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You are gonna die.
Literally. Dead as a doorknob.
And I am gonna have to bring potato salad to the funeral and walk the aisle of shame among all your relatives and friends and coworkers. And then your children might stare me down. It will be awkward.
So I apologize in advance.
But once you see what is our giveaway today…you. will. die.
Say your last words my friends….
You are dying. A whole nation of my readers are dead right now. I just know it.
But it’s true. Zephyr is giving away a ventilation hood. So pull your corpse up off the floor and read the details on how to make all your dreams come true before you kick the bucket.
Here is what is up for grabs….
- PRIZE: (1) Zephyr Ventilation Hood from the following list:
- NUMBER OF WINNERS : (1) One
- TO ENTER : Enter by commenting on this post with “That’s one killer hood!” and tell me the nearest death experience you ever had…mine is not really climactic. I was pumping gas behind someone that was also pumping gas and pulled out without actually removing the gas hose and nozzle. Gas poured out. I ran toward the danger and hit the button. Later my dad told me that it probably was the dumbest thing I ever did…running into a small pond of flammable fuel.
- PRIZE SHIPS : Continental US
- NITTY GRITTY : This giveaway closes on Friday, August 30th at 8pm EDT. Only one contest entry per email address. The winner will be chosen using Random.org and will be announced in an update to this post the following Monday morning. We will email the winner directly, so please make sure you use your regular everyday email address.
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That’s one killer hood!
That’s one killer hood! Hmmmm….I guess I’m lucky that I haven’t experienced one yet and I have to say I’m glad for that!
That’s one killer hood! I was in a bad car accident when I was younger and almost died but the good thing is I don’t remember any of it and I seemingly turned out just fine!
That’s one killer hood! I once nearly-died from a paper cut! It got infected with all sorts of crazy bugs.. who knew?!
“That’s one killer hood!”
Near death experience? Probably driving to work yesterday morning when our county started back to school. I’m pretty sure our interstate was being used as a speedway. Was almost sideswiped THREE times. *sigh*
That’s one killer hood! (And it would look fantastic in our kitchen…that we are about to remodel).
I was almost hit by a train once. Well, sort of. And the train was going through a town so it wasn’t going that fast. BUT STILL.
That’s a killer hood! Probably a trip down the ski hill that was a little more advanced than I first expected 🙂
That’s one killer hood!
Being sucked under by an undertoe at the beach when I was 10. I had to be fished out by the lifeguards but other than a bloody face (that’s where I collided with the bottom of the ocean), I was no worse for wear. Not too exciting either I’m afraid…
That’s one killer hood!
Anytime I drive is close to near death…
That’s one killer hood!
I was on an airplane once that lost power to one of its engines. We had to make an emergency landing in Omaha and wait for other planes to be diverted to take us on the rest of trip. And lemme tell ya’, the Omaha airport is sooooo boring.
Killer Hood! Climbing mountains is always pretty close… but the view is worth the risk.
That’s one killer hood!!! (And I need it)!! My near death experience happened on a slick road in the rain one night when my car turned all the way around and I ended up in the opposite lane, no street lights. I was really shaken up, but was able to get my car turned around and back in the correct lane before anyone hit me!!!
“That’s one killer hood”
Most people would think this was amazing, but I almost died riding a horse up the Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica. Horses and I do not mix. It was terrifying!
That’s one killer hood! I remember getting ready to cross the street after school one day (elementary) and the crossing guard had stopped traffic but as we were getting ready to cross, for some unknown reason, a car came flying through. The crossing guard slammed on their hood and started yelling.
That’s one killer hood!”
I about drowned at the beach when i was 5 or 6. My cousin and I were in the ocean playing while our moms (must have been looking at men)…. were in there sun chairs. I got caught up in a current and it took me far out and my cousin rescued me!
The End.
P.S. Our moms still deny this event to this day!
That’s one killer hood!
When I was camping as a young, clueless Girl Scout, we broke the #1 cardinal rule of camping and brought our leftover dessert treats into our tents with us for safe storage while we slept. Woke up in the middle of the night to the sound of a bear snorting and sniffing it’s way around our tent. Luckily it was satisfied with just a whiff of the delicious treats, and didn’t feel the need to tear through our tent and frozen-with-fear adolescent bodies to get a taste as well. Close call on that one.
That’s one killer hood… I guess I was in a car accident as a child where the car flipped but we were all ok thanks to seat belts!
That’s one killer hood! The near death experience happened a few years ago on the move from Denver to Houston. My little Honda Accord was packed to the brim and we hit a bit of ice on the freeway. The car spun around, slid across the grassy median backwards and we wound up on the other side of the freeway, facing the opposite direction from whence we came. Scary, scary stuff! (I found my way over to you a long while back from YHL! Congrats on the pending newest bundle!)
That’s one killer hood!
My near death experience…well, I was in a roll-over car accident about 10 years ago. The car stopped in the grassy medium, about 50 feet short of the overpass drop-off to the road below. It was a close call and we definitely had some angels around us that day
That’s one killer hood! I was boogey boarding in Hawaii when I was a kid and 20 foot waves appeared out of no where. After crashing into the rocks multiple times, the last hit nearly knocked me out… With my board rope wrapped around my neck, I had lost what little fight I had left in me. My native friend pulling me out by one arm. :/
That’s one killer hood!
I fell through the attic floor, 2 stories to the concrete garage floor as a kid. Walked away with only a broken arm!
That’s one killer good!
When I was young we almost got in a bad boating accident. We were stopped, and our friends boat was coming right at us, until one of the kids on that boat screamed to turn, and they narrowly missed us. Crazy!
That’s one killer hood!
I got in a weird car accident once. Spun out on the highway and ended up facing backwards into oncoming traffic. I was looking in the face of a semi-truck driver as he almost barreled into us, but we continued sliding and went off the side of the road just as he passed us. As a believer, I know without a doubt that God was watching over me. I was too young and stupid to really understand how close I came, but looking back it could have been devastating. Crazy.
That’s one killer hood! Wowzers!
My nearest death experience isn’t all that excited. Just a car accident. Fender bender really. Luckily I’ve been pretty safe my whole life. KNOCK ON WOOD. I think I might have just jinxed myself. 🙁
That’s one killer hood! Hmm… near death experience? Once my tire blew out while going 80 mph on the interstate when I was 16… that felt like a near death experience, but now looking back… it wasn’t that bad so it shouldn’t count. Now being bit while nursing a baby with teeth… that can count, right?
That’s one killer hood! I think my nearest death experience would probably be anytime I drove with my friend Amber in high school…yikes!
“That’s one killer hood!”
I would have to say body surfing in the Pacific provided me with many a near death experience. I can still remember getting flipped around in the waves and struggling to breathe, and then being so grateful when my body finally came crashing in to the shore. The funny thing is the brush with death never stopped me from going right back out into the ocean after I caught my breath. Oh to be a kid again…
“That’s one killer hood!”
My near death experience happened when I was a baby. I was playing happily on the couch while my mother was ironing near me. All the sudden she had a feeling like she should move me. So she did, and I cried and cried. Not more than 2 minutes later there was an explosion and a huge “BOOM!” in the neighborhood. The big glass window behind the couch came crashing down right where i had been happily playing. To this day my mother swears my guardian angel spoke to her and saved me.
Holy crap! That’s one killer hood!! I once fell down a flight of industrial stairs. Face first. In slow motion. I was pretty sure I was going to die!
That’s one killer hood!
I don’t really have a near-death experience. I’ve had some scary, white-knuckled drives through snowy and icy weather where I thought for sure I’d slide off the road or into another car, but that’s it. Pretty lucky, I guess!
“That’s one killer hood!” Thankfully no near death experience here. But I was holding my Dad’s hand when he passed. My Grandmother’s too. For her I actually felt her spirit go through my arm when she left us. My Mom felt the same thing and she was holding her other hand. A lot of people think I’m crazzzzyyyy when I tell that story, but I thought it was the most peaceful, blessed death experience and felt honored she shared with us……
That’s one killer hood! The closest I ever came to death was actually painting a backsplash in my kitchen. I was working on a sponging technique to make a checkerboard backsplash and used a black enamel paint that was toxic. I got a headache, nausea, and was laying in bed shaking uncontrollably. I called my mom and rambled incoherently and she did nothing because she could not understand that I was dying and lives in another state. Luckily, the next day I was fine, but it was really scary and I had no idea that the paint would have that effect. I just wanted a black high gloss paint. Now I will gladly play extra for low or no VOC paint!
That’s one killer hood! And when I was a little girl, I was in a mall parking lot holding my dad’s hand walking to a car, and a convertable whipped around the corner and ran over my foot and knocked me down. So I basically got ran over by a car as a little kid. My dad may or may not have tried to run down the car (they sped off, total hit and run). Miracle- I was completely unscathed. Not a single broken bone. Not a scratch on my body.
That’s one killer hood!
When everyone is going with the speed and then suddenly slam on there breaks. I feel my heart jump out of my skin!!
“That’s one killer hood!”
The closet experience I ever had was when I was about six. I was sledding and of course I went the exact way down the hill my dad told me to never go. My sled went off a rock wall and went into the air and I wasn’t exactly aerodynamic…. I flew out of the sled and landed in our driveway on my neck and back. Luckily all I did was knock the wind out of me, but my dad (who saw the whole thing) swears he thought I was a goner. Thank goodness kids are resilient!
That’s one killer hood! I was actually hit by a deer (not the other way around). He basically t-boned my car right on the driver’s side door and broke into my window. Thankfully I just had a couple stitches!
Oh, wait! I completely forgot about the time I almost drowned at the Wet-n-Wild waterpark when I was 9. I fell off my raft coming over a “rapid” and due to the rafts coming behind me, I couldn’t come back up for air. A lifeguard had to jump in and save me. The odd thing is that I don’t remember being scared about it, maybe that was due to the kicks to the head I kept getting when I was trying to come back up.
That’s on killer hood!
I was in the backseat of the car my friend was driving. She realized she was missing the on-ramp for the highway and turned sharply. It had been raining a little bit so she lost control and we went into the embankment on the side of the road. If we had gone just a few feet further to the right, we would have gone into a deeper cement embankment.
That’s one killer hood!
Probably any of the countless times I’ve fallen off my horse could count as near death. Probably the scariest was when I was trying out a new horse to buy. I had just gotten on him and was tightening up the saddle and suddenly he went up in the air and flipped over backwards (with me on him). His rump was near a fence and I came inches away from being pinned between the horse and the fence, but luckily I fell over the fence and landed on the other side. Needless to say I sent the horse back!
That is one killer hood!
And the closest I’ve come to dying was when I was in 2nd grade and decided to get off the bus with a new, cool friend on a whim and didn’t even call my parents. How my parents did not kill me when I finally moseyed home is still a mystery.
that’s one killer hood! I didn’t realize at the time how close to death I came, but my friend and I were jogging on 6th ave in NYC during college (we didn’t do this often, don’t be impressed) and after running across the street, I felt the whoosh of a taxi speeding by behind me (we didn’t have the walk signal, but no one listens to those, really). I just felt super slick at the time, but a few years later, I realize I should have been paying way more attention to my surroundings!
That’s one killer hood! I almost got hit by a car when I was in 5th grade, probably wasn’t as close as I remember it being but it scared the crap out of me.
That’s one killer hood! No real near-death experience, but got in a car accident where I hit the windshield and it shattered. I was able to walk away, praise God!
That’s one killer hood! My near death experience was an almost head on car crash. The scariest part was that my kids were in the backseat. Still scares me!
That’s one killer hood! My near death experience involves following an Asian man into his “basement” to see his “designer” purses in New York City. Ha ha ha. My mom and I heard “designer” and we were convinced he was the epitome of safety. Later my dad and husband swore we were never allowed to travel together again based on our poor judgement. But hey…we lived to tell about it!
“That’s one killer hood!”
Car accident, probably
That’s one killer hood! The closest I’ve ever been to death is probably just driving in ATL traffic 🙂
That’s one killer hood…closest near death experience would be driving on the interstate and coming up on a car driving on the wrong side coming right at us.
That’s one killer hood! My near death experience was driving on 101 in Oregon and a driver pulled out in front of me, I had to swerve to miss the guy. Next thing I know I’m spinning and then end up at a stop about an inch away from the guard rail stopping my car from a 200ft drop into the ocean. I was also lucky no cars were behind me. Needless to say I hate driving on 101 now.
That’s one killer hood!
I can’t really think of a near-death experience right now…though I am sure that just by typing that I have ensured that something will happen within the next 24 hours. Great. Thanks. 😉
WHOA!! That’s one killer hood. I took a tumble off a rope swing before it was over the water. Oops!
That’s one killer hood!
Now that I’m thinking about it, not a single near-death experience I can recall. I did fall down my basement stairs a few weeks ago, total top to bottom fall, bounced all the way down on my backside. Covered in bruises, but nowhere near death (perhaps it was the bottle of wine I’d had with dinner 🙂
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That’s one killer hood! I felt like I was going to die flying in a 12 person plane to Key West! probably over reacted!
That’s one killer hood!
I don’t think I have had a near death experience, but I am a funeral director, so there you go. I work with the dead!
That’s one killer hood! My 11 year old brother went out into the ocean and got caught in a rip tide and I went out to “save” him. I did, but only after swimming for hours sideways to the waves, and well we never did that again. He slept for 26 hours afterwards and I was grateful we were alive.
That’s one killer hood!
Probably the closest near death experience would be when we were rear-ended by a semi-truck. In traffic. The driver was texting and going too fast on a wet road. We drove away, but our frame was so badly damaged that if we’d even been tapped again the back would be up in the passenger compartment.
That’s one killer hood! Omg that’s amazing! Lets see I haven’t had a near death experience but I do have a recurring dream about one. As a former swimmer you may understand…. Anyway in the dream, I dive under the bulkhead of the pool I used to practice at expecting to come up on the other side… But once I get under the bulkhead i realize it is never ending and the place I swam under is closed and occasionally it is also full of sharks. I wake up in a cold sweat, gasping for air, heart beating out of my chest every single time. And FYI… I have never attempted to swim under the bulkhead since!
That’s one killer hood! I think car accidents are the closest I’ve been to dying. Not at all interesting, I know. That’s okay with me. 🙂
That’s one killer hood!
No near death experiences for me, but my youngest had one. He around 18-20 months old and I had given him and his older siblings a fruit leather while buckling him into his carseat after a visit to Whole Foods. I got in and after buckling him up I turned around to ask him if he liked it and he was staring at me with his mouth wide open, not making a sound. He had shoved the whole thing in his mouth and was choking. He couldn’t make a sound or breathe. Thank God my husband was with me because he new how to give him the Heimlich maneuver and dislodged it, and I was able to finger sweep his throat in remove it completely. He was fine after a minute, but it still scares me.
Ugh, now I’m upset just thinking about it again.
That’s one killer hood!
I lost control of my very small car once on a road that usually has tons of semi trucks on it. Luckily no one was coming, I ended up on the opposite side of the road!
That’s one killer hood! I’m sure at one point during childbirth I thought I was going to die! But other than that I’ve been lucky…knock on wood!
That’s one killer hood!!
Can’t think of a near death experience…winning this might cause my first!! 🙂
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I set butter on fire in the microwave once. Silly me thought the foil wrap would be no problem for 5 seconds in the micro…no bueno! As smoke filled the air I froze! All was fine after a few minutes, but I was terrified!
That’s one killer hood! I once had to drive through a ton of snow to be able to go to work when I’d been stuck in my hometown for a couple days. We never get snow like that in Oregon, so roads were mostly unplowed. It took triple the time to get home and many spin outs and close calls. I will never ever do that again. That job was not worth it!!
That’s one killer hood! As a kid I had to get rescued by lifeguards on the beach when the undertow pulled me out too far! =/
That’s one killer hood! Crazy 3 car accident, everyone unharmed, but my car was smashed in half.
Thats one killer hood!!
Swimming across Lake Powell was probably the dumbest thing I’ve ever done, could have easily gotten myself killed by a speeding boat.
That’s one killer hood!
That’s one killer hood!
I went zip lining in Costa Rica, and at the end is a ‘Tarzan swing’ that makes you drop over a ravine into a free fall before the rope starts to swing back and forth. Even though I was secure in the harness, it was so scary and I thought I was going to die.
That’s one killer hood! Luckily I don’t have any crazy stories, but I travel a lot for work and have had some flights that made me think I was going to crash and become part of the show LOST.
That’s one killer hood!
Skydiving was pretty crazy, especially when the tandem instructor said, “Now don’t panic, but…” and it turned out our parachute was twisted and we had to go with the back-up parachute. We landed fine, but definitely a moment of panic and thoughts of death.
“That’s one killer hood!” The closest near death experience I ever had was when someone almost hit my husband and I in a head on collision. I had to to bail over to the median with seconds to spare.
That’s one killer hood!
That’s one killer hood!!!
That’s one killer hood! I felt like I was going to die when I got caught in some cables underwater while tubing down a river when I was a teenager.
That is one killer hood! My story is definitly one i would like to forget. I was coming home around ten at night from college. Our daughter was only 8 months old. I remember the weather was cold in february, but the roads were fine at five pm. I came out of school and didn’t see anything different. I had about a 25 minute drive home. I was driving along and hit a patch of black ice. Didn’t even see it! My suv skidded down a huge hill into a ravine. I remember thinkingthat my daughter won’teven know me. I haveno idea how long i was down there, i came to when a policeman was asking me my name. I don’t know how…but i have never felt that calm and that warm before. I knew god was with me. And here i am 6 years later.
That’s one killer hood! I was in a terrifying accident last month with my 2 kids in the car. My life definitely flashed before my eyes!
That’s one killer hood!
That’s one killer hood! When I was 2 I was bit by a spider and had an allergic reaction to the bite, then had an allergic reaction to the antibiotics they put me on. My mom said I looked like Violet from Willy Wonka when she blows up like a blueberry balloon.
That’s one killer hood! My scariest moment was when my awesome doggy paddle-style swimming got me aaaaalmost from one side of the pool to the other. About one foot too far from the edge I was just too tired to keep swimming and I started to go down like a rock. Luckily someone saw me and grabbed my arm. I stick to the shallow part now ; )
That’s one killer hood!
My closest near death experience happened on a 3 wheeler and steep hill…enough said!
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Can’t really think of any near-death experiences… hmm… one time I got yelled at a gas station for talking on my cell phone, apparently that’s dangerous, who knew… 🙂
That’s one killer hood!
My husband is an extremely gentle man but for some reason a ridiculously aggressive driver so it kind of feels like a near death experience every time I get in the car with him!
That’s one killer hood! When I was four, I was riding our sweet horse Sugar. She decided to go back to her pasture which meant going through an electric fence. I ended up on the ground with a mouth full of “ahem” let’s just call it mud:o)
“That’s one killer hood!” My near-death experience was being in a plane landing in Denver without any landing gear. Ours broke off when we did take-off. Yikes! It was weird to land with emergency crews surrounding the plane. Thankfully, our pilot did an excellent job and there was no major damage to the plane or the people.
that’s one killer hood! Bad Car accident – not really near death, but crazy how things really do flash before your eyes!
That’s one killer hood!! And I neeeeeed it!!
That’s one killer hood!! On a cross country trip in a converted school bus with my friends, we almost rolled over a cliff in Utah. Apparently no one else was as scared as I was but I saw my life flash before my eyes!
That’s one killer hood!
When i was a kid, my father built a rope swing in our back yard to swing into the river. Fun, right? Also, when i was a kid, my family had a lovable but very stupid Newfoundland named Joy. One day, i was playing in the river after dropping from the rope swing, and Joy, being a water rescue dog, jumped in after me. The giant beast sat on me underwater leading to my near death experience. Bless her heart.
That’s One Killer Hood!!
Near death experience….I’m sure I’ve had one I just seem to have blocked it forever from my memory. I’m lame. Sorry Katie!
That’s one killer hood! A few months ago, I was about a block from work when someone ran a stop sign. She was literally inches from t-boning my car! I showed up to work in tears, but thankfully I was okay (as was my car).
That’s one killer hood! Um… I don’t think I’ve ever had a near death experience. I live a boring life!
That’s one killer hood! Before moving into my first apartment for grad school I found a really good deal on a mattress on Craigslist. I went to meet the guy thinking it was a warehouse but nope, some guys garage.. In the ghetto. Did I turn and speed away?? Nope.. I was broke and needed a mattress. Guy takes me back to his garage full of brand spakin new mattresses. Clearly stolen. Guy whips out huge pocket knife (clearly one he’s used to kill people with in the past) to cut the plastic open so I can feel them out. Do I run and jump in my car? Nope. I negotiate a price. 100 bucks with delivery. Was I ever really in danger? No probably not. Guy was as sweet as could be… for a criminal serial killer… But was most certainly the dumbest moment of my life.
That’s one killer hood!
When I was two, I contracted bacterial spinal meningitis. It was a seriously close call. The doctors were all astounded that I did not die, but hallelujah and praise the Lord, here I am! 😉
That’s one killer hood! Honestly, I don’t think I’ve ever had a near death experience {knock on wood}. But I probably would come REALLY close if I won! 😉
That’s one killer hood! Uhm…I play it safe. No near death experience for me:)
Thats one killer hood!!
The closest I came to death was a car wreck I was in when I was 17. Luckily I had my seat belt on, but it could have been worse. It totaled my car…..:S
That’s one killer hood! My entire honeymoon was a near death experience. I climbed a Mayan ruin in the rain, was driven through the mountains at 90MPH, and went down a slippery mountain on horseback. Survived haha!
That’s one killer hood! Gorgeous!
That’s one killer hood!! Most near death experience I wasn’t even that old. I was in kindergarten ans during P.E. we were playing outside and two of my friends and myself were crawling under our volleyball net that was held up by two flat tires and huge metal połes ( redneck I know). When it was my turn I crawled under and put my hand up to see if I made it through and pulled the net and pole on my head…I got three stitches out of the deal oh and a bald spot!!
That’s one killer hood! Went skydiving once and THOUGHT I was going to die.
That’s one Killer hood!!
-My husband and I were backpacking in Rocky Mountain National Park and decided to try to go up to see an Alpine Lake… with a bunch of snow still on the ground… In July… So it was all melting and sliding and steep… It was frightening. Needless to say, we were very close to making it to see the lake but we chickened out. Good thing, because now I’d love to win that hood so I can definitely convince the hubs to demolish our kitchen just to put a new hood up… And a tile backsplash… and appliances… and paint the cabinets… oh sheesh… see what you’ve done? More work (I hope)! Thank for the chance!
That’s one killer hood! I nearly died of a heart attack on Space Mountain at Disneyland last week!
That’s one killer hood!
That’s One Killer Hood!
I was watching over my dad’s shoulder when he was working on something in our garage and it blew up. He and I both had burns but it could have been so much worse.
“That’s one killer hood!”
Oh dear God, please let me win this one! This is literally the last thing I need to have my kitchen finished. I keep setting the smoke alarm off when I cook every.single.time. Its embarassing.
My nearest death experience was a car accident: me vs. a jerk semi who turned in front of me. It wasnt really gruesome just very scary and very lucky my car hit him where it did so I didnt go under the semi and die.
That’s one killer hood! My near death experience happened when I wasn’t even a minute old. I was sharing my womb with my twin sister, who was hogging 89% of the space, which forced me to be up-side-down, so when we went full term and weighed a combined whoppin’ 13 lbs of baby, the doctors wanted my (normally 5 foot, 105 lb) mom to do a C-Section since I was breech, but thankfully, right at that moment, my sister went first and opened up the canal for me so that I didn’t die before I breathed my first breath. So not an exciting story, but I tried 🙂
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I was 16 years old. I went to the beach in Florida with my friend and her family. In an attempt to look cute for the possible boys nearby, she and I decided we’d hop in an inner tube together and float on the gentle ocean waves. Somehow no one told us that we were too fat to squeeze into an inner tube together. What started out as a relaxing roll of the waves turned into huge waves out of nowhere, capsizing our innertube with both of us in it. So there we were, in the middle of the ocean, with our butts flailing high in the air for all to see (with a big dose of bikini wedgi to boot). We couldn’t seem to squeeze out of the tube while we were face-down into the salt water, but alas, we were able to some how poke and prod ourselves enough to get out before getting to become face-to-face with our maker. At the time it was slightly horrifying, but now that we look back, it’s pretty hilarious . Needless to say, we didn’t attract any boys our way that day.
That’s one killer hood!
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“That’s one killer hood”! My near death experience was a horrible reaction to a flu shot that put me in the hospital, for a while, a long while…
That’s one killer hood! I’ve been lucky enough to live 32 years without any near death experiences – knock on wood.
That’s one killer hood! And we sooo need a new one.
I’m racking my brain, but I don’t think I’ve had any near death experiences. I’ve been just shy of being in a multiple car accident twice, but thank goodness there were no fatalities in those accidents. I guess I lead a very boring and safe life!
That’s one killer hood!
I was run off the highway by a semi who changed lanes and didn’t see me.
That’s one killer hood!
My near death experience was when a drunk driver almost hit my husband and I on our way home from date night. He didn’t have any lights and was all over the highway…we called 911 and followed a safe distance behind him (so we could tell the dispatcher where he was)…he ended up turning the wrong way down a different highway and we obviously couldn’t follow him but the police got him just a moment after that. Thankfully no one was hurt!
That’s one killer hood! I am sitting here drawing a complete blank on near death experiences!
That’s one killer hood!
Am I boring? I can’t even think of one! I hitchhiked in college — does monumental stupidity count as a near death experience?
That’s one killer hood! I don’t think I’ve had any near death experiences. Not sure what that says about me.
That’s one killer hood! Nearest death: pretty much any time I drive my ambulance with lights and sirens through rush hour traffic in Northern Virginia. You’d be amazed how many people’s immediate reaction to sirens is to steer TOWARDS them. Yikes.
Thats one killer hood! I was going up a mountain in Kenya (they drive on the left side of the road so it was already confusing) when we saw a tractor trailer hit a broken down car and fall on its side and slide STRAIGHT AT US! I literally saw my life flash before my eyes (I always though that was a fake thing) but luckily at the last minute the back end hit the same broken down car and it swerved and ended up hanging half off the side of the mountain instead of squashing us into the side.
That’s one killer hood! My near death experience was a tragic golf cart accident. Seriously. My cousin and I were riding in my uncle’s golf cart and we decided to coast down a road which went down a mountainside. We didn’t think about the fact that without weight in the back hitting the breaks would cause us to fishtail. He jumped ship, and I hung on only to be flung out of the cart when we hit a tree. I landed in a small ravine and remember wondering if all my parts still worked. I had a few cracked ribs, but was otherwise intact.
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I eat non organic produce, I’m slowly killing myself! 😉
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I think I have a near death experience everytime my husband drives and I’m the passenger 😉 No but really, I once witnessed the car behind me roll over and catch fir because the car behind it had hit it. It could have been my car!
“That’s one killer hood!” I don’t think I ‘ve had any near death experiences. Pretty grateful for that. I have thought a time or two that God protected me because a few minutes sooner or a few minutes later a huge accident occurred on a road I was on. Very thankful!!
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Last night of fall semester, sophomore year of college. My friend asked me to go with him while he played DD and picked up two drunk friends from the bar. On the way back to campus, the driver decided to take a detour that would bring us past his crush’s house. Note: this was in central PA where all the roads are dark and winding… He noticed a sharp curve coming up too late and he drove straight off the road into someone’s field, narrowly missing a fence and a tree. Scared the hell out of all four of us, but it could’ve been much worse if he had tried to make the curve. Needless to say I had trouble concentrating on my last final the next morning…
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When I was very small, I fell into my aunt’s pool. I’m lucky that my cousin spotted me and pulled me out!
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I don’t know if I have ever had any near death experiences except in the car with crazy people driving around me! (And once I almost got run over in college- I was halfway across the crosswalk and a car was not stopping and almost hit me. Another car hit a kid in a wheelchair that same week, so I think someone out there didn’t like crosswalks!)
Thats one killer hood! Car Accident.
That’s one killer hood! No, but seriously. It really is. I’ve been following this blog consistently for many months now, but I’m a first-time commenter. Obviously the bribery of this gorgeous hood worked like a charm. So, to choose among my almost-death stories … let’s see.
When I was 13 and hated everybody (hormones), my dad was driving me from Maryland to Pennsylvania. I can’t remember why we were going on this trip but I remember being a total grouch in the car. Dad was driving up a stretch of route 301 in Delaware which, at that time, was a single lane in each direction divided only by some painted lines. All of a sudden, Dad inexplicably switches lanes. So now he’s barreling down the highway in the wrong lane (which blessedly had no oncoming cars at the time) whistling. At first, my 13-year-old cantankerous self was committed to pretending like this was no big deal. But then traffic appeared in the horizon. More specifically, an 18-wheeler truck. Still, Dad made no move to switch back to his lane. At this point, I am wondering if he’s messing with me or seriously doesn’t realize that there is a TRUCK about to HIT US. Finally I decided to speak. And by speak I mean scream at the top of my lungs: “GET BACK IN YOUR LANE! ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL US?!” Dad swerved back into his lane at what felt like the absolute last minute, the trucker laid on his horn as he passed us (and also, by the way, gave us the finger), and nobody died.
It was very bizarre. My dad wasn’t on drugs, wasn’t drinking or drunk, and generally was a reliably good driver. Reliable enough anyway that, as a passenger, one didn’t need to worry about what side of the highway we’d be driven down. He later would say that he just got lost in his thoughts and forgot he was on a single lane highway. Nobody got hurt, but I gave him hell about it almost every time we got in the car for *years* after that.
So eight months ago when I accidentally turned the wrong way down a one-way street in DC and my 10 year old daughter accused me from the backseat of trying to get us killed, I had to laugh a little. Here it comes, my dad would say.
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I totaled my parents’ car five days after I got my license. I ended up in the middle of a cow pasture on top of a huge fence post that I had knocked down, taking a brick mailbox out along the way.
And I didn’t even get a headache from it. Ironic, when I broke my ankle last year from just walking down one step funny.
That’s one killer hood! I rolled my car during a long in a snow storm … on the highway. I’m still terrified of being out (driving or being driven) in the now.
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Wowza! Great giveaway! Thankfully, I can’t really think of a true near death experience! I almost died of embarassment when I was 5-ish and peed my pants on the floor in gymnastics class. In my defense, I remember clear as day my mom told me that I “had to go pee before class because I could not go to the bathroom once it started”. It was a pond of pee instead of flammable fuel 😉
THAT’S ONE KILLER HOOD! Near Death: I fell off of a moped when I was 14. Lucky I still have a leg!
That’s one killer hood! I was sledding down an icy hill on a piece of linoleum (because we didn’t have a sled) and veered too much to the left. Before I could bail off, I hit a speed limit sign, but fortunately, just my leg was injured. 🙂
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I dropped a full glass bottle of olive oil onto my stove which burst into flames… and continued to burn like crazy. I felt like a total bad ass when I put it out with the fire extinguisher though!
That’s one killer hood! I almost froze to death when I went camping once. OK not really, but it was snowing and we definitely were not prepared for it!
Oh, and I almost forgot… a few weeks ago, I almost set myself on fire trying to light the rented grill at my nephew’s first birthday party… good times 😉
That’s one killer hood! I was hit by a car once when I was riding my bike, not wearing a helmet! but I survived and just basically beat up. wear your helmet kids!
“That’s one killer hood!” I haven’t had many near death experiences (knock on wood) but the one that sticks out most was when I was young (10ish) and we were stationed with my dad in Germany. We took a trip to the Lorelei on the Rheine River. And for some reason my parents and grandparents decided to get to the Lorelei itself we needed to go up this steep and winding hill. Step in winding for over there… maybe a goat trail over here? The vehicle were in was my mom’s huge truck. My dad had to back down the whole mountain side (if was like being in those shows with the truckers in foreign countries). That’s my story – or at least the one I’m going to tell.
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My closest near death experience was when the ATV I was riding on got caught on a tree snag and catapulted me off the trail, directly into a tree. I was wearing a helmet, I was totally fine. I will never get on an ATV ever again thankyouverymuch.
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This is gross and horrible to tell a pregnant woman, but you said nearest. I retained some placenta after childbirth. Ten days later my husband had to rush me to the hospital because I. Was. Dying.
TMI? I probably wouldn’t share that on any other blog. 🙂
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I feel like I’m going to die just about every time I swim in the ocean- like the waves are going to take me away! I prefer lakes and swimming pools.
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I fell off the back of a pick-up truck, and got my foot run over. I was so confused about how I’d landed and what was happening that it FELT like it could have just as easily been my head that got run over. Lucky me, it was just my foot and I didn’t even break any bones.
That’s one killer hood! The closest thing I ever had to a near death experience was when I was in school and our bus got into an accident on an overpass. The bus hit the railing and tottered a bit. We were all sure it was going to flip over and the entire seventh grade was going to be smashed on the road beneath. Looking back, I’m pretty sure the bus wasn’t anywhere close to flipping over…
That’s one killer hood! I also drove off with the gas pump in my car. Fortunately the hose popped off and no gas leaked out, but I nearly died of embarrassment!
That’s one killer hood! I was in an accident once where my car got T-boned and spun around 180 degrees. I walked away from the accident with no injuries (figuratively speaking–they took me out on a backboard because I was having a panic attack and didn’t get out of the car on my own), but still, closest I’ve come.
That’s one killer hood! As a child, I was sleeping over at a friends’ house and the whole family and I got carbon monoxide poisoning. They luckily woke up and felt sick and we all got out of the house just fine.
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That’s one killer hood!
I cant think of one incident that was really near death for me, but I think about all the stupid things I did driving as a teenager (throwing pennys at my friends cars, while driving next to them) and I am probably lucky I never got into any accidents that could have been really bad.
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Teen interstate driving. Enough said.
But I survived!! ( :
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When I was very young, I nearly drowned in a wave pool at a waterpark. Every time I tried to come up for air, another wave swallowed me. Luckily, a “big kid” nearby noticed and pulled me to safety 🙂
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On my tenth birthday we were visiting my grandparents and I was almost swept away in rapids in the river near their house. Fortunately, my uncle, who was further down the river from us, was able to bound out and get me.
That’s one killer hood! While in high school, I was in a rollover car crash…in a convertible! I think the worst part about it was that it happened at night time, in the country. It was so dark that we were terrified waiting for help to arrive.
That’s one killer hood!
Not going into details, but we’ll just say this: don’t drink and drive. Also, just to clarify, I was not the one who chose to do so. Thankfully, God gave me and the 3 other innocent people involved a miracle!
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When I was about 10, I was at a cookout/bonfire party and a drunk man emerged from the nearby woods with a gun. He began shooting at all of us and we scattered to hide in the homes/garages in the area. It went on for awhile and in the end a cop and the shooter wound up shot. Fortunately, no one died that night.
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Influenza B had me begging to die, just not on my daughter’s Bday. I waited until 12:01 am, I was really bummed out when nothing happened! Glad HIS ways are higher than mine!
That’s one killer hood!!! I don’t know if I was close to death but I fell and hit my head on a metal dumbbell and the pointy part went into my head and it busted open… there was a disgusting amount of blood and a long night spent in the ER.
That’s one killer hood! And I need one…we’re remodeling our kitchen on a dime. 🙂
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I’m constantly klutzin’ my way through life, but I don’t have anything juicy to reveal here. I am happy to be alive, albeit it covered in unexplained bumps and bruises because I randomly hit my hip on the edge of counters and whatnot. 🙂
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I was almost blew up my house and myself using a camp stove in my kitchen.
During a huge snow storm and power outage (while 8 months pregnant) I was using a camp stove to cook breakfast. Faulty line between the propane tank and stove, propane was leaking and caught on fire. I immediately turned the knob to off, opened the door and my husband threw the entire thing into 3 feet of snow.
That’s one killer hood! Hmmm . . . I think my nearest death experience was when I was driving a borrowed car with some tire issues (that became apparent when the rain started!), and I lost control of the car on a very wet road. Ugh, I still get sick to my stomach thinking about that (and am so so thankful none of the cars near me hit us!!).
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I would have to say falling asleep at the wheel and running into a backhoe.
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Knock on wood no near death experiences here!!!
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I was 15 years old and on a summer camp ‘wilderness’ trip. We were biking down a mountain and at one point a gravel logging round. At one extremely steep part I was approaching a sharp turn, with a straight drop-off if I didn’t slow down. I’ll spare the details, but without any sort of drop-off prevention- perhaps a railing(!), it could have been very bad. Almost 15 years later I still have nightmares. Not. Even. Kidding.
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My heart stops. Well, it used to. I have a pacemaker. His name is Tupac. I name my pacemakers. So, my closest death experiences were probably pre-pacemaker. You know, when my heart would stop.
THAT’S ONE KILLER HOOD! Legos! They almost killed me. I tripped on some that were left on a stair of our spiral staircase. X-rays showed no broken bones, just permanent lego indentions on my foot and a wounded pride!
That’s one killer hood! I was in a pretty terrible accident once where I was the middle car of a smash up and had no airbag. Yikes!
That’s one killer hood!!!! My second pregnancy was very difficult and I was very sick and almost died but it was way worth it , got my beautiful daughter out of it!!!
Road* road***!!!
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I was in a head on collision. The lady that hit us died. I hit my forehead on the dash, dented the dash, went back and hit my head on the window (reg cab pickup). I was knocked unconscious. Then the pickup started on fire….
That’s one killer hood! Just a couple fender benders– not from the accidents, but from my heart jumping out of my chest at the surprise/shock.
