Most of us have fears, whether it’s spiders, heights, or even grass (if you just said “what?”, searchhastenburaphobiaon your browser) that tend to send shivers down our spine. But some situations can arguably be even more frightening than the commonphobiaswe have.Members of the ‘Ask Reddit’ community recently discussed such situations, after the user ‘Sanguine230’ started a thread about it. The netizen wanted to hear what was the scariest thing redditors have ever witnessed, and they had plenty of stories to share, ranging from fear-inducing to hair-raisingly terrifying. Scroll down to find them on the list below—where you will also findBored Panda’sinterview with the OP themselves—but do it at your own risk as some of the redditors’ accounts are pretty upsetting.This post may includeaffiliate links.
Most of us have fears, whether it’s spiders, heights, or even grass (if you just said “what?”, searchhastenburaphobiaon your browser) that tend to send shivers down our spine. But some situations can arguably be even more frightening than the commonphobiaswe have.
Members of the ‘Ask Reddit’ community recently discussed such situations, after the user ‘Sanguine230’ started a thread about it. The netizen wanted to hear what was the scariest thing redditors have ever witnessed, and they had plenty of stories to share, ranging from fear-inducing to hair-raisingly terrifying. Scroll down to find them on the list below—where you will also findBored Panda’sinterview with the OP themselves—but do it at your own risk as some of the redditors’ accounts are pretty upsetting.
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My stepdad ripping a doorknob out of a door and throwing it at my moms face while she was on the ground.she was crying and screaming and asked me to call for help.my stepdad said if I called anyone, then I would be next.I hid under my bed and called my grandparents.I was 8.
In an interview withBored Panda, the OP shared that they’re a big fan ofhorror movies; however, according to them, real life can be scarier than a movie sometimes. “I wanted to hear some real-life horror stories and the community did not disappoint,” they said, revealing the reason behind the question posed to fellow redditors.
Buried alive after an avalanche in CO We made an early morning ascent of Berthoud Pass; the snowpack looked good, and we had lots of fresh powder. I was first down into what looked like a perfect virgin powder bowl and right as I pitched in I felt the snowpack come with me. Weirdly enough, the avalanche itself wasn’t that scary (I think that my body dumping every ounce of adrenaline it had ever stored took care of that) I remember thinking, “Well, I guess this is how I’m going to die” I swam as best as I could but it was a mess. I ended up buried about 8 feet down. I’ve never been particularly claustrophobic but I nearly lost my mind. Do you want to talk about fear? I was literally buried alive, with no knowledge of how deep I was, or if my friends (and way out) had been pulled in too, I had checked my beacon earlier but who even knew if it still worked after the beating I took. Fun fact about snow, after settling, it basically turns into concrete. You can’t move. I didn’t even have an air pocket, the only reason I could still breathe was that I was rocking my avalung (you rock black diamond!). I went through some pretty serious soul-searching in the 12 minutes (with literally no concept of time, it felt like 12 hours) before I felt a probing jab into my leg. I attribute my survival to three things. 1: my friends who are skilled backcountry skiers and know how to use their probes/beacons. 2: my avalung, I will never ski backcountry without one again 3: sheer effing luck that I wasn’t snapped in half or pitched into a gully 20 feet; under. I still ski to this day, but I am much more careful in the backcountry. Shits are real out there and if you’re not careful, the mountains will chew you up and spit you out with the spring thaw.
“Some of the stories are very harrowing, but it is a fascinating read,” they added. “I’d say the survival stories shocked me most. Some users really have been through hell and back, and their resilience is incredible.”
The redditor was appreciative of people’s sincere—and oftenheartbreaking—answers. “I’d like to add a massive thank you to everyone who contributed to the thread. It’s a very interesting read and I really appreciated people’s openness and honesty.”
As for their own experiences, the OP shared that there were two times they werescared to deaththat stuck with them the most, even if they, in their own words, “feel tame in comparison to some of the answers.”
“The second one was when I was in central London when all of a sudden there was a huge bang. Sparks flew and ash started raining down. I took shelter under a cafe table and everyone in the vicinity was screaming. Turns out some kids thought it’d be a good idea to set off some fireworks. Thankfully no one was hurt, but it was terrifying.”
Had a gun held to my head “as a joke” once. Same guy ended up in prison for life after attempting to rob a home a few months later and exchanged gunshots with the owner.
When I was a kid there was a firestorm (very strong winds and forest fire on tinder dry west coast forest).My mom was trying to drive away from it and it was so much faster than the car. It started far enough behind us that all I could see was smoke, then I could see fire moving fast, suddenly it was all around us. Everyone was breathing through wet towels but could hardly get oxygen. I passed out. Apparently we crossed the big river and it slowed for a bit giving us a chance to speed into town where the massive parking lots saved us.I breathed so much smoke I had to be admitted to the hospital and my lungs are still a little weak.
