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What's the most dangerous situation you've ever been in?

Karamoja

This is influenced by the other thread about historic things people have witnessed, which has now turned into "What's the most awesome thing you've seen on the telly?"

So what's the most dangerous situation you've ever been in? Or maybe there are a few things on your list? I'm sure some military feckers will be posting here like flies on shiat.

The most dangerous situation I've been in is a riot Uganda. There were already riots for the past week or so but this day was the most serious and had made it's way to the neighbourhood I was staying in. I wasn't exactly in the middle of the riot, but I woke up to explosions, tear gas, bonfires and automatic gunfire outside my campsite. A two year old kid had been shot in the head (twice) by police the day before. I couldn't leave the place all day so I just drank myself into a stupor. Luckily we were protected by Ak47 wielding policemen. So it really wasn't that dangerous...

Any dangerous situations folk? Fell off a cliff or anything?

btw - Bullshit-o-meters on folks.

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Pandora2

Karamoja wrote: »

Where??!!

Europa Hotel Belfast 1985....I knew what I had found, was searching for it!! Tasted my first Brandy that day ;-) Ordinary people, extraordinary events;-) Still freaks me out when I think about it:eek:

mjcom4d

Was on holidays in clonea idk if I was even 10 I was canoeing with a beach club Thingy long story short went out to far didn't mind at the time lookin back on it now I was a long time out there group leader and someone else had to come and get me lookin back I think I'm lucky I'm still here scary stuff

Greentopia

Many years ago my ex's mate had a new 1000cc motorbike and he asked me if I'd like a spin on the back. This was at night after we'd had a few, and he tore down the Cork road in Waterford doing over 130 mph (I clocked it over his shoulder)

My legs nearly went from under me when I go off the bike they were so wobbly and I gave out to him for showing off and going so fast but I must admit I loved it, never felt so alive

Wouldn't chance doing it again though!

Solnskaya

mjcom4d wrote: »

Was on holidays in clonea idk if I was even 10 I was canoeing with a beach club Thingy long story short went out to far didn't mind at the time lookin back on it now I was a long time out there group leader and someone else had to come and get me lookin back I think I'm lucky I'm still here scary stuff

hang in there mj, I'm dialling the coastguard as we speak, they'll get ya little fellow, don't you worry. Hang on a minute, how do you have internet out there??? (guess you must be on your blackberry). You'll be back on terra firma in no time, you poor sod.

7sr2z3fely84g5

Negotiating a bank loan..

CrazyRabbit

As a young teen I was attacked and beaten to a pulp by a group of drunk, stoned teens. Left me in hospital for weeks, including a long stay in intensive care. Brought one of the attackers to court, but he walked free despite being convicted for the 7th time. That's the day I lost fate in Irish justice.

And during some Halloween riots in Ballyfermot years ago, I was shot at. One of the shotgun pellets got way too close for comfort.

Don Juan DeMagoo

Having a drunken off duty cop in new york pull a gun on my friends and I in a bar after we beat him and his mates in a game of pool. Then having to watch as his mates wrestled with him on the ground to get the gun off him.
Some experience for a few 18 year olds first week in the states for the summer. On the plus side we got free drinks for the rest of the night and a lift to our house in a cop car and yes they let us turn the sirens on...... yes we were easily bought off but they were cool sirens

Greentopia

mud wrote: »

Armed robbery in a place I was working in. Had a shotgun rammed up against the side of my head

Bloody hell...
Hardly dangerous but I was outside an AIB bank in Waterford getting my wages out when the biggest bank robbery in the history of the state up til that time ('92) was going on inside.

IRA guys. They got over 3 million. Money was never recovered and no one was ever caught AFAIK.

North_West_Art

mid 80's in Fermanagh, was in the family car coming back from Dublin late one night, we were stopped by 4 men who were armed, and who didn't appear to be in uniform. We were asked where we were going and who we were, didn't seem too scary until we realised they weren't the security forces after they waved us on.

Ken.

Few years back coming home from a celtic match. About 7pm coming down the m7 near the first petrol station you meet there was a jeep stopped in the fast lane. My brother jammed on and stopped in time. Stupid bitch behind talking on phone never even hit the brakes. Hit us at about 70mph.
Remember clearly sitting in the car dazed and it was like the scene from Cool Runnings,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFDu1FuvlLE

Lady Chatterton

1. Car Crash
2. Followed home from work (as a teenager) by a convicted rapist who was out on temporary release. Thankfully, a member of the public recognised him and frightened him off.

D1stant

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

As a young teen I was attacked and beaten to a pulp by a group of drunk, stoned teens. Left me in hospital for weeks, including a long stay in intensive care. Brought one of the attackers to court, but he walked free despite being convicted for the 7th time. That's the day I lost fate in Irish justice.
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After that my family sent me to the mountains with my Afghan uncle. We ate goat tail stew, fought the Taliban and learned how to make a car from AK47s. After a while a lonely stranger called Chuck N appeared and we began to train together. We started with basics just throwing badgers, the usual stuff and progressed into exploding Elephant brains 3000 miles away with PURE BRAIN POWER!!!!!