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Nearest death experience… Probably a pretty bad car accident I was in about a month after I got my license. I was trying to get a moth out of my car and rear ended a huge f-150 with a trailer hitch. My car was totaled, but the truck didn’t even have a dent. Thankfully, I didn’t have any dents either. Just a few bruises later that week.
That’s one killer hood! I jumped out of a perfectly good airplane with my Mom for her 60th birthday. Okay, technically I was skydiving with a parachute, but I still felt like I was done for!
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The only story that has stuck with me as “near death” was when I was about ten. Our boat was anchored out in the middle of a lake, and we had a tube tied up floating (a tube inside a cover). My brother boosted me and I boosted in so hard my face got stuck in between the tube and the cover with a couple inches of water! I could not get out or breathe and I started FREAKING out!!! But it was only five seconds and my brother helped me out. Close enough for me!
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driving down the interstate to look up and see headlights coming at us…a wrong way driver!!! Very Scary!
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I was in a car accident in ATL. It was my last night there and I was returning to my apartment after buying gifts for my family. A driver pulled out in front of me and I swerved in an attempt to miss him. Instead, I hit his front tire, bounced off, and hit the telephone box. Although I was upset at the guy, I am thankful we were both okay.
That’s one killer hood! My nearest death experience was 2 summers ago when we rented a boat on Hilton Head Island and the water was REALLY rough – we’re talking Gilligan’s Island rough where water is coming over the top of the bow and sides. We honestly thought we were going to die. When we turned the boat in the rental company said they probably shouldn’t have let us go since it got rough – ya think?!?! lol
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Near death expereince – slow motion crash on icy roads into tree – car died, I lived without a scratch!
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Almost got into a car accident. All of the cars in front of us were spinning in circles and thanks to my friend’s good driving we missed them all. It was so close!
That’s one killer hood! My closest brush would be when I was in Europe and did not at all look the right way when crossing the street. Yikes!
That’s one killer hood!
I was in a roll over car accident as a kid, before seat belts and before seats (it was an old Ford Bronco with no back seats).
Everyone in the car went injury free. This shows you how lucky I’ve been in my life.
That’s one killer hood! Teaching my girls how to drive.
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I was hit bay a car walking to school when I was 15. I had lots of injuries and lost my sense of smell but I am still here 🙂
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Being kicked by a horse in a spot where a few inches higher would have meant a hoof in the face.
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My nearest death experience would be getting a little too close to bison in Yellowstone in my attempt for a great shot.
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Being cornered by an angry momma cow. Wasn’t my greatest moment 🙂
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As my pick up truck slid down and ice covered driveway, I ran after it to try to pull the emergency brake (yes that’s right it was that old and the emergency brake was pulled by hand). As I approached I lost my footing and went sliding under the moving truck. My long hair wrapped around the manual window crank during the fall keeping me from hitting my head! Luckily, my dad had landscaped nicely and a rock near the end of the driveway stopped the truck! I will forever laugh each time I think of this story!
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I was on a huge bus in China during what seemed like a monsoon. It was super muddy and we were driving up and down mountains. The bus was whipping around corners and other cars and the road was super narrow and all I could see was the 500 ft plummet to what could have been my death. Super fun!
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almost it hit by a car at wegmans yesterday. not the best, but fresh in my mind b
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I was at Astroworld on a ride called the Gunslinger. It was a big swing that went in circles. I slipped out of the harness and was holding on for dear life screaming the entire time. Never went on that again.
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I like to run and can’t tell you the number of times I’ve almost been hit by a car because they only look left when turning right. Good thing I pay attention.
That’s one killer hood! The only near death experience I can think of is the time my hubby was pulling me behind a pick-up on a car hood in the snow. He took the corner by his parents mailbox to sharp and I swung out and hit the mailbox.( It was an old farm mailbox that was shaped like a little windmill) I slammed into that thing and flew off the car hood. I thought my life was over. But then I cracked up because my man and my brother-in-law came running and were so panicked because they though they had killed me. Hate sledding on anything to this day.
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I guess my closest near death experience is probably crossing streets in India on foot…. man those cars whizzed by!
That’s one killer hood!!! And for me, I’ve probably been nearer to death and didn’t know it, but my best memory was probably around age 11 and my cousins and I were climbing the tall pillars of a dock and jumping into frigid Canadian lake water over and over. Once I slipped as I was climbing up and miraculously fell between the pillar and the dock into the water instead of splatting or splitting my head open on the dock. I just remember the wide eyes of my parental audience rushing towards me when I surfaced.
That’s one killer hood! I feel like I have a near-death experience every time I drive on the interstate…. And it’s not me, it’s them!
That’s one killer hood!
When I was a kid we were walking around in downtown Washington D.C. A big rain storm came through and we were running to find shelter. As we crossed a street, my hat blew off and I instinctually turned to get it as a car turned through the crosswalk. Thankfully he saw me, I got my hat and my mom got sheer panic (I had been holding her hand).
Maybe that was more her near-death experience rather than mine.
That’s one killer hood! I work in a lab and yesterday one of our dust control machines was totally shut off but started shaking violently. I thought it was going to explode, but I still ran towards it and unplugged it.
That’s one killer hood!!!!…. I thought I was going to die when I stupidly got into a car with an intoxicated “friend” on my 21st birthday who then proceeded to try and out run the police when he ran a stop sign. He wrecked the tiny two door vehicle into a parked car and took off. I helped the police find him and he was sent to jail. Lesson learned!!!!
When I was 16 years old the car I was driving was hit by a train. It was in the country. No Railroad Crossing signs. An embankment blocking the vision around a curve. The engineer did not blow his whistle. I turned my wheels as soon as I could. The train hit the passenger side and the cowcatcher on the front of the engine pushed my car into a ravine. The car landed upside down. I got out, after fighting with the locked seatbelt and fell out of the car. I had minor bruises and scrapes. One of the policemen said I was lucky and blessed! I have an abiding fear of trains tho!!
That’s one killer hood! 2 ladders fell off a truck in front of me on the highway, whipping round and round before resting perpendicular to the road…thank God we weren’t tailgating!
That’s one killer hood! I was ‘hit’ by a car once, but they just tapped me slightly in a movie theater parking lot. It could’ve been a lot worse though!
That’s one killer hood!
I got dropped from a cheerleading stunt in high school. Traumatizing!!!!
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I can’t recall any near death experiences, although my husband hit a horse with a truck in Honduras on a foggy night in the mountains! It ripped the horse’s stomach open and my husband had to just sit by the road and watch it hobble around till it died 🙁
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uggg, I feel like whenever asks me a question, I freeeeze. I cannot think of one single near death thing that has happened to me.
One time my brother pulled out of a parking lot, in the snow, and we went on two wheels (like the left side of the car was in the air). I don’t think we honestly would have died though, but it will have to do 🙂
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I’ve never had a near death experience. Sorry that I’m lame. I need to start living more dangerously.
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When I was in high school I was in a rollover accident on a mountain and we stopped about 6 feet from going over the ledge… Oh, and I wasn’t wearing a seat belt, not one of my finer moments, but I haven’t gotten in a car since and not worn one.
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While on vacation in our old travel trailer, I must have bumped one of the knobs on our cooktop (probably while cleaning it). We all left to hike/play or something. When I returned to the trailer by myself, the smell of propane was very strong. I found the knob that was slightly ajar and quickly turned it off. I then left the trailer with the door open to air. I later realized I should have just backed away and turned off the propane at the tanks without going in, dumb me! So glad my kids didn’t come back to the travel trailer with me.
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During my first c-section: I felt the first slice and then the doctor said to my husband, “She isn’t going to look normal…” The next hour I thought I was fighting for my life…they had given me Ketamine and I was on a “trip”. Very traumatic experience. 🙁
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I can’t think of a time when I escaped death. I have done some pretty stupid things that caused some real pain,,,,like falling down stairs…but nothing that I can recall that was “near death”.
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That’s one killer hood! A flight home from Pittsburgh on a reallllly windy day sure felt like I was going to die!
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Nearly every time I get into the car with husband…and he is driving!
That’s one killer hood! There have been so many as I’m the most accident prone person I know. But most recently I fell down an embankment while out on a hike. Whoops.
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My story is totally trippy. My sister and I both swear its true!
I was nine years old in the Azores and we were hiking some cliffs to go to hot springs. They were pretty dry and there wasn’t much greenery around. The trail was perfectly safe, but I tripped over my own feet towards the edge of the cliff. My sister (who was pissed that she had to be the caboose because I was too young to be and therefore, had lingered behind us all in a pouty, middle child tantrum) caught me by my overall straps in the back and I landed face down in a bush that was NOT THERE before I fell. My parents found my sister and I holding each other, sitting on the ground crying. It was insane.
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I was riding in a car with 4 girlfriends in high school. We stopped at a stop sign, and were turning left. My friend thought the oncoming traffic also had a stop sign (but they didn’t) so she just pulled out into the intersection. There was much tire squealing and swerving, but somehow we made it without even getting into an accident. So scary!
That’s one killer hood! There was the one time in Galveston and getting to close too the jetties, and finding the bottom under me gone, and I probably wouldn’t have died, but thank goodness for the life guards that pulled me to safety.
That’s one killer hood! Fortunately, the only experience I have to report is a minor car accident.
That’s one killer hood! I’m not much of a rebel so I haven’t had too many near death experiences. My mom and I did get in an accident when I was like 10…she rolled her van in the ran and we landed in the ditch upside down. For a kid it was pretty scary.
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My near death experience happened while driving on mountain roads on Vancouver Island with my then-boyfriend now-husband. A car came flying down the hill in our lane, coming right towards us. I saw my life flash before my eyes before it swerved back into its own lane with not much time to spare!
That’s one killer hood! I was in a pretty bad car accident when I was a kid….someone was definitely watching over me that day!
That’s one killer hood! I think it was probably when I was little and I fell in the pool…. it’s good cause I don’t remember it. :o)
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A car accident. Whomp whomp. Not much of a story.
That’s one killer hood. My near death… In high school a friend crashed her car into a “lake” with 4 if us in the car. We all panicked and started screaming. After we got our wits about us we rolled down the window to crawl out of the car and realized we were in a shallow pond. Oh boy.
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I guess it has to be the time I flew over my handlebars going 40mph on my bike down a hill. I was lucky to land on my face rather than under a car. Thankfully I have a thick skull.
That’s one killer hood! My nearest death experience was when my appendix ruptured and caused a not insignificant infection. Glad I lived to tell the tale 🙂
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A couple of years ago some idiot ran a red light when I happened to be in the crosswalk on my bicycle. I only got a minor fracture to my tibia, but for a few seconds I was sure I was a goner!
That’s one killer hood I’d like to be killed by! The closest I’ve come I actually wrote a post on. It involved lightening on a mountain top and rescuers. It was ridiculous. I still get jokes when I go hiking these days!
That is one killer hood! Like major killer. I almost died when I spent 3 weeks at the inlaws in California this summer:) so.much.drama.
That’s one killer hood! I don’t know if I have ever had a near death experience. I guess just ,y car accident when I was 17 and plowed into the car in front of me. No one was actually hurt, though.
That is one killer hood! I haven’t had a near death experience yet…except crossing the scary I-74 bridge to take my kids to and from school everyday…ok, guess that one counts!! xo Kristin
That’s one killer hood! I had a valve replaced in my heart 7 years ago when I was 19 so my heart was stopped for 7 hours………does that count?
That’s one killer hood!! I recently flipped on a light switch where the had been a gas leak, the gas man said I was lucky I didn’t blow up the room!
That’s one killer hood! I don’t think I’ve ever had a near death experience…
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That’s one killer hood! Terrible car accident but at least I only hit a concrete barrier and no one else!
That’s one killer good! Back in elementary school, I went down my neightbor’s homemade ‘bobsled track’ in their back yard. My sled got turned around backwards and flew off the track and I ended up getting knocked unconscious and woke with a concussion. Fun times!
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Driving up a ski mountain was definitely a near death experience. Probaby an overreaction though.
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I can’t say that I’ve ever had a near death experience before (knock on wood!).
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I fell on the ground in a mosh pit at a Bush concert. This was back when Gavin Rossdale was actually cute and talented, so it was a crazy, scary mob of people. I thought I was going to get trampled to death.
That’s one killer hood! Got lost on a dirt road out west when a huge storm came rolling in. So scary!
That’s one killer hood! I came really really close to be run over by an suv while running.
That’s one killer hood!!! I ran out of oxygen while scuba diving b/c the gauge on my respirator broke – scariest thing that has ever happened to me!!!
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My whole family was sitting at a red light after early voting, and we were hit head on by a DUI on drugs. It’s been three years, but the slightest thing can take us all back to that moment!
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I was once stuck on a broken water roller coaster, in a dark tube with the water still running over us. I was definitely saying my last prayers. We had to climb out of the cart and walk/slide down the rest of the ride.
That’s one killer hood! I was a teenager driving to babysit and my car hit some black ice and spun into a ditch. I had no idea what to do while it was spinning (which felt like forever) and just kept thinking I was going to die.
“That’s one killer hood!!!”
Once I was in The Amazon Jungle and the tour guide grabbed a vine and suggested we get all Tarzan like….so being a dare devil, I grabbed the vine, ran, and swung out over a HUGE CLIFF (that I had no idea was there). Please insert Tarzan howl here. Then my friend went to do the same, didn’t get a good grip and fell. Luckily she fell before the ledge, but she broke her tail bone and we had to make a stretcher out of t-shirts and branches. Later we were like what the fudge were we thinking?!? A vine??! We trusted our lives to a random mossy vine in the jungle?!??
That’s one killer hood!
I went tubing in a local river with a group of women on a retreat. One woman tried to save herself by pushing off my tube and pushed me into this odd whirlpool by the bank that was full of barbed wire! My tube popped, I was going under, and my arm was getting all tangled in the wire… luckily one of the women was a firefighter and she literally plucked me out of the whirlpool and threw me out into the river like a boss. So thankful for her!
That’s one killer hood!
My nearest death experience was being hit by a car while walking to class in college. Ended up with sprained muscles and scrapes but no major injuries.
That’s one killer hood! Got into a bad rollover accident when I was 12. I got away with few injuries and everyone else in the car ended up ok. I was scared of driving on 2-lane highways for a long time.
“That’s one killer hood!”
I was pinned between a suburban and a camp trailer. Luckily it was a low impact hit. Scars are hot right?
That’s one killer hood. My near death experience is when my parents were trying to light a pilot light on our in-wall heater. Apparently the wind coming in from the outside vent on the heater was preventing the pilot light from lighting. So they asked me to go outside and hold a blanket over the vent while they lit the pilot light. Long story short, the heater thing backfired and my hair, eyelashes, and eyebrows all got singed!
That’s one killer hood!
The closest that I came to a near death experience was a car accident that I had a few years ago. Thank God I only came out with a broken foot because it could have been much worse.
That’s one KILLER hood!
Just two weeks ago, my heart flip flopped when I realized the water squishing through the lament flooring on my kitchen floor was spreading and it wasn’t from the ice cubes my 6 children kept “accidentally” letting fall out of the ice cube door, onto the floor. I nearly passed out, when said-mentioned floor was pulled up, only to discover my lovely dishwasher was leaking and had been for some time. I screamed, “NO!” and nearly collapsed when after pulling out the dishwasher, I discovered MOLD on my floor, cabinets, wall and insulation! Sure enough, I saw my entire life flash before my eyes when I realized I would have to tear out my entire kitchen and live with plywood counters and concrete floors until the husband and I could save up enough money to replace it!
That’s one killer hood! I’m sorry, but I can’t remember having had any near-death experiences (thank goodness!).
That’s one killer hood! I almost drowned on a rafting trip as a kid- very scary!
That’s one killer hood!
A car went down a divided highway on the wrong side. Squeezed in between two cars in the other lane just in the nick of time. But I burst into tears after it passed and was shaky for the rest of the day. Also this one is silly but haunted houses and me don’t mix 🙂 you would think if you know it is fake it wouldn’t be that scary…but it is!!!
That’s one killer hood!
Near death: getting into a multi-vehicle crash that the paramedics and firemen said I shouldn’t have walked away from.
YIKES!
That’s one killer hood! I’m a teacher in an unair conditioned school and last week I felt like I was going to die!
That’s one killer hood! I rode on an ATV last week with my husband and he drove us into a ditch and we were both thrown off. I got away with just a few scratches.
Killer hood!!!! We just got back from vacation in Costa Rica, where I found a scorpion in my room one evening before bed…luckily my boyfriend is quick and killed it with a shoe!
Now that’s one killer hood!
A rollover accident is all I’ve got! Needless to say, I don’t let my brother drive too often anymore!
That’s one killer hood! Flipping backwards on a 4wheeler on a muddy incline in the rain. It almost crushed me! I rolled to the side just in time, thank goodness.
Thanks!!
That’s one killer hood! My son would have killed me during labor, if it weren’t for C-sections. He’s been killing me ever since 🙂
That’s one killer hood!
When I was 7, I was playing softball with my brother and sister. Without thinking I walked behind my sister while she was swinging for the ball and she hit me in the forehead with a wooden bat. My eyes swelled shut, got two black eyes and had a killer headache for weeks!
That’s one killer hood!
Not sure about the “death” part, but I did set my hair on fire just a little while leaning over to sniff a cauliflower soup that was bubbling the other day … a hood would *totally* help with that problem, because, um, I need it?? NEED!
That’s one killer hood!
I was in a nine car pile up but wasn’t hurt outside of a broken molar. The near death part comes when you get out of your car on the freeway, that is covered in ice, and cars are just smashing into each other. Fun times!
that’s one killer hood!
I went off the road once in a terrible snow storm, the car got stuck and we had to wait for someone to come along and pull us out (the days before cell phones..).
That’s one killer hood! Thanks for the awesome giveaway!!!
I thought I was going to die when my cousin dared me to go down a water slide at Lagoon. This was one of those straight down for like a million feet water slides. So scary zooming down and then I though I was going to drown when I finally reached the bottom and hit the water.
That’s one killer hood!
I almost died in a car accident when I was a little girl, but by the grace of God and my dad’s quick thinking, I lived to tell the tale!
That’s one killer hood!
That’s one killer hood!
I haven’t had a near death experience, but for a short time, thought it was a possibility when my doctor said I might have a brain aneurysm. Turns out it was just my brain’s normal abnormality. What the?! Anyway, thank the good Lord!
That’s one killer hood!
The closest I’ve gotten is losing control of my car on black ice. I spun off the road and through a wooded area. I was going to fast I thought “This is it! I’m going to wrap my car around a tree.” Amazingly, I spun to a stop in the middle of a bunch of trees. Not a scratch on me or the car. I just drove back on the road like nothing happened.
THAT’S ONE KILLER HOOD!!! First, I’d just like to say thanks for the opportunity to win this!! Our kitchen is in desperate need of a hood, especially since our kitchen is currently hood-less and has no windows that have the ability to open. I have had a few brushes with death I guess and all of them involve water. The beach to be precise.i grew up in San Diego and one summer was particularly bad when it came to rip currents. I think on three different occasions at 3 different beaches I would get caught in rip currents and basically start drowning. Somehow I always managed to get out of them and make it to shore, but one particular time was really bad and when I finally got to shore I found that I had drifted close to half a mile down the shore from where I began.
That’s one killer hood! we got caught in a flash flood in Honduras while on a medical mission. there was a lot of prayer coming from our small car! it was too close for comfort because the car behind us was swept away
GASP that’s one killer hood!!
No near death experiences here, just the way I like it 🙂
thats one killer hood!
okay…one time in college i was skipping down a hallway with a friend, and she continued to go down the stairs skipping away … and jumped up, cracked her head on the sloped ceiling, and tumbled down all the stairs. the selfish part of this story? while she needed staples in her head, i felt that I almost died because of the scared/shock feeling that stayed with me for weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh, she was fine too. me on the other hand….
That’s one killer hood! Hummm…I do so many things that are dumb and by God’s grace am still alive today. Not near death, but I did manage to sit on a cactus once.
That’s one killer hood! I cannot recall a near death experience for myself…but I witnessed one! My husband, friend and I were taking a walk, and they decided to try to push over a leaning tree. It started falling towards our friend, and it was so slow motion…she kept moving and it kept following her. When it finally fell all the way, it just missed her. Ok, so it might not have been a huge tree…and she might not have died had it hit her…but it was enough to shake us all up a bit!
That’s one killer hood!
Got caught in bad under tow when I was in 9 th grade. Super scary!
That’s one killer hood.
That’s one killer hood!
Nothing crazy here either but last year a city bus pulled out without singling and nearly ran me off the road with my 3 month in the back! Now I never trust them and wait for them to pull out even if the line of cars starts to honk!
That’s one killer hood! My nearest death experience was having a baby. Everything went fine but statistically I was taking my chances.
That’s one killer hood!
Actually, I did almost die a few weeks after my 3rd birthday. I am alive by God and God only. Doctors couldn’t explain. Our car had a head-on collision with a BUS, in the middle of the night. Bus driver died while driving, bus crossed to other side of the highway, we were hit full on. Since we are talking 1982 here, and another country, seatbelts in the backseat weren’t the law. On impact, I flew; through the windshield, into the open, smashed and very sharp hood. Long story short, gory details unsaid, fast forward 31 years, and I have three small scars to show for it, two above one of my lungs, one on my face. We all survived. Dad, mom, brother and me. Some people on the bus weren’t so fortunate. So, yeah, blessed to be here. Now, may I kindly have this hood?
“That’s one killer hood!” Anytime I ride in the car with my mom, it’s a near death experience….her driving skills are…well, let’s just say they aren’t existent! 🙂
That’s one killer hood!
My nearest death experience just happens this week when our gas meter was struck by lightening!! Ok, so not so near death because there was no explosion or fire, but we did evacuate until the gas was shut off. No one was hurt (thank you Jesus!), we just lost a few electronics.
That’s one killer hood!
I don’t think I’ve had a near death experience, but my husband “thinks” he has. When he was younger he swallowed listerine. He thought it was over. HA!
That’s one killer hood! In high school my car started on fire when flames burst out of the steering wheel. Luckily, I smelled smoke right before this and was out of the car checking under the hood ( as if I knew what I was looking for…)
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That’s one killer hood! I don’t think I’ve ever had a near death experience (knock on wood)… unless you count every near encounter with a spider!
That’s one killer hood! The closest near death experience I’ve had was a car accident where we were hit from behind on the freeway and our car spun out and ended up on the side of the road.
That’s one killer hood!
Driving home on a highway in Massachuestts is a near death experience every day!
“Use ya blinkah!!”
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That’s one killer hood! My husband caught my kitchen on fire trying to make sweet potato french fries back when we were dating in college. I was much less calm than he was about the flames pouring between the pan of oil and the gas stove – luckily both us and the rental kitchen survived.
That’s one killer hood!
that’s one killer hood! My near death was with my speed demon, lead footed father in a
’65 corvette. Tons of fun, terribly scary.
That’s one killer hood! I was in a boat accident in which the boat flipped over and I ended up entirely underneath the boat, looking up at it. That was pretty frightening!
Thats one killer hood. Really bad plane ride where I thought I wasn’t going to make it.
“That’s one killer hood!” hmmmm…probably when I was 38 weeks pregnant, had pregnancy brain and pulled out in front of a car and was t-boned and my car was totaled….all survived but scary!
That’s one killer hood! I don’t think I’ve ever had a near death experience (knocks on wood)… unless you count every near encounter with a spider!
That’s one killer hood.
My nearest death experience I was four wheeling and went up a small ,like 4 feet, steep hill and the four wheeler bucked me off. So I’m stunned at the bottom of the hill and the four wheeler is up on its back tires above me teetering. The it just falls forward onto it’s front wheels. No harm but it was scary for a second.
Dude. That’s one killer hood. I’m just glad I was able to drag my dead self over to the keyboard to tell you that. My near death experience? Was for real. What was it? Can’t tell you. Why not? Mostly because your PG, and we’ll leave it at that. But today? I cut my thumb. Then I was squeezing lemon into my drink at dinner, and, well – I almost passed out.
That’s one killer hood!
That’s one killer hood!
I was in a roll-over car accident where the Jeep I was in did three and half flips, but by the grace of God I walked away (or crawled) with only minor injuries.
That’s one killer hood!
Hmmmm, my near death experience involved running across two lanes of traffic when my dog ran into a car. Yes, that was correct. My dog got away from me and ran into car and not the other way around. She then screamed and bounced back over two lanes of traffic with me in hot pursuit. And I didn’t think at the time that I was doing anything remotely dangerous.
That’s one killer hood! While not funny or exciting the closest I came was following the birth of my third child. Fortunately she was worth it, and yes she will be my last. I don’t need to do that again!
That’s one killer hood!
I am so accident prone it is amazing I am still alive. I can’t even count the number of concussions I have had.
That’s one killer hood!
My near death experience was terrifying. When I was in my freshman year of college I took a wood working class. Sounds cool right. It was until one day I had to use a band saw. Supposedly one of the safer tools out there. WRONG. I started to used it and the blade snapped. That should have been the end of it but then door then popped open. A giant metal blade came rushing towards my face. Thanks to a recently had Starbucks I jumped out of the way and wasn’t harmed. I am grateful that I now to don’t have the face of Edward Scissorhands. The verdict is still out whether the band saw and I can ever be friends again.
That’s one killer hood!
That’s one killer hood! On a flight from Memphis to New Orleans and wing of plane was struck by lightning causing plane to tilt 180 degrees.
That’s one killer hood! I caught my old stove on fire… that felt like a near death experience.
That’s one killer hood! I once saw a fifth wheel flip and spin the truck around all 4 lanes of interstate traffic right in front of me, everyone was ok!
That’s one killer hood! Nearest death experience…hmmm…it would have to be on the way home from work yesterday when this big deer ran right in front of my car and I had to swerve to avoid it – it happened to so fast. My heart is beating so fast thinking about it again.
Thanks for the opportunity! I have my fingers crossed!!
That’s one killer hood! Near death experience? Having the gas pedal on my Volvo get stuck while accelerating! Nothing like not being able to stop the car while your girls are in it!
That’s a killer hood!
A group of friends and I used to make soup for our church’s weekly soup kitchen, using the industrial sized stove and equipment compared to our various holes in the wall scattered throughout the city. In December, we decided to treat ourselves to some cookies. We’d be cooking for months but hadn’t used the oven before, but it looked fairly straight forward. We preheated the oven, stuck the dough in, and waited. When the timer went off, one of our friends opened the oven – I was next to him trying to peer in. WHOOSH! A two-foot fireball (really!) flew across the room, hitting the stainless steel cabinets on the other side of the kitchen. He got a bit scotched on his face, but was thankfully unharmed. As it turned out, we needed to first light the oven, rather than just run the gas for 20 minutes with four burners flaming on the stove…
That’s one killer hood!
I haven’t really had any near-death experiences, not counting all the crazy drivers I share the road with. The closest would probably be when I was renovating a mobile home and fell through the rotten floor. Luckily, since it was a mobile home, I was only four feet off the ground. I did also step on a rusty nail there, which could have given me tetanus, but I immediately went and got a shot because I’m not a rebel.
That’s one killer hood!
I was on a super rocky flight from England to Ireland in 2004 when I was studying abroad. It was so bad that I actually began panicking wondering who was going to tell my parents that I had died. I literally kissed the ground when we landed. It was not fun, but I am sure to the pilot it was nothing.
That’s one killer hood! The time I spent on a missions trip in a Kenyan slum stands out as the longest continual risk. Lovely people, for the most part, but there was an anti-western gang busy beheading people at the time. Obviously, I came home with mine still attached.
That’s one killer hood!
That’s one killer hood! One day my family & I were walking to the subway (we live in NYC) I was talking about something & just started walking across the street because I thought the light had changed. I had seen the light for the opposite traffic. I was almost hit from both directions before I even realized what had happened. My husband got my son out of the street in time (they were following me), but didn’t yell out to me because he thought it would cause me to get hit [so he says :)]
That’s one killer hood! Hmmm near death experiences? Maybe the time I hit black ice while driving in winter and the car was headed straight for a barrier when suddenly, it straightened right out again and on we drove. To this day I think angels picked it up and set it back on a safe path 🙂
That’s one killer hood!
I don’t think I’ve had any real near death experiences… Probably when I lost control of my car on a freeway onramp while it was raining. Skidded around quite a bit, but didn’t hit anything, and was pointing the right way once I regained control. Pretty lucky I suppose!
That’s one killer hood!
Don’t think I’ve had any near-death experiences, maybe with some crazy drivers and near-accidents 🙂
That’s one killer hood! Giving birth to my first child (35 years ago) I thought I was going to die from the enema and the birth….then I went on to have 4 more….
Love your blog Katie…you make me smile with your antics…and we all need to smile more.
That’s one killer hood! Ripe tides have gotten me a couple times which was scary but thank goodness that’s the closest I have come. KNOCK ON WOOD
Buying our first house and the hood would be awesome!
A plane’s landing gear that I was taking wouldn’t come down…they had to empty the gas tank over the ocean in case we crashed while trying to land and prevent a giant explosion. Apparently CNN had us on live coverage, which my dad was watching, not realizing that I was on the flight. We landed safely and everyone applauded. 🙂
That’s one killer hood!
I am lucky that I haven’t been in too many dangerous situations “knock on wood”. I did get rear ended by a large rental truck on the interstate one time. Scared me to death and totaled the car, but I walked away fine.
That’s one killer hood!!
My dad and I were in a car wreck and flipped over a small hill on our top. It was pretty scary. Other than that, my near death experiences are trying to get to the office donuts in the morning.
That’s one killer hood! My near death experience was a way too close for comfort, barely avoided car accident.
That’s one killer hood!
I drove through SoCal once, does that count?
That’s one killer hood!
It chills me to think about it. Girls vacation in Key West… We were riding two per jet ski. My friend and I were opening it up to see how fast we could go on the calm gulf side of the island. We weren’t paying attention while we were crossing a boat right of way. We’ll there was a boat zooming by. I never say it. Thank God my friend who was driving did. She pulled the jet ski hard to the right and dumped us both into the water. We were scared to death. She really saved our lives. We got back on the jet ski and cried in each others arms. The boat turned around and told us we should watch what we are doing! Really??? BTW we were ok. Even better, my friend had chronic neck pain for years and didn’t have it again after that!
That is one rough flight!
That’s one killer hood!
I’ve almost died quite a few times actually, so I’ll give you a PG-13 story, lol. Once when I was a kid, (read: early teenager) me and my cousins were up late watching Scream and kept hearing a pounding on the sliding glass door leading to the deck. We armed ourselves with whatever random “weapons” we could find (stapler, fork, curtain rod, etc) and threw back the curtain on the window. Turns out, it was my black lab’s tail happily hitting the door waiting to come in.
That’s one killer hood!
Nearest death experience– I was in Naples for work for two months last summer (yes, I know how snotty that sounds and how crazy-lucky I am) and it’s a city known for it’s awful driving conditions. I honest to goodness thought I was going to die to death when driving. Once a car pulled out right in front of me, when I was on the highway going 60 mph. I somehow threaded through an impossibly small gap between that car and an oncoming car. I really really really thought all three of us in the car were as good as dead. But we only grazed the mirrors off.
That’s one killer hood! I was in a car crash once that almost killed everyone but a lucky roll left us with only some broken bones. it was a close one!
That’s one killer hood! I guess mine would be rolling down a deck stairway when I was a baby!
That’s one killer hood!! Nothing to special here just ‘stole’ my friends car with some other girfriends spun out around a curve and ended up in a ditch. Not the brightest move on our part but that’s being 16 for ya!
That’s one killer hood!!!! I once flipped a little car off the road and into a farm field…. lucked out and did a full flip and landed back on the wheels! Walked away just a little shocked and sore, but no injuries!
That’s one killer hood!
No near death experiences here. Well, there was that one time (sans band camp) I was on the hood of a friend’s car just chilling as lazy teenagers do. She started the car and took off driving down a busy road, with me still on the hood. She laughed like a maniac (I’ll never forget that laugh). When she stopped blocks later, I stomped back to where we started. Stomped.every.foot.step. I was a wild child, but I liked living more than dying not by choice.
That is one killer hood! You know I can’t think of any near death experiences, I guess that is a good thing!
“That’s one killer hood!”
I was in a 50 (approximate) car pile up accident that occurred during a really bad snow storm up here in Michigan. I can remember my car turning sideways and sliding right into the car in front of me – slow motion style! Luckily I was okay, but it could have been a lot worse!
P.S. We don’t have a hood – the previous owner uninstalled it to put a microwave in it’s place, what!!
“That’s one killer hood!”
I was in a 50 (approximate) car pile up accident that occurred during a really bad snow storm up here in Michigan. I can remember my car turning sideways and sliding right into the car in front of me – slow motion style! Luckily I was okay, but it could have been a lot worse!
P.S. We don’t have a hood – the previous owner uninstalled it to put a microwave in it’s place, what!!
P.S.S. I typed my email in wrong – disregard my previous entry! 😛
That’s one killer hood!
That’s one killer hood!!!
Near death experience: Falling more than 30 ft into solid rock…when my belay dropped his rope. No brakes…and “Look Ma’ No Hands!!! I can walk, talk and play with my kids 15 years later…Oh and cook. I can cook!!
That’s one killer hood!!
I don’t have a near death experience but I did save my best friend in college with the heimlic (sp?). It was crazy and I still can’t believe I did it!!
That’s one killer hood! My nearest death experience was white water rafting in Colorado… And by that I mean it scared the bajezus out of me, and I didn’t really ever almost die. But I was scurrrred. At least I can say that’s the closest I’ve ever come to death! Well, and also when I read this post. I did almost die then.
That’s one killer hood!
Closest near death experience was a car accident a couple years ago… but thankfully God protected us! 🙂
That’s one killer hood!
when I was little and my grandparents were moving in to their new house there was a big truck that we were climbing on right under the big electrical wire (the one outside that carries power from the street to your house yeah big boy wire!) and I had no clue what it was and thought I should reach up and grab it just because I could and thankfully my uncle saw me before it happened and yelled for me to stop but it was certainly a crazy close call when you think about it! yikes!!
“That’s one killer hood!”
I was on an airplane that had just taken off & was in the air when all of a sudden there was a loud POP sound followed by a horrible burning smell. Turns out a bird was sucked into the engine. We had to make an emergency landing. It was terrifying especially since I absolutely hate flying.
“That’s one killer hood!”
Went to fast on a gravel road and did a 360 and went into the ditch.
That’s one KILLER hood! I think one of my nearest death experiences was driving onto the highway during commuting hours, only to find that a car was driving the wrong way toward me on the ramp! Yikes!
That’s one killer hood! I had a true near death experience when a driver under the influence drove off the road onto the sidewalk going over 50 mph. Thankfully, my family and I were okay!
That’s one killer hood!
Before I knew better, I started my car in the garage on a cold winter day with the garage door closed and never thought about carbon monoxide poisoning. Very lucky that day! No one got sick and nothing came of it, but thankful just the same!
That’s one killer hood! Would going down rapids backwards in a canoe count as a near death experience?
That’s one killer hood.
I guess my near death experience was when I was in a car accident in high school. It really wasn’t that bad, but I did get whisked away in an ambulance. I was 16 and dramatic so it probably seems a lot worse in my head then it really was! 🙂
That’s one killer hood! I have had a couple very close calls driving where some crazy driver tried to take me out.
That’s one killer hood! I got cut off on I-75 going 80mph and spun into the median more times than I can remember. But anyway… I’d LOVE a hood! 😉
That’s one killer hood! I’m sure there have been multiple times in the car when i think I’ve thought my life was about to end. But since i can’t think of a single incident right now, I’ll go with the time I thought it was a good idea to go skydiving in a foreign country. Turns out it was a good idea, but I’m pretty sure it could have ended badly!
That’s one killer hood! Almost got sideswiped by a tour bus on bridge. Probably not near death but it sure felt like it!
That’s one killer hood!
I was driving in my Toyota Avalon with my toddler in the backseat when a semi truck jack knifed, swung over 2 lanes of traffic and smashed me into the guardrail. It took me 6 months to not see that truck when I closed my eyes. Praise God we both walked away without a scratch.
That’s one killer hood! I had a close call while riding a bike in high school – narrowly missed being hit by a car.
Great giveaway!
That’s one killer hood. When I was about 6, I stuck a bobby pin into a socket. I couldn’t let go, my mom had to pull my hand off. To be fair, I was playing doctor and just pretending to give someone a shot!!
That’s one killer hood!
That’s one killer hood!
One of those take you up to the top of the world and drop you in three second amusement park rides is my near death experience!
That’s one killer hood!
“That’s one killer hood!” My only near death experience is one I don’t remember because I was a baby. I was the second child, and my mom was never one to freak out or worry. One day while I was napping, she couldn’t get it out of her head to go check on me, so she finally did. She walked into the room to find that my big thick beautiful afghan that hung on the side of the crib had fallen totally over me. She pulled it off to find that my face was blue. She grabbed me and rushed around in a panic and in all the jostling, I began to breathe again. That afghan was never hung on a crib again although it was in our family for years. (It was light pink, white, and light blue chevron, made by my grandmother, and absolutely beautiful!) I happen to know that mom is making me one in teal, white, and gray for Christmas. 🙂
That’s one killer hood!
Hmm…I don’t think I’ve really had any “near death” experiences. I’ve had plenty of moments where I’ve felt my heart skip a beat though! It was usually something harmless like thinking I missed the last step or something. Falling off horses can be pretty scary but I don’t think I consider that “near death.” I guess I should be counting my blessings, then 🙂
That’s one killer hood! My near (but not so much) was when I went to Hawaii and flying back, the planes windshield cracked. We watched out the windows the fuel being dumped and turned back to the island. It was a school trip and we thought it was fun to stay another night in paradise
That’s one killer hood!
I used to volunteer at the fire department by my parent’s house. Living out in the country, the county departments rely on the rural ones to run a lot of calls, so we were more than just your basic ambulance. We were one step below paramedics which meant we could start IVs and administer certain drugs. Picked up a guy who had OD’d on heroin, then took a lot of his dad’s methodone – he was pretty sick. Started an IV on him and he bleed onto my pants where I had a cut on my knee. Had to get tested for HIV, scariest few days of my life. Came back negative though! 🙂
That’s one killer hood! I had a gun pulled on me and my friend. Thankfully after what felt like hours (but was really maybe a minute) he drove off.
That’s one killer hood! I got stuck driving in a snowstorm once that turned into blackout conditions and I thought for sure I was going to die on the highway!
That’s one killer hood!
One time, about 10 years ago I was on a row boat in the middle of a lake after drinking a little in the middle of April (read COLD water!!). We happened to be by a power plant as well that has an intake from the lake to cool the coal and happens to have a history of occasionally sucking people down if you get too close. Well the boat tipped over…. and we couldnt get it to flip back over so had to swim to shore in clothes, freezing water, and we were near the power plant. Scary!! And also dumb of us to go out….
That’s one killer hood! I almost died one day when my hubby accidently cut off (our car was jam packed full of camping gear) this thuggish looking guy. The guy followed us for 7 or 8 minutes down the road and turned into the same parking lot as we did. He confronted us. I thought my life was over.
That’s one killer hood! I guess the closest I ever came to death was when I jumped off a cliff near Yellowstone while whitewater rafting. I was never in danger or anything but…I guess I could’ve been. Which is sort of like a near death experience, right?
That’s a killer hood! My near death experience was being rushed and attacked
by 4 dogs while i was walking two dog aggressive
dogs for a client. Everyone came out ok thanks to some quick action- one dog made off with a mouthful of hair.
That’s one killer hood! :).
Now as for the near death experience, I guess I haven’t had any. Well, maybe during the birth of my daughter I screamed like I was dying….but I’m pretty sure most people do. 🙂
I would loooooove that hood in my kitchen. That would spur a remodel since we have icky shag in our kitchen. Ah, the joys of buying a fixer upper!
That’s one killer hood!
…one time I thought I was going to fall off a cruise ship. The wind was incredible (they had locked down all the outside areas due to it) and my friends and I decided to climb up to one of the front lounge areas, up a side of stairs that was on the side of the ship. I was probably over reacting but still think it was pretty scary (and a pretty dumb idea too)!
That’s one killer hood! When I was 10, I was going down a zip line and just before I went off the platform someone saw I wasn’t hooked!
That’s one killer hood!
Thankfully, no near death experiences in my life.
That’s one killer hood!
On my high school graduation day, I went out to see a classmate at their home. (Lived out in the country) As we were coming back into town, my sister lost control of the car on the muddy roads and we spun around several times…
That’s one killer hood! All of my near death experiences are boring and traffic related.
That’s one killer hood! When I was floating on a cruise ship, I flew off the top bunk on a particularly rocky night at sea – luckily my Dad caught me in an uncharacteristic feat of athleticism!
That’s one killer hood! Haven’t been that close to death… but one time I picked up a snake and it bit me and got stuck in my arm… it wasn’t poisonous though. :-p Oh, and I did have appendicitis that went misdiagnosed for a year… did get the thing removed until it had ruptured (the doc estimated it had ruptured a MONTH before it was removed!!)
That’s one killer hood!
Childbirth. Not really, but it certainly felt like what I assume death will.
That’s one killer hood!!!!
I went white water rafting on the White Salmon river in Washington/Oregon. It was SUPPOSED to be a class 3 river with a class 3/4 waterfall at the end. It was a class 4 river with a class 5 waterfall due to increased rainfall that year. Our boat tipped over going over the waterfall and my whole boat (me, my husband, my fatherin law, my two brothers in law and a sister in law) all fell out and had to swim for it. What made it so near death was the SECOND class 3 waterfall down the river that we were all headed for with no boat. NEVER AGAIN!!!!!
That’s one killer hood!
I was climbing a mountain in Peru near Machu Picchu and for a stretch of time, there was literally 6 inches between me and the great abyss below. Such a rush!
That’s one killer hood!
My near death experience will come when I find out that I win this hood!! 🙂
That’s one killer hood!… Near death experiences follow me around like the plague… Probably has something do with my last name but recently I was mowing the backyard when I ran over a snake (unknowingly). It was massive and the law mower chopped him in half (I’m thinking it was a male snake because it was that big… Beer belly and all). The 2 pieces each about 2 feet long went twirling through the air right past my head. I had a come to Jesus moment right then and there. Anyway I’m mowing the lawn more often these days so it doesn’t become the long green playground for the slithering types.
That’s one killer hood! I can’t really think of a near-death happening so I guess the closest thing would be a rear-ending accident I had.
That’s one killer hood!
I think I’ve been fortunate to not have any near death experiences so far. Of course now that I’ve admitted that, I’m fully expecting an anvil to come falling my way soon! 😉
That’s one killer hood!
I’d say a car accident I was in almost 10 years ago.
“That’s one killer hood!” T-bone car accident!
THAT’S ONE KILLER HOOD!! (We need a vent hood soooooo bad!! Just sayin’…. Fingers & toes crossed for this one!)
I don’t think I’ve had an ACTUAL near death experience… but I always feel like I’m going to die while flying… Especially on the smaller planes… Obviously I’m not a good flyer…
thats one killer hood!
i almost drowned when i first learned how to kneeboard. it flipped over and i couldn’t get myself unstrapped, so i was underwater till the boat turned around and came back to me. scary, but i eventually tried again and still love being in the water.
That’s one killer hood! No near death experiences to share, but I have done plenty of clumsy things… falling out of a tree comes to mind. 🙂
“That’s one killer hood!”
Just this week I started to made a left hand turn when a Sheriff SUV and running silent about 80mph came through the intersection.
Needless to say…I survived but we have a real problem in our county with Sheriffs running reds at high speed.
That’s one killer hood. I thought I was going to die on the landing of a flight to Hawaii. We were just about to touch the ground when the plane pulled straight up and we had to circle again for a second landing. Then, it happened again. The third time was a successful landing. Everyone went from screams and tears to clapping and cheering.
That’s one killer hood!
While skiing someone who had never skied before decided to race down a mountain. They weren’t very good and ran into me from behind. They took off my skis and sent me tumbling down the mountain towards people and trees with no way to stop myself (they hit me with a lot of force). To make matters worse they were still behind me when I got to the bottom and skied over my arm. Thankfully i escaped with just a fracture and a ruined weekend.
That’s one killer hood!
Car accident of course.
That’s one killer hood!
Spring break 1993, flying back from the Bahamas in a rare southeast blizzard. Totally thought I was going to die.
That’s one killer hood! 🙂 Not really sure, but I did have flames erupt from my fuel tank when I opened it at the gas station- they’re not kidding when they say built up static electricity can cause a spark! An LSU student ran over, grabbed the squeegie they leave there to wash windows and put it out. Phew!
That’s one killer hood! Ok, no killer moment but I love the hood 🙂
That’s one killer hood!
No good near death stories but we put a Zephyr in our old house. I sure miss it. Would love one for our new house.
That’s a killer hood! I’m a terrible driver so all the time!
That’s one killer hood!! I watched a tornado touch down from the end of my driveway once.
That’s one killer hood!
Well, I thought I was going to die a few years ago on a plane. The pilot couldn’t even keep it straight down the runway! It was the worst ride of my life. To the poor woman I dived over on my way to the restroom – so sorry! To the flight attendant who I’m sure heard my head hit the back of the restroom every time the plane jerked – a LITTLE turbulent!?
Found out later that the pilot was being called “Rookie” on the comms. :-/
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Ohhh… nearly falling asleep while driving or carrying my son as a baby up the stairs with laundry in the other hands.
That’s one killer hood! When I was younger I thought it’d be a good idea to unplug a dehumidifier while standing in a basement filled with water. Got zapped pretty darn good!
THAT’S ONE KILLER HOOD!!!! not sure I have a near death experience…car wreck?
That’s one killer hood!
In my teens, I slid down a mountain flume that emptied into a rushing river. I managed to claw my way out before ending up in the river, but managed to rip the seat of my shorts open. I then had to walk home with bloody hands and my undies showing…
That’s one killer hood! I once lost control of my car on an icy highway (at night). It was so scary, I had to stop on the side of the road and wait 20 minutes until I stopped shaking! YIKES
“That’s one killer hood!”. I’ll start with my last rights given by a priest. I had carbon monoxide poisoning. Ice had covered the ventilation vent on my dryer.
My ICU doctor called my parents (they were south for the winter) and told them to fly home ASAP. They didnt think I would survive through the night. I had the highest level of CO2 poisoning that had ever walked! walked! into their hospital on my own. The hospital staff brought me a meal, weird, I thought, then a priest came in while I’m on the phone with my mother. I told her, “I have to go now, a priest is here to give me my last rights.” I was dismissed two days later.
Miracle. I was left with a red handprint on my arm. Guardian angel?
That’s one killer hood! tHe only thing I’ve ever come close to dying from is embarrassment. A lot.
That’s one killer hood! Driving on the DC beltway is a near death experience every single day:)
so cool.
xo – kb
HAHA!
xo – kkb
Thats one killer hood!!
ATV riding in West Virginia. My first time ever and I was riding with very experienced people. It was scary as heck and the most exhilarating thing I have ever done!!!
That’s a killer hood! No near death experience but you are right I might just die if I win this giveaway!
That’s on killer hood. I almost drownded on an innertube being pulled by a boat. I fell thru but my legs were hooked on it and the boat slowed down and turned around to get me. As long as the boat was going, I couldn’t break free from being pulled under water. K, got goose bumps again just typing it…
Ouch.
xo – kb
That’s one killer hood!
My near death experience… I fell off of a bunk bed, landed on my back, my head less than an inch from the corner of a dresser. I might not have died but I would have definitely needed stitches!
That’s one killer hood!
I got stung by a bee on my arm when I was in high school. My parents weren’t home at that time, just my brother and I. I didn’t feel very well, was dizzy and tired, so I went to sleep, which probably wasn’t such a good idea. When I woke up, my entire arm was swollen and red. The doctor said I would have to carry an epi pen. It’s a good thing my reaction wasn’t worse or I probably would have died in my sleep!
“That’s one killer hood!”
I’m ‘worst-case-scenario-girl’ so most everything is near death to me!. LOL!
Whoa.
xo – kb
That is really scary.
xo – kb
That’s one killer hood!
The closest I’ve come to death was swimming on the North Shore of Oahu. I got taken out by a giant wave and was under water for what felt like 5 minutes. I’m not a big fan of swimming in the ocean anymore.
all I can think is…poor bird 🙂
xo – kb
Oh my. That is terrible.
xo – kb
That’s one killer hood! Hydro planing New years eve 2008 into a guard rail on the interstate.
That’s one killer hood! I thought I was going to die in Guatemala during an experience where my “bodyguard” told me “You know, I’ve broken all of the ten commandments.” The story is way too long to tell, but I’d be willing to dish if I win the hood! 🙂
That’s one killer hood!
I was almost thrown from a roller coaster when I was a child…restraints were not that good in the 90s!
“That’s one killer hood!”
Slipping off a 30 foot cliff into a too deep to measure swimming hole in the river at camp with rocky outcroppings all around. Wind totally knocked out of me and nobody but my sister noticed that I almost drowned because all of the wind was knocked out of me.
That’s one killer hood!
I got in a terrible car accident where the airbags went off and it was all smokey and white and I thought I died and was in heaven…. Weird!
That’s one killer hood! Childbirth:)
That is one killer hood… Not really a great memory, but fits the bill: was 14 and held up. At gunpoint, but lived to see the guy go to jail. For 16 months. My guess is that he took more than that off my life, but I have a better story.
That’s one killer hood! I can’t really think of a near death experience, although my father would probably tell you it was when I was 15 and he took me out practice driving and I went the wrong way down a one way. 🙂
That’s one killer hood!
My closest near death experience was probably getting knocked down/pulled under by a wave at the beach. Not such a fan of the ocean!
That’s one killer hood! I think my most near death experience was probably during a careless driving moment, which I have had one too many of! Trying to drive more carefully now that I have a kiddo!
That’s one killer hood!
I had an allergic reaction and almost went into anaphylactic shock….thankfully with a dose of Benadryl, I was ok.
That’s one killer hood! Hmm, no near death for me, but doing anything with the electrical or plumbing, especially plumbing scares me almost to death!
That’s one killer hood!
I was putting things in the back of my trunk on a semi busy street near my parents house. There was a car parked behind me. I was busy shoving things into my truck when I heard two cars hit. I looked up and saw one car spiraling out of control and slam into the car parked behind me. That car got shoved forward pinning me between my car and the car that was behind me. I didn’t have a scratch on me tho. The way the bumpers bent around me, I had about a 1 foot by 1 foot space that was enough room for me to stand in. My mom saw the whole thing and was hysterical. I just was upset about my car. Glad it worked out for the best. No one was hurt and we all walked away. Hope I win!
That’s one killer hood. I’m blessed to have had no near death experiences thus far. Perhaps God’s grace recognizes that with the burden of having MS I have enough on my plate. I have witnessed the recovery of a car accident that almost claimed the life of two of my brothers. Life is precious!
That’s a killer hood.
I’ve had two very near drownings when I was much younger
That’s one killer hood! Gosh, I’m so boring – no near death experiences. But I might kill for a hood….
That’s one killer hood!
So I was run over by a car. No seriously – not some wimpy ‘over my big toe’ or ‘watch out! that was a close one…’ moment. Nope RUN OVER. I was four and inside my brother’s two-door Nova in the pre seatbelt or car seat era. While he was parking it, I rammed open the door from inside without realizing he wasn’t at a complete stop, slipped under the car and over me the car went. The doctor said I was very lucky to have been so young because my bones were soft so I had no lasting damage. My sincere apology to parents who read this and wince. I always thought it was a funny ‘ha-ha’ story when I was kid, but now that I have kids it kind of makes me ill to think about my poor parents! However, the empathy does not get in the way of exploiting the shock value of the story in a ploy to get a fabulous range hood or making my big brother feel guilty about running me over…
That’s one killer hood! I was once in a head-on collision with a truck and managed to walk away with minor injuries.
“That’s one killer hood!”
I’ve felt near death several times, but in hind sight it was all just NBD. 🙂
That’s one KILLER hood!!
My nana dropped me in between a boat and the dock when I was 4- let’s just say that I only wanted my dad to help me on/off the boat from then on!
That’s one killer hood! Near death experience?? Almost stepped on a Copperhead when I was 6. It was camouflaged on some gravel when I was camping with my family. I couldn’t see it, but my brother pulled me right before I stepped on it. Have been terrified of snakes every since!
That’s one killer hood !! Brand new teenage driver with the ink not even dry on my new lisense, meets squirrel darting into road = near car roll over = never dodge a squirrel again ;). Awesome giveaway, my craptastic kitchen could use any help it can get!
That’s one killer hood!
My closest near death experience came on a bus when I was in 1st grade. Picture this: Winter in the wilds of Colorado, icy roads, bus full of elementary students, and a drunk bus driver. Turns left to go down the cliff towards the valley, hits a pinto (killing three college students on their way to the ski slopes), and the bus skids around the corner, with the back of the bus going off the cliff. I was in the back seat (of course) so was hanging in the air. I think the back tires just managed to stay on the ground, but just barely. Very scary.
That’s one killer hood!!
Unless I’ve blocked something out, the closest thing I have to a near death experience is a few scary moments while driving. Man, I need to get a better story than that!
Thats one killer hood!!
I can’t think of any of my own near death experiences but I am a nurse and have been a participant in many of my patients own near death experiences. Even had one die (all the way) once and brought her back to life!!
That’s one killer hood!
I’ve felt close to death after running a 1/2 mile 🙂 I need to get off my bum and start exercising….
That’s one killer hood! My car recently died in the middle of an intersection during rush hour dead center of uptown. Not fun…
That’s one killer hood.
My near death experience is a long story but let’s just say it involved scuba diving in St. Thomas….something I will NEVER do again!
That’s one killer hood!
My nearest-death experience: My first marriage.
No wait…come to think of it…it was actually the husband who was in imminent danger of death…
-andi
That’s one killer hood!
I crashed my four-wheeler last year – not fun. I got thrown off and ended on the bottom of a very rocky hill. I somehow walked away with just bruises and sore muscles (although my helmet was considered DOA since it was pretty beat up)
That’s one killer hood!
I have had several but the scariest was walking to my car and being held up by gun point. Talked him down. Thank God. My sister all ways says that I have a parking angel. I believe her.
That’s one killer hood! I was passing a semi truck in the winter in Minnesota. I spun out while passing, ended up in the median facing backward and miraculously hit nothing. After clearing the snow from my windshield, I drove right back onto the road and kept going. I think I bawled the entire rest of the way.
That’s one killer hood! No near death experiences for me… the closest was maybe when I had an emergency c-section giving birth to my daughter. Luckily, she was perfect! 🙂
That’s one killer hood!
One night while babysitting I nearly blew the whole house up when I accidentally left the burner on, pumping out gas into the kitchen. As the first time to ever use a gas stove, I was unclear on how touchy it can be and thought I had turned it off completely. Thankfully, for much more than just my sake, everything turned out ok!
“That’s one killer hood”!
The closest I ever came to death that I know of was in 2004. I was on my home and had just gotten off the exit to my house. About 1/4-mile up the road a white car was flying toward me in my lane. I was stunned first at how fast the car was travelling and second that it was in my lane.
There happen to be two road barrel’s on the side of the road and I drove on the right side of them with just enough room for my SUV. The car stayed in my lane and actually brushed the barrels as it passed. I had pulled to a stop and put my car in park. As the white car drove past brushing the barrel’s I looked into the drivers window. No one, dark tinted and once it passed me it went back into it’s lane and I sat there in a panic that I wasn’t hit.
Not another car on what is always a busy road. I pulled back onto the highway and had not gone another 1/4-mile when I passed 3-cars. Was the strangest thing ever. I know that was a brush with death. I thanked God for the protection and prayed all the way home!
That once *that I know of* was enough for a lifetime.
Jake’s a Girl
“That’s one killer hood!”
Once as a child I took apart my alarm clock. With a butter knife. While it was still plugged in. Yeah…it really, really hurt. I only realized years later how badly that could have ended!
That’s one killer hood! Thankful that I don’t have any stories to share! All the comments are giving me goosebumps!!
That’s one killer hood! I haven’t had one yet!
That is one killer hood! Driving through thunderstorms this summer on our way home from the east coast. It was terrifying!!
That’s one killer hood. No near death experiences. And I am perfectly glad If i dont get one until I actually die 🙂
That’s one killer hood!
That’s one killer hood! Was in a car accident when I spun twice and hit a tree….darn WI snow storms!
That’s one killer hood! The closest I’ve ever come was a freak accident in a local ice cream shop. I was standing inside the restaurant with my sister when a car came crashing THROUGH the plate glass window and hit us. Yes, I got hit by a car INSIDE A BUILDING.
That’s one killer hood!! My best near death experience was getting in a car accident. I was helicoptered from the scene in serious condition. Lots of broken bones but its all good now!
That’s one killer hood! I was robbed at gunpoint while working at a grocery store when I was 15.
That’s one killer hood!
My near death experience involved an airport shuttle ride in Paris. The shuttle arrived and hour late and the driver decided to make up time by ignoring every possible traffic law including red lights! I was on my way home with my he-only-proposed-the-day-before fiancé. I was almost certain that I was going to die before having the chance to tell everyone the good news!
that is one killer hood!
It wasn’t near death, but it is interesting – I once leaned over the electric mixer a little too close (the cookie dough looked SO good!) and my hair got caught in the mixer beaters. They sucked my hair right in! Ouch! I had a bald spot the size of your fist for a solid month or two. Eventually it grew back in.
That’s one killer hood! My story is kind of gross, so those who are faint of heart (or just don’t want to hear the TMI) may want to look away…
All right, here we go. My first weekend of college, before classes even started, I was doing one of the get to know you events on campus and realized that I was, um, menstruating rather heavier than I ever had before. I raced back to my dorm room and my roommate found me freaking out there, so she found someone to take me to the ER. I lost enough blood that night to require 2 units in transfer the next day… I was way too out of it to know how scared everyone was for me until way after the fact. All I remember is being really tired and really scared, and at one point the doctor yelled at me that I was going to die if I didn’t let them run the test they wanted to.
Turns out the birth control the doctor had put me on for heavy periods (of all things!) had rather the opposite effect to what they intended. To say the least. So they put me on something entirely different and I’ve been much better since. Scared the heck out of everyone and missed the first two days of classes, though!
That’s one killer hood!
I almost choked on my own vomit. And to this day vomit to me is like how people fear heights. Hate it.
We plan to,update our kitchen so this would be awesome!
That’s one killer hood! No close calls for me…pwhew!
That’s one killer hood! I was in a horrible roll over car accident when I was 17 and was luck enough to walk away with a couple of stitches!
That’s one killer hood! Luckily no near death experiences here!
oh gosh.
xo – kb
“That’s one killer hood!”
most recently, i was nearly run over by a semi. terrifying. in town and semi came out of no where, no signal, swiflty changed lanes and i had no where to go except the side walk.
that’s one killer hood! I’ve had many a near-death moment while riding horses as a crazy teenager…turns out thoroughbreds are race-horses at heart…even the ones you thought had never been on a racetrack before!
“That’s one killer hood!”
Dehydration as a first grader. I spent 3 days in the hospital.
That is one killer hood!
My only near death experience was being caught in a lightning storm while kayaking. Fortunately, we were able to paddle back to shore pretty quickly.
That is one killer hood!
That’s one killer hood!
That’s one killer hood!
My only near death experience was when a panicked horse ran away with me on its back. Ended up being thrown, got the wind knocked out of me and a broken vertebra. It was scary!
Thats one killer hood!! Im not really sure, perhaps spinning off the freeway into a bank of snow when the driver lost control on an icy highway. Scary!
That’s one killer hood!
That’s one killer hood! Sliding backwards on a sheet of ice in a Chevy truck about to topple into a bank of trees.
That’s one killer hood!
My closest near death experience was when I was on a mission trip in Guatemala. I was riding a horse up a very narrow path on the side of a mountain and it was raining extremely hard which causes the horse to lose his footing and fall, needless to say I almost went down the mountain. Very scary!
That’s one killer hood! My near-death experiences are all in my imagination, I think. Falling down the stairs or accidentally slicing a vein with a kitchen knife are the two biggies – all imaginary, but I do have freakish fears about stairs & knives….
That’s one killer hood!
I had surgery on Friday the 13th?! I didn’t die.. but my gallbladder did.
Killer hood!
The closest thing that I have had to a near death experience is standing near a chain link fence as it was struck by lightening. Scary!
That’s a killer hood!
When I was ten I was rolling blading with my friend and the tornado sirens started going off. We hid in a basement stairwell of a church. Thankfully there was not a touch down, but we were certainly scared! Gotta love growing up in Kansas Toto!
oh dear. That’s scary.
xo – kb
That’s one killer hood! I jumped in a pool when I was two. Fortunately adults were close by to pull me out.
That’s one killer hood! No near death experiences for me personally but on my brothers 5th birthday he was taken to the er for flu like symptoms and sent home. Hours later my Dad woke him. He had a high fever so they took him to another er where he was hospitalized for spinal meningitis. The doctors said if my dad wouldn’t have woke him up he would have slept forever!
That’s one killer hood! I have a bad habit of choking…usually at dinner after someone makes me laugh. My most memorable choking moments were on vacations. I choked so severely while visiting Yellowstone that a woman ran over to my table to try to help. Another time I choked while in Mexico, and the staff at the resort rushed to my aide. Now when someone tells a joke in my family they usually give me a serious look after the punch line to make sure I’m ok. Lol!
That is one killer hood!! My near death experiance would have to be a car accident when I was little. It really wasn’t that bad, but the other guy lost his license because he had so many accidents.
That’s one killer hood!
My horse somersaulted over me and crushed my entire rib cage + other bones. I still have a big dent where he stood on my sternum. Yes stood on my sternum. Good times.
That’s one killer hood! Not sure if this qualifies as “near death” but I was launched off the back of a 4 wheeler went flying over my husband (who had hit a HUGE mudhole) and in the most graceful move in history sort of somersaulted to a stop on a soft marshy patch of land located between some giant bolders. I didn’t have a scratch on me. Someone was defintely looking out for me that day!
That’s one killer hood!
Have not had that experience yet…fingers crossed
That is one killer hood! I haven’t really had any near death experiences… yet!!
That’s one killer hood!
Nearest death experience… I once hitch hiked a ride from a foreign man while in Europe. And forgot my pepper spray in my luggage.
That’s one killer hood!
When I was 6 months pregnant, I stepped off the curb at a cross walk next to a sign that said, ‘Stop for Pedestrians’ when I almost got hit by a bus.
“That”s one killer hood!”
I was hit by a car while walking to school during my sophmore year. Luckily it was winter and I had on a long coat which was the style in the late 70’s. Between the coat and the snow bank that broke my fall from the hood of the car I ended up with only scrapes bruises.
That was my favorite coat!
“That’s one killer hood!” Bee sting, no joke! Throat swelled up, welts appeared everywhere, and my mama made it to the hospital just in time!!!
That’s one killer hood!
My near death experience was being on Semester at Sea in ’05 when the ship got caught between two storms. A very large wave (like 50ft) crashed onto the ship, causing us to be without engines. We nearly capsized in the storm and were stranded for hours (all in life vests on upper decks) before regaining enough engine control to steer out of the area. It caused a ton of damage to the boat and several people were injured. Ca-razy.
That’s one killer hood!
I almost drowned during the swimming excursion to the hotspring on our honeymoon in Santorini, Greece. Though it might not be that bad dying at such a beautiful place!
That’s one killer hood!
I choked on a hotdog when I was alone in the kitchen at 7 years old. And it was real deal choking. I couldn’t make a sound to call for help because the hotdog piece was entirely blocking my throat. I feel like a had a guardian angel watching over me cause I still don’t know how I was able to expel it out. I learned a valuable lesson in not trying to rush eating and to thoroughly chew food.
That’s one killer hood!!!!
Mine was a rollover in a car .. In college .. Looking back that was one crazy roller coaster ride (everyone walked away) .. I felt so bad for inconveniencing everyone and felt super awkward they were all freaked out so I started complaining about the only casualty (I totally broke a nail) in the worst valley girl of the 80s accent .. Sooooo awkward .. Yep, that’s me!
That’s one killer hood!!!! My nearest death experience was when we were in Mexico on a catamaran ride out in the gulf. They let us get off and swim at a sand bar. But because of where some of us jumped off the boat we got caught by the current and swept away from the sand bar and out towards open water. I swam as hard as I could but couldn’t gain any ground. I came to terms with the fact that I was going to get swept out to the ocean {maybe a little dramatic ;)}. But finally, after what seemed an eternity, they threw us a raft to pull us in. And to make matters worse, it was the day after my wedding day!!!!
That’s one killer hood!
I was flying home from a Ukraine mission trip and a little boy was messing around with the lights/seats, etc. Somehow whatever he did made all of the face masks come down. The flight attendants ended up saying it was a fluke, but I was terrified!
That’s a killer hood!!
I think my scariest experience was when I was driving to get My driver’s licence test .I didn’t want to pass a yellow light so I stop and turned out that the street had gravel and my car couldnt stop ,I spin twice and ended up in the opposite direction , thank God no cars were in the road at that moment and nothing happened to me , well yes i did fail the written test after the accident because I was still shaking but i did pass on my second chance and with no mistakes ;).
Thank you Katie for the opportunity to win the vent hood , I am remodeling my house (I started a yr ago) and I just have a wire hanging from the ceiling bc I Havent had the money to buy a hood for my kitchen island.
That’s one killer hood!
I once fell asleep at the wheel while I was on the interstate. I woke up, panicked, and jerked the steering wheel causing the car to fishtail off of the interstate. However, I miraculously managed to maneuver my car between a huge metal pole and a cement half-wall without contacting either.
“That’s one killer hood.” The only thing I remember right now is when I was getting ready to take a shower and I lost my footing and started falling into the tub. I was still standing outside the tub. I grabbed the shower curtain as I continued to fall. Not really seeing my life before my eyes cause I did land without hitting my head!
that’s one killer hood!!!
i was in a tornado a few months ago in oklahoma. scariest thing ever! huddled in a closet with outside just roaring down on us. i was literally making lists on my phone for my husband to do regarding taking care of our son.
That’s one killer hood!
I had a moment similar to yours. I was at work (I’m a stylist) in the salon I was walking down the back hall and went past the laundry room only to find it flooded. The laundry machines were running along with a floor fan. For some inane reason I ran in to unplug the fan and only afterward realized how dangerous that was.
My second story happened only a few months ago while I was driving home from the grocery store. I was stopped at a red light. The light turned green and I started driving into the intersection. I looked to the left and saw a car barreling toward me. The other car had to come to a screeching, smoking halt. By the way, I was about 13 months pregnant. I still cannot take that route home and when my husband drives and we take that road I can still see the skid marks on the road.
That’s one killer hood!
ok, after reading through some comments, I feel lucky that we’re all alive!
That’s one killer hood!
As someone who used to travel to Africa regularly for work, I’ve had a few close calls that are a little to realistic to share. (I don’t like to think about these things, clearly).
That’s one killer hood!
I once drove a real Hummer (not the pretend smaller ones) up a really steep, muddy hill in the middle of nowhere (ok, a quarry in Bulgaria). It was so steep the Hummer started to flip back but luckily a tree caught us. Actually, the hummer was armored and we would’ve been fine. But it was crazy nonetheless. My dad was shot at as a cop though!
That’s one killer hood!
My closest near death experience was falling off a jet ski in the middle of a lake
That’s a killer hood!
My husband and I were asleep one night and heard a funny sound. I rolled over to go back to sleep. My husband sat straight up and shoved me off the side of bed. 2 seconds later the ceiling fan fell straight out of the ceiling and stopped about 4 inches above the bed, still spinning on high. Straight up terrifying.
That’s one killer hood.
My near death experience? I guess I must be boring because nothing really stands out? Nearly lost my head playing catcher when I was 12…Arby’s food poisoning…brushing too close to the electric horse fence…these might be more “bad judgement calls” than actual death.
That’s one killer hood!
I was driving on I-285 when suddenly I had to go from 70 mph to a complete stop. There was a LA-Z-Boy chair in the middle of my lane and there were too many other cars on the road to swerve in another lane around it. I didn’t even see it until I had mere seconds to react because of cars in front of me and it was right after a big curve. But that wasn’t even the near death part. I was at a complete stop on the interstate just around curve and people were flying past me. I just knew any minute we’d be rear-ended and die. The worst was when a Marta bus full of people came flying around the curve and came within mere inches of smashing into us. My little sedan swayed to the point of almost tipping over as the bus passed us. God must have been watching over us that day because we finally got a gap in the oncoming traffic where we could get around the chair and lived on to see another day.
Lessons Learned:
1. God is good
2. Avoid the interstate in/around Atlanta whenever possible
3. LA-Z-Boy chairs are far deadlier than you might think!
Thats One Killer Hood!
I was in a house fire and had to fall from a second story window.
That’s one killer hood!
I don’t know if its near death, but swerving to avoid bounding deer on a freeway certainly felt like it! We all made it. The truck, the people, and the deer!
“That’s one killer hood!”
I was quarantined in college for part of a day since I had been in close contact with a student that got meningitis. Luckily, I didn’t have it, and they’re ok now!
That’s one killer hood!! I used to drive very “spazzy.” Grateful I never hurt any one or myself!
That’s one killer hood
While I can’t remember any specific near death situations, my boyfriend lovingly calls me a walking train wreck. Prime example. Yesterday I plugged in a hand mixer and reach my hand towards the blade while my other hand was on the start button. Ok so maybe it could have been bad and maybe I don’t think before I do things, but hey! I’m still walking on earth right?! At least for now 😉
“That’s one killer hood!” When I was in grade 3 playing hide and seek with the neighbour kids we had a close encounter with the cattle in the field (where we were playing). While we were blissfully playing in the tall grass as the cattle grazed at the opposite end of the field the neighbour’s bull escaped through the fence. All the cows in the field we were playing went crazy, chasing this huge, black angus bull towards us. We all starting running, knowing we just had to jump over the creek and the cows wouldn’t follow us. I later realized my shoelace was undone – I tripped. The bull ran past, circled around and ran right over me. It did not actually step on me (or I wouldn’t be here to type this) but I was under with all 4 of it’s legs around me. It was pawing the ground and kicked me in the head, then ran off. I had the wind knocked out of me from fear. Haven’t been too fond of 2000lb animals since . . .
That’s one killer hood! I was going to fast on a long country road and rolled my car. I Wasn’t injured but sure learned a lesson.
That’s a killer hood!
My near death experience happened when I went skiing for the very first time. After spending all of 15 min learning how to ski, I decided to follow my more experienced husband up on the difficult slopes. As I was going down hill really fast I found myself heading towards what I thought was a cliff. I swerved sharply and found myself heading straight for one of the ski lift poles. Because I had failed to learn how to stop properly, I slammed right into the pole. When I came to, I heard people up on the ski lifts screaming and yelling at me and I saw a very panicked husband skiing toward me. I can’t believe how lucky I was to walk away with zero injuries, despite not wearing a helmet and having hit a large metal pole at full speed.
“That’s one killer hood!”
Car crash 1 and car crash 2
That’s one killer hood!!!
I don’t know if you would call it near death, but I was in car accident last year in my brand new Kia Optima (27 hours old). A Toyota Tundra (AKA a huge, heavyduty truck) rammed into me while I was stopped at a light and totaled both our vehicles and caused serious damage to the BMW in front of me. (The Tundra driver was looking at an accident on the other shoulder and failed to realize that traffic in front of him was stopped at a red light. PLEASE pay attention to the road ahead of you unless you would like to join that unfortunate group of people on the side of the road!!)
Luckily, no one was seriously injured; unfortunately, I cannot say the same for my Optima. It was laid to rest shortly thereafter. 🙁
That’s one killer hood!
My then boyfriend-now husband and I were driving to dinner and this woman drove onto the highway, except she was going the WRONG way. literally driving the opposite direction in 60+mph traffic, cutting across lanes…we don’t know what had possessed her but thankfully we were able to exit quickly and avoid her. It was a scary few seconds!
That’s one killer hood! Happily, no near death experiences here.
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my car ignition was acting up and a weird light came on as i was driving on the freeway. i jiggled it to the point where the car turned off but the car was still moving forward. not sure how it worked, but i somehow turned on the car again and the car acted like nothing happened.
That’s one killer hood! I’d love it. Hmmm, I was driving in Northern California a couple of years ago, going too fast on a downhill curve. As I tried to hold the lane a semi came up the hill. Thank you God for keeping four wheels on the ground and my family safe.
That’s one killer hood! I almost drown in a raging river when I was a kid.
That’s one killer hood!!!
My near death experience was in Mobile,Al., exiting off the ramp & about to enter the underground tunnel, an 18 wheeler would not get over & I had no where to go. My life flashed before me & by the grace of God my children & I were spared. Still makes me so uneasy to think about.
That’s one killer hood! My mom said as a toddler she found me on top of a
table that was pushed up against a big open window . We lived on the fourth floor! She didn’t know I had figured out how to climb !
That’s one killer hood!
When I was in high school on the way home from a mission trip we stopped in West Virginia to go white water rafting. I was sitting next to my sitter fully tucked in our ‘gear’ riding on a school bus that was taking us to my death awesome adventure and listening to an Australian woman (because that’s exactly the accent one would picture in WV) tell us the rules and caution items of going white water rafting. As the bus slowed down to our point of no return the Aussie narrows her brows and shouts, ‘PEOPLE HAVE DIED ON THIS RIVER AND IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN!!!’ I peed my pants.
Once on the river we were to get out of the raft, climb up a cliff and jump off. I kept thinking my whole mission was to stay on the raft and survive. My sister had to push me out and up the cliff I climbed. They were making a video to remember this terrible time and the camera guy was at the jumping point capturing everyone’s final moments on Earth. There was a boy who went before me and I watched as he cliff jumped /plummeted to his death– the next thing I know there was a floating helmet and no boy. (Peeing pants situation #2) In those 5 seconds all I could think about was the Aussie warning me about this very event. Boy surfaced shortly after helmet. When you go back and watch the video you can see my number 11 wrinkle in full swing, a very concerned face and me mouthing into the camera, ‘Are we supposed to hold on to our helmets????’ Everyone survived with flying colors that day, except for my drawers.
That’s one killer hood!
The closest experience I’ve had isn’t very close…I’ve been in a few fender benders but that’s it.
That. Is. One. Killer. Hood!
I was driving to my OBGYN appointment and I ran a red light where I thought there was no light. I saw cars swoosh past me in front and in back of my car in a perpendicular direction. Somehow like the game of frogger, I was safe! It made my heart beat so fast, I had to pull over (into the corner hospital parking lot) and catch my breath. My guardian angels were with me that day, for sure.
That’s a killer hood! My near depth experience was sitting on a porch in Jamaica playing cards, waiting out a thunderstorm…until lightening hit so close we felt the electricity tingling. Turns out you’re not safe from lightening on a covered porch!
That’s one killer hood!
Nothing too terrifying…maybe when I feel down an entire flight of stairs at a wedding?? (Note: this was before I’d had a single drink!)
“That’s one killer hood!”
An old lady turned into the front of my car when I was a teenager, thankfully I was going slow. Ended up with a trip via ambulance because I realized I couldn’t move anything below my waist when I tried to get out of the car. Thankfully it was just jarring to my back and I recovered fully with no lingering injuries but some occasional back pain. Had either of us been going any faster …..
That’s one killer hood! Riding in my friend’s car that had a very dirty windshield and no wiper fluid, and speeding through a stop sign, narrowly missing another car!
That’s one killer hood!
I was playing with a lighter when I was four and set my bed on fire!
That’s one killer hood!
That’s one killer hood!!
Closest I came was from meningitis, but it was identified early and I was lucky.
Need this. SO badly. That’s one killer hood!
The closest I came was on a road trip – popped a tire driving up 95N with a car full of my girlfriends, spun 180 degrees, and stopped in the middle of the highway. By the grace of God, we were in a pocket of no traffic, so I drove the car into the shoulder just as trucks and cars started whizzing past us. Makes me nervous just to think about it.
That’s one killer hood! 🙂
That’s one killer hood!!
One time my big sister convinced me to Mary Poppins off the roof of the shed (yah know… With an umbrella?! ) did not go well.
That’s one killer hood!!
Not sure if this counts as near death, but at 37 weeks pregnant, it sure felt pretty awful when my 20 month old woke up bright & early this Saturday morning 🙂
That’s one killer hood! No near death experiences, thankfully!
That’s one killer hood!
I’m fortunate to say I haven’t had any near death experiences. What a great giveaway!
That’s one killer hood!
I was riding our new ATV by myself with no training up on our hill. I went slow and was trying to turn around and put it in reverse and hit the gas and went backwards too fast towards a ravine. Luckily, a little tree stopped me before I plunged over the edge. I took the vehicle straight to the garage until I had some instruction.
That’s one killer hood. When my husband and I were newly dating, our dogs got in a fight the night before he was leaving for a 10 day kayaking trip. In trying to break it up, I got bit on the hand. It seemed ok, but 24 hrs later my hand was very swollen. I went to the ER and they admitted me right away. I was there more than a week, each day getting worse and the red line of the infection moving up my arm like a thermometer. The doctors said if it went into my heart, my chances were not good. Finally after many many days they found an antibiotic that worked and it started clearing up. My boyfriend got home and had no idea because there was no cell reception where he was. Moral of the story: if you get bit by a dog, don’t wait to get medical attention!!
That’s a killer hood!
Well, it felt like a near death experience…I was a teenager riding with my older brother, he turned down a road and went over the railroads tracks (there where to lights or bars or anything to warn you at the time if a train was coming) I looked out my window and there was a train right there! At least if felt like it, it may have been farther away than it appeared but to my young brain I felt my life flash before my eyes, especially since my brother had not even slowed down to check. Praise God, other than a few people rear ending my car I have not come any closer than that to date.
Thats one killer hood! Last year just after moving to Chicago, I accidentally drove through a really rough section of town. I had to run red light just to keep from stopping. Oops! Learned my lesson about blindly following online directions!
That’s one killer hood!
My near death experience took place when I was in 8th grade. Driving with my cousin (who had her permit) and her dad on the mountain highway behind their home in Colorado. It was raining, and she slid out and we ultimately crashed into the guard rail. Thank goodness that thing held or we totally would have been over the side of the mountain! Now I’m terrified of driving on mountain roads.
“That’s one killer hood!”
In Costa Rica, a large tractor trailer nearly fell over on our car…there was no where to pull off the road. Yikes! Life flashed before my eyes!
“That’s one killer hood!” I haven’t had any near death experiences, thank God.
That’s a killer hood!
I was in a car accident where a tractor trailer slammed into the back right side of my car. I walked away with just scratches.
“That’s on killer hood” Luckly no near death experience…
That’s one killer hood! Thank goodness I haven’t had a near death experience.
That’s one killer hood!
No near death experiences….yet 🙂
“That’s one killer hood!”
I once was riding my bike as a kid when a bee landed on my head and started crawling around on me while I started screaming and swerving. As a 10 year old, I was pretty sure I was gonna die…
That’s a killer hood!
I was on a boat that capsized when I was a kid. I remember hanging out in the air bubble underneath until someone pulled me to safety.
That’s one killer hood! The first one would be when I was 7, crossing the road (not a typically busy one) right in front of an oncoming car. They stopped JUST in time. Look both ways kids.
That’s one killer hood!!
Maybe one absolute “near death experience” (a near mid-air in a plane), but more “oh my god I’m going to dies” then I could count! I lead a dangerous life 😉
That’s one killer hood!
My closest scare was when a motorcycle hit my car head on and totaled it after performing a wheelie and loosing control on a busy road! Thankfully the young guy survived, so scary!!
That’s one killer hood! I haven’t had one yet luckily!
That’s one killer hood! Never really had a near death experience!
That’s one killer hood!
When I had my tonsils removed they administered the anesthesia too quickly and I had a bad reaction. I was 6 and don’t remember much about it, but enjoyed the ice cream afterwards!
That’s one killer hood!
I was kneeboarding and hit a wave that flipped me upside down. I couldn’t get out of the strap so I was stuck on the board, upside down, underwater. I thought for 2.7 seconds that I was going to drown! But then I wiggled free. Scary!!
Thanks for the chance to win!
That’s one killer hood! I was in a car accident a few years back that could have been really nasty if just a couple little things had been different… ugh.
That’s one killer hood! I went on a camping trip right near an open concept zoo (you know the kind that you drive through and animals are running around). While there an orangutang escaped! No I did not have a one on one encounter with it, but it’s as close as I’ve gotten to near death thankfully.
That’s one killer hood! I was driving back to college after winter break with my brother. There was a big snow the day before. One of the bridges I was crossing was heavily iced. My car started to spin out of control. I clipped a semi, spun around, and hit the concrete median. Then the car started to smoke. We got out of the car to wait in a bystanders car. As I was walking away the car caught fire!
That’s a Killer Hood!!
My near death experience was when I totaled my mustang convertible as a Senior in High School. We live in Oklahoma so we have had a lot of close calls this past Spring and beginning of Summer, I’m very thankful for our storm shelter! G
That’s one killer hood! I really haven’t had any near death experiences, unless you count giving birth, which ended well for all!
That’s a killer hood.
I’ve clearly blocked all the near death experiences in my life….
That’s One Killer Hood! Fortunately I have never really had any close to death experience.
Thats one killer hood.
I was ran off the road and into a tunnel wall on the interstate in Duluth, MN. I did a 180 and came face to face with a Subaru. Car was totaled but i was fine.
That’s one killer hood! My closest near death experience was an icy car accident. I was going too fast on icy roads (75/mph) and slid sideways across the median into the oncoming traffic side of the interstate. I didn’t get hit, or roll, and managed to drive to the next exit but at 17 it was really scary!
That’s one killer hood!
And I need a hood in my new kitchen (demo begins in three weeks!)
The closest I’ve ever come thank goodness was when a gas tanker made a sharp left at the same intersection as me. The truck flipped within yards of my car and burst into flames. Yikes.
That’s one killer hood! I had to drive through a flood on Tuesday. I don’t know if that’s near death, but I certainly don’t care to repeat the experience!
That’s one killer hood!
In 7th grade I was cutting our acre of hilly grass with our old riding mower. I had just finished and was riding up our steep driveway when it ran out of gas! The brakes no longer worked so I was rolling backwards, picking up speed and trying to steer. I decided I needed to bail so I turned towards the grass and jumped off. But I didn’t go jump far enough and when the lawnmower hit the side of the driveway it toppled over on top of me. Too heavy for me to lift up.
Not too close to death just bruised up. If the blades were running that’d be a different story! It was 2 years before I would cut the grass again and even then I left it at the bottom of the driveway for my dad to ride up. Totally not worth my $10 allowance!
“That’s one killer hood!”
I guess I’m one of the lucky ones…nothing to bad comes to mind.
“That’s one killer hood!”
I had a pretty bad scare back in April of 2011 when the tornadoes came through North Alabama. I was trying time my drive home between the tornadoes. Not fun!
“That’s one killer hood!”
I haven’t had one yet and I don’t take it lightly!
Although, I didn’t think I would live to share about the time I saw my precious love, my husband on the stretcher in an ambulance after having a stroke just over a year ago.
God gave us more time together! 🙂
Alicia
That’s one killer hood!! As a sophomore in high school i was sitting on a friends car hood while talking to another friend. They started the car and started to drive a little with me on the hood, hit the breaks, and i fell off and wound up under the front bumper. My backpack saved me from getting all scraped up, and my friend who drove was so freaked out she didnt drive again til her senior year!
That’s a killer hood! A car’s breaks went out and hit our minivan as a kid while we were sitting in a parking lot. It turned just in time and just took the doors off.
THATS ONE KILLER HOOD!
I mistakenly pulled out in front of a transfer truck and it t boned my little car. Thousands of stitches and a few broken bones…but I was okay!
I love that killer hood. Near death experience: I tried to beak up a dog fight and have a huge scar on my arm from one of their bites.
That’s one sexy killer amazing hood !!!
I choked on a steamer…I did the whole couldn’t some speak, couldn’t breath thing and everything. I managed to pretty much Heimlich myself but scared the scrap out of me. I’ll stay away from the big boys from now on! #thatswhatshesaid
That’s one killer hood!
I was born at 29.5 weeks due to my mother’s pre-eclampsia. I weighed only 2 pounds, 5 ounces, but have no lingering health issues today! Praise the Lord!
That is one killer hood!
I was in a bush taxi (in this case, a rickety minivan crammed with passengers) in Cape Verde (a hilly island country off West Africa) and the driver was apparently unaware he had brakes as he careened down coastal roads, full of 180 degree switchbacks and rocky cliffs. And the few guardrails we saw were conspicuously damaged (from crashes).
I was convinced we were going to die — but on the somewhat plus side, I was there with my brand new husband after a beautiful birthday/honeymoon/vacation, after spending a few years living my dream as a freelance international journalist, and I kept thinking, well, if this is it, at least I have no regrets.
Of course, now we have a beautiful daughter and lots more plans and dreams, so I’m pretty glad we survived the ride. 🙂
That’s one killer hood! My closest near death experience is probably driving on 285!
I nearly drowned once. Or, I thought I did anyway when I get swept under the current in the ocean once. To this day, I won’t go past my ankles.
Similar to your story, my step-mother put diesel (she thought the green handle was prettier) in her car once on vacation. She only made it about a mile away from the gas station before she realized what she had done and called for help. This was on her way home from vacation, so it extended her trip an extra night. Bonus?
That’s one killer hood!
I almost got T-boned by a huge Dump truck who ran a red light while i was driving a Miata. He slammed on his breaks and skidded about 12′ into the intersection. I now only drive SUV’s 🙂
That’s one killer hood!
I was driving home from college on a 4-lane interstate when an a**hole in a huge pickup truck cut me off, going 100 mph. A split second later, a deer went hurtling through his windshield, basically totaling his truck. That would have been MY deer, hurtling into my Civic, with much deadlier results, had he not pulled in front of me. Thanks, a**hole!
That’s one killer hood!
Giving birth – for the third time. They couldn’t stop the bleeding. But all is well now and she just turned 4 yesterday. 🙂
That’s one killer hood!
A few years ago I went sky diving and we pulled the parachute a bit late and crash landed instead. Thankfully we were ok!
That’s a killer hood!!! My husband and I were driving and a tree fell across the road right behind us. Very scary!!!
That’s one killer hood!
I haven’t had a near death experience. I guess I’m living too safely. Haha!
That’s one killer hood!!!
Choking on a piece of steak? Does that qualify as near-death? My life is not so interesting.
“That’s one killer hood!” Nearly hit by a bus on my birthday in London, all my friends saw it from the other side of the street. Their faces freaked me out! Had a few extra drinks that night to numb the shock!
That’s one killer hood!
This summer! Driving literally right next to a wall cloud that looked like a tornado. I was shaking for two hours after…scary!!
That’s one killer hood!
Skiing with my future husband for the first time. We’re both experienced skiers so I was trying to show off and 8 years later we still talk about that day and how lucky/stupid I was. Cliffs have a way of humbling a person. 🙂
That’s one killer hood! I ran across the interstate once. Probably the dumbest thing I’ve ever done.
That’s one killer hood!!!
I almost drowned during a swim class when I was 5 years old. Thankfully observant parents saw the event and saved my life. Crazy as it is after that I am still a total fish, and can’t stay out of the water!
This giveaway comes at a great time as our range hood just quit on us this past week! So basically our whole house smells like bacon, which sucks and is awesome. 🙂
That’s one killer hood! 🙂
I was driving on a major highway and wasnt paying attention to how close I was to the exit ramp. I didn’t slow down and basically swerved into the lane, missing the guard rail by mere seconds. I am still thankful I didn’t total my car (or worse) that day.
That’s one killer hood! One time in college I was driving to pick up a friend who had flown back from break and their flight got in really late. We were on our way back to school on some deserted roads, I was in a turn lane getting ready to get on the highway when a van started coming towards us. It took a few seconds to realize that they were driving super fast and they were coming straight at us. Seconds before they were about to hit us, I cut my wheels to the right and was halfway in our lane and halfway in the lane next to us. We braced for impact because we knew there was definitely not enough room in between my car and the concrete median for the van to get through. But no impact came. I immediately looked behind us and saw the vans tail lights, still in our lane, speeding down the road. However, I didn’t see the angel that must have protected us. It’s the only explanation for why we didn’t get hit
That’s one killer hood! My closest near death experience was probably a few years ago when I skidded into the back of another car during a really bad snow storm. Luckily everyone was ok!
“That’s one killer hood!” I thought I may have had one when I caught a bear in our garbage…I slowly turned around and went inside only to spend 45 minutes cleaning up the mess he made the next morning!
That is one killer hood!
Riding on the frozen artic ocean in a truck when the the ice started to crack!
That’s one killer hood!
My near-death experience was in 2004, 5 months after my oldest boy was born. I got waylaid by pneumonia (I have asthma, so pneumonia by itself is bad enough) and crawled on my hands and knees into the hospital. The last thing I remember is someone saying “We have to put her under”. I woke up two weeks later from a medically-induced coma. I had gotten Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome…the fatality rate is something like 80%. The hospital called in the chaplain to counsel my husband and everything.
But I didn’t die because I would have missed my little family and I’m too damn stubborn.
That’s one killer hood!
I choked on a hard candy once. My uncle did the Heimlich Maneuver and got it out right before I passed out.
“That’s one killer hood!”
Luckily no near-death experiences to report. I’ve come close to a few bad car accidents, but so far so good.
That’s one killer hood!
“That’s one killer hood!!”
Crashed a jet ski going way too fast…..knocked me out cold, bruised my entire body and completed obliterated my eardrum. Thank God for life jackets!!
That’s one Killer Hood!! I once pulled a broken plug out of a live socket with a pliers as a kid, didn’t die but sure got into a lot of trouble for it.
That’s One Killer Hood!
I don’t think I’ve had any near-death experiences… maybe while heading up to Niagara Falls at night, going down a curve in the road under a bridge and we hit black ice. I think the car did a complete 360. But the driver was awesome and no one (not even the car) was hurt.
That’s one killer hood! On a rainy day I somehow hit the brakes too hard and hydroplaned or at least the car spun sideways. Although I was sideways in the road, by God’s grace I had not crossed the middle line when a semi-truck came from the opposite direction. I hope that is the nearest near-death experience I ever have.
We are ordering new kitchen cabinets in a few weeks and I could totally work this in!!
“that”s one killer hood”
Cliff jumping in Greece, too young to know better!
A range hood came falling down and hit me on the….no, not really. It’s a lovely rage hood tho!
That’s one killer hood!
That’s a killer hood!
I’ve had a few but as I sit here and search my memories most of the really vivid ones include my dad and grandfather who are old school DIY and constantly terrify me.
Highlights include: the time my grandfather accidentally touched a water heater and it’s power supply instantly shocking himself and healing a hole/irregular heartbeat, that time when I was 6 and watched my dad’s leg come through a ceiling directly over me as he missed a beam in the attic and put his foot through plaster, the time when I was 4 and my dad went to thaw frozen pipes under a 1920’s house and caught spider webs on fire, setting fire to the underside of the hardwood floors (put out by cutting a waterpipe and spraying).
Basically my childhood reads like rejected scenes from “Christmas Vacation”.
That’s one killer hood! Thankfully, I have not had any near death experiences!
That’s one killer hood!!
Taking an on ramp with a sharp curve too fast getting on the highway. Thank god for the guardrail!!
THAT’S ONE KILLER HOOD! I would say it was the time we were rolling a huge spool – the kind from wire – up a hill – well my sister lost her grip – my mom lost her grip – and I was next in line – here it came at me! Luckily it hit a stump and veered off another direction:)
That’s one killer hood!
As for me, someone tried to teach me to swim by dragging me into the deep end of the pool without my consent when I was about five or six. Nearly drowned. I’m now 31 and still terrified of water and never learned to swim.
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swimming in open water far from shore when a windy, lightening storm rolled in out of no where.
That’s one killer hood! I have luckily never been near death, whew!
That’s one killer hood! No close calls for me . . . but I do have one lovely almond-colored ventilation hood that I would love to replace.
That’s one killer hood!
I choked on a hot dog when I was little. Only cut up hot dogs for me after that!
That’s one killer hood! I got stuck in Puget Sound in shallow tide when high tide started rolling in. I didn’t want to get in trouble for losing my new snow boots. I was in second grade!
That’s one killer hood! I loooooooove the Roma wall one.
My near death experience was on my high school graduation road trip. Three of my besties and I drove from Florida to California. On our trip we stopped at many planes, icludong the grand canyon. Let’s just say, we WAY overestimated our abilities. We started out a hike down into the canyon waaaay too late in the day, didn’t pack enough food or water, and then were nearly decapacitated when we got the a stream at the bottom. As we turned to make our way back up, A Park Ranger told us it was too hot to make the climb- we had to wait. So we waited, with no food, until it got cooler, then we climbed back up the canyon wall in the dark. Our bodies were more exhausted than they’d ever been- and that’s still true, even after I delivered my baby last year. Then, since we’d been laying in the creek bed, and it was dark with no humidity, I was freezing. The only way to stop being cold when your clothes are wet… is to strip down. So I, being the only wet one, stripped down to just my undies to hike. We were nearly crawling near the top… until we heard this terrifying scream: a mountain lion. Our guardian angels gave us a boost of energy, and we raced up the rest of the canyon wall. I’d never been so thankful in all my life (until my daughter was born.) Still so scary! I don’t think I’ll let her go by herself with her friends to the grand canyon for her graduation road trip…
That’s one killer hood!
I was in a hurricane while on a cruise ship on my honeymoon. The waves were more than 40 feet high crashing over the top of the ship. Passengers were terrified, but we were young and in love and just headed to the bar with a handful on other passengers who weren’t sea sick.
THAT’S ONE KILLER HOOD!
Fortunately, no stories come to mind! I think that I need to go knock on wood…..
That’s one killer hood!
When I was a kid, my parents took me to a lake in the mountains in Utah. I went out too far and was struggling to swim back to shore because I was not a very strong swimmer. I was trying to get my parents’ attention but my mom just stood there and waved at me. I guess she thought I was waving at her, not signaling that I thought I was going to drown. Luckily, my brother’s step-daughter was there and noticed I was struggling. She pulled me in and probably saved me, because I was not doing a good job of saving myself.
That’s one killer hood!
Eating death by chocolate desserts is as close as I wish to come to the real thing, thank you very much!
That’s one killer hood!!
Most recent near death experience…a very confused woman was driving on the wrong side of the road, headed right towards me two days ago.
That’s one killer hood!
I don’t think I’ve ever really come close to death… maybe one severe allergic reaction when I was a kid and a couple very minor car accidents. I have been more in the lets see how often we can go to the hospital for broken bones and weird accidents.
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As a five year old I picked up salmonella poisoning from McD’s…not fun! Now I am extra particular about the cooking of eggs 🙂
That’s on killer hood!
White water rafting in Oregon – hit some crazy rapids – nearly bounced my head off a rock wall – the woman who pulled me back up into the raft is my hero!
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luckily, I don’t have any real near death experiences and I hope my luck with that continues!
That’s one killer hood! I was t-boned by a Mac dump truck when I was 16, 2 months after I started driving!! Walked away with barely a scratch and it wasn’t my fault, but the corporate lawyer then sued me, a 16 year old girl… Thankfully the case was thrown out, because HE T-BONED ME!!
I can’t believe my parents had to go through that!!
“That’s one killer hood!” I was in a car a few times where we were either hit or almost hit by another car.
That’s one killer hood! Thankful I’ve never had a near death experience!
That’s one killer hood! I almost drowned in a quarry the day before my college graduation.
That’s one killer hood!
Thankfully, I’ve never had any serious near-death experiences. Probably the scaredest I have ever been, though, was in a tent in the woods in the middle of hurricane-force winds. I was sure one of those branches falling down around us would fall ON us at any minute.
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No near-death experiences stand out in my mind.
That’s one killer hood! I don’t have anything original or exciting…mostly just close calls while driving. I thought I was going to die when I was in labor, but I don’t think I was really in that much danger. Well, I hope I wasn’t because I am about to do it again.
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Well, there was that one night, in the hotel, with all those drugs… kidding, kidding. I really can’t recall a genuine brush with death. I sure thought I was dying during childbirth, but they tell me that kind of pain is normal. 🙂
That’s a killer hood! Mine would be a driving incident where the Spirit told me to slow down and then a car came around a corner in my lane, going way too fast. If I hadn’t slowed down we would have had a major head on collision!
That’s one killer hood! As daddy’s little DIY helper growing up I once stuck a pair of needle nosed pliers into an electrical outlet when he wasn’t looking. Luckily I was fine, but not my best moment.
That’s one killer hood!
I had a partial placental abruption with my second bebe. Pretty scary stuff!
That’s one killer hood!
I’ve come close to drowning, getting killed in a car wreck, dying from salmonella, and being seriously hurt when I was being mugged. I am so very thankful to be alive!
That’s one killer hood!
My near death experience…stuck in a boat during a hurricane in Grand Cayman…with my 5 month old son.
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The closest thing I have had to a near death experience was choking on a hotdog at Costco ! but fortunately my husband was there to save me 🙂 I really can not believe I am sharing this, definitely worth it though for a wonderful prize like that
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That’s one killer hood! My nearest death experience was probably white water rafting on the Zambezi river in Africa- the hardest river in the world. Thank goodness for life vests! We’re about to redo the kitchen so could really use this hood!
That’s one killer hood! When I was a kid I swam out too far once and nearly drowned. Luckily my dad had taught me to roll over and float and I was finally rescued.
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I survived a tornado back in 2008. Only one person in our town was killed, but it was still pretty scary!
That’s one killer hood!
When I was about seven I decided, in the middle of the night, to try and reach something that was on the top shelf in my bedroom. The top shelf of about four wall mounted shelves. And I climbed up on the lower shelves in order to reach the top shelf. Yep. All the shelves plus me came crashing down in the middle of the night, causing my parents to rush in to see what possibly could have happened.
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Slid on ice and did a 360 in 3 lanes of traffic. I was not hit but stopped all 3 lanes of traffic!
That’s one killer hood! Luckily I have never had a near death situation…and I’d like to keep it that way!!!
That’s one killer hood!
When my husband and I were on our honeymoon we got rear ended by some teenager driving his daddy’s mustang, he was going about 60mph and we were stopped so it was pretty scary!
That’s a killer hood! My near Seth experience will happen if I win this hood. We have an empty space just waiting for ThiS!! Hood!!’
That’s one killer hood!
I had a complication during surgery but the nurses and doctors were great, and obviously I recovered! 🙂 Glad to have such well trained medical professionals around when you need them most!
That’s one killer hood!!!! Thankfully no near death experiences for me!
That’s one killer hood!
I’m not letting myself read any other comments bc I’m already too paranoid about things as it is… I totaled my dads convertible as a teenager… It’s a miracle no one was hurt! I reacted wrong when I went a tiny bit off course onto gravel. And flipped the car. Twice. Again, it’s a miracle.
That is one killer hood! Mine isn’t so bad either – I was stuck on a jet ski in the middle of the gulf coast… of course I thought I was going to die at that point but in the end it only ended up being an hour until I was towed back to shore.
That’s one killer hood! A pretty scary hit and run car accident!
That’s a killer hood! Many years ago I hit a deer while driving. I thought to myself “People die this way.” Then I hit the deer. I was fine. The deer was not!
That’s one killer hood!!
I once choked on pizza cheese at a restaurant while at lunch with a bunch of co-workers. I almost died…of embarrassment. Tee hee.
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While working on our home, the “fixer upper”, I was at the landing at the top of the stairs painting. I had just one more spot to get, and while reaching, I lost my balance and fell down the whole flight of wood stairs. May not have been “near death”, but my broken ribs and arm sure felt like it 🙂
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I was in a really bad car accident while I was in college. The medics said that if it wasn’t for my size (I’m petite) I probably would have died.
That’s one killer hood!
Fortunately, no near death experiences for me! But WOW… Bowerpower readers seem lucky to be alive! 🙂
That’s one killer hood!
I fell out of a white water raft one time in a really dangerous rapid but made it through it alive. My last time I will ever raft!
That’s one killer hood! My only near-death experience involves being a passenger in a car that was doing 360s on ice on the highway. Luckily we got out unscathed!
That’s one killer hood!
I was standing in our yard surveying the damage after Hurricane Bob, while a neighbor nearby was trimming broken limbs from a tree. He chainsawed down a large branch that snapped a power line which flipped onto my shoulder and around my neck! Yikes! But fortunately the hurricane had killed the power so it was not a live wire . . .
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I was in downtown Birmingham, AL eating at a restaurant one time when two armed robbers came in and held up the place. They took all of the money in the cash register and held the cashier at gunpoint. I definitely learned that my first instinct is to “flight” rather than “fight”, because I almost got up and ran to the bathroom when I saw the gun. Luckily I was able to remain calm and stay seated. Had I gotten up it could have gone really bad for me, so I’m glad I ignored my instincts and let logic take over in this instance!
That’s one killer hood! I was actually hiding in my laundry room with my little boy (and 2 dogs) during the Moore tornado that hit in May. Our house sustained damage but just a block and a half away, the houses were decimated. It was a scary day and I thank God we were okay!
That’s one killer hood!
I once was *this close* to clothes-lining myself while running through a field. Apparently, someone had put out wire of some sort and thankfully I stopped in full force in the nick of time!
That’s one killer hood! Minnesota + Christmas Eve + Black Ice = I rolled my pickup.
That’s one killer hood! Rip currents are the scariest! I’ve been caught in two at the beach – thankful to make it back to shore.
That’s one killer hood! As a commuter, I feel like I take my life into my own hands everyday.
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Getting electrocuted by my pool pump motor!
That’s one killer hood! I went to New York City with my high school choir and we were walking around exploring the city. I was admiring the sites and following the crowd in crossing the street. But as soon as I stepped onto the crosswalk, my mom (who was a smart cookie and offered to be a chaperone!) grabbed the back of my shirt and pulled me back onto the sidewalk. A second later a cab came zooming by and ran the red light. Yikes!
That’s one killer hood!
We almost flipped my friends boat in high school. Not nearly as wreckless now a days!
That’s one killer hood!
I was backpacking through India and as you may know there are literally cows everywhere: walking through the streets, holding up traffic, rummaging through garbage piles, and I even saw a bull enter a china shop. For my first few months there, every cow and bull I saw was extremely kind and peaceful. But one day, I was walking down the beach when I approached a pair – yes, beach cows – a bull and a cow, walking in the same direction as me, but at a considerably slower pace. At this moment, the path was narrowed by trees and a cinderblock shed on either side. I approached the cow first, and started talking to it and patting its back to let it know I was coming and trying to squeeze between it and the shed, in order to not scare it. This worked well, and soon enough I was passing it, and approaching the bull. I used the same technique and as I reached the neck, the bull stopped dead in its tracks. It whipped its head around towards me, and a second later jumped its whole body around to face me. I froze. Within half a second, the bull lowered his head, his massive sharp horns aimed directly at me. He snorted, and lunged towards me. Without thinking, I turned and ran as if my life, and rear end, depended on it. The newspaper headlines flashed before my eyes “American Impaled by Beach Bull.” I saw myself in a hospital with a new whole where the sun don’t shine. I ran a good 15 feet, cartoon style with my head way behind my legs, trying to avoid a new cheek piercing, with the bull trailing me by inches. Suddenly he stopped, but I kept running. Relieved, I turned around surveyed the scene and immediately burst out laughing, along with the locals who saw this go down. Disaster was averted.
That’s one killer hood!
I worked nights in college, and had a 1/2 hour drive home from work. I was really sleepy, and fell asleep. I rolled my Jeep, going 80mph, down a steep embankment. Everyone was surprised I didn’t die… and kept telling me that!
That’s one killer hood!
So where I grew up in Jersey was a bit urban and I was never taught how to drive defensively when it comes to wildlife. After moving to South Jersey, I quickly learned that deer are stupid. Long story short, I got into a bad car accident trying to avoid hitting a huge buck. It wasn’t good, but I’m very happy to say that we’re all alive and without injury, deer included!
That’s one killer hood!
That’s one killer hood! I was snorkeling in key west when I was 15 off a catamaran with my mom when a huge 8-10ft shark turned towards us from around the coral reef and looked straight at us! We were about 20 feet away and I screamed out my snorkel tube, luckily he swam away.
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I would love to win this hood.
That’s one killer hood!
I guess I’m lucky I don’t really have one particular event. But recently while driving a car veered over the yellow line and almost struck the car ahead of me (which in turn, would have hit me!).
That’s one killer hood!
Geez I really can’t think of any at the moment, but I’m sure they’ve happened!
That’s one killer hood!
When I was two, I escaped my parents and got into the attic where it was connected to the second floor of our house. I stepped on the trap door and landed on the garage floor. Apparently my head was the size of a watermelon for many months!
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I once saw a big snake in my backyard and that almost gave me a heart attack 🙂
that’s one killer hood! Mmm I would say it was when I was 6 years old and climbed out of my window onto the roof of our three story house (why wasn’t there a screen on my window?!!?). my brother told me he was going to tell my parents, and I begged him not to…! gah that could have been bad.
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I had an asthma attack in the car while on a family vacation traveling from Alabama to Pennsylvania. We had to stop in Columbus, OH and call the paramedics who took me by ambulance (with my family following in the car) to the hospital. After breathing treatments, a shot )and who knows what else), several hours later, we were on the highway again.
That’s one killer hood.
That’s one killer hood! Thankfully no near death experiences for me.
That’s one killer hood! I was studying abroad in France and had just arrived in the country. It was a rainy day and I walked to the boulangerie for some bread. Some weird guy walked right up to me and said something that I didn’t quite understand. I stuck my umbrella in his face and crossed the street thinking about what he said. It was only as I got to the other side I realized he had said “Give me your money. Do you want to die?” and had something in his pocket, probably a knife. Definitely had an angel on my shoulder keeping me safe that day!
thats one killer hood!!! i would love that in my kitchen!
That’s one killer hood!!!
Eighteen wheeler truck & I were heading the same direction. He was behind me on the next lane & didn’t know. Suddenly the light turned red, I thought about going into the lane beside me, (the one he was in) but thought, “nah!” I’ll move over on the next stop. At that moment the 18 wheeler barrelled by & ran thru the red light. I literally was shaking knowing how close it was to him ramming me from behind if I would’ve gotten over. The Lord was with me in that moment. Whew!
That’s one killer hood!
I was in a horrible car accident at one point. Miraculously we walked away with nothing broken and no stitches required. Completely totaled the car though!
That’s one killer hood! No close calls for me thus far!
That’s one killer hood! Hmmm…have not really come near death, but less than three weeks ago I did hit three deer at one time, going 65 on the freeway. Killed all of them, but I managed not to swerve, kept control of the car, none of them came through the windshield, and we were all okay. Very blessed; could easily have turned out badly. My minivan was a total loss though.
that’s one killer stove!! slid my car on the ice while driving home at Christmas one year in college…into a snow bank…on a windy road that dropped off into a river on one side.
That’s one killer hood!
I honestly can’t think of one. Probably the many fights my brother, sister and I had when we were young.
That’s one killer hood!
I was about ten, out riding my bike in our quiet safe neighborhood. I stopped to cross the street. Looked both ways and pulled out. A car that I thought was parked down the street was driving and almost hit me. I am convinced an angel moved me out of the way because it was so close and the way my bike moved…
That’s one killer hood!!!!
No stories here (thanks goodness) and I hope I don’t have any!!
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Not sure that I was near death but it was definitely the scariest thing. I went into labor and it happened so fast that I had my sweet baby girl before the paramedics got to my house. I know the ladies who went through hours of labor are jealous but it was terrifying and we both were lucky that nothing went wrong and we were both healthy.
I walked in front of a city bus downtown with the green light in the buses favor.
“That’s one killer hood!” In 2010 I gave birth to my daughter via cesarean section while I was in a coma. We are both MIRACLES of her birth. If you want to hear more, I am always up for sharing our testimony.
Thats one killer hood! I am pretty cautious when it comes to falling, hurting myself, etc…but my crazy grandfather sent us a package when I was a little kid and I was carrying it into the house. Next thing I know my wrist is bleeding and it’s pretty close to the vein- he had sent us knives (WHAT?) and one was poking out of the box! Thankful that it wasn’t any worse than that but I still have the scar!
That’s one killer hood!!! Having a 9 mm kidney stone stuck in my ureter while 29 weeks pregnant…wasn’t going to actually kill me, but I sure felt like I was going to die!!! 🙂
That’s one killer hood!
We were visiting my aunts in el Salvador and were caravaning to the beach. It’s a small country so it only takes a couple of hours to get from San Salvador, out of the city to the beach. We were all having a great time until some guerrillas shot at the van we were rising in. Needless to say we hauled a@@ several miles away before we even stopped to assess the damage. Closest I’ve ever been to some real drama going down, but it was enough for me.
That’s one killer hood! No near death experiences here…thank God!
That’s one killer hood! One time I went snorkeling on vacation – I had never been before – and I was kicking along looking at all the pretty fish…then some of them swam close enough that they touched me. Long story short, turns out I’m terrified of fish. Like, have a panic attack and suck in a ton of water type of terrified. I essentially became a drowning, flailing mess. I had to be rescued. It was incredibly funny to everyone on board the boat, I on the other hand (captain of the swim team at my school) about died twice that day. Once by drowning, another from embarrassment.
That’s one killer hood!! Seriously. Thankfully, I have no near death experiences, but just today the tall dresser in my 5 & 1/2 year old’s bedroom fell over on her! What saved her??. . . a Fisher- Price Loving Family doll house, her little hands (she was holding it up like she was raising the roof while crying *sniffle*) and her guardian angel up in heaven, my dad.
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When I was working as a reporter, I once talked my way past a police line and ventured into a flood zone. I promised I wouldn’t put myself in danger, and said I only wanted to take photos, so the officer let me through. To make a long story short, I parked on a bridge to photograph the incredibly high flood water all around and the piles of debris it had collected. When I finally got to my office, my husband called to tell me there was tremendous flood damage all around. In fact, he said, that bridge near our house was gone. I told him it was fine, that I’d just been there. Turns out, it failed and collapsed about 10 minutes after I’d left.
That’s one killer hood!
The only near death experience I can recall is when I was a sophomore in high school. Which is over ten years ago. (That’s a near death experience in itself) I digress… I was in dance class and we were doing a routine across the floor… My legs decided to give out mid-leap and I face-planted on the ground. I thought I died. More so because I was 15 and that was totally uncool. I got up, laughed until I cried and survived. Whew!
That’s one killer hood! Thankfully I don’t really have a story to share – maybe some close calls avoiding accidents while driving?
That’s one killer hood! The closest near death experience I’ve had his when I fell off a driebd’s horse and can about an inch from landing on top of the jump. Totally terrifying!
I would be tempted to say the time I ate my ex boyfriends mom’s corned beef but that wouldn’t be too nice. More realistically it was being stuck on the bridge in traffic over the Susquehanna River in traffic after visiting my grandma during the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant meltdown with my mom in our 1979 Ford Fairmont station wagon. My mom says she gained a new perspective on life that day while I laid on the back seat without a care in the world.
that’s one killer hood.
i thought i was gonna die once hydroplaning on the indiana turnpike.
i freaked out… but my man was in control, and after i stopped screaming, we were indeed fine.
(i still freak out every time he’s driving in the rain. fyi.)
That’s one killer hood!!! I don’t think I’ve had a near death experience?!
That’s one killer hood! No near death experiences for me although two bus rides on narrow, winding Jamaican roads made me think I might be close!
That’s a killer hood!
That’s one killer hood! I tend to walk across streets without looking both ways. My mom thought for sure i would die before I graduated high school.
That’s a killer Hood!! I was hit by a drunk driver in college, but my seat belt saved me. This was 1983 and seat belts were optional, so blessed to be here.
That’s one killer hood! I was out partying MANY years ago with friends and we ended up at a bar that was not in our neighborhood. We had taken two cars and I decided I wanted to leave ( no, insisted.) I ended up getting lost and ended up in the worst possible neighborhood. Shacks as houses. I drove into a ravine and couldn’t get my car out. This was after midnight after all the driving I did. I started knocking on doors. There were dogs barking in the stillness of the night. Finally, a kind man answered the door and helped me. He had to pull my car out with chains. He directed me to the highway, and I remember saying , ” Thank you, I’d give you money but I’m broke. God bless you.” When I pulled off the highway, my gas tank had been on “E”, and when I pulled into the gas station, my car chug-a-lugged and was on fumes. I had a dollar in change and could get a dollar of gas. This was in the day when gas was cheap, no cell phones, and I didn’t even have a credit card. I thought that I was a goner, it was all so terrifying. I know the angels were around me and God had His hand on me. I also know how blessed I was because my drinking and driving and my decision- making lacked maturity and sound judgment.
