Morbid post alert (apologies)

[AirWalke]

Back in the mid to late 90’s, in the early days of the internet, I remember stumbling on a website that was dedicated to showing death scenes from things like industrial accidents, tree shredders, etc. Have thought about it in 3 different threads on here today.

I remember hearing about videos like this when I was a kid. My parents either did a stellar job with parental controls while I was surfing, or I was just super lucky to never run across it. I still remember thinking in my juvenile mind that whoever was telling me about those videos was lying because they wouldn't just put videos like that out there.

Makes me extremely scared for my kids, knowing how much more easily accessible content like that is in today's version of the web.

 

[dafarmer]

Had a strange late afternoon. We found our neighbor dead in her backyard across our alley. It was so...strange. I haven't ever seen a dead body in the real/ongoing world. Hospitals and stuff yes. But life going on around, cars driving by and people walking dogs. It was just...so sad and surreal. It's also nearly 100 degrees and she was definitely in the sun all day from the looks of things. She had the garden hose in her hand and the backdoor was ajar and tv was on. Likely she just went out back to water plants/flowers in this drought and either had a heat stroke or heart attack on the spot. Have you ever found a person deceased before?

Yes, 20 years ago I saw a car in the ditch near my house. It was after a storm that night and I went down the bank to see who it was. Two dead inside with no seatbelts on. Waited for the deputies to come and take over.

 

[Al_4_State]

I was a passenger in a vehicle involved in a fatal crash when I was 14. I saw the guy fly out his windshield and hit the pavement. It was pre cell phone, so I ran to the nearest house to find a phone.

I’ve been a volunteer firefighter/rescue since 2013 and I’ve been to at least 5-10 fatal car wrecks in that time. Strangest one was a young Amish child that was riding in a buggy with his grandpa, when the horse spooked and he was thrown from the buggy, hit his head, and died on impact. The family wasn’t even upset. They just chalked it up to “God’s will” and seemingly shrugged it off.

 

[Cychl82]

I was a passenger in a vehicle involved in a fatal crash when I was 14. I saw the guy fly out his windshield and hit the pavement. It was pre cell phone, so I ran to the nearest house to find a phone.

I’ve been a volunteer firefighter/rescue since 2013 and I’ve been to at least 5-10 fatal car wrecks in that time. Strangest one was a young Amish child that was riding in a buggy with his grandpa, when the horse spooked and he was thrown from the buggy, hit his head, and died on impact. The family wasn’t even upset. They just chalked it up to “God’s will” and seemingly shrugged it off.

That’s pretty crazy. When I was about 8 I was in the car with my parents coming back from my great grandmas funeral and came upon a head on crash near the old Ft. Dodge egg farm. 2 bodies on the road that people were out covering up before the ambulance even arrived. Also saw the aftermath of a farmer out on his riding lawnmower get hit by a car that lost control on a gravel road once. Not pleasant things to see

 

[dahliaclone]

How old was she?

69 I think. Not too old not too young.

 

[dahliaclone]

Learned the woman had a cat. What happens in those situations? I hope the woman's sister or son can take it in. I don't want to find out it went to a shelter.

 

[Dandy]

I've seen two.

One was suicide. Guy jumped out into traffic. A buddy and I were the next car following behind and I called 911. We were 16.

The other some of you may remember. Murder in Ames in December 2008. We lived in the same apartment complex. Body was outside on the ground covered by a tarp. Watched the police/CSI work.

Male victim had prior concern with Spellman

A man traveled half a world away with a plan to succeed, only to have his life cut short. And it appears he previously expressed concerns about the man who is charged with his killing. Michael Odikro, 32, of 1103 Pinon Drive, was found dead early Saturday morning outside of his apartment...

iowastatedaily.com

 

[cycloner29]

Found my dad after he hung himself.....

