Imagine meeting your end because you accidentally stepped on a rake and the handle flew up, delivering a fatal blow to your forehead... It might seem crazy, but it can happen.
Death is coming for all of us. We just don't always know when or how it'll strike. Some people are lucky enough to go peacefully in their sleep. Others have left the living shocked by the way they suddenly took their last breath.
A person recently asked, "What's the weirdest way you personally know someone died?" and the stories came flying in faster than the Grim Reaper himself. Some are tragic, others ironic, and a few are almost too bizarre to believe. They're all reminders that while life is strange, death can be stranger yet.
Buckle up, because Bored Panda has put together a list of the best Final Destination stories for you to scroll through while you contemplate your own fate. May they motivate you to live life to the fullest... but always with a hint of caution. If you're curious to know what you're most and least likely to die from, you'll find that info between the images.
#41
My grandma was in the hospital for a non fatal stroke. A nurse aide was helping her eat and fed her a piece of chicken which she wasn’t supposed to eat due to not having her dentures in. She choked on the piece of chicken and died. This happened about 25 years ago.
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#42
A lad I knew in the 90s was tripping on LSD with his mates. They went to cross the railway line and waited for a train to pass. He crossed first and was hit by another train coming the other way.
His mates didn’t know what was going on and spent quite a while afterwards traipsing up and down the railway tracks off their faces and shouting his name, unable to comprehend why there was bits of clothing, blood and meat all over the tracks glistening in the moonlight.
His mates didn’t know what was going on and spent quite a while afterwards traipsing up and down the railway tracks off their faces and shouting his name, unable to comprehend why there was bits of clothing, blood and meat all over the tracks glistening in the moonlight.
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#43
My grandma dug a hole and shot herself into it while on the phone with a sibling of hers. I was 12. It was not a good time. I’m close with another of her sisters now and we spend time together every month.
One friend in his mid 20s just suddenly died from a brain aneurism. We helped his family clean out his apartment.
Also have had several friends take their own lives.
One friend in his mid 20s just suddenly died from a brain aneurism. We helped his family clean out his apartment.
Also have had several friends take their own lives.
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#44
My very close friend growing up was named Theodore (Teddy). Hadn’t seen him in like 12 years, but we were buddies on FB and messaged fairly frequently. When I gave birth to my son I named him Theodore, I just loved the name. I called Teddy that morning about an hour after labor to tell him I had chosen his name, and his mom answered the phone. They had found him hanging in his closet about an hour earlier.
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6points