That’s one killer hood! My near-death experience was river rafting in Tasmania, Australia. We were headed down the river and got hit by a flash flood from upstream. The boats all over-turned, people were thrown out and ended up going over waterfalls. I made it to shore, but ended up with hypothermia. Search and rescue teams ended up being called for us, and a local news crew had to pull the ambulance out of the mud after they drove through a sheep field to get nearer to us in the river. Thankfully everyone survived, but a few of us ended up in the hospital.
That’s one killer hood! My house got broken into when I was in college. The burglar was trying to steal my laptop and when I confronted him he said, “No, this is mine” I then proceeded to logic with him and said “It’s pink, it’s mine!” Dumbest. Thing. I’ve. Ever. Done.
“That’s one killer hood!”
When I was three, we were camping at the Grand Canyon and my Mom says I ran ahead on the trail. It rounded a corner but I did not. She yelled at me to STOP, and I did…. At a forty five degree angle. Then I turned around and walked back up the cliff. She and I believe an angel led me by the hand that day.
That’s one killer hood! When I was in Hawaii, the tour boat I was on got caught up in a bunch of really high waves. Rocked all over the place. Took a long time to get out of them. We were on the top deck (open air) and the chairs were not attached. We were sliding all over hanging on to the railings for dear life!
That is one killer hood. And I have had a few near death experiences but the best by far was getting charged by a mother lion in Uganda when our safari bus got between her and her cubs! I was riding on top of the bus with a few other people and we all thought we were about to meet Jesus : )
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My experience happened at 10:30 AM on Tuesday, August 20, 2013…this very week. I was at my neighbor’s house, steaming wallpaper off her kitchen wall. I had all my supplies and tools, everything organized like crazy b/c that’s the kind of crazy person I am, and it was going great. I was thinking rather smugly that my neighbor would be so happy when she got home and saw how much I’d accomplished.
And then I was on the floor. My first thought was, “I don’t think my foot is supposed to wag like that.” My second thought was, “What happened?!” My third thought was, “Oh #(*$#*,
I’d put the step stool ON TOP OF the drop cloth instead of draping the cloth around the feet of it. When it began to slide sideways b/c I’d leaned over to put the steamer on the counter so I could safely climb down to the floor, instead of the rubbery feet gripping the floor like they were supposed to, they had nothing to grab and the drop cloth let them slide sideways. So when I put my foot down, instead of meeting the bottom step, it met air. And I snapped my ankle (in three places) as I fell to the floor.
And the surgery I had this morning (pins! plates!) is why I have so much time to surf and learn all about neat projects for the next time I get back on a step stool.
And why I’m so grateful I only broke my ankle and not my head, my hip, my spine, my life, etc. It could have so easily gone so so wrong.
That’s on killer hood!
My near death experience isn’t that exciting. Apparently I am allergic to Lidocain, and we found that out during what was supposed to be minor surgery, but ended up with me flat lining immediately following the lidocain injection. Needless to say, I have now officially been tested bad have to wear an emergency bracelet-not so fashionable, but functional for sure
THAT’S ONE KILLER HOOD!!!
Winter in the Midwest can be brutal. My car went for a 360° tour of the highway at about 60mph and I ping-ponged off a couple other cars. I was surprisingly unhurt, but I saw quite a few fun things flash before my eyes!
That’s one killer hood! I cant remember anything right now.. But I will tell you my history once I win this killer prize.
That’s one killer hood! Ours was very old and just broke last month so we really need a new one!
I almost drowned in a pool when I was about 3, luckily my grandfather jumped in and saved me!
That’s one killer hood!
Surfaced far from our boat in choppy waters while scuba diving in the Carribean. Too stupid to go back under where it was calmer to head back. I can remember hanging onto a rock saying prayers while others swam to get the dingy to pick me up. Luckily I lived and learned!
That’s one killer hood!
Probably my closest brush with death was a car accident when I was 17. I was on my way to pick up my sister from an after school activity and my brakes went out. As in pedal being pushed to the floorboard and no slowing down. Luckily I was in a residential neighborhood and only going 25 miles an hour. As I approached a stop sign I figured that I could slowly roll through it until thr car could just roll to a stop on its own. At 2pm it’s not like the roads were crowded. As luck would have it, just as I’m passing through the intersection, another car comes speeding through, runs their stop sign and T-bones me. Then races off, leaving me there. I was so scared! The passenger door was smashed in and the passenger seat was leaning over into the middle console area. But I was completely okay and I sat there for a minute being so thankful that this had happened before I picked up my sister, as she would have been hurt if she had been in the car.
The funny part about the story is that this was my first car and was a super shiny 1965 Mustang and other than being shaken up, I was most scared about my dad finding out and being upset. This was before everyone had cell phones and I only had a chunky, pay per minute Nextel flip phone. I called my mom to tell her what happened and called the store manager at the mall where I worked part-time after school. I told her what happened and that I would be there just a little bit late. She said not to worry and that I didn’t even need to come in at all due to he circumstances and I told her, “No way, I will be there. I don’t want to be home when my dad gets off work and sees my smashed up car.” Obviously, I was completely overreacting because my dad couldn’t care less about the car and was only concerned about me and my safety!
That’s one killer hood!
Last week my mom and I saw a thrift store we had never seen before, and we were considering going in. But we had to make it to an appointment and decided we didn’t have time. Later on the news, we heard that a car had accidentally driven into the store that afternooand killed someone. It felt really creepy that we could have been in there!
That’s one killer hood! I can’t think of any dramatic near death experiences so I’ll go with what happened this evening: I was playing “Cardboard Monster” with my dog (chasing him around with big pieces of cardboard and screaming. He loves it. He’s also very weird.) when I tripped and went down HARD. While laying in the grass taking stock of any injuries, the dog came over and sat on my head. If that’s not close to death, I don’t know what is. 🙂
That’s one killer hood … I don’t have any near death experiences, thankfully, but every time I pass a accident on the freeway I feel the hand of God may have helped me avoid another accident by putting a super slow driver in front of me, or reminding me that I left my sunglasses at home so I would return to get them…
God Bless
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I have nearly died of laughter, sometimes reading Bower Power. 🙂
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Once in college while playing intramural volleyball someone bumped the volleyball wildley up and it hit the gym lights, the glass from the light came crashing down inches from me! Scary right ;)?
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I am an RN and had a needle stick after administering an injection. I had to be tested for hepatitis and HIV Multiple times over the course of a year. Not very dramatic, but gross!
That’s a killer hood!
The closest I have come would be whenever there is a tornado on the ground near my house!
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My near death – actually there are several, but this one was probably the scariest. I was having asthma attack, ran out of my medication and honestly felt myself fading. The person driving the car was speeding to the Emergency Room and praying Hail Mary’s the entire way. I just could NOT breathe. An asthma attack feels like you are suffocating. You can bring some air in, you just cannot push it out. Well it was not my time and God heard the prayers. Lesson learned – never be without rescue inhaler.
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My near death experience is kind of a strange story. I was running one day one a sidewalk of a busy street and this truck went by carrying a load of tires. One flew off and started rolling and bouncing, picking up speed and coming right at me. It was moving so fast, that I know if it hit me maybe it would have, maybe not killed me, but would have definitely knocked me over. Luckily it missed me as I came to a sudden stop!
“That’s one killer hood!” Do the lizard in the house this morning and the extreme heart palpitations count?
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Thankfully, I haven’t had many close calls 🙂
Killer hood!!
Does a rough airplane landing count? haha!
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When I was 8, my family and I were hiking up in North Georgia on a trail next to a river that led to a waterfall. My older sister and I got ahead and she ran down the steep embankment and caught on to a tree at the bottom and told me to join her. I ran down, skipped the whole grabbing the tree step, and fell into the river. She caught me by my hair and held onto until our parents heard her screaming and were able to pull me out!
That is one killer hood!! Near death experience…..when my brother zipped me up in a clothing storage bag,,
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No near death experiences yet.
That’s one killer hood! The closet near death I’ve had is from dying laughing at some of your posts! Some days you are just so funny! Thanks for the chance to win.
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I drowned as a child…while wearing a life jacket!! Thankfully it ended ok!
I hope I win! My vent a hood is original to my 1957 house! It does not really work and sounds like a 747 is revving up in my kitchen!!
**jenn
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That’s a killer hood! I was diagnosed with kidney cancer last year (at age 23!). Incredibly, we caught it really early so although I needed major surgery, I didn’t have to do chemo or radiation– Nothing like a brush with death to make you live your dreams though!
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I fell down a flight of 30 stairs when I was 2! Luckily no broken bones or anything!! Does that count? Lol
Thats one killer hood! My near death is nearly being in a car accident in a tiny tiny car.
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My near death experience just took place between me and a tree. I had been up for nearly 24 hours working a long day of work (6:30-4)… then going straight to dinner then a concert… then driving home at around 2:30am. I fell asleep just a little bit behind the wheel and kind of swerved over and BAM… nailed the tree that sits half way in the side of the curvy dirt road. The only thing that saved me was my airbag. Not my finest moment.
That killer hood WOULD be my finest moment, however 🙂
That’s one killer hood! Off the top of my head, I can’t think of any near death experiences. I’m not a very adventurous person 🙂
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Probably getting hit by a car while on my bike when I was 10. Luckily I only bounced off the side and broke my wrist.
that’s one killer hood! No near death experiences thus far 🙂
That’s one killer hood!
That’s one killer hood! My family and I almost hit a gigantic plow truck head on. I said the fastest prayer of my life! We juuuuust made it.
That’s one killer hood! I have an overactive imagination, so I spend a lot of time being terrified:)
I’d love to have that in my kitchen!
That is one killer hood! Driving in a white out blizzard in the UP of MI.
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No close calls for me thankfully!
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climbing a 40 ft ladder to work on a house…SCARY!
That’s one killer hood!!
I was in a 5 car pile p car accident last summer. There was a truck tow hitch in the middle of the road at 5am. I ran it over and my car was stuck in the middle of the highway!
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I was run off the freeway by a Walmart semi when I was pregnant with my daughter. There were no guardrails, so I was forced to careen down a fairly steep hill and ended up in the middle of the other half of the freeway (going the opposite way). My daughter is almost 10 now and I still refuse to shop at Walmart! 😉
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One time, I was riding my very young, newly trained horse up a hill and she panicked and fell backwards with me on her. Luckily, I only ended up with a hoof print on my torso and she just slid down the hill, but to my family watching, it looked like we were in some major trouble! Needless to say, she got some pretty intense training after that episode!
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I had a rollerblading accident involving a large hill and the mississippi river. At that point I didn’t see any need for pads or a helmut. It did end with a trip to the ER but the only damage were stiches and a couple of scars :).
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I swerved away from a deer and toward a semi truck when I was 16 or 17. God was watching over me, because I was 100% fine. Totalled the car and I walked away.
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My near death experience was 2 minutes ago, when I realized I could be the winner of a Zephyr ventilation hood. But I came back to life to comment on this post. 😉
“That’s one killer hood!” When I was 8, I jumped into the deep end of the pool and couldn’t swim, I almost drowned.
That’s one killer hood. I was fishing in Colorado with my dad, grandpa, and uncle. We were in the middle of a lake in a tiny aluminum row boat when a thunderstorm rolled in insanely fast. My dad and uncle were each on an oar pulling us to shore as fast as possible. But for 20 or so terrifying minutes I was stuck on a lake in a metal boat during a lightening storm.
that’s one killer hood..no near death experiences but these are interesting to read..hope i don’t have any of these expeiences.
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We were driving too fast on a back road we weren’t familiar with. Came up on a sharp curve too quickly and thought for sure we were going over the cliff. Luckily we didn’t.
That’s one killer hood!!
I’ve never really had a near death experience… Although when I was a toddler, I stuck a metal toy of some sort into an electrical outlet. Gave me a shock! (BTW – My parents were not incompetent, the outlet HAD a child safety cap on it, I just managed to figure out how it worked.) 20-something years later, I’m an Electrical Engineer. 🙂 Go figure.
Hah! Ain’t that the truth!
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I haven’t had a near death experience. I need to spice up my life!
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When I was still dating my husband, I (a city girl) worked one summer on his family’s wheat farm driving a combine. On day three we were driving down the road and I got too close to the soft shoulder at the top of a 15 foot embankment. The combine went over the edge and only thing that kept me from flipping was hitting a power pole. However, the force from hitting the pole knocked over the next pole and started the field on fire. Fortunately the fire didn’t move my direction while I sat in the combine (thinking I was going to be electrocuted) waiting for the electricity to be turning off. Scariest day of my life but so grateful it turned out the way it did.
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I was swimming with a friend at 8 years old and didn’t realize it was to deep for her. She started panicking and pulling me under to stay above water. The lifeguard jumped in after what felt like the longest struggle…..I still remember every detail to this day. So scary!
That’s one killer hood! I went to a pool party as a child, not knowing how to swim (what were my parents thinking??) and let myself fall through a floatie only to be dragged out of the water by my friend’s dad (only a second later, thank God).
That’s one killer hood. When I was 4 or 5, I decided to sit perched in the window like my cat. But the screen on the window wasn’t secure and I fell out the window. It was about an 8-10 foot fall. Scared the bejeebus out of me on the way down… ‘Til I landed unscathed, on all fours, like a cat. THEN, I thought it was cool so I did it a second time. Today, I can’t believe that I did that. SO stupid. Should have been my Darwinian End. Now gimme that hood! 😀
That’s one killer hood! When I was in 3rd grade I had a temp of 105degrees and my eyes swelled shut from the infection. 2 weeks later I was back to normal after some serious meds and help from the doctors. Now whenever I or the kids get a fever I FREAK out!
Love your blog:)
That’s one killer hood! Okay, all of my near death experiences are related to the use of alcohol or illegal substances, so I won’t share, but just a warning – driving under the influence is a great way to stare the Grim Reaper in the face – don’t do it!!!! And also, give birth.. don’t give birth, especially without the drugs.
That’s one killer hood! Having a 3 foot log hit the windshield at 60mph on the interstate.
That’s one killer hood! I don’t have a near death experience, but I was with my dog on a walk by a lake. We were by the damn, and she tried to jump up on the side to get closer to me. She didn’t realize it was too small for her to walk on and fell over. Luckily, the damn was not turned on, but she couldn’t figure out how to swim out from around it. I had to climb down the damn and lift up a rope so she could swim out. When she got to land, I swear she kissed it. Oh yeah, and I forgot to mention that she is deathly afraid of water!!
THAT’S ONE KILLER HOOD! Having nearly killed myself more than once, I think my most interesting would have to be the time I was circled by sharks in the middle of Tom’s Harbor while floating on an inflatable pod racer (you know from Star Wars Episode 1). Then I floated on to a sandbar and waited for my dad to come looking for me. Took about two hours but all was well!
That’s one killer hood!! Totaled my car – extremely lucky to be here!
That’s a killer hood!
No close-to-death incidents, luckily. Thought I might die when I had childhood cancer, but recovered quite nicely:)
That’s one killer hood!
When I was 5 I thought that it would be a great idea to stick a key in an outlet. Turns out…not such a great idea!
That’s one killer hood! Luckily I’ve never really had a near death experience.
That’s one killer hood! There was almost a fire in my lab when I worked as a researcher… scary!
That’s one killer hood! Thankfully, no near death experiences here!
That’s one killer hood!! Spun around in a car accident!! Scary stuff.
that’s one killer hood!– car accident as a teen
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Luckily, no near death experiences for me 🙂
That’s one killer hood! My nearest death experiences have been a couple of (luckily minor) car accidents.
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My near death experience is due to complete child stupidity……When I was a very young I had a toy box that sat in front of a window in my room. I decided one day to jump off the toy box using the blinds cord like tarzan. However, somewhere in my clueless, let’s call it overly creative child mind, I decided to wrap the cord around my neck. Luckily I walked away with only a red mark around my neck.
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When I was seven or eight, I was attempting to plug-in my Mickey Mouse nightlight in the dark.
I held the metal plugs to better guide them into the outlet.
Zap!
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Jumping off a cliff on Beaver Lake. Luckily only my tailbone was broken.
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I escaped without injury, but my life flashed before my eyes when I was hit head on by a plow truck and there was nothing I could do to stop the accident. Scary!!
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Near death experience: car accident.
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When I was 3 I decided to put my mom’s car in reverse & I “drove” down a 1/2 mile long lane before I somehow managed to open the door, fell out & broke my arm. Mom never left me in a running car alone again!
Killer Hood! I can’t think of anything other than that I almost ran a red light the other day. I was so distracted trying to find a parking spot in downtown Athens!
That’s one killer hood!
the last time i flew in an airplane, i thought it was going to end badly with the turbulence we had. yikes.
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After I gave birth to our oldest kiddo I was kept in the hospital for over two weeks because I developed a rare blood disease. But 15 plasma transfusions and 7 whole blood transfusions later I was A-Okay 🙂
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My husband (then boyfriend) and I were driving on the DC beltway on new years day. A large truck ahead of us ran over a huge gate that somehow found its way onto the DC beltway. The tires of the truck caused the gate to flip up and come crashing into our windshield. Luckily it was at a angle and hit the windshield at the front corner. It instantly shattered the windshield and my husband was able to maneuver the car off to the shoulder. had it hit at a different angle, it could have come straight through the windshield and decapitated me.
Luckily I only ended up with cuts on my face from the glass. The crazy thing was there was glass EVERYWHERE! I was wearing a sweatshirt and I even ended up with tiny pieces of glass in my bellybutton.
That’s one killer hood! Driving down I-95, heard the radio alert and saw the beginning of a tornado forming in North Carolina…
That sounds fake but I totally believe you!
xo – kb
That’s one killer hood! When I was little, my family was on a boat ride, and the boat sank! Luckily another boat came by and rescued us.
That’s one killer hood!! No near deaths here…and I’m ok with that!
That’s one killer hood! When I was little we lived in an old house in Upstate NY. One day walking home from school in the middle of winter a 200lb block of ice slid off the roof and fell on my brother. He was badly hurt but recovered fully. That was a close one!
That’s one killer hood! While cooking chili one night, I had a little bit of a grease fire. I had heard not to pour water on a grease fire, but in a state of panic…I poured water on a grease fire! What started as flames contained in a large pot erupted into flames all the way to the ceiling. Oopsie!
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So I was diagnosed with a very rare tumor when I was 18 years old and told I had about 6-8 months live. Thankfully, my mother demanded another opinion at a major medical facility a week later. Within hours of arriving, I learned that I indeed had a very rare tumor but it wasn’t at all fatal. Scariest week of my life!
Crazy!
xo – kb
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I got hit in the head by one of those mechanical arms in a parking garage… embarrassing and painful, yet hilarious.
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Actually I died twice (heart failure due to spinal meningitis when I was 18 months old). I was saved by the drs/God’s will and only lasting issue is a stiff neck when I get a headache. Got a nice scar from the IV in my ankle (only place they could get fluids in me). However there are more close calls…
Stop here if you don’t like reading medical stories. OK, you have been warned. I fell off a moving car and came close to getting run over (I was young, drunk, and stupid to be sitting on top of a moving car). I ended up with pebbles being pulled out of my wound and having a nice scar on my knee. Tough way to sober up. Good thing my mom is a nurse and provided “home care”. The worst part is I ruined a brand new pair of jeans. I miss those 501 Levis. Sigh.
Another “fun” time was having a mild seizure after having my first born child (drs never did figure out why). Had no issue with the second child during delivery.
Then there was the minor surgery (tubal) that went wrong – I got sick from the anesthetic (my body did not handle the chemicals well so there was constant throwing-up). I was sleeping because of anti-nausea meds when my IV came lose and no one noticed because I was covered in blankets. All I know is I woke up, called the nurse, then passed out (what woke me up was I was cold from the blood covered blankets). So of course my blood pressure dropped . The drs were trying to figure out if I should have a blood transfusion or not. Later woke up in the critical care unit wondering why I wasn’t out of the hospital for a same day surgery. Ah, good times. 😉
P.S. Two great kids, a wonderful marriage to a man I adore, and good health at age 48 so guess God is planning on leaving me on earth a few more years to enjoy my life (yea).
That’s a killer hood! As a child in the pre TV-safety wall strap days, I managed to tip the TV stand and caused the TV to fall on myself. I remember being more scared of my mom killing me than the TV killing me. All was fine in the end and she never even found out!
THAT IS NUTS!
xo – kb
“That’s one killer hood!” I haven’t had any near death experiences that I am aware of and am glad I’m not aware if I had.
That is one killer hood!
When I was a teenager I was on vacation 3,000 miles from home and we were stopped at a red light of a T intersection, and the cross traffic was zipping along when some idiot who wasn’t paying attention tried to make a L turn into oncoming traffic. He swerved and drove head on into us. I don’t remember anything about the impact which is probably a good thing. I was in the hospital for 3 weeks with a concussion, broken bones, cuts, bruises and a banged up back. I had 2 operations in that hospital and then sent for 2 more weeks to a rehab facility until I was stable enough to be flown home and then I needed 3 more operations after that.
I’ve made a full recovery and thankfully nobody else was hurt-including the idiot.
“That’s one killer hood!” I was picking string beans in our family garden and stepped on a in ground bee hive. Needless to say that’s when I found out I was highly allergic to bees and spent the night in the hospital.
HOLY MOLY. That is insane.
xo – kb
That’s one killer hood!! I honestly can’t think of a near death experience, which makes me feel incredibly lucky!
Thats one killer hood!
Closest I’ve come to death was misstepping off my front patio and hitting my head on the concrete. Luckily it was a concussion and nothing more serious, but I was alone and was unconscious for a few minutes! Such a klutz.
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I was driving my friend to the mountains for the weekend as it began to snow. My itty bitty Honda Civic and snow didn’t mix too well as I slowly slid off the road into a ditch. It was a small ditch, so no serious harm done, but nevertheless, stuck. At that point I didn’t picture us dying in the crash, just in the cold.
But that didn’t happen. Because I am here commenting now. and still wondering why we left his Jeep in order to take my Civic.
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When my now husband and I were dating we were traveling the back highways of northern Montana for a friends and family get together-we were stuck behind a slow truck so on a dotted line my husband went to pass–and there was HUGE logging truck coming around the bend right at us. It was literally by Gods grace that we were able to tuck back into our lane and live…we have now been married almost 16 years (Sep 1 is our anniversary, so this would be a great present!!)
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Four words… Rattlesnake in my face! Terrifying!
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When I was younger I fell down a flight of concrete stairs leading to the basement! Luckily I was taken to the hospital and only had some scratches. How did I not crack my head open? I have no idea! So glad I didn’t though, so I can be here today for my chance to win this AWESOME hood!
that’s one killer hood! i had back surgery when i was 15 and it went south so I ended up in the ICU for a few days! love this giveaway
That’s one killer hood! One time I almost died because I drove into a ditch. I was in high school and was driving my sisters car that was really old and crappy: to drive it straight, you had to turn the wheel a quarter of the way. Well, my friends and I were singing and I guess I forgot to hold the wheel perfectly. We hit the gravel and I over corrected and did a 360 and then we were in the ditch. It was totally stupid but we were all fine, including the crappy car!
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When I was in 6th grade I had a lump removed from my upper leg. They did a biopsy and then figured out I had just contracted Cat Scratch Fever and the infection had gone to one of my lymph nodes….
that is one killer hood! I got sucked into rapids during a hike but my friends grabbed me just in time!
That’s one killer hood!” My husband and Iwere on a tour bus in downtown Nashville as a tornado was in the same place. Windows broke, billboards and traffic lights fell and I was terrified. My husband thought it was cool! MEN!!
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Car accident, I slid on ice and went nose first down a 20 ft. embankment. My car was totaled, I just got bruises from the seat belt. The officer at the scene told me to keep doing what I was doing because most accidents like mine didn’t have such happy outcomes. I don’t know why God spared me but I’m thankful. Wear your seat-belts!
“THAT’S ONE KILLER HOOD! ” Jumping on a train, while leaving the station, I’ve hurt my legs really bad and almost fell under the train. Well, that was stupid. Never doing it again.
That’s one killer hood! When I was in high school I was plugging in a lamp and didn’t realize I was standing on the cable cord and thus was electrocuted. It felt like I was in a vacuum and there was no sound. I could hear myself saying in my head over and over, “MOM” but I swear nothing was coming out. I couldn’t let go. I was stuck there. Suddenly I was thrown onto the bed and my mom was standing there. Evidently I was screaming (no words just AHHHH) and she came running. She smacked me hard with a pillow which is what threw me to the bed. That was so scary. I will never forget that as long as I live.
That’s one killer hood! When I was a teenager, my long hair got caught in a rope tow and I was being dragged into the machinery that powered the tow! The man ahead of me heard my screams and fell on top of me trying to save me and at the last second we tripped the safety line , shutting down the machine…phew!
That’s one killer hood!
After I got my license, I was driving with a car full of friends (and music) and I merged onto the interstate. A semi was quickly approaching and I was definitely merging way too slowly. Luckily, he slowed down and switched lanes. I was (and still am 10 years later!) scared straight!
That’s one killer hood!
Not totally near death but I’ve had some awesome crashes on my mountain bike, including one this weekend that will probably leave me with a scar resembling a chain and gear cogs on my butt 🙂
Would love to give this hood to my sister and her husband for their kitchen remodel and anniversary present!
That’s one killer hood!
If I had any near death experiences, I can’t remember them. And it’s probably better that way.
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Playing in the lake when I was a “tween”
A few of us where sitting on a log in the water and I fell backwards, my legs where still over the log & I couldn’t right myself. I swallowed enough lake water that day to last a life time!
“That’s one killer hood!” I was in an (ice-related) accident when I was 16 & ended up rolling my car (ending up upside-down). The car was totaled but my brother & I were okay. I stayed home for the day, but my brother went to school & then he & his girlfriend ended up in the ditch on the way home that day…and those were just 2 of 4 accidents he was in that year, BEFORE he got his license!
That’s one killer hood!
I choked while shoveling chow mein noodles into my gullet and couldn’t get a gasp of air into my wind pipe to bring oxygen to my quickly dying brain cells. Finally my spastic flailing and coughing brought me enough clearance to get a small sip of air and eventually allowed me to carry on with my delicious meal. It was quite dramatic. Not unlike winning a Zephyr hood, actaully.
That’s one killer hood!
I lived in East Africa for about 10 years (doing wildlife work & grad school research) and although I had lots of close calls with lions, the scariest night I had was when I was sleeping in my pup tent and a herd of elephants came and fed from the sausage tree I had stupidly camped under–needless it was a restless night of giant (think 10# footballs of fruit) falling all around with elephants ripping off tree sized branches and tromping all over the place. I was terrified to stay in the tent and even more terrified to leave it!
Oh DEER!
xo – kb
Love it!
xo – kb
That’s one killer hood!
I was loping my beloved pony and he tripped and somersaulted. I ended up underneath him. The impact must have stunned him, because he lay there and didn’t move for what seemed like forever. I was screaming because I thought he was dead, and the image of my mom and grandpa running across the yard is one that will forever be imprinted in my mind. He was fine, and I was too, but it was oh so scary.
That’s one killer hood!
Appendicitis!
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This is exactly what I need for my impending kitchen ‘gut’ job. we’ve been using a bathroom fan in the ceiling and it is vastly underperforming at this point.
That’s one killer hood! I have had a charmed life….no near deaths….knock on wood! Pick me!
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The only near death experience I have had was when I was 2. My uncle was suppose to be watching my brother and I while my mom went down stairs to change the laundry. Of course I wanted to follow her and not stay put with my uncle. I tumbled down the whole flight of stairs and landed head first on the concrete floor. No permanent damage…… I think…..hehe.
That’s one killer hood!! I don’t think I’ve really had any near death experiences…thank goodness!
That’s one killer hood!
Stupidly, I coerced my friend to jump off the diving board even though she couldn’t swim. I told her I would catch her, so of course she jumped right on top of me and kept pushing me under water while she struggled to stay above.
That’s one killer hood! I want it! I was taking a group of students on an international field trip when the plane we were on caught fire in some part of the cabin. We had to make an emergency landing, were surrounded by emergency vehicles and firefighters in scary hazmat suits, had to escape the plane on the emergency chutes, and then I had to find and collect all my scattered students before their parents got hold of me. Aaagghhh….PTSD still!
OUCH!
xo – kb
THAT IS ONE KILLER HOOD! We were in traffic going at 10mph when a driver was heading straight for us from a side street and missed us by an inch (or less). *smh*
That’s one killer hood!
No near death experiences for me, thank goodness! Well, unless you count unmedicated child birth 😉
“That’s one killer hood!”
I had my brakes done, and left to roadtrip to Boston. While on the highway, in the high-speed lane, my left rear tire just about fell off the car! stood so hard on the brakes, and drove straight into the grassy strip to my left (thank goodness there was no barrier in that area) that the heel broke off my shoe. The “mechanics” who worked on my car apparently forgot to tighten my lugnuts! the police and towtruck driver who helped me both said they didn’t know how I managed to get the car off the road without flipping. Bonus, the brake shop (national chain) bought me a new pair of shoes 🙂
That’s one killer hood!
Hydroplaning as a teenager was pretty scary!
That’s one killer hood!
I had a very close call when I almost got hit by a cab on Fifth Ave and 49th. That was back in the day when I was very cavalier about j-walking. Now that I’m a mother I’m much more thoughtful about trying to stay alive!
That’s one killer hood! Last night. Midnight bikeride in Memphis. Almost got hit by a car.
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That’s one killer hood! i thought the pain of childbirth was killing me. then he was delivered and i was sane again.
this is exactly what I need! Because a.) that’s one killer hood and b.) I just started a kitchen demo. I’m not much of a daredevil, but I recently went parasailing and wasn’t at all freaked out about it until my friend called me with all of these awful facts about it. Still did it, but wasn’t able to enjoy it as much.
That’s one killer hood! I actually rolled my car once, with 3 of my kids in it. We all miraculously walked away without more than minor scratches from broken windows, but it could have been so, so much worse. Now I know I was in a slightly crazy, postpartum phase and should not have attempted a road trip with three small children (my youngest at the time was four weeks old), but a the time it seemed totally rational.
That’s a killer hood!
Hit some black ice one winter here in Iowa, narrowly missed a light pole!
That’s one killer hood!
I was in a real crappy car accident with a semi truck on 80 in west middlesex, pa. It was sucky but I walked away just bruised. Totaled my car though.
“That’s one killer hood!”
As over-dramatic teenagers, my sister and I were driving 3 hours to see relatives in a nearby state and we ended up coasting over some black ice, across the oncoming lane of traffic (which there wasn’t any traffic thank goodness), and spiraled down a slippery slope of snow and ice into the ditch. I grabbed her hand (because who wants to die alone?) preventing her from being able to regain any chance of control that she may have had, closed my eyes, and braced myself for our imminent death but, luckily, we made it to the bottom of the ditch without a scratch!
That’s one killer hood! None yet, knock on wood!
Thats one killer hood!
I thought i was dying during labor!
Thats one killer hood!
I thought i was dying during labor. Turns out it just hurts. A lot.
That’s one killer hood!
My nearest death experience was so dumb! In college, I worked as a waitress in a restaurant attached to a marina, so there were always middle-aged single men wanting to take us on boat rides. On time, my friends and I went out with a friend (one of these single, middle-aged men) on his boat, and everyone had too much to drink. There was a cruise ship in the bay, and we all thought it would be awesome to see how close we could get to it. We got really close. And it was dumb. Really dumb. Do not drink and boat! Or get on boats with desperate, single, middle-aged drunk men!!
That’s one killer hood!
I don’t think I’ve ever had a near death experience…unless it was so scary that I have blocked it out of my mind 🙂
that’s one killer hood! I was once hit by a car while walking across the street. Had a concussion and broke a leg but fully recovered.
That’s one killer hood! When I was 6 years old I almost choked on a hard candy while at the bank with my mom. A complete stranger saved my life.
That’s one killer hood!
When I was 4 I was walking on a brick wall in front of a spruce tree wearing a massive bow in my hair. Apparently there was a birds nest in the tree, and the momma bird that my bow was going to attack, so she attacked me first. I saw all 4 years of my life flash in front of my eyes…
“That’s one killer hood!” My breaks went out while crossing an intersection. Yikes!
That’s one killer hood!
I was almost hit head-on by a drunk driver once while trying to get home from a friends house. It was horrifying.
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I once stepped out onto a busy street walking to school. My brother was standing behind me and pulled me out of the street just as a van was about to hit me doing 30mph.
That’s one killer hood!
I don’t think I’ve had a neat death experience. Thankfully!!!
That’s one killer hood! Thankfully, I’m not sure I’ve had any near-death experiences!
That’s one killer hood! I am sure I have had a few but nothing is really sticking out right now! So much to be thankful for! 🙂 Love to win this hood!
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I was picked up by a strong wind during a storm as a child and then dropped down just feet away from a small cliff.
That’s one killer hood!!!
When I was 16 and just received my first car I was in 3 accidents in the first 5 days!! Looking back now I can’t beleive my parents still let me drive! To be fair 2 were not my fault..lol Anyway I’m a much better driver now 🙂
That’s one killer hood!
I don’t really have any near death experiences either except for what I was feeling during childbirth!
That’s one killer hood! Had ITP when I was a kid and no one knew what it was so it took a while for them to figure it out. Was in the hospital for a while but recovered fine!
That’s one killer hood! Near death experience–recently a semi almost ran me off the road, ugh!!
That’s one killer hood!
Mine is somewhat anti-climactic, but I am a type 1, insulin dependent diabetic. My blood sugar went too low one night and my husband woke up to me having a seizure. Scary!
That’s one killer hood! I had a pretty bad experience in a car accident when two friends and I were hit by a drunk driver. The car flipped over several times and the top was crushed in pretty badly. Took me a while to be comfortable on the road again after that.
That’s one killer hood!
Was out on a run one night when someone swerved behind me. Luckily I had forgotten my headphones so I had heard them coming and jumped out of the way.
Thats one killer hood!!!
Too many sliding cars on snowy/ icy roads to pick one “favorite” near death experience.
That’s one killer hood!
Thankfully, I have not had any near-death experiences. I hope this hood will help with that – we currently have NO exhaust in our kitchen. Stinky!
That’s one killer hood! I once opened the door after 2 men rang the doorbell. They made up some random excuse and said thanks for opening the door. I later found out that they were probably scoping our house out for a break in. If I hadn’t answered the door, they might’ve kicked it in and then who knows what could’ve happened.
That’s One Killer Hood!
I dont think I’ve had any near death experiences except a few car accidents i guess? They havent been bad ones though….
That’s one killer hood, and it would look great in my kitchen! Haven’t had a near death experience so I will say sleep deprivation when my daughter was a newbie almost killed me and my husband both!
That’s One Killer HOOD!!! Swimming in a lake that we later found out swimming is not allowed because of a crazy undtow…never swam there again!
That’s one killer hood! I don’t think I’ve had one thank goodness!
That’s one killer hood!
I once hydroplaned off the interstate while going like 75 doing at least two full circles before coming to a stop in the median. I srsly think the only thing that prevented me from ending up in the opposite lane of traffic was the steep hill between it and the lane I was in.
That’s one killer hood!
I was swimming in the waves in Hawaii and got caught up in a big one and didn’t know which way was up. I swallowed water and sand – it was pretty scary.
That’s one killer hood!
Um. Maybe I almost died when I jumped off the diving board, missed the pool, and landed chin-first on the side of the [concrete] swimming pool?
That’s one killer hood!
My hubbie and I were hit by a drunk driver and it totaled our car. The good Lord protected us and we were able to limp away from it. It hurts to think about others who haven’t been so lucky.
That’s one killer hood!!
I was trying to show off in high school after just getting my license and took a corner way too fast. I ended up skidding into the ditch at full speed. Scary – and embarrassing – as all get out.
That’s one killer hood!
My near death experience was driving up a mountain to Snowshoe, WV in a snow storm. No one knew how to drive in it, except my dad who grew up in CT. As he was passing the cars who stupidly stopped on the icy roads we almost blew off in all the winds. I swear to you we all thought it was over. My mom said that my brother and I were never quieter on a road trip…ever.
That’s one killer hood!
The first winter I drove, we got six inches of slush overnight. I made it almost all the way to work and then did a complete 360 in my TINY little car on the state highway in front of the McDonald’s. I ended up in the oncoming lane, exchanging a long, white-knuckled look with a soccer mom in an Escalade only a few feet in front of me.
That’s one killer hood! The house next door to mine in college had a gas leak and exploded while I was home. It was super loud and frightening!
That’s one killer hood! When I was teenager at the beach, friends of mine were in a car driving down a side dirt road. It was dark, so we didn’t realize the road was turning, so our car rolled down a ditch. God definitely was with us that night because we landed back on four wheels, and no one was badly hurt. I am already scared for my kids.
That’s one killer hood! The closest near death experience I had was when I totaled my car when I was 16 about 6 months after I got my license. I forgot to turn on the headlights when I was leaving a driveway and drove into a ditch. Very bright… 😉
That’s one killer hood! I’ve done a lot of stupid things that could have easily resulted in death. Like climbing out on the second story roof to watch fireworks on the 4th. The way the roof was makes it a lot more dangerous than it sounds. And trying to learn to drive my boyfriend (now husband) motorcyle that was way too big for me. Luckily I only ended up with a big burn on my calf instead of something way worse!
That’s one killer hood!! Thankfully, I don’t think I’ve really had any near death experiences!
That’s one killer hood!
That’s one killer hood!
My grandmother lived in an apartment tower for seniors, and hers was the only one that had access in the back, where all the voltage was. Well, there were these metal grates over a huge cemented rectangle and my sister and I were jumping on them (great parenting, Mom!) and I fell through. I was able to grab onto one that was still in place when I was falling and was dangling there like a monkey with my sister (4 or 5) staring at me in shock. Every time my body hit the wall, I got shocked. My mother and grandmother finally came out a few minutes later when they heard me screaming for help. I lived. End of story.
That’s one killer hood!
I was 90 feet under the ocean scuba diving and my air quit working!
No quick way out of that problem…but obviously, I survived!
That’s one killer hood!!
Nothing too frantic, but I was bucked off my horse at 3 years old. I only suffered bruises, but I wasn’t wearing a helmet and it could have been much worse!
That’s one killer hood! I feel like I’ve dodged a bullet (pun intended) and NOT had a near death experience or even a good story that I could turn into a near death experience. Oh well, I’m only 34 so there’s still time!
That’s one killer hood!
My near death experience was in the Hood River between Washington and Oregon. I was just learning to windsurf and didn’t realize that we were in an expert spot until another windsurfing came flying by me to say that there was a barge coming directly at me. After several tries at getting back up on the board, I decided to swim for it with the board. I was embarrassed because a whole crowd of people were watching to see if I’d make it. Once I got back on land, I literally kissed the ground…and may have cried a bit.
That’s one killer hood!
My near death experience:
I was trying to figure out what plant was growing in my herb garden -thinking it was an herb I had planted or something that had reseeded from the previous year. Perhaps fennel…..I examined it, smelled it…Just as I was about to taste it, for some reason I dropped it and walked away. We were later to find that it was poison hemlock (better known for killing Socrates). HIGHLY toxic. Lesson learned! Very grateful to the Hemlock Angels as my own good sense nearly abandoned me.
FYI : Poison Hemlock resembles Queen Anne’s Lace and often grows around creek beds and in wet areas. Wikipedia has good images.
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My death experience was literally stupidity on my part. I was 12 and so scared of being in the water. I was in a pool that was 4 feet deep. I slipped and fell under water, I panicked and instead of standing up I stayed under and had to be rescued. At that time I was 5 feet so all I had to do was stand up.
That’s one killer hood!!!
Last night, I was almost eaten alive by mosquitos! Does that count??
That’s one killer hood! I went on a hike with my husband when we were in Italy and it started pouring rain, thunder, and lightening – like I have NEVER seen before. We heard a crack, and looked back, and the little tiny stream we had just crossed over was now a massive waterfall – I wanted to turn back around but probably would have died if I tried to hop over that. We thought we were going to have to spend the night up on the mountain, but we made it safely back – what an experience. Terrifying!
That’s one killer hood! Def wrecking my car after only holding my license for 4 days. That’s was the closest for me!
That’s one killer hood! I had an allergic reaction to a bee sting when I was 14. We lived 2 miles from the hospital and let’s just say it was a good thing it wasn’t 3.
That’s one killer hood!
None that I can remember – thank goodness!
That’s one killer hood!
I’m pretty sure my nearest-death experience was actually yesterday. We went rock climbing…directly over a sleeping copperhead, which we didn’t happen to notice until we were done for the day and packing up. He was curled up next to a rock that we all stood near while belaying. Luckily he didn’t bite anyone – it’s not the bite itself that would have been deadly, but being dropped from the rockface had the belayer been bitten! (That’s the closest I’ve come…and it’s hypothetical. Perhaps I need to live more dangerously?)
That’s one killer hood!!! I would say for me, my nearest death experience was wrecking on the snowboard and not really knowing where I was afterwards. It was a complete wipeout.
That’s one killer hood! I caught my parents stove on fire and almost burned down the house.
That’s one killer hood! I had a cable of some sort fall on my car while waiting at a red light after a truck that was too tall went by and snapped the line. I got out of my car to move it and someone on the side walk yelled at me not to touch it. I didn’t think it was a power line or anything dangerous but it still wasn’t so smart to try and move it anyway. Lesson learned!
That’s one killer hood!
Thankfully I don’t think I’ve ever had a near death experience.
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I mean, how did any of us survive the teenage period? Wasn’t every day a near death experience or was that just me?!
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My closest near death experience was after last Christmas driving home from the in-laws in instate closed blizzard weather condition. Our family of five was in the van and it was the most scared and stressed my husband and I have ever been. It took us over 45 minutes to go 11 miles to get to a safe stopping place.
That’s one killer hood!
When I was five years old I choked on a piece of hot dog at a Six Flags. I passed out and turned blue while my stepdad was trying to give me the Heimlich maneuver. Out of the crowd a nurse and her friend came. The friend distracted my dad while the nurse slapped me on the back. She saved my life and disappeared. Once it was all over, my sister asked for more fries while my mom, dad and I all sat there like zombies.
That’s one killer hood!
I think the closest thing for me was being side-swiped by a semi on a major highway when I was in college – EEK!
That’s one killer hood!! Driving in lake effect snow in Chicago, a semi came over into my lane and clipped me! I ended up in a ditch and he kept on going. I was still pretty lucky though after being dug out!
That’s one killer hood!! No near death experiences yet (knock on wood!!)
That’s one killer hood!
I attempted to walk in front of a moving vehicle. Brilliant idea, 130lb human versus 4000lb car. The odds weren’t in my favor, but luckily, no harm was done….I’m bouncy!
Now that’s one killer hood! Our kitchen is straight out of 1972, so this hood would be a major change of scenery!! I have zero near death experiences to marvel at. I guess I should be thankful, but it makes for a very boring post!!
That’s one killer hood! Thought I was going to die in a red eye flight over the ocean – the plane was dipping like crazy.
That’s one killer hood! I have been blessed to not really have anything close to a near death experience, although my sister has had many run-in’s with fire (not intentionally) and seems to be very accident prone. I’m glad i’m the smarter sister (and prettier?) 😉
That’s one killer hood!
Nearest death experience was driving on a slippery road in the rockies late at night and almost getting hit by a snow plow. Still makes my heart race a little just thinking about it. Scary!
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Near death experiences… thankfully I can’t think of any… I’m hoping it stays that way! 😉
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When I was a kid, i jumped out of a small boat in a friend’s pond. I couldn’t swim but, I had a life jacket on. When I hit the water though, the strap came off and I sank to the bottom. My dad jumped in and brought me back up.
That’s one killer hood!
I would say running in my first Pittsburgh half marathon. Even thought it technically wasn’t a near-death experience, it certainly felt like it crossing the finish line!!
That’s one killer hood!
I wish I had a cool story but I totally don’t…actually, I’m glad I don’t have a near-death story. Sometimes, I’m thankful for my very boring life 🙂
That’s one killer hood! I litterally almost died one time in high school. Terrible car accident that should have left me paralyzed if not dead. Thanks to God, I’m alive and well 13 years later!
That’s one killer hood!
I have a few near death experiences, but most recently was being pregnant with my baby boy. I had severe pre-e and blood pressure of nearly 200/110. Not good. I ended up with platelet transfusions and sure enough my body finally went back to completely normal 6 months after giving birth. A little scary to say the least, but a fun story for later in his life.
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I was rollerblading in an old warehouse with a friend when we were younger and I held onto a railing that was loose and began to lose my balance. My friend grabbed onto me while the railing plunged a good 30 feet to the concrete ground. I don’t know if I would’ve died, but it wouldn’t have been pretty.
That’s one killer hood! I once foolishly tried to jump onto a moving train.
That’s one killer hood! I haven’t had any near death experiences, but I would love to get this hood for our kitchen remodel!
That is one killer hood!
I was in college and was back home for the summer. I was helping my parents out, by mowing their lawn, but before I could get started on this chore I had to put gas in the lawn mower. My parents have a push mower so I filling up the gas tank next thing I know the nozzle flipped out of the tank and sprayed gas all over my face and in my eyes. I freaked out! It was burning and stinging and I ran into the house really upset, because I was terrified that I was going to go blind. Thankfully I was able to flush out my eyes at the sink and all was well. That had to have been the scariest mowing experience I have ever had.
That’s one killer hood!
My near death experience was when I was 16 and driving on a snowy, icy night. As a 16 year year old I drove like complete crap and went to make a left at an intersection going way too fast. My car skid on the ice and I started going around and around in circles with cars flying by me in both directions. When I stopped spinning I was facing the direction I was heading and I went along my merry little way. I’m pretty sure I peed my pants a little and seriously pissed off and terrified about 20 other drivers. The funny (not ha ha funny, ironic funny) thing is I didnt even realize just how bad it could have been until I was older. This kind of thing is why I am going to lock my kids in a closet from ages 13-18. Teenagers are so stupid!
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NYC taxi. Need I say more? I guess pedestrians don’t have the right of way…
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I haven’t had a near death myself … (unless you count that unfortunate accident on a treadmill that threw me into a window seat and broke two ribs)
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Its not very exciting, mostly because I didn’t know it was coming … when we were kids, my parents would get my brothers and me a video game for Christmas each year. It was always a popular gift and, since it was a shared gift, we would fight over who got to play first. One year, I managed to win so I was sitting in our rec room, right near the tree, playing the game (whatever game, I don’t remember). All of a sudden I feel this massive “whack” on the back of my head. My baby brother was using my head for batting practice with his new bat. Thankfully, I have a thick skull, but my parents were incredibly freaked out at the time. Now, I think they just laugh when the story comes up.
That’s one killer hood!
I tripped off a dock, backwards when I was about 7 years old. Landed -splat- in the mud. That 3 seconds of fall from the dock to the mud was terrifying!
That’s one killer hood!!
All I am going to say is…don’t ever try the trick where you can open a bottle of wine with a shoe. Didn’t end well for me!
That’s one killer hood!
I guess my near-death experience would have been in high school. Two of my brothers and I were on our way to school when my brother who was driving fell asleep at the wheel and the car ended up in the median of the highway. Ah!
That’s one killer hood!
When I was three I fell onto a play horse on springs and a screw went into my neck. It was about 1 cm from my main artery.
That’s one killer hood!
I was driving on the freeway right after it started raining, skidded unconntrollably, and almost hit the freeway ledge and flipped over. Luckily, uh braked and stopped just short of the ledge or else I would’ve flipped over the ledge and died…
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That’s one killer hood! No near death experiences for me!
That’s one killer hood!
I’ve always been pretty careful but I did a zip line once and thought I was gonna die! (I’m deathly afraid of heights!)
That’s one killer hood!!!
I was stupidly walking along train tracks in middle school and didn’t notice a train was coming until it was ridiculously close. I panicked and thought, “hmm, should I lay down on the tracks like in cartoons and the train will go over me? Nooo, bad idea, RUN OFF THE TRACKS!” Good thing my brain kicked in!
THAT’S ONE KILLER HOOD…getting caught in an undertow and almost drowning, which is probably why I avoid the water as much as I can now!
That’s one killer hood! I can’t think of an actual near death experience I’ve had… but last month we went to Canada’s Wonderland and I was talked into riding the Wind Seeker and that kinda felt like a near death experience, lol.
That’s one killer hood!
My mother asked me to open the manual garage door then started to back up before it was open….can anyone say squish?!
That’s one killer hood!
Running behind a reversing car to “save” my skateboard as a youngster, seriously though it was hot pink and had a dragon on it, totally worth the risk, right? I weep for my children, hopefully they get their priorities from their father.
That’s one killer hood!
Unfortunately it has to deal with airplanes…worst ever! While we were attempting to land, we suddenly pulled up. Happened to look right below us, and there was another plane that was ALSO in the process of landing. Talk about horrible communication!
That’s one killer hood!
Probably the nearest to death experience that I’ve had was basically blacking out while driving 80 mph on the interstate in the fast lane. Made it across two lanes of busy traffic and onto the median without being able to see! Somebody was watching over me that day! 🙂
That’s one killer hood! Mine would have to be the time I took an extra second to run back in the house before we left for dinner. On the way to said dinner a person ran the stop sign at the end of our street – brakes slammed and hearts beating out of our chest – we realized we were some lucky dudes that night. oh man.
That’s one killer hood!
I got stuck in an elevator that was free falling for 3 floors before the emergency brake kicked in. Needless to say I am terrified of elevators now.
That’s One Killer Hood!
When I was younger I tried to fly…needless to say I ended up in the emergency room with blood coming out my ears.
That’s one killer hood!
I am severely allergic to tree nuts, and I had a very scary episode where I went into anaphylactic shock and had to get rushed to the ER via ambulance. Now I don’t leave home without my Epi Pen!
That’s one killer hood!
I was in college and a friend and I were driving home on a snowy (blizzardy) night and a truck sped past me on the highway a hurled slush on my windshield. I lost control of the car and started spinning and eventually came to a stop on the highway’s shoulder. Luckily the two approaching semi-trucks saw me and started to slow down while flashing their lights. That allowed us to safely merge back onto the highway. To say the least, my life flashed before my eyes that night.
“That’s one killer hood!” I don’t think I’ve had a near death experience, but my kiddo has had more than enough for both of us–think dog attack! Thank goodness he’s ok!
That’s one killer hood!
Dog-sledding in the mountains of Canada…barely lived to tell the tale!
That’s one killer hood! I’m pretty sure anytime I ride a ferris wheel i feel like I’m having a near death experience. I just can’t! lol.
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That’s one killer hood!
“That’s one killer hood!” I don’t really have a near death experience, but that’s ok with me!
That’s one killer hood! When I was in China for a study abroad program, a friend and I were crossing the street and almost ended up on the hood of a taxi cab. There are so many people, cabs, bikes and mopeds over there that I really surprised that it only happened once! You really have to watch out for everyone else, because a stop sign doesn’t exactly mean stop and let pedestrians cross over there! 🙂
That’s one killer hood. I was in a terrible car accident when I was 17 and even though I was barely injured, everyone said that I was lucky to be alive.
That’s one killer hood!
My nearest death experience would have to be the time that I accidentally set the toaster oven on fire… like a big fire… oops!
That’s one killer hood!!!
As a teenager I hid in the trunk of a car so I could hear what a guy (I was interested in) said about me outside the car. Yes… very stupid. My friend and I were so proud of ourselves and couldn’t understand why my mom was literally ranting uncontrollably when we got home. Needless to say, I smelled a lot like exhaust fumes 🙂
That’s one killer hood!
When I was little, I was out on a boat with my family when all of a sudden it started thunder-storming. Apparently lightning struck so close that my parents to this day tell us we all about died.
That’s one killer hood!
NYE (in MN) a semi truck almost slid into us on the highway. I’ve never been more scared in my life.
That’s one killer hood! My sister and I were driving to Thanksgiving dinner a few years back and we hear this weird sound. 0.02 seconds after we drive by a gigantic oak tree, it falls onto the road. I think I stopped shaking when dessert was served.
That is one killer hood!
I almost got run over by a car backing out from a parking spot at the oil change place that didn’t see me – i had to run for my life to be missed literally.
That’s one killer hood!
Thankfully, I can’t recall any near death experiences…but I would love this hood! Right now we are hoodless! 🙂
That’s one killer hood!!
On our honeymoon in Jamaica I felt like I was going to die every time we got in a taxi. I’ve never experienced riding on the left side of the road so that was scary enough, but when they started passing on the shoulder and riding every bumper, I was fearful for my life for sure!
Thats one killer hood!! I fell off a horse when I was little and almost got trampled…not too earth shattering but still…;)
That’s one killer hood!
My near death experience was a wrestling match with my brother when I was 6! I have 16 stitches to prove it! 🙂
“That’s one killer hood!” When I was 5, and on a family vacation in the mountains of NC, I wandered off somehow to pick wildflowers and got crazy lost. As an adult now, I can imagine how my parents felt probably a million times more scared than I ever could have been as a five year old…but my only real memory of it was that I thought I was being stalked by a wolf and that I was going to die by wolf attack. In reality it was the neighbor’s friendly Siberian Husky that was just keeping a watchful eye on me since I was alone. lol.
That’s one killer hood! My spleen tried to kill me when I was a teenager so I yanked it out and threw that bad boy out.
That’s one killer hood! I was in a car accident in college- someone ran a red light and t-boned me. I was fine, didn’t go to the hospital or anything, but it’s as close to near-death as I’ve gotten.
That’s one killer hood! I’ve had a couple but one that stands out is when I was in the military flying back to Arizona on a transport and the plane had no flaps (the hydraulics when out) so when we landed it was very rough and fast. They told after we unloaded that we almost ran out of runway!!!
That’s one killer hood! And would look fabulous in my soon to be new kitchen! I believe that raising 2 children to semi-adulthood was definitely death defying. Fortunately, the only fatalities were a hermit crab and several hamsters.
That’s one killer hood!!
My near death experience was this morning…I was going too fast in a small convertible and came about 4 inches from hitting a huge deer. Pretty sure we both would have died.
That’s one killer hood!!
This one time…I was jumping in one of those kiddie bounce houses and someone pulled the plug and the dang thing started deflating and coming down on all side….sheer panic.
I’m now claustrophobic.
That’s one killer hood!
I jumped out of a plane once . . . with a parachute 😉
That’s one killer hood!
In a road trip in Tabasco Mexico with the family. We were in an SUV driving though a highway on a mountain side during some rain. We lost control and almost drove off a cliff. The only thing that saved us was a sturdy pyrimad shaped rock on the edge that got jammed in front of one of the front tires. Lucky thing was only like 6 inches tall but it saved 5 people that day.
That’s one killer hood!
I fell out of a tree as a teenager, lost a few teeth, but I am still kicking!
That’s one killer hood!
I almost died on our honeymoon on a rope swing over a waterfall. My leg got caught around the rope and I smacked into the tree. Luckily I only ended up with a broken leg!
That’s one killer hood!!! I was convinced I was going to die from Carbon Monoxide poison! Even though we had nothing in our house that could have leaked it! Call me a hypochondriac!! LOL
That’s one killer hood!
Nothing too crazy here, although para sailing in Mexico probably wasn’t the safest thing I have ever done 😉
That’s one killer hood! Car accident from slipping on black ice that totaled my little yaris but left us unharmed!
That’s one killer hood! My nearest death experience was definitely getting hit by a car while running. It has happened several times but this particular time I heard the driver putting on the gas and thought for sure I would be crushed by a wheel!
That’s one Killer Hood!
I was in LA for work and driving my client and I to an early morning shoot – we were chatting and not paying attention to the GPS. I realized a little too late that I needed to keep right, I quickly dashed over – missing the median by about 6 inches (and several cars too). I think my client wet his pants a little – I didn’t realize how close we were until about 30 seconds after, when my hands started shaking and I needed to take a few deep breathes.
That is one killer hood!!
Hitting several deer on a dark rainy night~luckily the deer and my car were the only casualties.
That’s one killer hood!
Near death experience….I dove into a swimming pool at the wrong angle and broke my neck. Could have been much worse!
That’s one killer hood!
While cycling I have had plenty of close calls but that’s it just close calls.
That’s one killer hood!!!
I try to avoid near death experiences at all costs…. but my maniac two year old daughter gives me a heart attack on a daily basis!
That’s one killer hood!
I’ve been rather lucky .. even though I am very clumsy (& I was rather adventurous for such a klutz as a kid/teen), so I am often injured, but no real near death experience… unless you count almost getting in a wreck with an 18 wheeler. My hubby & I were lucky- we landed in the ditch instead of hitting big truck, but I’m so glad that the ditch was dry considering right up the road was swamp and bayou…
That’s one killer hood!
I was 15 having a sleepover at my cousins. The power was out and we were bored out of our gourds. So we had the brilliant idea to roast marshmallows (for s’mores obv) over the gas stove. After eating an entire package of marshmallows and about 100 chocolate bars we dug out the ouiji board. What’s a ouiji board with out candles while the powers out? Not creepy enough. So we proceeded to tear the house apart looking for candles. In the meantime we hear my aunt pull in, and as she walks through the door she stops dead in her tracks like she hit a brick wall (or GAS wall)! YEP, good thing we didn’t find those candles.
Now that I think about it, my aunt could use this vent hood more than me (or not)!
That’s one killer hood!
Could have been a near death experience- when I totaled a car when I was 18.
That’s one killer hood!!!!
My near death experience was jumping off a rope swing. then swimming against the current of the river. Too hard for a bad swimmer such as myself. Luckily the river didn’t stay too deep. I made it to the bank….way out of breath. Ha!
That’s one killer hood!
When I went skydiving the main parachute didn’t open correctly. Luckily the backup chute worked.
Thanks one killer hood!
Apparently I had a near death experience as a child… I was probably 4 and we had a fairly steep driveway in a mountainous part of CA. Dad ran into the house to grab something & left little me in the car… without the E brake on. Went rolling backwards down the drive & was gently stopped by a tree. I was very lucky, because on the other side of that tree was a 20 foot drop into a ravine.
I’m pretty sure thats when my dad got his first gray hair.
And does my entry count even though my grammar is off? 🙂
“That’s one killer hood!” My closest brush with death / danger was being thisfreakingclose from someone T-boning me due to them running a stop sign. So glad my mom taught me to be a defensive driver!
That’s one killer hood! Childbirth!
“That’s one killer hood!”
Too many to count!
That’s one killer hood! Hmm not sure what my experience would be, fortunately I haven’t had too many! I suppose it would be driving every day on I 95 a huge E series van in rush hour when I was in college!! Not sure how I got coaxed into doing that and what adult thought I was responsible to do so, fortunately there were no accidents!
My near death experience was intentional. I went skydiving! Risky, and could have died, but everything turned out to be okay…and turned out to be the most exhilirating thing I’ve ever done!
That’s one killer hood! My near death experience was on airplane – a small one. One engine went out and we lost cabin pressure so the flight attendents were running around holding oxygen tanks – that was my first clue. Then we tried to land but had to do a fly-over like in Top Gun b/we were too heavy to land with all our fuel – second clue. When we finally landed the runway was lined with emergency vehicles: ambulances, fire trucks, you name it – clue number three. Thankfully, the landing was non-eventful and I eventually made it home!
That’s one killer hood!
I lost so much blood with the birth of my daughter that I almost needed a transfusion. That’s the closest I’ve ever gotten…
That’s one killer hood!!
I was driving a rental car since mine was in the shop and during RUSH HOUR and in rain on the Kennedy expressway just outside of Chicago, I lightly hit my brakes since the car in front of me (waaay ahead of me) did and I swerved across three lanes and ended up in the ditch and didn’t hit one car or anything else. the state trooper said I was very lucky I didn’t hit a car. I knew that too. I still can’t believe it to this day. If you know Chicago rush hour, there is NEVER a break in cars on the expressway. We have traffic that rivals LA. I think I had guardian angels that day that made my car move safely into a spot where I won’t be hit. I walked away with out any damage to the car. :O) Such a sureal moment. I remember as I was doing two 180’s, how I was thinking that when this car stops, I need to move it really fast out of the way so I don’t get hit.
That’s one killer hood! And as far as near death experiences, I think my “emergency brain” in crisis responds so commonly just like yours did (run INTO the puddle of gas – yup, done that too!) that I’ve kinda accepted it as my norm & forget about them… Or maybe that’s because I have no brain cells after having my son.
That’s one killer hood! I almost had a figure skating blade go in my thigh…ended up going into the skater next to me.
That’s one killer hood!
There was one time I hit a patch of ice and slide through a red light. That was pretty scary.
Or the time I went to an amusement park and a tornado came through.
“That’s one killer hood!” My brother and I were driving from Phoenix to LA c.1980 in a small Mazda when a disoriented elderly driver decided to make a u-turn on the Interstate! So he executed a left turn right in front of us. We were about to hit his huge Dodge pickup broadside and I thought in (literally) a split second “this is going to be bad.” Surprisingly, the elderly man and I had only minor injuries (e.g., I abraided my arm on the window winder) and my brother was completely uninjured. The front of the Mazda was demolished up to the passenger compartment which held up surprisingly well.
That’s one killer hood! I’ve never had a close encounter with the grim reaper….probably should have many times with all the dumb things I do- but not even close!
That is one killer hood.
I missed the entire third quarter of My senior year of highschool due to what the infectious disease doctor told me was an undiscovered virus. It was awful.
That’s one Killer Hood!
There have been a few times while in the car – and then your body goes to jelly when you realize you’re safe! Thankfully!!
That’s one killer hood!
No near death experiences for me as of yet (knock on wood…) – only near maim-ing! A few nasty bike rides gone wrong, but nothing too horrific 🙂
That’s one killer hood! I wasn’t paying attention and almost stepped in front of a cab, luckily my friends had my back and pulled me onto the curb!
That’s one killer hood!
plugging in electrics with a giant zzzz
That’s one killer hood!
My near-death experience was with my son. When he was 8 and we were summering on Cape Cod, he came down with a virus that included a killer headache. Even after we went to the nearby Emergency Room and got antibiotics, he still felt AWFUL, so I brought him home to see his regular doctor–who sent us to get an immediate MRI–who got the SWAT team from Children’s Hospital to transport him to emergency brain surgery! The first Emergency Room and I both missed that his heart and breathing were slowing from cerebellitis (Post viral cerebellar ataxia, for the medical people out there–affecting the medulla) and he was close to permanent brain damage/death.
Luckily, after surgery and a week in Intensive Care, he’s perfect (well, he’s 14, so he can be a huge hormonal creature at times) without no aftereffects! Makes our whole family appreciate every day we’re NOT in the hospital!
That’s one killer hood!
I almost drowned in a lake when I was 9. I tried to dive under a rope tying an inner tube to a floating swimming platform and misjudged, coming up under the platform.
That is one killer hood!
I was held at gunpoint the day before I started college.
That’s one killer hood!
I was driving on the Freeway & a ladder flew off the back of the truck in front of me.
Just lucky that it hit horizontally across the windshield.
Scared me to death.
That’s one killer hood! I was chased by a bull in our field last summer. Luckily I made it to a huge tree that I could hide behind. I was out there for fifteen minutes calling for help and at the same time going around the tree trying to keep it between me and the mad snorting bull. My rescuer was my 15 year old tabby cat. He casually walked up to the bull and smacked him in the nose giving me enough time to high tail it outta there! He’s one tough kitty!
That’s one Killer hood!!! 2004. Ate devil eggs at a family picnic. Felt like I was knocking on death’s door the following day.
That’s one killer hood!
Almost falling off of a tall ladder when I was in high school
That’s one killer hood!
I guess being in a car accident is the closest I have come. On 85 south, in rush hour…yeah it was not fun!
That’s one killer hood!
My closest near death experience might have been snowboarding – when I was younger and reckless. But it sure was fun!
That’s one killer hood!
When I was about 7, my sister put a broken porcelain picture frame into the frame of my parents’ waterbed. While showing its awesomeness off to my friend, I sat on the frame and it sliced the back of my leg open. Had it hit an artery, I certainly wouldn’t be here anymore. As it was, it took 160 stitches to put Humpty back together again. Ouch.
That’s one killer hood! As a child I once almost got my head caught between the railing of an escalator and the floor of the next floor, in that corner where they meet. I see that now they block those off with plastic, thankfully at the time my parents got me out of the way right before I got stuck.
That’s one killer hood!
I’ve been in my share of car accidents, but no near death experiences (knock on wood!)!
That is one killer hood! My near death experience relates to kitchen appliances: when I was little and watching the winter Olympics with my mom and family all cuddled up on the couch, my dad was in the next room over, messing with the oven (I think he was trying to clean it or fix the electric). While he was working in there, the oven EXPLODED! We had to all go outside in the dead of winter to wait for the firefighters. We all survived unscathed…. except for the oven.
“That’s one killer hood!” Mine was a car accident. UGH!
“that’s one killer hood!”
near death experience… went swimming in the ocean off the coast of west africa in the middle of the night with friends after several drinks… got swept sideways down the shore, across a bed of coral, and almost wasn’t able to pull myself out. thank you, guardian angel. i owe you one! (or twenty)
That’s one killer hood!
When I was a baby, my family lived in South America (I know we’re weirdos!), a cow rolled over our car. I was being held in the front seat (suuuper safe). They just moved the baby to the back (Rosa Parks inspired? … too soon?). Cow walked away. Car was only dented. With everyone safe and fine we just kept on rollin.
That’s one killer hood!!
I was in high school when I (and 4 of my friends) were stopped at a stop light. The car coming up behind us didn’t stop and rear ended us going 40 mph. This sent us flying into the school bus in front of us. Ugh worst experience ever. All the kids had to get off the bus and their parents came and got them and my car was totalled.
That’s one killer hood! I guess my near-death experience happened on Friday…I almost got hit by a truck while I was in the middle of a crosswalk!
That’s one Killer Hood!
Does Skydiving count as a near death experience? I was pretty sure I was going to die for the first couple of minutes! 🙂
That’s one killer hood! No near death experiences here so far…thank goodness!
“that’s one killer hood!” Not sure that anything that has happened to me has been “near death” other then birthing my daughter…which went smoothly, so that doesn’t really count, does it?! 😉
That’s one killer hood! Car accident with my two little boys in the back seat. Scariest day ever!
That’s one killer hood!
When I was about 5 or 6 years old, I visited a Great Aunt that I didn’t really know, along with a cousin that was about a year older than me. My Great Aunt had a huge below ground swimming pool. I had no idea that I had to learn how to swim, I just thought that we turned into mermaids. Well I was wrong. I jumped in out of nowhere, fully clothed. Naturally I started flailing around and cried for help. My cousin jumped into the water in a feeble attempt to save me, and I wound up pulling her under with me! Luckily her mom saw us, and dove in to save us. Needless to say, my mom enrolled me in swimming lessons shortly afterward.
That’s one killer hood!
I cannot think of any off the top of my head, but there was a time when a car I was riding in was almost hit by a cow…or should I say my friend almost hit the cow with her car. 🙂
That’s one killer hood! Thank God no serious near death experiences for me. Although I did survive a plane ride from north Thailand to Laos, that was pretty sketchy!!
that’s one killer hood. what a giveaway!
a few years ago I was working in a camp and we had a field trip to a college. I thought we were on a one way street, so while crossing said street I only looked one way. whoopsie! one of the other staff people had to yell at me to stop walking…but wouldn’t you think the car would have slowed down/honked/stopped with me in the middle of the road???
That’s one killer hood! When my sister and I were teenagers, we went swimming with some cousins. My sister and I knew how to dog paddle but that’s it. My younger cousin did not know how to swim at all. We were all holding onto the side of the pool on the deep end, when my cousin somehow let go, so my sister reached out to help her back and got pulled her in. Then I reached out to help them both out and they pulled me in. Thankfully, my older cousin happen to look in our direction and saw us struggling so he jumped in and helped us all back to the edge of the pool.
That’s one killer hood!
I was almost nailed head on by a cop car once – a girl had hit the cop car in the tail and spun it around to face me. It was quite literally 2 inches from my bumper.
Best part? Afterward, the girl who had hit the cop car was standing in the intersection – while her car rolled down the embankment on the far side of the road. Yup – She got out of car without turning it off, or even putting it in park.
That’s one killer hood! Played hide and seek with my cousins when I was little, those boys were dangerous.
That’s one killer hood! I guess in high school, my horse threw me and I landed on my head. Concussion and damaged kidney landed me in the hospital for 3 days a week before Christmas! Then I wasn’t even allowed to ride for 3 months while I healed. Now I can’t ever donate a kidney because the one I damaged only works at 70% efficiency.
That’s one killer hood!
Death stared me in the face when I choked on a cheese burger. At a restaurant. While watching a hilarious commercial.
That’s one killer hood! While boogie boarding on the East coast I got pulled under by a riptide.
That’s one killer hood! Flew with my brother-in-law in a two-seater plane and the engine quit – we had to make an emergency landing in a field. Stopped just shy of a barbed wire fence and a graveyard!
That’s one killer hood! My experience involved going under in a rough ocean when the sandbar below my feet suddenly gave way. One minute I was waist-high in water and the next 10 feet below! Luckily, there were other folks nearby that pulled me out!!
That’s one killer hood. I was involved in a car accident with a driver who was talking on the phone and slammed in to me. Thankfully myself and my small children were not seriously injured but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE put the cell phones away when driving!
That’s one killer hood! I don’t really remember mine (except being in the hospital and telling my mom that I was okay and just wanted to go home), but it was apparently pretty scary. I was 3 and we were at my godparents’ house when they large chocolate lab grabbed onto my head and started shaking me…with his teeth. They say the only reason I survived was quick action by my parents and the unbelievably lucky fact that we were directly across the street from the hospital. I still have scars on my cheek and in my hairline!
That’s one killer hood!!
No crazy stories for me. Thank goodness 🙂
That’s one killer hood!!
Nearest death experience…hiking to the top of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park. The last 400 yards is sheer granite rock, some parts at a 45* angle with nothing more than some 2×4 boards bolted into the rock and a cable to hold on to! Scariest and most exhilarating thing!
That’s one killer hood! Most of my near death experiences are because I did something so embarassing I nearly died. For example – in my first professional job I had to drive to client sites often for meetings. On the way from one site to another, my car ran out of gas and stopped on a major highway and it took me most of the afternoon to figure out what was wrong with my car. (the gas guage was broken) My boss laughed so hard when I told him about it.
That’s one killer hood!
My first “real” job was as a bank teller. It was a busy Friday (lots of folks coming in to cash their paychecks) when three masked guys stormed the bank. They came back to the teller area, made us all lie facedown on the floor, and told us they’d shoot us if we moved. Needless to say it was terrifying (my daughter was also 6 months old at the time). No one was hurt, thank goodness.
That is one killer hood! I fell asleep driving…rolled the jeep…no injury, just incredibly sore…bad move on my part.
That’s one killer hood! A few years ago I hiked the Hanakapi`ai Trail, where you have to register with the state office in case you go missing, warnings included: “extreme inclines and declines on uneven, narrow footpath on high cliffs. Loose rocks underfoot and from eroding cliffs above. Trail is slippery when muddy.” It was all of these and boy it WAS extra slick and muddy and crawling was the safest way not to slip off a cliff, but the waterfall was amazing… then you have to hike the same way back… totally worth it in retrospect, terrifying, but amazing
That’s one killer hood! My near death experience was when I was crossing the street with a hat on and a big gust of wind came by and lifted the hat up from my head– like an idiot, I spun around to chase the hat which happened to be in the path of oncoming traffic. Luckily, I was avoided by the cars!
Love your site Katie!!
That’s one killer hood!
Near death experience was 10 years ago, deep vein thrombosis = stroke at age 23. Ten years later, and I live to tell the tale !
That’s one killer hood! I was almost swept over a pretty high waterfall which had large rocks sticking up out of the water at the bottom. I was also once in a car that caught on fire. I think the waterfall was a closer call though.
That’s one killer hood!!!
I don’t really have an exciting near death story, I feel like I’m near death everytime I have to climb a tall latter to the roof of the house. Makes my palms clammy just thinking about it…
That’s one killer hood!
When we were about 17, my brother and i drove from Boston to Long Island to visit our grandparents. I was at the wheel and it was my first road trip basically ever, since i’d only had my license for less than a year. Anyway, we were driving along and I got distracted by the radio or something and took my eyes off the road. When i looked up, i had drifted over to the side and was about to run directly into the guard rail. I managed to correct the car and we drove on just fine, but i’ll never forget looking up and seeing the guard rail coming straight for me. I was seriously shaking for miles.
That’s one killer hood!
Thankfully I can’t think of any close calls…I do tend to block out scary things that have happened in my life though. 🙂
That’s one killer hood! Skydiving may be the closest I’ve come–one of the straps holding me to my tandum diver came undone on the way down. Luckily, there were three more to keep me safe and I lived to tell the tale, but it was pretty scary at the time!
That’s one killer hood! Hmmm probably the time I fell snowboarding… right onto my head. Got knocked out and pulled every muscle in my neck. Maybe wasn’t too close to death but it was so scary! Did I mention it was my first time snowboarding? Fail.
That’s one killer hood!
I swear we were near death – camping in a tent and a black bear coming to our campsite and sniffing around right at the tent opening. I definitely thought I was going to die that night…or at least pee myself haha
“That’s one killer hood!”
I cannot think of any for me but my husband was in his work truck driving to a job on a busy highway. A lady in a car behind him fell asleep while driving (that’s what they claim) she had 3 other people in the car with her. her speed started to accelerate reaching about 80mph slammed into my husbands truck from behind knocking off the back bumper, ladder on the roof the the entire rear of his truck was damaged. He ended up veering left because he couldn’t see the ladies car – if he would have pulled over right away he would have been dead. How fast the lady was going and the position of her car would have made his truck flipped and would have gone down a steep hill but instead he walked away with a sore back – thank goodness someone was watching over him that day!
That’s one killer hood. I thankfully have not had any near death experiences. Fingers crossed my good fortune continues.
That’s one killer hood! I, thankfully, do not believe I have had any near death experiences!
“That’s one killer hood!” I almost died when I was choking on pizza as a 3rd grader and my mom had to do the heimlich maneuver. Didn’t eat pizza for years…unless my mom was around. Totally over it now but it was very scary.
“That’s one killer hood!”
That’s one killer hood!
Near death experience…being swept downstream thru the rapids on a river in Oregon after we wrapped our canoe around a rock! Having a life vest on was a very good thing!
That’s one killer hood!
It was pouring down raining while driving on the highway. My husband wasn’t driving too fast, but his tires were exactly in mint condition. We hit a puddle and started hydroplaning. The car crossed the highway about 3 times, and when we finally stopped, we were perpendicular to the road. Fortunately, the other drivers on the highway had sense enough to slow down and stay out of our way during the ordeal.
That’s one killer hood! No near death experiences here – very thankful for that!
That’s one killer hood! I was driving on a desolate road in Mexico and almost had a head-on collision with a semi, it was extremely scary
That’s one killer hood!
My nearest death experience was when I was a baby, living in Beirut, Lebanon during the civil war there. Lots of bombs came through our house while my family in the bomb shelter below, including one bomb directly through the nursery wall (it smashed up my crib). Hours earlier during a long lull in the fighting, my Dad had taken me up to put me in my crib, since the bomb shelter was so stifling at that point… but he had what he says is a “sense” from the Lord that he shouldn’t do it, and he took me back down to the shelter.
That’s one killer hood!
A group of friends and I were coming back to my parents house once night after dinner – we were in high school. It was storming awful and as soon as we decided to make a run for it – lightning hit a tree by our house, ran through the water and actually knocked some of us off our feet. I wasn’t hurt, but was scared to death! To this day I don’t really do well with storms!
That is one killer hood! I nearly drowned once while kayaking. I remembering being very calm about it and feeling bad for my friends that they were going to have to call my parents.
That’s one killer hood!
Three weeks ago at my grandparents farm, my hit a golf ball from about 200 yards away and it hit me right in the head…I made it through ok, but had to have my scalp glued back together!
That is one killer hood!
Bike riding inner city – some folks just don’t share the road…I laid the bicycle down so it slid under the car, while my peddle pumping legs kept pumping and I “ran” across the front of the car… I grabbed the bike and went on my way…about 1 mile later it hit me what happend and how lucky I was….can’t imagine what the driver thought…never gave them a chance to comment.
That’s one killer hood!
My then boyfriend (now husband) and I were driving and camping in Japan when we decided to go for an early morning dip in the ocean and he decided to teach me how to swim. Things were going “swimmingly” until the tide started to come in. He kept his cool swimming the both of us back and I didn’t realize until we were on the beach just how much danger we were actually in! He’s my hero. 🙂
That’s one killer hood!!
The only near death experience I had was when I was super young and choked on an animal cracker! An ambulence was called and the whole nine yards. I don’t really remember it but apparently I wasn’t coordinated enough to walk and chew at the same time then and I’m still not now! 🙂
That’s one killer hood! When I was 17, I spun out on the freeway swerving to avoid a car. That was one of the scariest moments of my life.
That is one killer hood!
No near death experiences for me! Hopefully that won’t change anytime soon.
“That’s one killer hood!” Probably have to say our trek to Macchu Picchu when I got the swine flu on day two of four. Never want to do that again!
“That’s one killer hood!”
Near death experience…the first time my first born infant rolled off the couch (onto carpet-thankfully she was fine). I know for sure my heart stopped. We both made a full recovery.
Close second: That time I came in late after curfew…
That’s one killer hood!
Riding on a bus in Jamaica in a downpour… nothing specific, just a scary I-feel-like-we-might-die-here kind of ride… even if we don’t die in the crash, what could the hospital possibly be like??
That’s one killer hood! Love the modern look of it!
I think I blocked out any near death experiences I amy have had…I can’t think of one, although my blood pressure would prove that I am always worried about it!
P.S. Loving your blog – I just started following about a week ago. Found you via YHL. 🙂
That’s one killer hood! . . . ooo, there was the time I got hit by a car (just kind of flew in the air, no broken bones), and also the time I got caught in a rip tide (knew enough to let the current take me for awhile, until it stopped), or the many many time I have electrocuted myself.
clearly I’m not a terribly safe person.
That’s one killer hood! I was driving to a concert and had a car full of girls with me on a major highway going over 70 mph….and I sneezed….and accidentally jerked the wheel of the car and ended up going across 4 lanes of traffic before getting it back on track. All because of a little sneeze!
That’s One Killer Hood!
The night before we left for our honeymoon my hubby and I were driving and he swerved to miss a deer, nearly hit a car, and almost ended up in the ditch. I immediately broke out into hives and had them the entire time we were on vacation. Yikes!
That’s one killer hood!
In my invincible younger years, I probably drove when I shouldn’t have and I rode in cars with friends who shouldn’t have been driving either. Thank my lucky stars, that the only consequences of those actions were hangovers cured by greasy spoon food.
That’s one killer hood!
I was a passenger in a car, when my friend drove through a red light, and a massive snow removal truck was coming barreling towards the car (my side of course). She hit the gas and the truck just missed us. There was a lot of honking.
That’s one killer hood!
When I was a toddler my dad was pulling me in a sled on a frozen lake. Turns out, it wasn’t very solid because he heard a huge crack as he skated over a thin spot. The ice never broke through but it was close.
That’s one killer hood! Thankfully, knock on wood, keeping my fingers crossed, lucky rabbits foot- no near death experiences for me- except for seeing this hood giveaway- it’s gorge! 🙂
That’s one killer hood!
My near death experience was when I was on my way to the mall one Saturday morning alone and I rolled my car into a ditch in the highway.
That’s one killer hood!
That’s one killer hood! I drove into the back end of semi-trailer stuck in traffic on the interstate. I was going around 65 mph at the time and my vehicle ended up in the median with no tires and most of the engine in the passenger seat next to me. I rememer thinking my life was over at the moment of impact, but amazingly walked away without any injuries.
That’s one killer hood! No near death experiences thankfully!
That’s one killer hood!
Child birth almost killed me last year. Glad that I made it through and everyone is happy and healthy today 🙂
That’s one killer hood! My most terrifying moment was sailing in a small sailboat during a small raft advisory. I just kept praying we would reach the shore!
THAT IS ONE KILLER HOOD. I was in a small rental car because I had been in a minor accident the week prior and my car was in the shop getting repaired. I told my husband when we picked up the rental car that it didn’t feel safe at all. He told me I was being a snob and that just because it wasn’t a “luxury” car didn’t mean it wasn’t safe. The very next morning I was driving to work at 7AM and it was wet and raining. A deer jumped out in front of me and I slammed on my breaks making sure not to swerve (I grew up in the country so I KNOW never to swerve for deer). As I slammed on the brakes, I lost complete control of the car and drifted across the opposite lane and came to a stop in someone’s front yard about 1 foot from a huge tree. I drive this road everyday and I just thank God there wasn’t a car coming in the opposite direction, or that I didn’t hit that tree, or that person’s house. The crazy thing is, no one saw what happened so after I regained composure I just backed up out of the front yard and went to work. I called my husband crying and we promptly returned the rental car that day for something much safer. Turns out the rental car didn’t have anti-lock brakes so the brakes locked when I slammed on them, combined with the wet weather was a recipe for disaster!
That’s one killer hood!
When I was a few weeks old I stopped breathing and turned blue! My parents took me to the hospital and I was there for a few days and made a full recovery! And thankfully I’m not blue anymore 🙂
Ps this is gorgeous and the timing couldnt be more perfect! We are staring out kitchen reno in a few weeks and couldnt fit a new hood in the budget! Hope I win!
That’s one killer hood!
I can’t think of anything really…except I went spelunking in college and just loved it (cave crawling/diving). Now that I am a mother of 2 (and pregnant with #3) I think that is crazy! I would never do that again! Also, I went to Australia – that’s 26 hours on a plane! Thank God that plane was in tip-top shape :)!
That’s one killer hood!
on the back of a jet ski going WAY too fast. My wife was horrified when I told her. #YOLO
That’s one killer hood! I ran into a pine tree head first while sledding down a hill. I thought I’d make it between the trees……enough said.
That’s one killer hood! I was in a really bad car accident. I should have been in awful shape, but I walked away!
That’s one killer hood! My second baby was an unexpected home delivery, born in our living room on the antique rug, with only my husband (and sleeping two-year-old) at home. Best news: it was NOT a near-death experience. Everybody was fine (thank you EMT guys!!).
That’s one killer hood!
That’s one killer hood!
I’m 7th grade science I accidentally licked a beaker because there was peanut butter on it. I’m not sure what chemicals were on there, but I felt really funny.
That’s one killer hood! I was driving down an icy street showing off for my older cousins in the car with me when I was 16. I needed to turn left at the end of the street. The wheel turned but the car didn’t. We crashed into the tree at the end of the block. We weren’t going THAT fast, but enough for the car to be damaged and my cousins to never drive with me again. They still bring it up whenever they visit.
That’s one killer hood! I was driving a tractor, pulling a wagon load of hay down a hill, when it wouldn’t slip into gear and the brakes couldn’t stop me. Somehow managed to steer across a ditch and up the bank and get stopped without harming anything, or myself. Still the scariest moment of my life.
That’s one killer hood!
Flying in a plane with smoke pouring out the back of it (we did not know this was happening) and being met on the tarmac by a fire engine and ambulance.
that’s one killer hood!
hmmm giving birth to my daughter? pre-eclampsia is a scary thing!
That’s one killer hood!
I was on a ride at the fair last week and that thing looked like it might fall apart mid-ride. needless to say, fair rides are out of my future!
That’s one killer hood! I almost drowned on my first kayaking expedition. I made it, but I haven’t gotten in a kayak since!
“That’s one killer hood!” As a teenager, I was on the roof of my friends house helping her complete her assigned chore of taking down the Christmas lights. Her dad had told us to pull out the staples used to secure the lights with a pair of pliers. I wrapped my arm around some metal ducting and reached over the edge to pull out the staples. There was water from melted snow sitting on the ducting. I was electrocuted and thrown from the roof onto a concrete patio below. My dad wasn’t too happy with her dad to say the least. Good times!
That’s one killer hood!
I don’t have a near death experience but I almost lost my uterus after giving birth last month (a bit of a traumatic birth story will soon be on my blog…I think). Does that count?!
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That’s one killer hood! Illegal UTurn into oncoming traffic with my mom.
That’s one killer hood! I was in high school (forever ago) and was fixing to cross the street after a big truck passed and didn’t notice it was pulling a boat! Might have seen that if I wasn’t talking!! Thankfully, the person I was with pulled me back and saved my life.
That’s one killer hood! Tubing at our family’s lake house… boat got too close to the dock, i slammed into it. Had the water been an inch lower, it would have been my face and not the tube.
“That’s one killer hood!”
Gun pointed at me miss fired(didn’t fire) and I am alive!
That’s one killer hood! I guess my closest to death experience would have to be when I was leaving our kitchen shortly after we moved in (years ago) and the ceiling collapsed right where I had just been standing. Yep, that’s how we found out our upstairs bathroom had a leak. And that the previous owners were not the handy-mans they thought they were.
“That’s one killer hood!”
Does trying to get a mortgage count? If so, that’s mine…
That’s one killer hood!
In my car on the highway – a semi drifted over into my lane!
That’s one killer hood! I was riding in my boyfriends car in high school, when we hit a patch of black ice, spun the car around, and ended up facing backwards in the oncoming lane, right in front of a loaded dump truck. He drove off the road into the field, and no one was hurt. And I eventually married my boyfriend.
That’s one killer hood!
I set myself on fire when I was 12. Let’s just say 3rd degree burns, and that was AFTER being told not to touch the kerosene… You can imagine how fun I am to cook with.
That’s one killer hood!! My near death experience happened when I was born. I was born kinda dead. Blue. Cord wrapped around my neck five times. Took them 45 minutes to get me to breathe properly.
That’s a killer hood. I am a pretty cautious person (self-preservation all the way!), so my near-death experiences are limited. I did have very bad pneumonia when I was a little baby, though.
“That’s one killer hood!” … My nearest death experience was an almost car accident … my car skidded on an icy highway and crossed over into oncoming traffic before I regained control and got back onto the right side of the highway. Very, very luckily no accident.
That’s one killer hood!
I have been pretty lucky so far but there was a time where we were on the freeway and the car started sliding everywhere and we almost got hit. Thanks goodness my husband kept control!
That’s one killer hood! Driving out of Chicago, crazy sportscar cuts off the bus on my right, which swerves into my lane to avoid an accident, and almost brushes me off the highway going 65 MPH!
“That’s one killer hood!”
Going on a taxi in cancun mx. Let me just say the driver was scary looking and the conversation about death didn’t help. Oh and by the way he had a cofin toy hanging on his rear view mirror. Yikes!
That’s one killer hood! Last week, my fiance and I were on a bike ride and a baby deer ran right out in front of me. To avoid the deer my bike and I ended up in the ditch…okay, maybe not near death….but still scared me!
That’s one killer hood!
In college, a van I was in slid on ice on a Colorado Mountain road, we spun, and by God’s grace landed in the ditch against the mountain.
That’s one killer hood! No close calls for me thankfully!
“That’s one killer hood!” yea…soo…..I almost drowned in a pool while in Disney World. Thankfully my sister came to my rescue!
That’s one killer hood!!!
My sister burned down the kitchen while making mac-n-cheese when we were younger. My brother and I were in our high-chairs and my sister was struggling to get us both out in time.
That’s one killer hood! I jumped off a dam and scraped my butt and leg on the dam on my way down… Ugly scar there!
That’s one killer hood!
Not sure if it’s a near death experience, but when I was about 5 years old, a tall cabinet fell right over me when I was trying to reach my mom’s makeup.
That’s one killer hood!!! When I was 8 years old I was swinging on the monkey bars like a wild woman and swung a little too far with not enough grip and landed face first on the wood chips. My entire long-lived life “flashed” before my eyes. Seriously.
I just read a couple of other commenters’ experiences. In comparison mine seems quite lame-o and not at all near deathy, but still to this day (I’m 31) I can remember the “flash” of my whole life. Crazytown.
That’s one killer hood!
I stepped out onto a really busy street not seeing the car about to hit me. Thankfully my mom pulled me back!
That’s one killer hood!
On spring break in Fort Myers a ceiling fan fell from the ceiling and hit me in the head. I was rushed to the ER. I know have a huge phobia of ceiling fans!
That’s one killer hood!!
I was once horsebacking riding a pretty lively horse when the bridle broke causing the horse to start bucking. It was sheer terror while I gripped the horse’s main for what felt like hours but was probably a minute tops before I fell off and trying my best to roll away. The horse stamped down over me but luckily not ON me. Being 16 I was 100% fine by the next day but I was pretty sure I was going to get a hoof to the stomach!
That’s one killer hood! Once, I went to the ER because I thought I was having appendicitis, but really had a nasty stomach infection. It wasn’t deadly, but I guess it coud have been had I waited out the pain at home!
That’s one killer hood! I didn’t know I was in danger at the time, but my first time sailing on a big boat was my closest brush with death…according to the captain after we docked!
That’s one killer hood!
I almost drowned in the ocean when I was 8. No good.
That’s one killer hood!
Four years ago, I fell asleep at the wheel on my way to work and veered across the left lane and crashed on the other side of the road. The policeman said that if the ditch hadn’t been full of snow, I would have flipped–and that if I was religious I should go to church and thank God! There was a lot of praising God that day from me, my family and my then-fiancé!
That’s one killer hood!
My nearest death experience happens almost everyday driving to and from work, the grocery store, etc. I had no idea that there are states that don’t require driver’s ed prior to getting a driver’s license!!
That’s one killer hood!
I can’t decide if I’m grateful or embarrassed that I’ve never had a near death experience! Apparently I’m not much of a risk taker.
“That’s one killer hood!”
I was rear ended while sitting at a traffic light. My car was totaled and I spent a night in the hospital trying to avoid preterm labor. Baby was fine. 🙂
That’s one killer hood! I fell out of a moving vehicle when I was a kid. Back in the time of no seatbelts… opps.
THAT’S ONE KILLER HOOD!
I was in a minor accident once.
That’s one killer hood!
I fell while skiing on some very tough, very steep terrain a few years ago. I was going head first down the mountain (towards some trees, actually), my pole snapped in half, and my skis came off. I can still remember my ski instructor yelling “Get your feet below you!” in his Aussie accent. I managed to turn around and slow down but I was very shaky the rest of the ski season!
That’s one killer hood!!
I don’t think I’ve ever had a near death experience….it’s a little disappointing…..but good?
That’s one killer hood! My friend once pumped gas without turning the car off with me IN the car!! I literally thought I was going to blow up with the car!! Come to find out it’s not that dangerous to do but I don’t recommend it.
That’s one killer hood! Drove myself into a purrrty deep ditch out in the country. Walked away with a very sore knee, neck and back. Thank goodness that’s as close as I’ve come 🙂
That’s one killer hood!
I feel like I take my life into my hands every day I have to drive the highway to work! It’s craziness out there. Arrive alive people!
That’s one killer hood!
Near death experience? None to speak of, but I wonder if I will encounter one every time I take a bike ride on the newer bike lanes in my city. It seems sharing the road is a new concept to a lot of people.
That’s one killer hood!
I’ve had a few close car encounters, but nothing specifically memorable, thankfully!
That’s one killer hood! I have been in 13 car accidents. I was only driving in 4. One of them was with friends and there were 7 of us in the car. It took 4 ambulances to get us all to the hospital! Luckily we all survived with the worst of it being a broken pelvis. But sheesh. I should really stop driving or riding in cars. with anyone, let alone boys. 🙂 But alas, I live in the southeast and public transportation is just not up to snuff.
That’s one killer hood! We got caught in a riptide off the South Carolina coast. We ended up about a mile and half down the beach from where we started when we finally got ashore. Scary!
That’s one killer hood! Cant’ really comment on any near-death experience… thank God! So whatever I lived through so far, was not enough to make me feel close to dying…..
That’s one killer hood! Seriously, my husband would jump with joy if we got a new range hood! Fingers crossed!!
When I was in 4th grade my step dad fixed up a vintage dirt bike and tried to teach me how to ride it. They told me about using the throttle but didn’t think to tell me to release it or it would continue to speed up. First time on it I crashed it pretty bad. The fender was really sharp and sliced through my forearm (still not sure how I managed to run my arm by the fender on my way off). When I went to the doctor for stitches I was told the cut was only a fraction of an inch from a major artery. I was a very small little girl and we lived in a rural area – the likelihood I could have survived a gash to an artery is very small. So glad for the fraction of a inch!!
That’s one killer hood!! No need death experience – but am remodeling the kitchen, and a range hood is the last thing on our list! Pick me!
“That’s one killer hood!”
My nearest to death experience, coincidently, involves a hood! The hood of a car…when I was 19 years old, crossing my bike at a busy intersection, at the bottom of a hill, a driver came zooming along, not realizing his light had changed. I probably should have been walking my bike across, but fortunately for me, I was riding it. Because of this, he ended up only clipping my bike and crushing it, instead of me. I was sent flying across the hood of his car, but other than a distroyed bike, I thankfully walked away unscathed! P.S..*I tried submitting this before from my ipad, but i dont think it worked, but i apologize if ths is a duplicate.*
*Sorry…one too many ‘buts’ in that last sentence. Just like me…too much butt! ;0) lol
That’s one killer hood!
I spun out on an icy road and when the car stopped the driver side door was about a foot away from a metal light pole. Probably wouldn’t have killed me, but it would have at least beat me up a bit.
That’s one killer hood!
I have never almost died, I think I like it that way!
that’s one killer hood! car accident 10 years ago
That’s one killer hood! I was almost in a car wreck that could have been horrible. Someone was texting and ran a red light! Luckily I was looking their way and could stop. No texting and driving!
That’s one killer hood!
I don’t have any near death experiences, Katie, I’m not that exciting!
That’s one killer hood!
I was in a bad car accident in high school and got a black eye and needed many stitches on my mouth.
Also, last year I fainted…at work…in the women’s bathroom…and the cleaning lady found me. I almost died of embarrasment…does that count?
That’s one killer hood!
I can’t really remember having a near-death experience, but clearing out my closet full of pre-maternity wear (I’m currently pregnant! Woohoo!) was a bit crazy – picture huge piles of clothes stacked on the bed, threatening to topple over on top of me at any moment! And then somehow squeezing them into six storage containers. It would have been a good opportunity to go through and toss the stuff I no longer wear, but like you, I tend to keep everything! Ah well! 🙂
That’s one killer hood!
When I was a kid ran for the single monkey bar thing that hangs with the swings and I slipped and was blocked unconscious for a couple of minutes. When I woke I had no idea why all my family where surrounding me crying. That’s as close as it gets to near death experiences for me.
that’s one killer hood! !!
That’s one killer hood!
I almost got run over by a group of moped riders while on a family vacation in Spain….
That’s one killer hood! Was almost ran over by a car as a child when vacationing at the beach.
That’s one killer hood! Thankfully, I have not had a near death experience. But I also have never won a contest. Maybe if I win this one, I will gasp so hard, I will have that near death experience then!!
That’s one killer hood!
My own near death experience was similar to yours, except the oth guy at the gas station LIT UP A CIGARETTE while pumping gas next to me. I’m ashamed to admit that I didn’t screm at him, but instead just high-tailed it out of there!
That’s one killer hood! I don’t know if this counts as near-death, but I learned while helping my uncle feed the cows that you do NOT get between the mama cows and the calves. Now that I’m a mom, I understand!
That’s one killer hood! The only near death experience I’ve had was in high school when my mom & I hydroplaned on I-65. Talk about terrifying! Thankfully, we were both okay!
That’s one killer hood!
One time I was driving through downtown and there was a car who’d been pulled over. The cop was pointing his gun at the driver…but due to the angle of the road/pulled over car – it looked like the gun was pointing directly at me while I was sitting at a red light. YIKES!
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I am struggling to come up with a near death experience. The only thing I can remember is when I was driving in crazy Dallas traffic and a semi suddenly realized he needed to exit so he swerved across 2 lanes of traffic and almost ran into the cement railing on the highway. Scared the crap out of me!
That’s one killer hood! My near death experience was dropping a HUGE rock on my face when I was three years old. My Dad said it knocked me out and he thought I was dead with all the blood on my face!
That’s one killer hood!
When I was 12 I was standing on the sidewalk outside of my house when a random motorist jumped the curb and continued driving on the sidewalk -headed right for me. He regained control of the vehicle before he plowed me over (missing me by only a couple feet), but it was pretty frightening!
That’s one killer hood!
Not sure that I’ve had any near death experiences. Thankfully.
That’s one killer hood! Crossing the street in China was akin to atheists in foxholes.
That’s one killer hood!
I felt like I was going to die riding a carney ride at a music festival this past weekend. I almost had a panic attack at the top.
That’s one killer hood! Almost drowning at Jones Beach, the lifeguards rescued us on surf boards!!!
THAT’S ONE KILLER HOOD!!!! No near death experience, sorry 🙁
“That’s one killer hood!” Several years ago we had a snow and ice storm. After a few days inside going crazy, my husband and I decided to try and get out on the roads. We were on a hill and slid all the way around with the very back of the truck coming to a stop at the edge of a steep embankment. It was just like the movies but way scarier!!!!
That’s one killer hood!
I was driving down a back road at night when an oncoming flatbed pickup suddenly turned across the road. I remember looking at the oncoming headlights and thinking “I guess I’ll hit the pickup instead.” The collision destroyed the front passenger side of the car but I was lucky enough to walk away from the wreck with only whiplash. I’m so glad I didn’t have a passenger that night.
“That’s one killer hood!”
Last Wednesday, I went in for a repeat csection. I already have low blood pressure and apparently my blood pressure dropped even lower after my spinal. My doctor told me what happened on Friday. I think know what dying feels like now!!! Ugh!!
That is one killer hood!
I am a newly diagnosed cancer survivor. Eff cancer because this girl is a fighter!!
That’s one killer hood! I almost had a wheelbarrow come crashing through my windshield on the highway. Good times! Not.
That’s one killer hood! Does driving in a car with my little sister count? That’s scary every time!
That’s one killer hood!
I was attacked by a man who tried to shove me into the back seat of my car – through the closed window. I don’t know what he had planned for me but by the grace of God I was able to fight him off!!
That’s one killer hood!
When I was 14 my mom and I went on a rafting trip (our first time rafting). While going thru one of the big rapids our boat went up on a rock and we were thrown overboard. My mom, with all good intentions to not lose me, was holding on to me, but pushing me under the water. I nearly drowned, but was finally able to communicate to her to let me go. We laugh now, but it was sure scary at the time!
That’s one killer hood!
As teenagers we thought it would be just fine to climb under the train instead of waiting for it to start moving again and pass. It started moving (from about 0-60 in 5 seconds) when we were only 1 foot away from it. We stood and stared at our lives passing before our eyes for a while after that.
That’s one killer hood! There is a road in Raleigh with skinny lanes. I was sandwiched in between a large truck and oncoming traffic. A truck in the oncoming traffic lane drifted a bit. our side view mirrors hit. 6″ to death!
That’s one killer hood!!! I once got an infection from an earring and it got so bad that the infection traveled down my neck so that i couldn’t even turn my head. The doc said it was headed to major arteries and organs, and if i would have waited any longer to get it checked, the outcome may have been much different. Yikes!
That’s one killer hood! We are remodeling our kitchen and have removed our old hood but haven’t found one we love yet in our price range – these would be perfect! Near death experience for me was driving, I spun out on ice and spun right into the oncoming lane – lucky for me the timing worked out where I just missed other drivers and only hit the curb.
That’s one killer hood!
A few years ago, I was driving after a snowstorm and hit some black ice. My car did a 360 through 2 lanes of traffic before I could stop it. Thankfully, there weren’t many drivers out and the ones that were out avoided my car. I thought my heart was going to leap out of my chest!
That’s one killer hood!
I was hit by a car while walking to school. Thankful to be alive and still dealing with a few medical repercussions.
That’s one killer hood!
No near death experiences for me – although with working on our house, I’ve almost seriously maimed myself a few times!
That’s one killer hood! I once dove into the shallow end of my grandparent’s pool. And hit my head. Hard. That was smart.
That’s one killer hood! And it would look darn good on my kitchen wall!
I have escaped near death experiences? I think so! I do have to say that I am so conscious of not driving while talking on the phone or texting. The last thing I want is to have a near-miss while I am texting something stupid on my phone. I have been one lucky girl.
“That’s one killer hood!” Most near-death for me was a car accident when I was in high school. Wasn’t drastically injured, but I was very lucky.
That’s one killer hood!!
My closest near death experience came skydiving. Nothing happened- but that in and of itself was close!
“That’s one killer hood!”
When I was 5 years old, my oldest sister was angry because I had gotten to the swing set before she did and so she had to push me and my other sister. She didn’t wait for me to sit all the way down before she shoved the seat and I went flying.
I landed on a jagged piece of metal that was on the ground. The metal entered my chest and the tip came out my back.
A little later, my sisters went inside. When my mother asked my sisters where I was, my oldest sister said matter of factly that she had killed me. My mother looked out the window and saw that I was sitting in the yard so didn’t think much of it.
After about an hour, my mother called for me to come in but I didn’t respond just continued to sit where I was. She told my sisters to go and get me but they came back without me and said that I would not come.
My mother came out to get me and was angry that I was not listening to her but when she saw me she realized that something was not right as I was not responding to anything so she rushed me to the hospital and they told her that I was in shock.
I was whisked away. They were concerned not only because of being in shock but because of so little blood being around the wound. They felt that the metal must be holding something down or in (?), so they x-rayed it to see what they were dealing with. Lucky for me it had squeaked by everything important – organs, veins, arteries, etc.
I was left with an ugly scar but only that a scar.
that’s one killer hood! No near death experiences really but giving birth sort of felt like one…
That’s one killer hood!
I was driving on the highway in a pretty bad rain storm once when my car hydroplaned. My car spun around through the grassy median, into the lanes going the opposite direction, and then back into the grassy median, and I wasn’t touched by a single car. Praise Jesus! I couldn’t believe it but I’m so thankful!
“That’s one killer hood!”
My near death experience was when I swerved to avoid an abandoned trailer on the freeway and over corrected. I did two 360’s right in the middle of the freeway at 6:00! By God’s grace all the other drivers saw the situation, were able to slow down and I wasn’t hit. I was able to just pull of the side of the road and then once I stopped shaking, continue on my way.
That’s one killer hood! My near death experience was when I first had my baby I took my first shower after getting home from the hospital. My baby was in his bouncer in the bathroom and no one else was home. I choked on water while showering and my life flashed before me, and I thought I was going to die and leave my baby without a mother. It was so scary and awful! Now to be smart, I wait for my husband to get home from work before showering 🙂
“That’s one killer hood!” I was looking at a house for sale that was being repaired. Someone dropped a hammer off a third story roof and I just stepped out of the way.
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While using an orthopedic scooter after foot surgery I went down a huge hill at our state fair. The stupid thing had front disc brakes and when I got scared and tapped them I came to an immediate stop….sending me over the handle bars. I am so lucky I didn’t hit my head or knock out my teeth. I did however break my other “good” foot in 8 places. So one year later, I am alive but I have 8 screws, 2 plates and a bit of my hip bone in my foot. I am told this accident looked hysterical from behind!
That’s one killer hood!!
Near death experience for me was I was almost run over by a car–driver was no paying attention when backing out!
That’s one killer hood!
I found out that eating gluten was killing me. No more gluten and I’m in perfect health.
that is one killer hood!
Seriously – that is an amazing giveaway! Got thrown into a pool once around 6 and couldn’t swim, no biggie someone jumped in and grabbed me up really quick like lol
That’s one killer hood!
When I was 9 or 10 I was sled riding with friends about 3/4 miles from our house, and rode right into a lake that was pretty shallow. The lake had soft clay at the bottom and I instantly sunk up to my thighs in the gook. My friends got to me instantly, and all helped to pull me out. That was one cold walk home. Later that month, a drunk driver lost control of his vehicle and went into the lake. He got out OK, however the car sunk in a matter of 10 minutes. Yikes!
That’s one killer hood!
Waaaay back when I was a very young school teacher I was driving home to my folks, and my car hood (not safely latched at a gas station … that was so long ago they actually had sevice attendants!) flew back and completely wrapped itself across the windshield, blinding me with a loud bang.
My logic brain kicked in (didn’t know I had one until then) and I checked my mirrors, turned on the turn signal and slowed down and switched lanes until I got off to the side of the freeway (yeah, I was on the freeway and it was dark). The hood hinges had snapped so I hoisted the hood off my car and drove to the nearest phone to call my boyfriend (who had a truck) so he could come pick the hood up for repair. It wasn’t until his mom screamed “you could have been killed”, did it ever occur to me I’d been in danger.
“That’s one killer hood!”
Nearly run over by a car (driver on cell phone grrrrrr)
That’s one killer hood!
About a year ago, I witnessed an accident. Being a good semaritan, I decided to go back to help and serve as a witness. I was in the left turn lane waiting to make a u-ey, when a dump truck loaded down with massive logs came barreling down the hill right behind me. The truck jumped the curve and make a sharp right turn across 3 lanes of traffic (who thankfully were at a red light). The front of my car barely got clipped. Apparently, the driver’s load was too heavy and the brakes weren’t good enough. Had things gone slightly astray, I wouldn’t be here. I’m sure of it. I think my dad who passed a few years back was looking out for me that day.
That’s one killer hood! Gosh, I can’t think of a good one. I was on a small airplane in a crazy storm. It was scary!
That is one killer hood! When I was younger, the car I was traveling in hydroplaned into the side of a mountain. It was terrifying, but luckily no one was seriously injured.
That’s one killer hood!! I went on a cruise to Alaska in the 6th grade with my grandparents (awesome trip; awsome-er grandparents) and decided to go outside on the top deck during a big storm one night. It was super windy and tiny me almost blew away as I was trying to climb down a flight of stairs (at least that’s how I remember it!). Some guy grabbed me and probably saved my life! Thanks, guy 🙂
That’s one killer hood!
Near death experience— was walking to my gymnastics class when I was in 4th grade, after riding the city bus after school (by myself)- and a man tried to kidnap me. Super-duper scary. I still can’t believe I was 10 and riding the city bus in southern California by myself!
That’s a killer hood!
Sliding on ice instead of breaking while riding in a van w/the college ski team. Watching a semi almost tip onto us as he swerved trying to make room for us as we slid into the intersection …. but after Friday I hope to report back with the updated tale of winning a Zephyr vent hood!
That’s one killer hood!
I jumped into the deep end without my arm floaters on when I wad 3. My big bro jumped in a saved me. I still to this day remember every detail.
That’s one killer hood!! I guess it’s be a tie btwn when I demoed my outdoor kitchen area and sliced my finger pretty badly and had to go get a tetanus shot from a rusty nail or when I had my tonsils and adenoids taken out and had them open back up. Kind of gross, but that’s all I’ve got!
That’s one killer hood!
One of my near death experiences (yes there are multiple) was when I was about 8 or 9. We lived in Texas and we were headed down to the Red River to hunt for shark teeth. (I don’t even know if this river was salt water or fresh.) Anyhoo, I started running down the embankment and my legs got farther and farther out in front of me until I couldn’t keep up anymore. Down I went and I rolled/crashed on some concrete at the bottom of a hill.
I survived. (Obviously)
That’s one killer hood!
My near death experiences have all been while driving. One includes pouring rain and a big rig. The other involves me, 32 weeks pregnant, and a driver who was talking on his cell phone and narrowly missed my car when he unintentionally switched lanes without looking or signaling.
That’s one killer hood!
I guess my closest death experiences have been while driving and nearly pulling into oncoming traffic without seeing it until the very last minute. I remember one time in particular but there were probably others.
That’s one killer hood!
I was almost on TWI flight 800, but my flight was late to NYC and I missed the connection…thank God.
That’s one killer hood!! I almost died in a Jason’s Deli… I choked on a piece of raw broccoli from their killer salad bar and was given the Heimlich maneuver by a US Coast guard lady. Now I am more careful with my salad selections 😉
That’s one killer hood! We were on a family vacation when I was about 9, traveling in a station wagon with 8 people. My dad stopped the car and we were so close to the edge of a cliff we all (my 5 sisters and I) screamed that we were going to fall in the lake! Well, lo and behold we did not and my dad simply backed the car up. I’m sure it wasn’t as bad as my childish brain remembers.
That’s one killer hood!
When I was in third grade, my friends and I were out exploring near a frozen(ish) river in the middle of winter. My friend crossed it, and when she tried to come back, the ice started to crack, and she got stuck on the other side. So, very intelligently, the other three of us crossed the river (all at the same time) so we could help her. Thankfully, we knew better than to try to cross back over it.
Now that I have kids, I can’t even imagine how mad/relieved my parents must have been about that situation…
that’s one KILLER hood! i actually had a liver transplant when i was 18 due to a genetic disease, so that was pretty near death. 🙂 but i’m healthy and happy now! would love love LOVE to win this hood as we just bought our first home on thursday!
That’s one killer hood! I don’t think I’ve had a near death experience, but I was snorkeling one time and a questionable “large” fish snuck up on me. I just came up for air and he swam away!
That’s one killer hood!!! I’ve been blessed with no near death experiences yet, but my husband had a blood clot behind his knee and then 2 pulmonary embolisms…all while I was pregnant with our first son. Scary stuff but we are so thankful he is alive and well now!
That’s one killer hood! My nearest death experience was when I was in a car accident , nothing dramatic!
That’s one killer hood!
On a mission trip to Mexico, I was in an elevator with some friends and the host missionaries. They thought it would be funny to tell the elevator operator (in Spanish, of course) to slam the elevator off and we plummeted a couple of floors. In the pitch dark. It was quite scary!!! The host family and elevator operator were quite amused at all of of screaming like banshees.
That’s one killer hood!
Undertow. Two separate times. I have since learned my lesson. I keep it nice and shallow now.
That’s one killer hood! When I was in third grade, many moons ago, I went on a school snorkeling trip. We were supposed to stay together but I was distracted by the coral and forgot to stay with the group. The next I knew I was by myself and surrounded by large swimming barracudas! My sense of direction, both then and now, was nonexistent and I could not figure out where everyone had gone. A long time passed (at least to an 8 year old) and I saw a snorkel in the distance on the other side of a reef. I swam as if my life depended on it and found a friend. It remains one of my most vivid memories of childhood.
That’s one killer hood!! I moved my trampoline close to my roof when I was a kid and about broke my neck jumping off the roof onto the trampoline!! lesson learned!!
That’s one killer hood!
That’s one killer hood! I rolled my SUV on Halloween last year and crawled out, upside down, without a scratch! I ended up having to console the guy in the car behind me who was on the phone with 911 because he was so freaked out. The medic lady was crying because she couldn’t believe I was alive, so I hugged her a few times to calm her down also. Angels, I’m telling ya, angels.
That’s one killer hood!
My Mom drove off the road once and did a 360 on someone’s front lawn with me in the passenger seat. It was due to black ice, but really – I think any driving with my Mom is a near death experience (sorry mom, hand me the keys).
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YIKES!
xo – kb
YIKES!
xo – kb
That’s one killer hood! Driving down the interstate and my tire blew out. I did a 360 before coming to a complete stop. Thankfully, no cars were directly behind me.
THAT’s CRAZY!
xo – kb
That’s one killer hood!!
I had malaria as a kid and one day I woke up as I felt like my soul is slowly floating away from my body. It was not a dream I swear, I felt my body being numb and cold. No one would beleive me, but I know what I experienced! It’s unbelievable! But True!
That’s one killer hood! No, seriously, it’s so gorgeous I think my heart is failing! My near death experience- a week before my sixteenth birthday my then-boyfriend and I were in a car accident. Our truck rolled over and finally landed on its top. After coming to a stop my seat belt broke. That seat belt saved my life!
That’s one killer hood!
My very first near-death experience…I spent my first birthday in the hospital after getting choked on a piece of bacon. (It was the 70s, and we’re southern – they gave bacon to babies back then, apparently.)
