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25 People Reveal The Terrifying Things That Scarred Them For Life

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I was driving on 35 a few years back at like 8 or 9 at night and all the sudden was at a complete stop. I thought to myself this is odd for this time of night. Not 30 seconds later I saw the decapitated head of a man in the middle of the road. His eyes were facing the car to the left of me and the lady in that car was freaking out! His wife’s body was split into two by the guardrail. I will never even think about getting on a motorcycle for the rest of my life.

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Was taking my dog (yellow lab) for a walk with my dad when I was maybe 8 years old, we just started to head back to the house and about halfway there a bear appears in the middle of the street. The bear was standing on it’s hind legs standing about 12 feet tall looking angry as all hell. My dad put me behind his back upon noticing the cub on the side of the road because he knew this bear wasn’t fucking around if it thought it’s cub was in danger. Next thing I knew my dog charged at the bear full speed and tackled it down the hill off the side of the road and me and my dad both thought that that was the end of our dog until about a minute later we see our dog strolling up the hill without a scratch on her. She wrestled a bear all the way down the hill and won and most likely saved mine and my dad’s life.

13.

I was waiting for a bus, and watched a guy crossing the street who thought he must have had time to safely cross, get plowed into by a driver who had actually sped up. Watching him go up and over the car, while the car skidded to a stop, was in slow motion but the sound of the car hitting him was the worst part… It has haunted me ever since. I ran over to see if I could help, pulled the man to safety, and called an ambulance. I held his hand and stayed with him, keeping him awake until medical attention arrived and visited him in hospital the next day. Thankfully he made it out okay with minor injuries, but that was one of the most horrible, terrifying experiences of my life!

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Train station in Tokyo. Someone jumped. I didn’t close my eyes, didn’t look away, I know I saw it. My brain is blank, sounds only, I can only remember 10 so seconds later when train was past me and pulled to a halt. Whatever it is I saw, my brain nope’d out.

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A trailer load of pigs that the tail gate opened while traveling down a road. Those poor piggies just tumbling out the back of this trailer breaking legs, skidding along the road. They didn’t scream, the silence made it much more disturbing. They just sat there, legs splayed, road rash oozing blood, and they just sat like they were in shock.

Written by Laura McNairy

Laura is a freelance writer for TFLN. She likes to write about what she knows best — dating, sex, and being awkward, but usually in the opposite order. She is the Assistant Editor and videographer for Peach Fuzz, a sex-positive nudie magazine in ATX.