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People Divulge The Most Disturbing Thing They've Ever Seen In Person

People Divulge The Most Disturbing Thing They've Ever Seen In Person

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Life is worse than fiction.

We as humans can be witnesses to the most brutal things life has to offer, sometimes by accident.

That's why therapy bills are so high.

You think you can handle the rough stuff.

You watch TV, someone dies horribly, and the day goes on.

But when you see it live and in person?

Your life changes.


Redditor wetbumgirl wanted to hear from people who were willing to share their real life nightmares, so they asked:

"What was the most disturbing thing you saw in person?"

Worst thing I ever saw was a dead body on the side of the road.

Never again please.

Shredded

"I saw a guy's leg shredded by recycling truck that didn’t see him. It was something out of a human anatomy text book. You could see every muscle and bone from thigh to shin. The poor dude was still alive in extreme pain. As the ambulance came to get him he looked so pale and cold. I found out he died shortly after."

alfonso010676

A Gut Punch

"ER nurse, trauma code on a middle aged gentleman who wrecked his car, basically dead on arrival and didn’t make it. The ambulance that dropped him off had to do a speed clean of the bloody gurney to rush out to another call immediately. 30 minutes later it brings in an old lady who had fallen at home."

"She kept saying she can’t get ahold of her son and he was suppose to take her to the hospital. Turns out her son was the one who wrecked his car on his way to take his mom to the hospital, and she was brought in on the same gurney that her dead son was just laying on moments earlier."

"That was a gut punch having to tell her the bad news."

"(This was in a rural community with limited ambulance service)."

TheTallerTaylor

At the Bottom

"When I was about 9 years old our family was staying at a campground on a river in northern Michigan. A 2 year old boy had wandered off and was missing. The entire park was looking for him. After about two hours with no luck some of us began looking in the water at the ends of the docks nearby. When I dove down in about 4’ of water I found him floating just off the bottom of the river."

"I pulled him to the surface and shouted for help. The EMTs made an effort to resuscitate him. To no avail. As horrible as that was, the thing that I will never forget was the sound his mother made when I carried him ashore. I still enjoy boating and swimming, but I have a very healthy respect for the water."

upshot

So much blood. So sad.

Limbs

Bill Murray Fainting GIF by filmeditorGiphy

"Human body parts moments after they got hit by a semi truck… an arm about 35 feet from the head."

Careless-Sky-8409

SHOOKETH!!

"Entering a friend’s place for the first time without prior knowledge that he was/is a hoarder at age 40. total shock. Dude has normal job, friends etc. But an absolute hoarder. Dead mice in the flat, trash in the kitchen reaching almost to the ceiling, mould everywhere on one wall of the bedroom. I didn’t dare to use the bathroom… Utter shock."

Revolutionary-Mud194

Bikers

"I was waiting at a bus stop, and on the other side of the rather tall divider were three bikers waiting for the light behind a bus, at a major intersection. Moments later, another bus came up behind, but realised too late it had no brakes. Several people injured, but two of the three bikers were squished to pulp. One was thrown to the pavement on the far side of the road, and survived with injuries. I never dared cross the road and look on the other side of that divider. It was in the papers the next morning."

BlatantJacuzzi

No Contact

"I was no contact with my abusive addict mom for many years. She passed in 2020; a sheriff's deputy found her during a wellness check. It was declared that she had been dead for a couple of weeks in July heat with no utilities. My father and I drove to her house the day after they removed her body. You could smell the decomposition from a block away."

"She had cancelled trash services and had 3+ years of garbage bags piled to the ceiling in her garage. There were rats running all over the house. 99.9% of our family pictures were pissed on or eaten by rats and not salvageable. Both of her toilets were out of order and full to the brim with crap. Everything I saw in her house was absolute nightmare fuel."

lady_guard

Hands Off

Get Off Me Fast And Furious GIF by The Fast SagaGiphy

"I watched a guy get sucker punched outside a club (not uncommon where I used to live) but he fell back and hit his head and a pool of blood started spreading from the back of his head. I always wonder whether he died/had long lasting damage."

bishsticksandfrites

If only we could take out our eyes and wash them of some of these sights.

Do you have any similar experiences? Let us know in the comments below.

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