Iowa State vs KSU football game quite a few years ago big guy in a Ford Ranger must have had a massive heart attack. It was on the corner of Beach and South 4th. This was like right before the game was over. Paramedics started CPR and tried to shock him back. He was kinda bluish purple in color. Cardiac nurse that was walking by us said that he was gone!

 

[KnappShack]

Had a strange late afternoon. We found our neighbor dead in her backyard across our alley. It was so...strange. I haven't ever seen a dead body in the real/ongoing world. Hospitals and stuff yes. But life going on around, cars driving by and people walking dogs. It was just...so sad and surreal. It's also nearly 100 degrees and she was definitely in the sun all day from the looks of things. She had the garden hose in her hand and the backdoor was ajar and tv was on. Likely she just went out back to water plants/flowers in this drought and either had a heat stroke or heart attack on the spot. Have you ever found a person deceased before?

Not really found, but in a 10 day stretch I saw 3 dead bodies on the road.

It was a bizarre cluster of death. None before or since, but for those few days

 

[cycloner29]

BIL was in the Coast Guard and got deployed to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Some of the stories he's told about bloated bodies and such, WOW!!

 

[AgronAlum]

First on the scene of a head on car accident at the 30/diagonal interchange. One of them was a car with 4 kids inside and the other was an old lady in a Buick. They were alive then but not well. The older lady ended up dying. The kid driving shattered his entire lower half.

I used to drive that route every day for a couple years and called in people running south in the north bound lanes on the diagonal three separate times.

 

[ISUcyclones11]

No but I always get a weird feeling when I drive by a car accident scene where a car is tarped over. Usually means fatal.

Also watching Ryan Newman's crash live on TV I was 100% certain that he was dead in real time. I thought immediately that he'd been hit driver-side window but turns out some bar that had recently been added to the frame (that he was involved in engineering IIRC?)

 

[CloneLawman]

Learned the woman had a cat. What happens in those situations? I hope the woman's sister or son can take it in. I don't want to find out it went to a shelter.

We "inherited" my wife's brother's cat in April 2020 after he died in his home. It hid under a couch in the basement for a day or two, but them became our daughter's pandemic companion and a valued member of the family.

 

[NWICY]

Learned the woman had a cat. What happens in those situations? I hope the woman's sister or son can take it in. I don't want to find out it went to a shelter.

My sister ended up with her son-in-law's mom cat. It had adjusted well except for when the other sisters dogs come to visit . It just hides out then, comes back when they leave.

 

[NWICY]

I didn't think I had came across a dead body but did up in the cities. Down there in one of the multiple level wrap around there was a body being tarped. Don't know if they jumped from above or got hit. But there certainly want any walkways in that area.

 

[1UNI2ISU]

Was walking back to the car that last time UNI played at Iowa in basketball and there was a guy sitting in traffic hunched over the steering wheel and all blue while his wife and a couple other people tried to get him into a position where they could do CPR. I'm 99.9% sure he was gone before his chest his the wheel.

 

[Beernuts]

Was a volunteer ambulance driver for around 5 years. Called out to two of my best friends fathers passed away on their farms. Both were in their late 60's. They were great men and fathers. Those two friends are like brothers.

 

[Dr.bannedman]

Driving home from Glacier national park 2 summers ago... early morning.. sun just up.. east on interstate 90. wrecked truck and a dude laying in the road. second on the scene. still can see his feet without shoes on

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

My girlfriend witnessed a guy on a motorcycle getting hit by a bus. She said it was graphic and an instant passing.

 

[Al_4_State]

That’s pretty crazy. When I was about 8 I was in the car with my parents coming back from my great grandmas funeral and came upon a head on crash near the old Ft. Dodge egg farm. 2 bodies on the road that people were out covering up before the ambulance even arrived. Also saw the aftermath of a farmer out on his riding lawnmower get hit by a car that lost control on a gravel road once. Not pleasant things to see

Nope, and it gets kinda burned into your mind. My thoughts probably wander to that accident a few times a week.