Then I went back to Ireland and confronted those misfits. One by one. And got the **** kicked out of me again

I knit now. Mostly

Greentopia

D1stant wrote: »

After that my family sent me to the mountains with my Afghan uncle. We ate goat tail stew, fought the Taliban and learned how to make a car from AK47s. After a while a lonely stranger called Chuck N appeared and we began to train together. We started with basics just throwing badgers, the usual stuff and progressed into exploding Elephant brains 3000 miles away with PURE BRAIN POWER!!!!!

Then I went back to Ireland and confronted those misfits. One by one. And got the **** kicked out of me again

I knit now. Mostly

Hey don't mess with us knitters, we've got pointy sticks and we're not afraid to use them. :cool:

DanTheMan91

I remember I was in Rome in Italy a couple of years ago, and on the same day Manchester United were playing Roma in the champions league in Rome. There was fighting between the supporters all day, I was unaware of this at the time, and I decided it would be smart to wear my Manchester United jersey as we got a tour around the city.
I then got chased by some angry skinheads who were obviously not too happy with my choice of jersey :eek:

MadsL

40 ft fall off a cliff (rock climbing accident, sprained ankle and the whiplash cracked my C6 vertebrae)
Gun pulled on me by Czech policeman as I was spinning a firestaff!
Driving 80 mph in the fast lane of the UK's M40 as I slowly realise that the car in front is not moving :eek:

Karamoja

mjcom4d wrote: »

Was on holidays in clonea idk if I was even 10 I was canoeing with a beach club Thingy long story short went out to far didn't mind at the time lookin back on it now I was a long time out there group leader and someone else had to come and get me lookin back I think I'm lucky I'm still here scary stuff

wat?

Karamoja

D1stant wrote: »

After that my family sent me to the mountains with my Afghan uncle. We ate goat tail

I stopped reading there. Not funny.

54kroc

mjcom4d wrote: »

Was on holidays in clonea idk if I was even 10 I was canoeing with a beach club Thingy long story short went out to far didn't mind at the time lookin back on it now I was a long time out there group leader and someone else had to come and get me lookin back I think I'm lucky I'm still here scary stuff

Scary stuff man, Lucky you eh.

Princess Peach

Unreal drunk. Hotel room. Stranger. Vegas.

Can't say it was that dangerous cause I left, but who knows what could have happened. Such a silly girl.

Oh! Another! Unreal drunk. Alone. Lost. Hollywood Boulevard!

Stupid, stupid girl.

fee fi fo fum

One time , black ice. Car crash. Very lucky.

Few other times as i wasn't always a civilian. It's like someone elses life now.

mjcom4d

It was 6or 7 years ago ha

WoollyRedHat

Fighting off blood thirsty pirates in the jungles of the amazon with just a stick at my disposal.. and that was just for starters

Karamoja

I was also in Kigali, Rwanda during a small bombing campaign by the Interahamwe. Grenades were being thrown around random parts of the city. I remember standing outside the main supermarket after a bit of shopping, smoking a fag, just waiting for a grenade to roll up to my feet. I got my ass out of town the next day.

scotty_irish

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-12401660

i was in my leaba on the top floor when the fire started!

efb

an abortion debate with the ultra catholics on boards!
they took issue with my dead-fetous attitude...

CrazyRabbit

D1stant wrote: »

After that my family sent me to the mountains with my Afghan uncle. We ate goat tail stew, fought the Taliban and learned how to make a car from AK47s. After a while a lonely stranger called Chuck N appeared and we began to train together. We started with basics just throwing badgers, the usual stuff and progressed into exploding Elephant brains 3000 miles away with PURE BRAIN POWER!!!!!

Then I went back to Ireland and confronted those misfits. One by one. And got the **** kicked out of me again

I knit now. Mostly

Huh?

dsmythy

mjcom4d wrote: »

Was on holidays in clonea idk if I was even 10 I was canoeing with a beach club Thingy long story short went out to far didn't mind at the time lookin back on it now I was a long time out there group leader and someone else had to come and get me lookin back I think I'm lucky I'm still here scary stuff

The strain of trying to read this. It was touch and go for a minute with my eyes. Luckily I can still see today.

[Deleted User]

Ex locked me into his apartment, threw crockery at me, made me sit with both hands on the table in front of me for about three hours while he cut his arms with a knife and ran the blade (gently) up and down over my throat... long story, in the end I got out of there mostly unharmed, and the police who I managed to call (who arrived four hours later) asked me if I'd been drinking!! When they were satisfied that I was sober they advised me to just "go home and think about it".

WoollyRedHat

Deleted User wrote: »

Ex locked me into his apartment, threw crockery at me, made me sit with both hands on the table in front of me for about three hours while he cut his arms with a knife and ran the blade (gently) up and down over my throat... long story, in the end I got out of there mostly unharmed, and the police who I managed to call (who arrived four hours later) asked me if I'd been drinking!! When they were satisfied that I was sober they advised me to just "go home and think about it".

Seriously? Talk about an ordeal and to make matters worse, to be just brushed off as more or less making things up? Pretty crappy

bnt

When I was living in South Africa, I was with a bunch of friends in a car heading home, and we basically drove straight through a full-blown riot. We lived on a mining village near Witbank (Transvaal), and all the workers in the biggest union were on strike, burning down their flats and running around the streets with machetes. I think the element of surprise is what got us through with minimal damage. The car was crappy and didn't look out of place - and they probably weren't expecting a bunch of white kids to be so bloody stupid. :eek: