32 Bits of Life-Defining Lore People Will Never Forget

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32 Bits of Life-Defining Lore People Will Never Forget

We’ve all had an experience where, even though you were a firsthand witness, you barely believe it happened. A moment so insane that as you’re retelling the story, you’re questioning your own memory and saying things like, “This sounds fake, but…” If you’ve yet to be in one of these situations, you need to exit this webpage and go live a little life before you come back to hang with the big dogs.

One Redditor’s unbelievable lore entry comes from the time they were staying at a seaside resort with their family. They tripped while getting out of the bathtub, fell face-first onto the tile floor and started gushing blood from their nose. A few moments later, crabs that had gotten in through the window nearby started climbing all over him in “some sort of blood frenzy.” Eventually, they were rescued from the crabs and rushed to the hospital

Other Redditors have remembered their unbelievable life-defining experiences, including an ostrich bite, very specific flu farts and a Mile High member.

SweSupermoosie 6y ago Edited 6y ago We had an exchange student living with us when I was in high school. After almost a full year I graduated and moved 200 miles away while he had another year left. As a parting gift I took one of his hoodies that I really liked and that he rarely wore anyways. Forward two years. I still live in the new town I went to Uni in (1.5M inhabitants). I randomly go to the movies mid-week with my gf at the time. Wearing that very hoodie. The movie theatre is almost empty. We got
heybrother45 6y ago I was bitten by an ostrich in my backyard. This was in Rhode Island, United States
MrsArthy 6y ago I bent down and turned on a table lamp. My face was directly over the top and straight above the bulb. The bulb shattered and not one piece landed on me at all. It was like I had a force field around me or something as it went everywhere on either side of me. It was weird af and I have never told anyone. Just changed the bulb, thanked my lucky stars and kept on going through my day.
ObiWanCannoli25 . 6y ago When I was 23 hiking in the woods looking for rock and mineral specimens I found a moonshine encampment and the guys almost shot me until they realized I was basically a tourist. I bough a 1 gallon glass jug of moonshine from em and happily went hone.
tommygunz007 6y ago I was at a video slot casino, playing video blackjack, and this old man next to me hit the Lucky Ladies Jackpot for $9,000! His face turned even whiter than it already was, and he turned to me and literally BEGGED me to claim it for him, and that NOBODY is supposed to know he is here. Не said he would split it with me. I asked a few questions, taxes, yada yada, and I claimed it, deducted the $3k tax, and he gave me $1,700 cash for the favor. I had gotten fired that day, and
shiv11fourty1 6y ago When I was in High school, a bully punched me in the face. My mom thought he broke my orbital bone, so took me to the ER. ER doc sent me to an eye specialist just to be safe... Eye doc did an exam, said my eye and socket were fine, but that I really need to get that mass behind your jaw looked at 7 years prior to this, an orthodontist gave me splints to wear at night, because the lump the eye doc was referring to was thought to be TMJ at the time. I
 6y ago Edited 6y ago This is a short story, you're welcome 25 years ago I was on a fishing trip in early July this year. It was a great calm day on the Irish coast. I had just caught a halibut and put it in my cooler when I look up and see a man at sea. This man was just standing there watching me fish. Не was standing on NOTHING. Не was standing on the water just staring at me. Не looked down and dissipated quickly. I went out on my boat to the spot he was
Cows_Killed_My_Mom 6y ago One day in my freshman year of college I biked to subway. Like halfway though my ride there my chains fell off. I was on campus and it was crowded so I just walked my bike the rest of the way and figured I'd fix it later. I got my sandwich and came out to go eat it back at my dorm. My chain was completely fixed and was perfect. I was in there for less than five minutes, I don't know how it was fixed. My guess is some kind person noticed the chains were broken
ProfDrGenius_PhD 6y ago turned 21 on a Wednesday in the middle of mid-terms. My friends couldn't join me for a drink since most of them had exams the next day. I wasn't about to turn 21 without having my first legal beer, so I hoped on my scooter and putted into downtown Savannah, GA on a cold January night by myself. Not many places to get a drink in that town at 11:50pm on a weekday in winter, but after riding around for a bit I found a place on the riverfront that was open. I'll never forget how the
mactheattack2 6y ago Edited 6y ago I once fired my rifle in a firefight in Afghanistan while holding the arm of my colleague while my pants were around my ankles. I was doing this, because I had to take a poop, and I was hanging my butt over an edge of a cliff, and my buddy was turned facing the other direction (because I can't poop with people watching). Well, mid push on a big log coming out my butt, we started taking fire and I was holding his trigger hand. I unslung my rifle, flipped the safety, and began
SamCrossyy 6y ago - Edited 6y ago i fell off a 35 foot bridge onto concrete and barely even hurt myself. The most i got was a badly bruised thigh and a pretty bad graze on my elbow. Whenever i tell this to people IRL they all call me out. EDIT: don't ask how i fell off of the bridge, shit happens, man Forgot to include this originally but not even my parents believe me to this day, when I got home the next morning and told them why my thigh was purple and my elbow was fucked. They told me
ireallylikebeards 6y ago posted this on reddit already once, and people thought i was making it up: I joined the Mile High Club. It was on a flight from New York to London. I just wanted to join the Mile High club for a thrill, not because I had a fetish for fucking on airplanes or anything. It was quite uncomfortable and cramped really. We had a difficult time finding a position that worked. As I was coming we heard banging on the door. The flight attendant had somehow figured out and he began scolding us, What you did is
 6y ago once as a land lord i had to break up a 18 person orgy. we had noise complaints which were common went to the room to check and things were odd. they would barely open the door to speak to me, they had the weirdest assembly of clothing on, and there was this weird salty smelling fog in the room. finally just for documentation sake i had to have them sign my report and they said do you want all of us to sign? i said wat? they turned on the lights and in the middle of
hooks_n_ammo 6y ago When I was 8 or 9 my buddies and I were racing our bmx bikes to school. It was a cold night so as the cars had splashed water all over the sidewalk during the night it froze into this slick skating rink. I was the lead bike and as I tried to round the corner I wiped out on the ice and slid right across the highway. RIGHT UNDER A FUCKIN SEMI TRUCK. Popped out the other side unscathed with the front tire of my bike completely smashed. Truck rolled right over the tire and completely
kyle-and-karens-kid 6y ago It's actually a shared experience between me, two of my aunts and my sister. It happened when was 11. My aunt was visiting our house (I lived with my mom, my other aunt and my two sisters.) Both my aunts were talking and catching up and her son (my 6 month old cousin) was getting fussy. I offered to take him and brought him back to my room to lay him on the bed and play with him. Не was fine for awhile but got fussy again so went to take him back to his mother. In
zerogear5 . 6y ago For 1 week when I got the flu my farts would whistle no matter what position I was in. My dog kept thinking I was calling him.
 6y ago It was my friend's 21st birthday. We decided to grab some drinks in Minneapolis because why not spend a bunch of money on a special occasion? It was a Monday so we figured it'd be pretty slow, and for the most part it was. We went to a karaoke bar first and left almost immediately because none of us sing, but at the second bar we meet these Asian guys who are very nice and very interested in the birthday girls Asian friend. They learn it's my friends birthday and buy all of us a shot. This
July_Sandwich 6y ago I fell asleep listening to a cd one day and a little bit later woke up to it still playing and on at a part where they did a skit before a song. The skit was kind of funny but there was one part I couldn't hear so I got out of bed to rewind it and when it played back it was entirely in French. I don't speak French but could understand what they were saying clear as day a minute earlier. I don't know what happened.
 6y ago When I was 9 or 10 years old, I was walking around in our flat and wondering what was itching below my foot. So I looked and I had a thumbtack sticking all the way inside my heel. I have no clue why but it didn't hurt at all. I had a huge shock though. Also interesting to note that the hole is still there 12 years later.
UpDownStrange 6y ago Edited 6y ago My friend and I once missed the last train home after a gig and wandered around a nearby harbour, killing time until the trains started up again. A drunk man (around 50yo, ~30 years older than us at the time) stumbled out of a building and invited us onto his boat. We sat with him drinking rum for a few hours while he regaled us with stories about all the sex parties he'd hosted on this boat. I didn't believe him but I was warm and had a drink in hand so I humoured
JustCrits 6y ago Edited 6y ago Opened the fridge and a (edit) jar of mustard came falling down. It hit the ground and I already thought:Great, now I have to clean all of it up., but I genuinely didn't hear it hitting the ground. When I looked down there was nothing there. No glass shards, mustard, nothing. Looked around for a good 5 minutes questioning my reality. Turns out it kinda repelled of the ground and landed in the wineshelf (next to the fridge, like 1.5 feet above the floor). Upright. Standing. It straight up did a bottle flip off
hellevator_ride 6y ago once when I was 8 I was climbing out of the bath tub after showering, since I was wet and shit, my mom wrapped me up in a towel so my hands were wrapped as well. I ended up tripping over the edge of the bathtub and face planted onto the ground, where | just laid there kinda comatose for a second so I tried to get up, blood flowing down my face from a cut in my head and my nose, and my bucket of crabs nearby (this was a seaside resort) toppled over and went
paperconservation101 . 6y ago Edited 6y ago I like watching wild birds at my work. I watched a young magpie steal bread off a raven. The magpies family then attacked the young magpie, took the bread off and gave it back to the raven. They were bird yelling at the young bird. Then called to the young magpie and kinda forced it to the front of the pack to the raven. The adult magpies gently pecked at the young magpie until it sung at the raven. Then the magpies all waddled away and went back to hunting for bugs. I
 6y ago Was crossing the border at the golden triangle from Thailand into Myanmar. Had a heat stroke due to dehydration and passed out in the middle of the street right after the passport control. Woke up to 5 armed soldiers pointing rifles in my face. Don't speak a word of Thai or any other Asian language. I signalled I need to drink water with my hands and they gave me a Coca Cola and helped me sit down in a nearby chair.
MrKennefff 6y ago Edited 6y ago When I was a teenager I almost got run over by Robert Pattinson in my hometown. It's a smaller city between Bruges & Ghent. Не was driving a Mercedes, probably on his way from Brussels to the hotel he was staying in on the coast. I'm 100 % sure it was him, he was in Brussels for a premiere for the latest Twilight movie at the time. Only told my dad.
Suburrbia 6y ago My father was adopted and he died when I was a toddler. It was a closed adoption but my grandparents who adopted him were told some things about his birth parents (occupation, the country they were from, etc.). The occupations sounded made up to me and I always thought my grandpa was just trying to make my dad feel better about the people who gave him up. Earlier this year my aunt (also adopted but from another family) and cousins were doing Ancestry DNA kits, I decided to google the occupation and country of origin that my
drewhunter1981 6y ago when i was younger i worked at a popular theme park in the UK as a ride assistant. one of the rides i worked on was the River Rapids. Two young scouse lads who had obviously been drinking got on and it was clear they were going to be a pain in the arse. As their Raft came towards the end, they both were running around the outsides of it. The raft hits the wall and they both fell in. this is near the lift section of the ride which if they'd been snagged would have torn
Artikay 6y ago One day completely out of the blue my daughter (8) started telling me she wanted to look out the window to see shooting stars. I told her its very rare to see any shooting stars where we live (Yonkers, NY.) She was really adamant that we should look and try to see one anyway, so I walk with her over to our living room window and look out with her. I swear not 10 seconds had passed before a meteor went streaking by, closer than any I had ever seen. You could see the trail it left
sevenrandomnumbers 6y ago I was like 12 years old and played with my dog in the back yard. Не suddenly stopped and just looked at my leg. There was a piece of wood in my leg. It was ~8 cm long and in 90° angle in my leg. It didn't hurt. I didn't feel anything. To this day I'm wondering how this stick found its way into my leg.
PerilousPeach 6y ago I used to sweat blue for a few months. My clothes, nails, and phone cover all got stained blue. It went away after a while on its own, which was good because the doctors couldn't figure it out.
throwaway89289043459 6y ago Edited 6y ago I once spent a few nights in Yosemite, basically just hiking and getting drunk from time to time. One night myself and a group of friends hiked to the top of this little mountain near camp Tawonga. I distinctly remember all of us seeing this meteorite fall into the atmosphere and briefly light up the sky. But thats the last thing I remember, it's as if I blinked and it was late afternoon. I got off the ground, nobody was around me anymore and my ribs were in a ton of pain. Scared the
home_planet_Allbran 6y ago I was walking out of my open-plan flat with my friend and was locking the door when he laughed and pointed out I was still holding my fork from lunch. I unlocked the door and stood by the doorway, did some Manga-type building of energy through the fork, and threw my arm out in the direction of the kitchen as hard as I could, watched along the length of my arm as my fork shot across the room and ended up inside the cutlery drainer the correct way up. I looked back at him and his mouth

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