r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/HappyHappyJoyJoyJoy6 • 5d ago
Breaking a tree by jumping on it
Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification
1.6k
u/penguins_are_mean 5d ago
Dude… that one kid got fucking smashed. Wouldn’t be surprised to learn that was fatal
812
u/DystopianAdvocate 5d ago
I wonder what's worse.... Getting flung in the air and falling 15 feet, or hanging on for dear life and getting body slammed by a foot thick tree trunk.
794
u/penguins_are_mean 5d ago
The body slam is waaaaaaaaaay worse.
401
u/Helpful_Honeysuckle 5d ago
Ironically the freefaller got it worse according to OP of video. Freefall got broken limbs while sumotoss just got "a lot of scarring on the chest". Both survived. OP was one in black tee.
107
u/penguins_are_mean 5d ago
I suppose the only saving grace for the body slammee is that limb right next to him. That probably hung the trunk up otherwise that could have easily been death.
26
u/cyanescens_burn 5d ago
Yeah but having your abdominal organs smashed, but not your lungs and heart, takes way longer to bleed out internally so that’s better right?
42
u/HereIGoAgain_1x10 5d ago
Watching it a few times and looking at the angle of the branch the kid was holding onto, looks like the tip it hit the ground first and absorbed a lot of the impact... If the part he was at hit flat he'd be dead that's gotta be a few hundred pounds of wood plus the force of it rotating around.
11
→ More replies (6)3
15
→ More replies (2)15
u/Tofandel 5d ago
The dude hanging on to the tree got lucky, there was a big branch going towards his back, and that branch is what hit the ground at full force and took all of the impact, just before he hit the ground
17
→ More replies (6)4
u/Danny2Sick 4d ago
Oh man trees are way stronger / heavier than I thought. A large willow branch once fell in my parent's yard - it was maybe 1.5 feet in diameter. When it fell after an ice storm the ground shook. The neighbors ran outside because they thought something had exploded! The weight of a chunk of wood is scary as hell!!
63
u/theagentinside 5d ago
The ground was there to cushion his fall!
→ More replies (1)38
u/Changoleo 5d ago
You’re probably joking, but the ground under those trees is super forgiving. We used to jump out of trees as teenagers (usually oaks & bull pines around 10 to 20 feet up) and the only time we ever got hurt was when we landed on rocks that were hidden under the leaves and brush.
12
u/novalia89 5d ago edited 5d ago
I did pretty much the same thing as this when I was about 10. We used to walk to the end of it and bounce and I didn't expect it to snap but it did. It was just like this and probably from the same height. The branch wasn't as girthy though. Anyway, I was fine. No injuries whatsoever, but the tree broke my fall too.
I had a similar incident, again when I was about 10, when I was swinging on a branch, maybe 2m into the air. I raised my legs on another branch so I was horizontal at 2m and the branch snapped. I fell directly onto the ground and I couldn't move for a few minutes or feel anything. I genuinely thought that I was paralysed. I remember my friend asking if she should get my dad and I said no, because I thought that he would kill me (I don't know how I thought that it would be ok if I was paralysed). After a few minutes I was fine, but I still don't really understand what happened after all these years. Was I winded or just in shock? I felt detached from my body. So it's forgiving, but I think that it genuinely could have been bad.
4
3
u/Cicer 5d ago
This has happened to me too, falling out of a tree as a kid, basically just a temporary impact shock. Can paralyze your diaphragm for a minute too which is when people say “got the wind knocked out of me”.
2
u/criticalvibecheck 4d ago
Oh yeah, I got the scary diaphragm paralysis many times as a kid playing tetherball. Can’t possibly imagine why they got rid of all the tetherball poles at playgrounds now..
35
28
u/Dependent_Passage_21 5d ago
Basically pulled a tree down onto himself, at BEST he's got bruised ribs that will hurt for like a month
10
u/GraySelecta 5d ago
He hold on to the tree well and doesn’t hit his head when he lands, he’s probably fine it’s those head impacts that are worrying. Even just hitting your head on the ground from standing position can be bad let alone suplex’ed by mother nature.
49
u/DANG3R0SS 5d ago
The weight of that whole limb landed on his chest, he is far from fine.
21
u/retropieproblems 5d ago edited 5d ago
Almost, thankfully it looks like the trees initial impact hits the ground before the boys body, lessening the weight on him. There’s also a large branch right underneath him that folds in before his impact, kind of like how wrestlers jump into folding tables to “break” their fall. So instead of having 1000+ lbs land on him he probably just had a couple hundred lbs squish on him before it settled its weight at the lower point of contact with the ground behind him.
