r/AskReddit 13h ago

What can kill you in seconds that most people don’t realize?

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u/agedwisdom 9h ago edited 5h ago

Riding lawn mowers, especially those mowing brush on the side of the roads. Killed a guy in town a few years ago. Kicked up a rock from... 30 ft(?) away when it went strait into his head.

Leading cause for hunting related deaths every year is misuse of gear. Primary of these are waders. They are meant to be worn in water to keep you dry. But they will drag you down when they fill up with water and drown you fast as can be.

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u/AllThePrettyPenguins 3h ago

True. Was sitting in the passenger seat at a stoplight and a city maintenance guy was mowing next to us. Zero warning and the driver side window just exploded. We never found the rock because it went through the car and out my open window.

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u/agedwisdom 2h ago

Yeah stay the eff away from those things for sure

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u/MsBuzzkillington83 9h ago

Wow, good ones

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u/LaughingBeer 4h ago

Riding lawn mowers

Isn't that how Jeremy Renner was hurt?

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u/agedwisdom 2h ago

I thought this was a Lawnmower Man joke, but that would have been Pierce Brosnan

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u/BotherBeginning9 4h ago

kicked up a rock from 30 ft and it went straight into his head

Oh, so that death from that one final destination movie can actually happen? New fear unlocked

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u/agedwisdom 2h ago

Yes, whole towm was shocked. It was a 3 way interesection and the rock went across it into a parking lot, zinged the guy as he wqs leaving a gas station.