25 Wild ‘How Is This Person Still Alive?’ Stories

Sometimes, the physics-defying antics of animation cross over into the real world, and you see someone go through a Looney Tunes-style series of injuries that immediately prompt you to wonder “How is this person still alive?” 

One Redditor remembered asking that question not too long ago. They got an urgent call that they were needed at the hospital because a kid was cut in half by a train. Naturally, the Redditor was confused about why their presence was requested after hearing that particular string of words. It seemed like a cut-and-dry situation to them. But when they got to the hospital they discovered that it was more like a cut-and-sealed situation — the kid remarkably survived the incident, as the force of the train cauterized his wounds from the pelvis down. 

Other Redditors have shared the head-scratching incidents that had them questioning how someone was still standing, including a woman with a butter knife in her skull, a man with half a face and a skydiver who hit a metal roof.