When I was 13, my dad popping out like 30 sleeping pills in front of me and swallowing all of them in an attempt to kill himself. My mom refusing to call an ambulance and I had to do it. The fire department arriving and keeping my dad awake as he swayed around and fell over and vomited in the yard.Then they took him to the hospital and my drunk mom decided we should all get in the car and follow him and then we crashed the car and almost died.I almost lost my whole family in one night!! Honesly haven’t thought about that night since I was a teenager still.
I was sitting at a red light when I saw a head on collision between two other cars. One of the drivers went head first through the windshield and landed with her head partially ripped off.Wear your seatbelts, kids.
As a kid seeying my 5 year old friend going through leukemia - did not make it.As a kid nature protects you of sorrow but it wasn’t nice. Later in life you realize what you saw and also understand quickly that people do not understand what it is until you see it yourself.Later in life seeing health issues somehow you are better prepared.
About 16 years ago, I was washing dishes and the kitchen window was facing the front yard. Suddenly I see a whole f*****g SWAT team coming towards my yard. I was in disbelief when suddenly they knock on my door, upon opening it, one of them says to me “ma’am there’s a murder suspect in your backyard, we need to come in”. I immediately led them towards the backyard. After that, it was all a blur. They were in the backyard for what seemed a couple of minutes, then rushed back out.Turns out, some dude had killed someone around the corner from my house. He fled, was hiding in my neighbors backyard for hours, until he was noticed and police called, dude then jumps the fence onto my backyard and was hiding there for god knows how long, and when he realized swat was close, he jumped to the back neighbors yard, from there he fled outside and was ultimately gunned down in the middle of the street. Certainly don’t miss living in that area.
I came around a bend on a highway to see an overturned school bus on the shoulder, laying on its side, smoke coming from underneath and the wheels still spinning.Somehow I was the only car in sight on a 3-lane freeway at 7:30-8:00 am. As I slammed on my brakes and pulled off the road I see the driver climb out his window (now on the top of the vehicle) and jump down and run up the embankment as I’m jumping out of my car and running toward the bus, calling 911 on my cellular as I go.I have no idea what I’m going to see. I’m panicking. School buses don’t even have seat belts here. There could be dozens of children in any state of injury in there. I’ve already got PTSD from my own horrible car accident so I’m freaking out.The bus is empty.
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The Route 91 mass shooting in Las Vegas. I was there. I look back and I realize how dumb I felt at first because when I first heard the gunshots, I thought “hmm…something must be wrong with the sound.” As soon as Jason Aldean ran off the stage, that’s when my heart sank. I could tell which direction the gunfire was coming from, but there was still that part of me thinking “I have no clue where the shooter is.” For all I knew, I could’ve been running right to another shooter. I still remember seeing gravel bounce up about 10 feet away from me from bullets striking the ground. When we finally found a place to hide with a bunch of other people, we still didn’t know if we were safe. We just as easily could’ve walked into a trap.When I go back and read the report of what happened, I believe it said the shooting lasted for about 10 minutes or so. It was quite simply the longest 10 minutes I’d ever experienced.
I was in Honduras working when I was in my early 20s. I had to travel from one area to another through a remote area that was known for having bandits that would try to stop you on the road and either kidnap or potentially murder you. In the truck I was driving there was a younger Honduran woman and an American woman. We had left in enough time to make it to our destination before dark, however we had a flat tire on route that caused us to be delayed for a while. It got dark on us. We were about an hour from our final destination up and over a mountain pass. As I came around a switchback a couple of men ran out in front of our vehicle. They were armed but not with guns - they had machetes. In that instant I acted on reflex and hit the gas - they were either going to move or get run over. They moved. It took a few hours before I could stop shaking. I never got below 30 miles an hour the rest of the way through the pass up the dirt road.
I was diving in Jupiter Florida and the visibility sucked. Then out of no where a Bull shark coming out of the murk then disappearing back into it in less than a second. Needless to say that dive was shorter than expected. I was 100% comfortable diving with sharks before now I’m 98%. That one scared the s**t out of me with how it was acting. Real twitchy with shark angles which isnt good.
