Chopped in the neck with a hatchet

Oct 30, 2024
4:56:40pm

z21Cougar Walk-on

My friend and I were building a fort. I stood up while he was swinging the hatchet and hit just behind and below the left ear. Luckily it didn't go deep enough to hit a major vein.

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Originally posted on Oct 30, 2024 at 4:56:40pm

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z21Cougar

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Author

Time

What’s the closest you’ve ever come to experiencing death?

Yukon

Oct 30, 4:01pm

No idea. Death can come in a moment.

John Doe

Oct 30, 4:03pm

on my mission scaled a wall to cross a narrow train corridor, crossed the tracks

Buffalo

Oct 30, 4:03pm

What were those Elders thinking?????

BaseCoug

Oct 30, 4:05pm

Thr Romans believed it was anytime you had a strong sneeze, and it expelled bad demons

CLCougar

Oct 30, 4:05pm

Well, if I were Roman, it would have been about 3 days ago then.

IdahoCoug

Oct 30, 4:28pm

Monday, when running and a guy ran a red light going 50+ and missed me by a foot

Frankfromtheballpark

Oct 30, 4:05pm

Almost died from an antibiotic

BaseCoug

Oct 30, 4:05pm

Early on in the 2015 Las Vegas Bowl

Mexicougazul

Oct 30, 4:07pm

But you survived, huh?

Yukon

Oct 30, 4:09pm

Fell asleep behind the wheel when I was 17. I was only going about 85

RealSimsShadY

Oct 30, 4:07pm

17 minutes without a heartbeat…dare you to try that! (nm).

Fui Invested

Oct 30, 4:08pm

17 months with a heartbeat, in Haiti

Chester Copperpot

Oct 30, 4:17pm

Slipped on bull… manure and my brother scared off a charge my bull when I was young

touchdownbyu

Oct 30, 4:08pm

Props to your brother. A real everyday hero

reddead

Oct 30, 4:25pm

Right after my wedding I forgot my tux at the temple in SLC, reception in Orem

Madcutidok

Oct 30, 4:09pm

How mad is “freaking heck”?

StantonMac

Oct 30, 4:09pm

Regular mad.

Yukon

Oct 30, 4:13pm

A few of mine

jdub

Oct 30, 4:09pm

That car accident is something else

reddead

Oct 30, 4:27pm

impressive? sheesh. that's crazy! Glad you are alive!!!

theozfam

Oct 30, 4:50pm

Brakes went out on my mission bike...my companion was riding next to me holding

Fdnman

Oct 30, 4:09pm

God saved you and that comp. Imagine how it would feel to have killed someone

reddead

Oct 30, 4:28pm

Not me - my wife flew out of New York City on American Airlines on 9/10/2001

SoCalCoug

Oct 30, 4:11pm

Brother flew next day Boston to LA 1 hour earlier. Man that is close

stonecougar

Oct 30, 4:26pm

Wow, did they ground the flight before he got to L.A.?

Yukon

Oct 30, 4:38pm

Had a dvt clot in my leg, ultrasound tech could see the blockage below my knee

Blue Ridge

Oct 30, 4:11pm

Boat capsized. 4 years ago. Very close to drowning. Was an experience I wish

oryguncoug

Oct 30, 4:11pm

Man, drowning would be a sucky way to go. I’m glad you survived!

Yukon

Oct 30, 4:18pm

Miraculously survived a fall off a cliff.

2ndTrombone

Oct 30, 4:15pm

Hydroplaned on the freeway and did a 180 going backwards at 70mph

inertiaman

Oct 30, 4:16pm

Took the family on a road trip

kapcreations

Oct 30, 4:18pm

Cutting down a tree while standing on a ladder, ladder got taken out i fell, was

BYUFootballisBack

Oct 30, 4:19pm

Was in this fail army video about trees lol 23 seconds in

BYUFootballisBack

Oct 30, 4:25pm

I've come close a few times

Cougrrrs Roll

Oct 30, 4:20pm

Fell asleep at the wheel. Luckily was ~200 yards after the median wall started

Coog4Life

Oct 30, 4:21pm

*barrow* pit

AZ Coug

Oct 30, 4:29pm

thank you

Coog4Life

Oct 30, 4:29pm

*borrow pit

IdahoCoug

Oct 30, 4:30pm

Times square truck bomb failed to blow up next to me.

CAPX

Oct 30, 4:22pm

I've had two:

reddead

Oct 30, 4:22pm

White water rafting, stuck in a rapid hole for several minutes.

The Dark Knight

Oct 30, 4:23pm

My FIL had a similar experience while canoeing.

Yukon

Oct 30, 4:35pm

Late night, taking the back road from Delta down to Cedar city on the way to

Florwood

Oct 30, 4:24pm

Oct 8th 2022... BYU vs. Notre Dame

TheLost

Oct 30, 4:24pm

Getting attacked by 3 pit bulls in my own front yard is probably

jxncoog

Oct 30, 4:25pm

Free climbing cliff, losing grip so I had to jump to a hold but only 50% sure I could make it.

Dr MoBYU

Oct 30, 4:25pm

Rolled a car going 80 mph.

bluesloth

Oct 30, 4:25pm

Subdural hematoma undiagnosed for over a week and subsequent burr hole surgery.

O Gaucho

Oct 30, 4:27pm

A few from my mission in Brazil

Still Blue

Oct 30, 4:31pm

Got hit by a car while biking on my mission

BYU Sportz Fan

Oct 30, 4:40pm

Chased a bear through the woods in the dark.

mccledg

Oct 30, 4:47pm

Almost dropped a car on my head changing a transmission.

Oregano

Oct 30, 4:49pm

As a teen fell asleep at the wheel on a freeway in California

TNT

Oct 30, 4:51pm

Not so exciting, but nearly went septic after being released from a hospital

Kdubb

Oct 30, 4:53pm

I was tuned into a newt!

BYU Grounds

Oct 30, 4:54pm

RE: I was tuned into a newt!

porl thompson

Oct 30, 5:42pm

Chopped in the neck with a hatchet

z21Cougar

Oct 30, 4:56pm

Was walking on sidewalk, a car accident happened and one of the cars came right

Hawk Talons

Oct 30, 5:00pm

Was it in West Valley City, UT?

IdahoCoug

Oct 30, 5:22pm

Nearly killed by inattentive, sloppy and incompetent nursing staff at hospital.

ninja math

Oct 30, 5:10pm

Reads like a great opening to a novel. Maybe you should write a book and make the fight back even more worth it.

IdahoCoug

Oct 30, 5:20pm

Cutting up a fallen log for firewood alone at age 18. I was 7 miles up a canyon

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