Ever Experience A Slow Motion Moment?
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Ever Experience A Slow Motion Moment?
Have you ever been in a wreck or other life endangering moment where everything seems to move in slow motion and you can recall details with startling clarity? Share some experiences and see if there is a common thread. Why do you suppose this happens?
Mine was stupidity. My friend was stupid for lending me his hot rod Mountain Max snowmobile and me being stupid enough to think I could handle that much horsepower. Eventually I lost control on a sweeping curve and smashed into a tree. At the same instant I realized a crash was unavoidable, everything slowed way down in almost ultra slow motion. I remember seeing the tree between the front skids, the nose shell begin to crumple almost on a frame by frame slide show. I remember seeing the sled from above but don't remember being ejected and flying nearly 30 feet through the air. The next conscious moment was waking up, being devoid of feeling and wondering if I was dead or alive.
Mine was stupidity. My friend was stupid for lending me his hot rod Mountain Max snowmobile and me being stupid enough to think I could handle that much horsepower. Eventually I lost control on a sweeping curve and smashed into a tree. At the same instant I realized a crash was unavoidable, everything slowed way down in almost ultra slow motion. I remember seeing the tree between the front skids, the nose shell begin to crumple almost on a frame by frame slide show. I remember seeing the sled from above but don't remember being ejected and flying nearly 30 feet through the air. The next conscious moment was waking up, being devoid of feeling and wondering if I was dead or alive.
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From: in the adirondack mts
i was a passenger in a friends 60's nova, after having consumed several adult beverages. we were on a local back road testing the new air shocks. we came to an intersection, 4 way stop and blew through it. there aren't 5 cars @ that intersection in a yr @ the same time. well i saw the 1 that made me wrong. hit us just behind the b pillar on the passenger side and it seemed like a week as i sat in the road watching my friends nova spinning several times. all of us were unharmed, but i still dream about it 26 yrs later and the dream is even in slo mo
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From: SW Iowa
Yes, several times. And each time it happened I was in a life threatening accident about to happen. You seem to see it all taking place before you in great detail, and yet cannot move fast enough to prevent it from happening. I think it is caUSED by an adrenelyn rush that gives the heightened perceptions, and your brain is actually functioning faster than your motor skills are capable of following. Very addictive feeling, maybe where the term "adrenelyn addicts" comes from.
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From: Southern Louisiana
I was a passenger in a vehicle traveling at an extremely high rate of speed around a curve and suffered a blow out to one of the rear tires that caused us to spin and end up top side down in a body of water here known as a "bayou". I remember seeing the looks on the other passengers faces, counting the spins (4) and it seems like it took about a minute for us to turn over. All of us were unhurt, but discussing the situation later, we all seemed to experiance it in slo-mo, except the driver.
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From: Chino Valley, Arizona
Rolled my truck 17 years ago racing my soon to be wife, it seemed like a full minute for it to happen.
that is the only wreck I have had knock on wood.
that is the only wreck I have had knock on wood.
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From: cape may county NJ
I hit a dog at about 60-70 mph on a old DT 250 yamaha when I was 17 I remember seeing the dog and hitting the ground and sking on my hands while my helmet visor was digging in the dirt but I dont remember the bike hitting me and knocking me out,I woke up in a field full of flowers and thought I was dead that was all in slowmo,but I rolled a car at 50mph when I was 18-19 yrs old and remember sliding on the roof going down the road and into a ditch that seemed to happen in a instant.I have had so many motorcycle accidents its a wonder I am still alive no wonder my back is so screwed up.
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My story isn't very dramatic nor was it life-threatening but, I'll share it just the same.
My sons and I were visiting my folks one day and my oldest son and I were out in the garage just hangin' out. There was a skateboard sitting there and I started messing around with it. Then, I decided to stand on it. Great idea, huh? I probably stood on it for a minute, chatting with my son, when it shot out from under me. The instant I went over center and realized there was no way to correct, everything slowed down, waaay down! I remember everything in great detail. It seemed to happen so slowly that I had time to decide how to position my body so I could minimize pain or damage upon impact. I hit the floor with my left shoulder and rolled a bit onto my back and finished my graceful performance on my butt. My head never touched the concrete. I got up and dusted myself off no worse for wear.
Moral: If you are a big, clumsy doofus, stay off the skateboard!
My sons and I were visiting my folks one day and my oldest son and I were out in the garage just hangin' out. There was a skateboard sitting there and I started messing around with it. Then, I decided to stand on it. Great idea, huh? I probably stood on it for a minute, chatting with my son, when it shot out from under me. The instant I went over center and realized there was no way to correct, everything slowed down, waaay down! I remember everything in great detail. It seemed to happen so slowly that I had time to decide how to position my body so I could minimize pain or damage upon impact. I hit the floor with my left shoulder and rolled a bit onto my back and finished my graceful performance on my butt. My head never touched the concrete. I got up and dusted myself off no worse for wear.
Moral: If you are a big, clumsy doofus, stay off the skateboard!
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From: Richfield MN
I have had it happen at least a dozen time's.
It took me awhile when I was young to figgure out street racing isnt too smart.
I can rember all of them just like it was yesterday they seem to stick in your brain.
Maybe thats how your brain keeps you alive,trying to stop you from doing stupid things.
My favorite story though is from my dad.
He was in a ice storm with my mom in Iowa.
He hit a bad spot and rolled his ranger,while the truck was rolling he saw my moms purse in mid air grabbed it and used it as a pillow to shield his head from hitting the glass in the drivers door as the truck was going on its side.
The glass broke his head was ok.
It took me awhile when I was young to figgure out street racing isnt too smart.
I can rember all of them just like it was yesterday they seem to stick in your brain.
Maybe thats how your brain keeps you alive,trying to stop you from doing stupid things.
My favorite story though is from my dad.
He was in a ice storm with my mom in Iowa.
He hit a bad spot and rolled his ranger,while the truck was rolling he saw my moms purse in mid air grabbed it and used it as a pillow to shield his head from hitting the glass in the drivers door as the truck was going on its side.
The glass broke his head was ok.
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Originally Posted by MinnManBroncoFan
... he saw my moms purse in mid air grabbed it and used it as a pillow to shield his head from hitting the glass in the drivers door as the truck was going on its side.
The glass broke his head was ok.
The glass broke his head was ok.
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You know I bet athletes are blessed with the ability to see and react to things quicker so it would be moving slower for them.
I know Kirby Puckett used to say when he was having a great day hitting the baseball looked like a beach ball coming at him.
I know Kirby Puckett used to say when he was having a great day hitting the baseball looked like a beach ball coming at him.
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I was on a TT track (for you youngsters, a TT ,Tourist Trophy, track is a dirt track like today's motocross) putting some time on a brand new BSA 500cc Gold Star single. At the end of the straight there was a 90 degree flat left turn. We were geared for about 75 in the straight and I put a barrel at a point before the turn. When I reached the barrel, I would gear down, get on the brakes and set up for the turn. After a few laps, I would move the barrel closer to the corner. All was going well until another rider came on the track and we began to try to catch each other. I was faster than him all over the track except for that left turn where he was far better. I decided (foolishly) to take a 3-count at the barrel before slowing down. I reached the corner way too fast and crossed up the bike in and attempt to make it but suddenly the bike was tumbling and I was flying through the air .... seemed like slow motion. I tumbled over and over for about 30 yards (I was wearing leathers and an open face helmet) and got up with just a cut on my chin. The bike was bent pretty bad and the owner was not a happy man.
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From: Corpus Christi, TX
Bank I work at was robbed at gunpoint a few months back. I had my back turned to the customer line, guy ran into the bank with gun pointed, hopped over the counter by way of the much lower handicap window, grabbed a teller and demanded money.
I heard a shuffling of feet and bodies, something fall, one of the girls upfront say, "Oh my god.." I thought someone had fallen off of their stool, so as I turned around I caught a glimpse of one of our tellers cowering under her station. Things started to go slow-mo when I knew something was VERY wrong.
I experienced slow-mo and something like zoom vision, it was like I could see every wrinkle in the guys clothes, the diamond pattern grip on the handgun, the scratches on the earpieces of his sunglasses, etc.
Guy got the money, jumped the counter, then everything came rushing back into realtime. What I also remember is that while in slow-mo, sounds were muted and muffled, it got VERY loud when things sped back up.
I heard a shuffling of feet and bodies, something fall, one of the girls upfront say, "Oh my god.." I thought someone had fallen off of their stool, so as I turned around I caught a glimpse of one of our tellers cowering under her station. Things started to go slow-mo when I knew something was VERY wrong.
I experienced slow-mo and something like zoom vision, it was like I could see every wrinkle in the guys clothes, the diamond pattern grip on the handgun, the scratches on the earpieces of his sunglasses, etc.
Guy got the money, jumped the counter, then everything came rushing back into realtime. What I also remember is that while in slow-mo, sounds were muted and muffled, it got VERY loud when things sped back up.
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From: Near the trees
Yes. I've been shot twice, once in the head and once in the chest. Both times I was able to think about what was happening just as the round hit me. Both times, just before impact I thought "I'm dead" then "smack!" I felt the impact and I went down.