to ride
immediately |
/u/PunchDrunkPrincess
Team Broke a Bone Doing Flips on a Trampoline ✌️ |
/u/Dudegamer010901
One time on a trampoline I got double bounced, broke my
leg and hit my head so hard I passed out. I was like 5
years old. I woke up to a bright light shining at me,
which prompted me to say "Am I in heaven?" just for the
light to move out of the way to reveal a old doctor who
just said "Not yet!" |
/u/Exilicauda
My sister said it's the same way if you fall off a
horse. If you don't get right back on, you'll never ride
again. Tells the fear it's correct if you don't.
Nevermind that it is correct but still lmao |
/u/trailsandbooks
The fear is correct 😂
Yup, the fear is right about not deliberately falling
thousands of feet or doing potentially paralyzing
backflips and so on. You do these things over and
over...well all you need is that one time it goes bad. |
/u/UnlimitedPosting
My sister did that after fracturing a wrist falling off
a horse. Healed up, got back on the same horse and got a
compound fracture of the same arm when she fell off 😅 |
/u/RhysA
That is where the idiom 'You have to get back on the
horse that threw you' came from after all. |
/u/Ranier_Wolfnight
See, that's just a different cat. |
/u/agiantdog33
For some reason I find this absurdly funny and
anticlimactic. |
/u/LatkaXtreme
There was a story when a lady jumped strapped with an
instructor. Both chutes failed, and to try to save the
lady he instructed her to raise both legs, so the center
of mass makes them fall on their backs, so at least the
lady will fall on him, probably soften the impact.
They fell in some trees or bushes and both survived,
lady with minor, instructor with serious injuries. When
she visited him in the hospital, he asked her when
they'll jump again. She asked that after this he still
want to try it?
He just told her "What are the odds the same will
happen again?" |
/u/petisa82
That's what you do too, when you fall off a horse. Get
right back on, if you can. |
/u/TransBrandi
That instructor's name? Kris Kross. |
/u/Maleficent-Agent-477
I'd assume he hit the ground eventually. Don't think he
continued falling after this. |
/u/RockstarAgent
Whether he continued or not, I'm definitely adding more
blackberries to my diet. |
/u/Elevator-Ancient
More??? It's not healthy to eat phones. |
/u/MAGAHATESTHEUSA
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/top-stocks/blackberry-st
ock-surges-overnight-as-cfo-stands-firm-on-ai-vision-ret
ail-debates-meme-mania-vs-growth-story/ar-AA24H8hS?ocid=
BingNewsVerp |
/u/Elevator-Ancient
Oh, well, carry on eating data centers and save water
💦 |
/u/spacekitt3n
some say hes still out there, falling over and over
again in a sort of falling purgatory that never ends.
sad to see |
/u/Seoniara
"Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming
stationary, that's what gets you" - Jeremy Clarkson |
/u/AC5L4T3R
I'm not sure which ones older (I think Riddick but
correct me if I'm wrong) but I always preferred the one
from Escape From Butchers Bay with Vin Diesel as Riddick
'It ain't the fall that get you. It's the sudden stop
at the bottom" |
/u/s0ciety_a5under
https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/the-man-who-fell-12-
000-ft-and-survived-7253358.html
Apparently, he's had 7 close calls before this. So I
don't think he quit jumping. |
/u/REO_Studwagon
Maybe he should get someone else to pack his chute |
/u/Aflockofants
The reserve parachute SHOULD already be packed by a
licensed person and takes a ton longer to pack than the
main. That's also why they're infinitely more reliable
than the main. The main failing isn't such a big deal.
Except that it can interfere with deployment of the
reserve. |
/u/DJpissnshit
If I may, why the hell would you not pack the main chute
in the same manner as the safer reserve chute? |
/u/Aflockofants
Time. You can make several jumps on a long clear day
easily, over a dozen if you should so wish and really
push it. But if you have to spend an hour repacking your
chute every single time, you can't do that. So people
just rely on the reserve being extremely safe, and the
main chute still also being very safe, but with a higher
risk of a poorer opening.
Even then it's a very safe sport, with most casualties
not being chute-opening related but with people stunting
with maneuvering near-ground. |
/u/Wasatcher
As soon as he healed up he got right back at it. Broken
ankle, collapsed lung, and some broken ribs. Guys make
out worse than that after a bad skatepark fall. |
/u/DiGiorn0s
I'm sure he did. Skydivers are another breed...Id know
since I'm dating one 😭 |
/u/Freyjia1
Kinda like Mauro Prosperi
Man got lost for 9 days in the Sahara desert while
competing in the Marathon des Sables, almost died, his
body almost completely gave up
Went back and finished the race 6 more times |
/u/pretendperson1776
I recokon he knew the way better then, didn't he? |
/u/JaySayMayday
One of my good buds was a skydiver. He had a pilots
license before I knew him too. Joined the Marine Corps,
I was an 0331 he was an 0311, we both deployed to
Afghanistan. Anyway we had the last combat deployment of
OEF, that was the end of the 20 year war before it went
into OIR.
After we got back he went AWOL, just decided if they
didn't have any more combat deployments then he wasn't
putting up with the BS and just went back home to work
with planes.
A couple years later he passed away really abruptly, we
were all still pretty young. I never really found any
news about it and couldn't find any info. Had to contact
multiple agencies to try finding out what happened to my
old buddy. Turns out he committed suicide during his
last dive, just went out skydiving.
Dude was definitely a different breed. Fun to be around
too, we all joked because he was conventionally
unattractive and overweight but girls loved him because
he was funny and a joy to be around. |
/u/IronWhitin
He become a blackberry farmer |
/u/Hot-Negotiation-6873
Sounds like a perfect reason to never skydive again and
eat blackberries everyday for the rest of your life out
of appreciation for them lol |
/u/Michael_Dautorio
I would say planting them, more than eating them, but
yeah. |
/u/KingLazuli
Berries evolved to be eaten. Eat the fruit, give into
the temptation |
/u/RockstarAgent
Grow them, eat them, spread their seed |
/u/LT3blasterdxj
Great can't want for another public defecator |
/u/wastedsanitythefirst
Stop it big berry, I won't fall for your seductive ideas
any more. |
/u/juice_in_my_shoes
Spread the seeds, poop everywhere? |
/u/usrnamechecksout_
Exactly. That's how you honor them. |
/u/PsyOpBunnyHop
New mission: Eat blackberries. Poop everywhere. |
/u/TransBrandi
I mean, he could just move to the Pacific Northwest
where blackberries are an invasive species and grow
everywhere. I had a co-worker that would harvest
blackberries along rail lines and make wine from them. |
/u/Excellent_Yak365
PNW local here, it's a blessing and curse. They are
everywhere- but they also are full of thorns and the
city will go out and spray any of them along the roads
but they don't necessarily die. Been afraid to do at the
blackberries near the roads because of this even if they
are the most accessible berries you can find. |
/u/TryingThisAgain2026
I eat as many blackberries as I can because I find
pleasure in devouring the children of my mortal enemies. |
/u/Ok-Lake
Probably cuz of the antioxidants in blackberry |
/u/uncertaintyman
He fell into some snacks. |
/u/Doesnt_fuck_fish
Specifically BLKBY-7k1 peptide with natural hypodermic
administration
Use my code SnekOle and you can get 10% off your next
purchase and 20% commish on every gullible schmuck
customer who uses the same code. |
/u/TransBrandi
It's a good thing he didn't swing for the fences. |
/u/mrjoepete
Apparently the way to survive is to not hit the ground. |
/u/HoldEm__FoldEm
Sam & Dwayne were right |
/u/Moist-Chip3793
I have been re-watching that scene intensely, and I
still fail to see the bushes, they were aiming for? |
/u/Whowutwhen
There wasn't even an awning. |
/u/Moist-Chip3793
There's some trash bags to the left, though, is that
what New Yorkers call bushes??? |
/u/mescalexe
...do you mean Danson and Highsmith? |
/u/CollegeMiddle6841
Peggy Hill also survived a skydive without her chute
opening! |
/u/xxgsr02
🎶 theeeeeere gooooeeees my hero 🎶 |
/u/Superior_Mirage
No no -- that's how you fly. |
/u/vortigaunt64
I mean it worked for the late Dentarthurdent. |
/u/vishnoo
throw yourself at the ground and miss.
--- D.N.A |
/u/Balding_Teen
The fuck do you mean he looked directly into his HELMET
mounted camera, this must've been written by a bot. |
/u/Phil_Coffins_666
Yeah, I caught that too "and waved goodbye"
I'm pretty sure that was flailing |
/u/Sigmar_Knutz
It got cut from this post but in the full video he does
a wave goodbye
https://youtu.be/kzToKWQZZBQ?t=148&is=ya7-axBdOt2J2_77 |
/u/physicsofhandshakes
Thanks for sharing a longer version of the video! It's
honestly better and gives good context, since it
includes footage/views from the other skydivers' cams.
What a lucky man and with caring friends. The other
skydiver risks hurting himself and damaging his own gear
to land nearby in the thorny bushes. |
/u/Chappietime
It also says "terminal velocity descent", which may be
mathematically correct, but implies that he was hit the
ground in complete free fall, which is factually
incorrect. He had quite a bit of parachute material out
there and I suspect that - FAR more than a fucking
blackberry bush - was the reason he survived.
From the shadow, he looked to have at least 1/3 of an
inflated canopy, and while I wouldn't want to count on
that for survival, it will have slowed him well below
the typical ~120 mph. |
/u/SensitiveTax9432
This is my take as well. Parachute was deployed
partially. You can see the shadow on the video just
before impact. At least a few square meters of drag, and
then some cushioning on impact. He needed both. |
/u/nissen1502
Source is Vice. Literally one of the shittiest media
companies that exist |