2
u/TheRealBMan54 4d ago
Agree, it looks like if he was over just two feet more, he would have gotten crushed.
2
u/Budderfingerbandit 3d ago
At most, he probably got the wind knocked out of him, maybe bruised or broken ribs but unlikely. It slows down pretty well towards the end and bounces up. The weight of the whole limb did not land on his chest. It was distributed along the ground.
6
5
u/Grannypanie 5d ago
Post this to r/feelinggonewild and get their take.
That kid may well be dead.
A dead tree is a widow maker.
A hung branch on a dead tree is quite literally gambling with your life. The torque and power just waiting to unload can be very significant. A lot of potential energy was converted to kinetic energy in that clip.
For context. A city can and will shut an entire park, road, or area down then call the fire department and tree services to manage something that big.
I hope is ok but He may not be.
Kids are stupid.
→ More replies (1)6
2
2
5
→ More replies (14)3
713
u/keen-peach 5d ago
The kid: dead probably
The woman:
90
19
16
→ More replies (6)5
u/Danny2Sick 4d ago
Okay I'm glad other people share in this! It bums me out to see vids like this were the person is just laughing watching others hurt. I'm only hoping they just don't realize how serious this is
333
u/AnxiousNPantsless 5d ago
That's a couple cracked ribs and a possible lung puncture
64
u/GraySelecta 5d ago
Nah, kids are elastic, will walk it off and be healed in a few days, I stub my toe and need a week off to recover.
→ More replies (2)
286
u/satori0320 5d ago
Who is the psychopath laughing at the guy with the broken ribs and punctured lungs?
42
4
u/SmooK_LV 5d ago
horror response can be uncalled laughter. For the sake of humanity, let's give the person benefit of doubt.
4
u/pondwarrior89 4d ago
It can also very well be an idiot who lacks empathy so let’s not rule that out either.
3
u/gratitudenplatitudes 4d ago
Alternatively it can be an idiot who just doesn’t grasp how fatal that could’ve been. Maybe they think physics works like in Tom and Jerry.
→ More replies (1)3
102
u/doyouknowthemoon 5d ago
Yep we were always so close to stuff like this happening as a kid and didn’t even realize it.
I had something similar happen with a large dead tree trunk that was still up right, we pushed it over and for whatever reason I stood right next to it. I was picked up and flung on top of the trunk when the root ball ripped up out of the ground around the tree.
Luckily nothing bad happened but you fail to realize the raw power of dead weight falling until you are being moved by it.
22
u/GoodLeftUndone 5d ago
Pure fucking chance or luck. Whatever you want to call it. That’s all that separates videos like this and our stories where nothing at all happened.
12
u/Overly_Long_Reviews 5d ago edited 5d ago
I'm an actual professional outdoor instructor. The org I came up in had a strict no tree climbing policy. One that was strongly enforced. We got a lot of push back on it from clients, when we did day camps I've actually gotten screamed at by parents because they disagreed with the policy, and some of the less experienced staff that were outside hires or just young weren't fond of the policy either. I've had to dress down a few publicly because of it. Which is never fun for anybody.
I get it. For a lot of people it was a fun childhood experience. I'm no exception. But a lot of times it's through nostalgia goggles and out of ignorance of the times when someone didn't get lucky and ended up badly injured or dead. I've seen large trees or branches come down and it's terrifying. I've had a few close friends almost die that way. And one client's father who did die that way. I lived a very interesting life filled with a lot of dangerous things. There's been a few times when I've been in proximity of a widowmaker or a large branch going down where I distinctly remember thinking that this is it. This is how I die. Including one very recently. Obviously I'm still alive, but a couple could have gone either way.
51
40
u/Sorry-Reporter440 5d ago
Personally, I wouldn't be laughing at a near death event. This is more of a "holy shit, holy shit" commentary kind of thing.
6
u/Ok-Bird6346 4d ago
Like the recording of the bike racer that gets tossed right in front of his friends and they’re all saying variations of “HOLY FUCK, MASON…HOLY FUCK, MASON…” over and over as he tumbles down the hill. Then he stands up completely (seemingly) unfazed.
→ More replies (1)
26
u/EnvironmentEuphoric9 5d ago
Imagine having to show this to their loved one and listening to yourself laugh like a moronic monkey. “So this is where Timmy’s life forever changed and here is me laughing because I’m stoopid.”
13
11
11
u/K4rkino5 5d ago
People seem to have little appreciation for the weight of a tree. I don't care how soft the ground is ; that kid got crushed. It appears his chest bore the full weight of that tree moving at ~22mph, or 9.8m/s². The fragile chest cavity against upwards of a ton...
Edit: I went back and caught a couple of frames. A large portion of the branch curved downward and took the brunt of the fall. He's most likely fine.
2
u/Miguellite 4d ago
I would guess the camera person wouldn't post this if the boy had any major injuries. The distance they are from the situation is quite appropriate really...
→ More replies (1)
8
4
6
3
3
u/No_Refrigerator_1632 5d ago
That tree looked like it did a body slam on that kid for being so annoying
3
u/Tyranisore 5d ago
I’m stating the obvious, but the woman laughing is fucking clueless. I assume the guy under the tree is ok, but that could have very easily been fatal.
3
3
2
2
2
2
u/Sidewaysouroboros 5d ago
Clearly the harpy behind the phone doesn’t understand how serious this is. The kid that got body slammed by the tree is lucky he isn’t dead
→ More replies (1)
2
2
2
2
u/Lizlodude 5d ago
My friend, you just got suplexed by a tree. You might want to reevaluate your risk assessment ability.
1
1
1
1
1
u/Equal_Sprinkles2743 5d ago
The first faller took a high dive plant. He's lucky not to have a broken neck, but he ran away, so I assume he's okay.
The second faller was body slammed by the tree branch. He'll be lucky not to be dead or have all the bones in his chest and back busted. Ouch.
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
u/PomegranateSea7066 5d ago
Damn we used to do this shit a lot as kids. 2-3 kids would get on a branch that would almost sag to the ground, then another kid would grab the end of the branch and swing it up and down. Fun times. It's a miracle no one died.
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
u/FauxHotDog 5d ago
When that newly paralyzed kid wakes up and sees this vid that girl's shrill laugh will turn him into a supervillian, I'm sure.
→ More replies (1)
1
1
1
1
u/Gaspasser09 5d ago
Maybe I’m dense as fuck, but can anyone explain to me what RAISED that fucking branch to elicit such mayhem? Cause I don’t see it. What force acted to lift that branch?
→ More replies (1)
1
u/Hanginon 5d ago
I've seen this girl's vidos & recognize her style.
Action happening? Point the camera at the ground, and scream!
1
1
u/Available-Search-392 5d ago
The low IQ lady yelling and filming must be a neighbor or a distant aunt because what kind of mother or aunt starts laughing when their kids go through that?
1
1
u/craigathan 5d ago
First kid looks like he got stabbed in the face by a branch as well. You can see him grab his face and start running.
1
1
u/cR7tter 5d ago
A lot of the tree, the heavier part, was held up and slid down the branches, absorbing the weight.
I don't think all that weight hit him. But the 10ft branch that landed right on him could've been like 400lbs if I had to guess. But also, the tip of the branch hit the ground first. He could definitely be seriously hurt, but I wouldn't be too surprised if he samehow came out unscathed
1
1
u/Marranyo 5d ago
Said this before, but…:
According to Reddit users I should be dead like 5 times from all the stupid things I’ve done. Never broke a single bone tho…
1
1
1
u/dragonwithin15 5d ago
Ngl, I would have absolutely joined in. Kid me wasn't doing a lot of crap, but I loved climbing. I'd have loved hearing the treat break...... And then I'd wake up in the hospital...
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
u/Broad_Minute_1082 4d ago
Oh man, a 20" section of log is heavy enough. I can't imagine being body slammed by a dang tree. Dude must have had a thousand pounds+ straight to the ribcage.
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
u/itsmichael458 4d ago
Someone fling the camerawoman from the same branch and see if she’s still laughing
1
u/playgunplaygun 4d ago
Yep. Did all this stupid shit when I was young. Can’t believe I’m still alive.
1
u/Bawbawian 4d ago
Man that lady laughing like she has absolutely no idea what is happening.
I bet she sleeps so good at night
1
u/Danny2Sick 4d ago
Shit I hope they are okay though - branches are no joke, I hope it didn't land full weight on that other guy
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
u/Ok_Lobster693 4d ago
The humans who did not understand that trees are heavy did not fare as well as the humans who did not FAFO.
1
u/botbrain83 4d ago
The laughing women are totally unaware of how dangerous the situation is? Kinda hard to believe
1
u/Kuhnville 4d ago
I did that but had another tree to hold onto when the one under me break. Honestly idk what they expected
1
1
2.0k
u/GolfGodsAreReal 5d ago
They made an ABUSEMENT park