Was on a run when I was 15-ish. Mom was at work and my sister was at school so I was totally alone, being that I did high school online at the time other than sports at the local high school. When I was a couple of blocks away I got this really bad feeling like I was being followed but it was like 10 AM so I tried not to think too much about it.A really bad habit I had post-workout was that, given we were in a rural area, I’d walk around the house without a shirt while making my protein shake and getting ready to soak in our hot tub. While doing these things my dogs started barking wildly but I dismissed it as being some sort of animal in the woods. After about an hour I went upstairs to change, and once again heard my dogs barking at the fence line bordering the woods. When I looked out the window I saw what looked like a man’s shoulders and the top of his head facing our house directly in some bushes maybe 10 feet from the fence. After I stood there in horror for a little while he turned around and disappeared into the woods.I immediately called my mom who called the police, and they checked the woods behind our house and didn’t find anything. However when Mom brought it up to some parents in the area, some said their sons also reported a creepy older dude following them in those woods and on the outskirts of the high school grounds. Needless to say I switched to running on our treadmill for a long time, and made a habit of keeping all of our blinds closed. Was pretty terrified of this guy like breaking into the house and coming after me, too, so for a long time I kept my pocket knife on me at all times and walked around the house with my gas-powered BB gun.
I was witness to an enormous turbulence on a plane trip when I was 13 years old. People’s belongings, as well as food and drinks hit the passengers, injuring some, and you could hear children screaming and crying. As a 13 year old, I was incredibly afraid and thought it was the end for me. I had no idea turbulence could be this bad. Luckily nobody was seriously injured and we landed safely.
When I was a cub scout they had this local jamboree with all the packs and troops from the area. They put us all in the bleachers around a football field and then had this helicopter fly in to do a demonstration. The helicopter hovered over the field for a moment and then dropped like a brick. I would guess the collective failed and the blades went flat? Anyways, the thing hit the dirt hard and tipped and the top and tail rotors hit the ground and disintegrated and pieces went flying everywhere around the field and stands. No scouts were hurt, miraculously. But they made us all stay put in the bleachers while they carefully extracted the pilot and co-pilot from the wreckage and put them in ambulances.
My sister having a grand mal seizure. I was five years old and had overheard my mom mentioning her epilepsy (without knowing what it was) but was f*****g terrified when she had that seizure while in our yard.
2 people burning in an upside-down VW Beetle.
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I was swimming with my niece and nephew in the wave pool. I half noticed 2 boys(10) and one girl(5) swim to the deep end. A few moments later the waves started and the boys quickly swam to the shallow end. Not really paying attention, I hear a tiny voice ask for help. Between huge waves, I see the little girl start climbing the ladder and next wave knocks her into the water again. I looked at the life guards and they were talking to each other, not watching the water. Another wave comes and she’s under the water. Keep in mind I’m a good swimmer and she is in the deep end that is too overwhelming for me to swim in. So I swim over to check on her and grab her elbow, and lift her up. Then ask her if she is ok. She says between gasping for air that she has asthma. I ask if she wants to go back to the shallow end. Exhausted and out of breath she just nods her head yes. I pulled her back to knee deep water and ask her to point out her parents. She does and I ask if she is ok now she says she is.Not so scary for me but probably terrifying for her.
A grandfather was walking in the park with his grandson and had a heart attack in front of our car and died.It was in a provincial park and his wife was walking up the road to meet them and totally lost it when she saw his body. They sat in our car until the ambulance arrived. Lots of trauma that morning.
🥹 holding my daughter for the first time and looking at my husband and asking if she’s okay. She was breathing kind of funny.The nurses calmly took her away and she ended up being transported to another hospital with a nicu. She had aspirated on meconium and I guess her lungs looked terrible. I honestly had no idea how bad it was until years later. But she spent a week in the nicu and she’s been healthy ever since. she easily could have died 😭.
In highschool I drove to some other kids house to buy some weed. I hadn’t ever picked up from him before because he was shady but I knew a lot of people who bought from him, so he invited me over and we smoked in his room, very chill, he and another kid were there and everything went smoothly.Until I left and got into my car. I was about to reverse out of their drive way when I noticed the two of them exiting the house from the front door. The kid I bought the weed from was carrying a shotgun. He walked out to the drive way and lifted the barrel up toward me. I had never looked down the barrel of a gun until that moment.He then lowered it, they both began laughing, and walked back inside.With st still in my pants, I put my car in reverse, and drove the fk home. Never went back to that kids house. this was in 2013 or so.
I was 7 years old when I saw a motorcycle hit a station wagon. His face smashed through a window and when the guy got up his face was covered in blood yelling that he couldn’t see. My mom rushed me out of there as quickly as she could but I still remember the look on his face til this day. I’m 47 now.
I once saw a spider crawling up my leg while I was driving on the highway. I almost wrecked the car trying to get it off me!
My friend told me that her and her mum went to eat at a McDonalds and seconds after they left, It was shoot up. Litarally seconds, that scared the hell out of me when she told me. We’re both the luckiest people on earth, I think.
Someone having a nervous breakdown and unable to take care of themselves. He wasn’t himself and he was out of his mind.
Someone driving too fast drunk and ended up crashing a few miles down the road in the middle of the night and broke her ankle so bad her bones were sticking out. We didn’t have any service and were on a sketchy turn in the dark. Hope she’s okay to this day.
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