You are a miracle!
xo – kb
THAT’S ONE KILLER HOOD. Don’t think I have had one.
that’s one killer hood!
oh you know that one about the five year old who was in the back seat of her aunt’s parked car and thought parked meant parked, but actually meant temporarily parked, so said five year old opens door and the car starts moving so she starts to fall out of the car but thankfully it was the one time her older sister decided to literally lend her a hand. oh yeah, classic. thank you seat belt laws.
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Oh dear – near death experience? Does a 53 hour labor count??
Oh gosh!
xo – kb
That’s one killer hood! As to near death–not to rat on him or anything…but probably when my big brother held me under the water in the swimming pool when we were little. Still not sure what he was thinking, it was probably an experiment of some sort, but at least we are close now!
That’s one killer hood! I was hit by a drunk driver on a major highway. Very scary. Don’t drink and drive folks!
That’s one killer hood! I had to be thrown a life line and pulled out of the Ocoee river during a rafting trip after get sucked into a whitewater rapid, it was crazy scary.
That’s one killer hood! As a teenager at camp, I got stuck in a broken sailboat that capsized in the middle of a MN lake. We were stranded and unable to do much more than cling to the keel as a thunderstorm rolled in. Luckily help arrived before the lightning!
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That’s one killer hood! I was riding on the back of my boyfriends (now hubby) motorcycle and we were t-boned by a pickup truck. We were young and stupid and didn’t we helmets (once we could ride again we still didn’t, young and stupid I tell ya. We are no longer young, or stuipd… at least not when it comes to helmets.)
That’s one killer hood!
My near death experience happened one week after the birth of my first son, I had a postpartum hemorrhage in the middle of the night and was so sleep deprived I didn’t alert my husband until it was almost too late. Two years (and another baby) later and we’re still a little freaked out – but our adorable boys were worth it!
“That’s one killer hood!” Seeing the giant spider this weekend crawl out at me.
That’s one killer hood!
I got hit by a car. I saw lights rounding the corner and turned toward them and BAM, bumper in the knees, up on the hood tumbling around, and landed on the cold, wet ground. All the time all I can say inside my head is, “ohmygodohmygodohmygod”.
Once I landed and knew I was basically all right, but couldn’t yet stand up I started panicking anew, thinking, “oh no, now I’m going to get run over by someone else turning the corner!”. A kind man came to check on me and said he was going to get a blanket and I asked him not to leave but to make sure no cars came and ran over me. Then I asked him to hold my hand and I started crying.
When I was strapped down in the back of the ambulance I heard the policemen and the ambulance drivers talking about going to Vinny’s and I thought, “really?! You’re making plans for after work while I’m lying here dying?” Then I realized they were talking about St. Vincent’s, the hospital.
P.S. I was a-ok.
That’s one killer hood!
When I was in high school I worked at my parent’s grocery store and got locked in the refrigerated cooler for several minutes! It was scary, especially being a teenager with crazy thought!
Thanks for the giveaway!
That’s one killer hood!
Near death experiences? Childbirth!? Twice over (not really, imjustsayin!)
That’s one killer hood!!!
I choked on a bite of chicken while I was cooking dinner. My husband gave me the Heimlich maneuver four times before it was succesful, just as I was starting to zone out and think “so this is what it’s like to die.” So grateful my husband was home!
That’s one killer hood!! once took a broken plug out of a live socket with a pliers.
That’s one killer hood!
Well, one time, after major surgery they had to give me a whole of blood and somehow they didn’t type the blood correctly, and my body rejected the blood. My body started shutting down and it was a near-death experience because I nearly died. Not a good thing at all. Transfusions aren’t supposed to go quite like that.
Funny thing, they left those “minor details” out of my medical record.
That’s one killer hood! Car accident, scary stuff. Lucky for me I don’t have any memory of it but scared the cr@p out of my poor parents and left me pretty banged up….
That’s one killer hood!
I really cannot recall any near death experiences… I have no doubt I am forgetting them..but it’s 6am here..cut me some slack lol
That’s one killer hood! My husband and I were on vacation in Colorado a few years ago, driving west from Denver into the mountains via highway. While going down a pretty steep incline (and at 70 mph) he tried to shift gears in our rental car and instead put the car into reverse by mistake. The engine immediately shut off, which obviously cut the power steering and brakes. Massive amounts of swearing commenced until he could put the car into neutral, turn it back on, and resume driving. The whole thing took probably 20 seconds but seemed much longer than that!
That’s one killer hood!!
My closest was when I got stuck on the “Drop of Doom” ride in Edmonton, Canada on vacation. They couldn’t get the ride to work right and we were trapped on it right before it falls. A guy was letting us know that they were working on it and so we just sat there for like 10-min. All of a sudden it fell, with no warning, and I was pretty sure we’d never live through it. I guess they just had fixed something and reset the ride, but without warning, we thought we were goners.
that’s one killer hood!! my near death experience was when i was a kid so i didn’t have a clue that it was in fact a near death experience… i fell off the dock at my aunt’s marina into the deep water (it was the longest dock, into the deepest water- of course). i didn’t know how to swim and my mom jumped in after me but couldn’t find me. a fishing boat came by while she was yelling and pulled her out and then found me and pulled me out. i thought the whole thing was great but my mom and aunt were in the middle of their own near death experience. they both were yelling at me and making me promise to never tell my grandmother what had happened!
that’s one killer hood! the closest i’ve ever come to death is trying to pass big rigs on the highway – its terrifying every time!
“That’s one killer hood!”
carbon monoxide poisoning from a leaky gas line to the oven, thankfully we weren’t sleeping when it happened, and now we always have a detectors in our house for both carbon monoxide and fire
That’s one killer hood! Gosh darn it, I’ve never really had a near death experience. Last Christmas a tree fell on my parents house and I thought it was The End of the World…
That is one killer hood. Probably every time I let my wife drive I’m close to death. And she knows it.
That’s one killer hood! I totaled my car back in high school when I swerved to avoid hitting an animal and lost control. Suuuuuuper scary. But my passengers and I were all OK!
That’s one killer hood!
Near death would prob be choking on a grape … Dramatic!
That’s one killer hood! At less than a year old, I had a dog bite my face. 11 stitches on a screaming baby. I guess not so near death, but decades later I still have the scar and the fear of dogs.
That’s one killer hood!
I feel like I have had so many! Thank God for his protection so far! One that comes to mind is when I was 6, my parents were shopping for cars in the parking lot of some used car place and took me with them. While they were there, some guy decided to steal a car off the lot… He zoomed down the lane and was about an inch away from running me over and turning me into a pancake. What a sneaky getaway by the clever thief, right?
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That’s one killer hood!
My worst near death experience was falling off a horse and getting a pretty bad concussion… I woke up and had no idea why I was at my barn and whose horse I had been riding. Thankfully, it all came back to me eventually!
“That is one killer hood” Multiple “vehicle” accidents. Went off road towards a 60 foot drop off. Was racing to get home within a short time frame. Rolled my car once hot loose gravel and lost control. Rolled an ATV through a barb wire fence. Then was dumping smashed up concrete down a revine. raised the bucket too high and didn’t think about nose diving all while slipping into the revine. Luckly got it under control.
That’s one killer hood!
The first (and only) time I went skiing, I managed to end up going backwards down the hill with the skis getting farther apart. I was convinced I was going to die. Or be severely injured. But a friend saved me.
It was the advanced bunny slope.
That’s one Killer Hood! I was on vacation in Italy when they had an earthquake. I was away from the center of it, but as I was never in an earthquake before (and jettlagged) I was really freaked out being in a shaking building and didn’t know what to do. It seems so silly now.
That’s one killer hood! When I was about 3-4, my mom was taking my family (4 kids and her pregnant self, dad was working) on a flight from Germany to San Diego to visit my grandparents. Somewhere outside of GA (and over the Atlantic Ocean), we lost cabin pressure and were forced to crash land in the water. I still clearly remember having to use the yellow slide to get out and into a boat, and that was almost 30 years ago! Then another time, we were flying from Germany to NY and had to refuel in Nova Scotia. While we were there, the plane next to ours, exploded! Apparently there was a bomb on it (I don’t think anyone was on it either because it was refueling also). Oh the good old 1980s and terrorism! Maybe I shouldn’t fly anymore?!
That’s one killer hood!
I think my closest near death experience was when I was learning to drive and somehow managed to run my car in between a tree and my parents butane tank. I must have missed by mere inches!
That’s One KILLER Hood!
It seems that I have had many near death experiences, but I have blocked all of them from my memory because I keep getting into a car with one high school girlfriend who was driving during all of the “incidents.”
That’s one killer hood! Prolly my most legit near death experience happened when I was born. The cord was wrapped around my neck and I wasn’t breathing. There was the whole, panic p-while-first-time-mom-watches-in-horror thing. I don’t remember it, but I’ve been told that my first scream was the best noise ever.
That’s one killer hood!
I slipped in wet grass at the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland after crossing the “do not cross” sign to get a better picture. I landed on my bum with 2.5′ between my feet and the cliff. I almost fell to my death in front of 3 of my best friends, and sister. Frightening!
That’s one killer hood!
My near-death experience happened on the Jersey Turnpike – long drive, raining hard, high speeds, Jersey barriers, car skids on wet road… luckily I didn’t ACTUALLY crash, but it was a close call! My heart will never be the same, and this was about 15 years ago! 🙂
That’s one killer hood!!! My near death experience was getting rear ended by a pickup while I was at a stoplight, and being pushed into the back of another car. My car looked like an accordian! Thankfully, all I experienced was a severe case of whiplash. It took me months before I wasn’t tense sitting at a stoplight!
That’s one killer hood! I can’t recall any near death experiences. There was a muder in front of my house…that nearly gave me a heart attack. ( I live in the city!).
That’s one killer hood! When I was in college, some friends of mine and I went to large city to ring bells for the Salvation Army at Christmas. While I was standing outside of a grocery store ringing my little heart out, a man put a large sum of money in my bucket and got in his car and left. Not too much time later, a black town car pulls up and stops right in front of me. That same man and another much younger man get out and proceed to invite me to spend some time with them and date this much younger “nephew.” Luckily for me, the rather large cart boy from the store came to my rescue and helped me out of the situation. I thank God that I am not a statistic for the trafficking problem we have going on in our nation.
That’s one killer hood… One snowy night I did a 180 on the highway and had to sit facing oncoming traffic until a cop could come and help me turn the right way.
That’s one killer hood!
Near death experience…being bucked off a horse I was riding, ending up under him and being trampled. I remember yelling “Get the F*$K OFF OF ME!!!!” at one point.
Yes I still ride (they call it horse crazy for a reason). Yes I have permanent reminders of this incident.
That’s one killer hood!
That’s one killer hood! I also have a gas station story. I didn’t run into a puddle of fuel, but someone pumping gas decided to spin in a circle (seriously?!) with the pump running – prompting the activation of the safety system. Instant whiteout and lack of the ability to breathe, but all was well. The near death part? Not being able to use my AC in the car for a few days until the entire thing got cleaned – in 100 degree summer days.
That’s one killer hood!
I don’t really have a near-death experience (none nearly as crazy as some of the others), but sometimes I say something really embarrassing and I FEEL like I’m going to die. 🙂
That’s one killer hood! I’ve almost died twice. Once when I was hit by a car. And another time was in London when I looked the wrong way before crossing a street. Thankfully, my mother pulled me back before a double-decker bus almost flattened me!
“That’s one killer hood!”
My near death experiences were probably stupid things done as a child. Like thinking I could fly if I jumped off the top of our swingset. It didn’t work so well.
That’s one killer hood! I definitely wasn’t close to dying, but the day I awoke to the sensation of being pinched by a scorpion IN MY SHIRT… I pretty much wanted to die.
That’s one killer hood!! I’ve almost died on several occasions…
#1 – Was almost ran over by a zamboni machine while ice skating…yeah I just said that.
#2 – I was actually ran over by a jet ski, by the grace of God, flew of the back of the one I was on and landed in the water and could see the other jet ski coming at me and ducked. Not so easy to duck while wearing a life vest, and it got the top of my head.
A nice hood in my kitchen would make this all better!
That’s one killer hood!!!
My near death experience was when I was 8 my family (all 6 of us plus my grandparents) was driving down to our first trip to Disney world- a full van pulling a U-haul… and my mom fell asleep at the wheel, we went off the road and the van completely flipped- I was dangling from the seat belt and all the windows had shattered. My shoulder was split open while my 6 year old brother had to have 46 stitches in his head! I still have scars all over my head and body!
“That’s one killer hood!”
Mine is kind of depressing… I nearly died when I was younger and got menengitis. My mom says it’s a miracle I’m still here due to a good doctor. I always see it as a second chance at life and has been my motivation for higher education and a better life.
Okay I got all sentimental but this is the first thing that came to mind. 😉
That’s one killer hood!
I almost drowned once at the Jersey shore. A big wave was coming, I couldn’t swim back to shore fast enough, so I just plugged up my nose with my fingers and braced myself. It took me under, I remember flipping around a few times under water, and woke up on the sand.
“That’s one killer hood!”
Near death experience- my tom boy sister thought it would be funny to lay over me on a raft while I was underwater in the pool. Everytime I tried to come up for air, she would position the raft over my head. The prank probably only lasted for 15 seconds but as someone who as a child was hesitant to get into the water anyway, it seemed as if this was a near death experience!
That’s one killer hood! My husband rolled the car on the way to his cousin’s wedding. His fault. Totally. Luckily no one was hurt, but the cows in the field were sure curious about the car sitting upside down in their territory!
That’s one killer hood. I could definately use a swanky new hood for our kitchen remodel to replace microwave/hood combo we have going on now. I may even get to splurge on a microwave drawer.
That’s one killer hood! My near- death experience: in college, I complained of a sore throat for a month straight with doctor after doctor not seeing anything wrong. Finally, after one episode of vomiting blood (sorry, gross) my parents rushed me to the hospital where I was diagnosed with a rare type of abscess that develops behind the tonsils. At this point, my throat was three quarters of the way closed and I had been struggling for air. I was rushed to emergency surgery and, obviously, am still here to tell the tale, though every time my throat gets scratchy I start getting a bit anxious.
That’s one killer hood!!
When I was four cruising on my tricycle around our pool while my mom was sunbathing…I somehow ended up in the pool at the bottom…assume I must have gotten confused, couldn’t steer, blinded by the sun (all of the above) and instead of swimming to the top, had to be rescued by my mom…I’m sure it was more scary for her then I, as I only “remember” this story due to countless re-tellings…@ prom, to new bf’s, etc. JOY 🙂
That’s one killer hood!
I’ve been in a couple minor accidents and that is close enough for me.
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No death experiences for me! I guess I lead a boring life! :-/
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How boring am I that I cant even think of one? Or is that just lucky? I thought about making up a super dramatic story but then I dont want to be responsible for stressing anyone out.
That’s one killer hood!
When I was younger (12ish maybe) my mom & I flew to Boston…can’t remember why. Anywho…it was winter & as we neared Boston an ice storm started. When the plane landed in Boston the flight attendants screamed for us to duck & put our heads between our knees…the plane was sliding on ice off the runway. We ended up being fine, we didn’t crash. We just had to deplane in the middle of a frozen runway.
That’s one killer hood!
My parents trailor jack-knifed back and forth on their van, but we were on a mountain road so if it had gone side to side one or two more times the whole lot of us would have been over the edge!
That’s one killer hood! I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when I was 13. Two docs misdiagnosed me and I fell into a coma with a blood sugar level of 1,822. It’s a miracle I’m alive and healthy. I did have a near death experience and remember it vividly. I’m the luckiest. No doubt on my mind.
that’s one killer hood!
ummm i’m deathly allergic to bees and when i got stung as an 8 year old i got so swollen/red/puffy i scared my little sister
That’s One KILLER Hood!
Probably the time I wrecked my moms car. Been out with the high school boyfriend, he was following me home in his jeep… drunk girl ran stop sign in a 4 Runner…. I hit her so hard the 4Runner flipped, and all my Cutlass Supreme did was spin in the intersection…. boyfriend witnessed the whole thing and had to kick my windshield in to get me out…. I walked away, should have been killed…. (cool) mommy-mobile +1, drunk girl 0
That is one killer hood!!
And I do not have one interesting, even close to near death experience to share. (THANK GOD!) But I’d love to win the killer hood all the same!!!
That is one killer hood!!!
I was trying to catch a tadpole at my Aunts house in Florida when my hand grazed something bumpy. Well, the something bumpy was the snout of an Alligator. It jumped out of the water with its jaws open and my Aunt grabbed the collar of my shirt and pulled me back right as it’s jaws closed where I had been standing…..awesome. That seriously sounds like some tall tale but that is the complete truth.
That’s one killer hood!!
My near death experience is when my brother was warming pizza in the oven. Needless to say, I smelled something burning and opened the oven to find he was warming the pizza while it was still in the box. Can we say, small kitchen fire.
That’s one killer hood! While driving in the winter a few years back I went off the road and hit a pole. I was fine, the car was not. Things like that definitely make you think twice about life.
That’s one killer hood!
Years ago, my husband and I went for a short walk in the mountains and didn’t think to bring any supplies. STUPID! 5 hours later we were off trail, scaling a cliff face using exposed roots as hand-holds and sharing a game trail with an irritated mamma elk and her calf. We made it back to our car blistered and dehydrated, but thankfully nothing worse!
That’s one killer hood!
I almost had a heart attack when a bat was flying around the house and touched my forehead. That counts, right?
That’s one killer hood!
When learning to drive I pulled out in front of a bus traveling at highway speeds. Pretty sure my driving instructor s*** himself! Luckily there was no accident.
That’s one killer hood!
I got thrown off a horse and almost got trampled by it. All I saw was flying hooves!
That’s one killer hood!
After I got my license I had a crazy experience where a car coming towards me had its blinker on to turn, but ended up actually going straight, but I didn’t know that when I was about to turn left. Sounds confusing, but it was actually terrifying!
That’s one killer hood! My near death experience was when I was about 12 and my dad was shoeing a horse and the horse broke free and ran me over. All I can remember seeing was horse hooves. Lucky for me the horse did not tramp on me. I thought my dad was going to shoot the horse right then and there. But I was screaming and crying that the horse did not mean to run me over. Horse saved and I went unscathed.
Thats one killer hood! My near death experience involves a car and an icy road… on the way to my grandmothers funeral! Luckily everyone turned out ok!!!
That’s one killer hood!
Getting my truck stuck in a questionable neighborhood and having to knock on a random door to borrow a phone get someone to come and pick me up (of course I didn’t have my cell phone with me). I’ll be forever grateful to the family that opened their home to the frantic college student knocking at their door.
That’s one killer hood!
I almost drown when I was 18 months old. My older brother pulled me out in time. Whewww.
“That’s one killer hood!”
I was on a flight and saw lighting on both sides of the plane. I thought I was going to die.
That’s one killer hood! My nearest death experience happened when we were nearly in a head on car crash caused by some incorrectly placed signage around some road construction. We came over a hill on a 2 lane highway and they had directed traffic directly into our lane.
That is ONE killer hood!
That’s one killer hood!
What an amazing giveaway! I am totally drooling over the Roma wall and island hoods!
I recently went to the doctor for a headache and was given a high dosage shot of something that I ended up being severely allergic to and had an anaphylactic reaction in the doctor’s office. If they hadn’t gotten distracted and left me in the room for 45 minutes, I would have had this reaction in the car on the way home with my little girl in the car. Scary!
That’s one killer hood! MMM….trying to think back at my closest scare. Not much comes to mind excpet for a motorcycle crash back when I was in high school. My bofriend, now husband, would turn the bike off before arriving to pick me up so that my parents wouldn’t hear that I was leaving on the bike…I wasn’t aloud. Well, they found out when I called them from the hospital to come and get me. We were lucky. Back tire blew and all we both had was road rash.
That’s one killer hood!
My closest near death experience was in a car accident at age 7… The arm rest flew off at impact and cut my head. I had 280 stitches in my head (eyebrow and up into hair) and bragging rights through the rest of grade school that I had more stitches than anyone (and guys dig chicks with scars, right? At least that’s what my mom told me).
Love this hood, it would be wonderful for my upcoming complete kitchen renovation!
That’s one killer hood!
I got in a car accident the summer after college in my sebring (the month before I would have paid it off-figures). My tires were bald and I slid on a patch of oil on a back country road. As I slid, I landed half on/half off a farmer’s pass into his field and ended up being flipped upside down. The whole thing happened in a matter of seconds-I thought I was going to die! Luckily as I was upside down buckled in, I realized I was surrounded my green-unbuckled, grabbed my phone, and crawled out of my window to run across the road because I was sure my car was going to blow up. Turns out-unlike the movies, that doesn’t always happen. 🙂
That’s one killer hood!
We were in Brazil on a mission trip, and we (4 teenage girls and a Brazillian tour guide/host missionary) headed out one night from our house boat in a rickety row boat to “catch an alligator” It was the scariest (and DUMBEST!) moment of my life, but our brave Brazillian successfully caught a 3 foot long caiman and we all got to pose with it before releasing it back in narrow channel connected to the Amazon.
That’s one killer hood!
I picked up a stranger in downtown and gave him a ride to his car. Luckily, he really did just need a ride to his car and didn’t turn out to be a serial killer! In my defense, I was young, dumb and it was first my time in downtown.
That’s one killer hood!
I wish I had a fascinating story to insert here. The only thing that comes to mind is my brother ‘accidentally’ pushing me out of a tree house. My face broke the fall, and I surprisingly walked away (okay, cried and ran to tell Mom) with no more than a bloody nose.
That’s one killer hood! I had a near death experience yesterday! I was crossing the street ( yes, the flashing little man told me it was safe to do so) and a car turning right almost hit me. He hit the breaks just in time. Luckily I was out front of the hospital, so I think I would have survived. Maybe it is a near death ‘ man that would have hurt’ experience…
That’s one killer hood!… and it must be meant for me! I installed a new hood as a rookie renovator but neglected to turn off the juice. You guessed it… I had my very own zap zap zappity zap party when I inadvertently let two wires touch.
Lesson learned!
That’s one killer hood!
Don’t have a near-death experience to share but I do want to tell you that I was inspired by your Lutron video to install one or several around the house so I can stop yelling for someone to turn off the light in the “insert room here”!!! So easy and so worth it to save $$.
-Maria
That’s one killer hood!
Once I was driving down a dirt canyon road in the back of my friends truck. (BAD IDEA!) He started fish-tailing and we just about tipped. Scariest thing ever!
That’s one killer hood!
Being hit by a car while walking…it was crazy!!
Thats one killer hood!!!!
That’s one killer hood!
I got carbon monoxide poisoning while staying at a hotel. Super scary, but luckily a few hours of oxygen in the ER fixed me up.
That’s one KILLER hood! Near death experience…it’s gross, but my colon burst and I got all toxic inside. It was scary and painful and awful. ….on to more pleasant things, we’re renovating (unplanned due to terrible dishwasher leak that destroyed floor & lower cabinets!) and this hood would look beautiful in our new kitchen!!
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When I was five, I was dared by my brother and sister to step onto a covered pool (in October – in Michigan) – because we were all convinced it wasn’t really a pool. Down I went. Stuck under the cover. And I couldn’t swim.
Thankfully, there were fast-acting adults nearby, and I came out more embarrassed than anything. last time I took a dare from my brother and sister!
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I was holding with one hand the end of a small boat and the other hand a jet ski so it wouldn’t float away while my dad tried to see why it wasn’t running right. Fumes poured out the back of the jet ski and I fainted right there in the lake. No one noticed me laying there lifeless in the water until the jet ski wasn’t staying put anymore. I eventually came out of it but it was a major horror for my family to see. Thank God for lifejackets.
That’s one killer hood! Well earlier this year I was driving my camry to work when a guy pulled out in front of me from a cross street to make a turn. He stopped in the middle of my lane so I had 3 choices: hit him dead on, swerve left into oncoming traffic, or swerve right into the ditch. I chose the ditch and hit his rear bumper which sent me even further right into 2 telephone polls. Luckily I was fine, but then the polls caught fire and my car started sparking so I hi-tailed it out of there…only after I rescued my breastpump of course.
oh yes and thanks to Nationwide I now have the minivan of my dreams…honday odyssey baby!
That’s one killer hood!
I’m not the most coordinated girl in the world, so I can’t even begin to count my near-death experiences. Most of the time, they involve things that move, or furniture, or chemicals, or flames, you get the idea.
That’s one killer hood!
Also, I’m stealing my husband’s near death experience because it’s way more exciting. We’re going for our skydiving licenses so we can do it unsupervised and stuff. His main chute and back-up chute got tangled and he crashed into a corn field. Going 35mph. Idiot.
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Mine would be hydroplaning and flipping a car during rush hour on I-95 outside of Philly. Only by the grace of God did we not get hit when we flipped through several lanes of traffic after hitting the guard rail on one side and flipped all the way to the other side of the freeway.
That’s one killer hood!
Bad car accident with my fiancé (now husband of 13 years). We were very lucky that no one was seriously hurt!
That’s one killer hood! =)
I’ve been in two car accidents, one where my head crashed into the windshield. Both accidents were caused by reckless teenage drivers not adhering to speed limits or red lights and crashing into the vehicle I was in.
That’s one killer hood!
Long story short…. I had a laparoscopy years ago and before they would let me go home they made me “p”. Well, I couldn’t – so they sat me down and told me to start drinking water. So I did, I drank and drank and drank. Hours later and a nurse change, I was still drinking and not “p”ing. They finally released me anyway and on the way home I started to feel lightheaded like I was going to pass out and right before I told hubby to take me back. I was admitted – I could have died! So scary – my DH saved my life by turning around and heading back to the hospital.
That is one killer hood!
That’s one KILLER hood!
My near death experience is when I was vacationing to LA. A driver cut across 5 lanes of traffic (speedy traffic I might add) to cut me off to exit the freeway. I swerved and almost drove off the freeway which was elevated hundreds and hundreds of feet above the ground. Had to pull over to catch my breath, but happy to say I’m alive!
That’s one killer hood! Every time I have a baby, I get toxemia after delivery which always seems to confound my doctors. Anyway, I don’t die but it makes me feel like I want to!
That’s on killer hood! I was in a car accident when I was 12. We were going 70 mph and rolled three times into the median. I had just taken off my seatbelt to get something in the back and ended up hitting the ground through the window with my back while we rolled. I had a big stripe of dirt on my back afterwards.
That’s one killer hood!
The closest thing I can think of as a near death experience is when I ran out between two parked cars when I was a little kid and just about got hit by a car driving down the street.
That’s one killer hood! I teach 7th and 8th grade mathematics, every day is a near death experience. 😉
That’s one killer hood! I commute in DC traffic everyday so I have near death experiences 5 days a week. 😉
That’s one killer hood 🙂
I went skydiving. Broke both my ankles, true story, wheelchair for 3 months but am basically fine otherwise. At the time it was a horrific experience, but it could have been so, so much worse. Also, I’m currently planning to gut my kitchen and could REALLY use that hood!
That’s one killer hood!
That’s one KILLER hood! Closest death experience was being hit by a hit-and-run drunk driver in Hollywood, CA. And my 2 children were in the car! I was the one most hurt, which was fortunate. It’s all good now though!
“That’s one killer hood!”….Not really a near death experience for me, but when my son was 2 years old I was cleaning out the car. While I was in the backseat vacuuming, he jumped in the front seat without my knowledge and ripped the car into reverse. As we were on a hill, the car began to roll…quickly. I was thrown out of the car and watched as my baby boy traveled down the long driveway, across the road, through a fence and into an open field. As I picked myself up from the ground, I just knew he was going to be hurt….or worse. I ran barefoot through the gravel, across the barbed wire fence and prayed like crazy to Jesus all the way. To my astonishment and to God’s glory…Peyton was sitting in the floor smiling. We kid him about trying to drive at a young age to this day. On second thought, this was a near death experience for me as it scared the poo out of me!
That’s one killer hood!
Near death – not sure, but I’ve been in so many car accidents – only 2 with me driving and they weren’t my fault, that I probably should’ve bitten the dust in one of them.
That’s one killer hood! I haven’t really had one, but I’m glad I survived my teen years way back when 🙂
That’s one killer hood!
When I was about 7 there were some shootings at various fast food places in our state. I was at one of those restaurants with my mom and younger brother when a man shoved me put of his way to get to the counter. Another patron admonished him for treating a little girl so roughly. The man grabbed his food (not paying for it) and walked out to his truck. He pulled out a shotgun and pointed it through the plate glass windows at the patron who came to my defense, and then at me. Then he put his gun in the truck and sped off. Scary!
That’s one killer hood!!! I actually didn’t realize I had a near death experience until way too late. I was turning left on a two lane road and almost T-boned by a car trying to pass a car and myself as I was turning.
That’s one KILLER hood! only near death experience that I know of was when I was a baby and Dad was walking with me on the beach when a tidal wave hit- he tried clambering up the rocks and holding me above his head to keep me out of the water but it went over both our heads- he says jokingly the only thing going through his mind was “how am I going to to tell her mother”!
That’s one killer hood!
A candle caught a shelf on fire in my house one night while I was asleep. Luckily my husband saw the smoke outside before he came to bed.
“That’s one killer hood!”
I got hit by a car when I was twelve. My shoe slipped off my foot and I hesitated to get it back on and the car just kept on coming. The worst part about it is when I tell my kids to get away from the street they say “you got hit by a car and you are OK.”
“That’s one killer hood.”
Way back when I was around 16, I used to drive 80-90 mph from my city to another city about 50 miles away. The road was narrow and winding. My girlfriend and I tried to see how fast we could get there. It is amazing we didn’t get into a wreck, ver off the road, hit a deer the scenarios are unending. Thank the Lord that he preserved our lives.
That’s one killer hood!
I don’t really have a crazy near death experience – though I’ve been enjoying reading the others! My conclusion: driving is scary!
That’s one killer hood!!
My jeep’s electric start started on fire as I started it…but the fire went out as I opened the door. Thankfully, that is as close as I’ve come so far!
That’s one killer hood!
I fell down long flight of stairs while holding several boxes. I was 8 at the time. My mom had just said to be careful walking down the stairs and I missed a step.
That’s one killer hood!
Apparently my mother forgot to tell me not to take candy from strangers. I took what was a handful of darvocet and had to get my stomach pumped. Turned out the guy had just been released from a psych ward! Weird thing is my mom is a nurse and later had the guy as a home health patient!
That’s one killer hood!
When I was a child while roller skating I fell backwards & somehow “caught” my fall, my left forearm became a double compound fracture & my hand was only attached by a small flap of skin…I roller skated home alone…only to have to sit on my moms lap in the car for a one & a half hour drive to the hospital, once I got there not only was I possibly going to lose my hand but also I had lost so much blood & had the risk of contaminating it severely from it being such a huge open wound. 2 back to back surgeries in the next four days & I was alive, with my hand & full mobitlity! Yay, I feel so blessed, & grateful for today 🙂
That’s one killer Hood!!!!
My nearest death experiance was the labor of my
3 rd child… I could have swore those labor pains
Were gonna kill me. It was my due date and all of
Sudden I got contractions, 4-5 mins apart so I decided
To take a shower, so I could be “clean” when the
Baby enters the world! Haha boy was I wrong, in the
Shower the contractions started coming 2 mins apart
Then 1 min apart! I’m soaking wet trying to dry myself
And bare the contraction at the same time. I’m screaming
For my husband to help me dress, and now the contractions
Are 1 min apart, and I’m going backwards on all four,
Downstairs!!!! I make it into the car w my other 2 kids in tow,
Husband driving to my sisters house 3 blocks away to drop them
Off. We pull up, and I can’t wait, she was coming now…. So we call
The ambulance. I’m wheeled into the ambulance half naked, (they
Cut my favorite skirt and new panties
Part 2 sorry!!!
they tell me to hold her
In, cause they are not doctors. My water explodes in the ambulance!
It’s as if the floods were coming for the ark it seemed like so much!!!
We get to the hospital, the dr comes in, catches her just in time!!! Then
I notice everyone watching the birth, ambulance men x3, 8 nurses! I was
Mortified…. I’m usually a very private person and have now been exposed to
Everyone in my city, it seemed!!! Near death, YES I wanted to curl up and die!
Then I looked over at my perfect baby and thanked God I was able to do it all w/o
Meds!!! Kids make life worth living….!
That’s one killer hood!!
Two things- (this one’s gross)- in college I was pretty drunk and scarfed down some pizza barely having chewed it, later woke up to puke, and a chunk of pizza got stuck in my windpipe. I couldn’t breathe and was panicking, thinking I would die right there at the toilet. Somehow I managed to get it up. (Sorry for that visual.) Second, I was climbing Mt St Helens, and coming back down I slipped in the snow and went sliding crazy fast down the mountain, totally out of control, toward some huge boulders. Thankfully I stuck my ice axe in the snow and stopped myself in time, but I was terrified!
That’s one killer hood!
My closest near death experience is when I was in middle school. I came home from school while my mom and step dad were at work. We had a basement family/game room and I went down there to do homework and watch tv. It was cold and we kept a kerosene heater down there for the winter months. I went to start it up and noticed there was no kerosene in it…so I head out to the garage, grab the container of kerosene, and take it to fill up the heater. I then got ready to light the kerosene heater…just as I was about to push the button to ignite it, something made me stop (i get goose bumps to this day thinking about it!!!) but I stopped and it’s like a voice said “you don’t want to do that, just go back upstairs”. So I did. When my mom got home I told her I was going to stay downstairs but it was cold and that I filled up the heater, but then decided not to light it. She looked at me funny and said “what container did you use?” so I described it and where I found it. She went as white as a sheet….I had used GASOLINE to fill up the kerosene heater. I shutter to think what would have happened had I ignited it. God saved me that day. He gave me that inner voice that stopped me right when I started to push the button to ignite the fire!
“That’s one killer hood!” As for the killer-me part: I almost fell off a cliff while hiking in Italy. It was originally a path for goats. I should’ve left it to them. :-/
That’s one killer hood!
Almost going over a cliff skiing. I thought I was fine but others apparently thought I wasn’t going to stop in time…
“That’s one killer hood!”
My story involves roller-blades and the mid-90’s. I went to school in Vermont and I brought my roller blades. I grew up in a state that is very flat with no hills or mountains. So I was not at all prepared to roller-blade on the hilly surfaces of Vermont. I went flying down a hill and could not stop. I attempted to leap onto the grass but missed and bounced off the concrete. It felt like near-death but ended up only being some serious road rash and a headache. No more roller-blades for me!
That’s one killer hood!
I was camping on a service trip and we stopped in rural Western PA for some lunch. I took one step out of the van and saw the white heat of a bolt of lightening right in front of me, hitting the ground. Five more steps and I would have been toast!
“That’s one killer hood!”
I was a backseat passenger in a car that flipped off an embankment and into a river landing on it’s side. Luckily the water was shallow and the car was an old steel framed volvo. A police office said without the steel frame we wouldn’t have been so lucky, everyone made it out with minor injury.
That’s one killer hood! I used to travel for work and came close to many car accidents because of distracted drivers. Don’t text and drive, people!
That’s one killer hood!
We DIY’ed our house’s exterior paint job. And one afternoon, I decided to tackle some of the low siding and trim while my husband was away – nothing that involved more than a step-ladder. Of course I feel off the step ladder ONTO the only rose bush in the yard. Maybe it wasn’t a near-death experience, but it FELT like I was being stabbed to death by a small shank whittled from a prison inmate’s toothbrush. And . . . I have clearly been watching too much “Orange is the New Black.”
That’s one killer hood!
I almost drowned in the wave pool at a water park when I was a kid. They had to turn off the waves, and the lifeguard had to jump in and rescue me.
That’s one killer hood!!!!
My most awesome near death experience was when I was 7 years old. Not only did I get the chicken pox in disney world but to add insult to injury I contracted a staph infection in my shoulder as well. I was admitted into the hospital when I returned home. My parents later said if it was left untreated it could have been fatal. I got to miss a lot of school so that was what I remember from this experience.
That’s one killer hood!!!
Near death experience, brand new furnace that failed and was poisoning my family with carbon monoxide. Technician said we should all have died, but thought that because we had a dog, I was letting in just enough fresh air to save us. Thank you Max! But we were very sick.
That’s one killer hood!
I was inspecting my house roof for repair when I suddenly lost my footing. You would think it was going to be a real comical situation like you see in movies or TV where you hang on the side of the house screaming for help but it was more of just falling to my knees to regain my balance and being thankful I didn’t roll off.
That’s one killer Hood!!!!
Luckily no near-death experiences for me. 🙂
That’s one killer hood!
Living through the Northridge earthquake. Lots of shaking and stuff falling off the walls and shelves in my house. Especially scary since it was early in the morning so you had no idea what the heck was going on while half awake.
That’s one killer hood!
Umm….near death near death…I don’t know if I have one. Buuuutttt….My entire family (minus me) almost drowned once when we went on vacation in Florida. Dang riptide. I actually got sent upstairs to the hotel room while the search and rescue was out looking for them because they thought they were going to be bringing back dead bodies. True story. All was well though, and everybody came back safe.
That’s one killer hood!!!
Falling in the deep end. 2nd grade. Bad swimmer. Can still see the people looking for me from below the water. {{{Shudder}}}}
That’s one killer hood!
Not too many almost-dead moments for me. Probably the closest was having a car run a red light and fly through the intersection 2 seconds after I safely made it through. Scary stuff.
Thats one killer hood! I cant really think of any near death experiences off hand. Maybe I am just not living life to the fullest!!!
That’s one killer hood!
Many near death experiences in a car! Don’t text and drive, my friends.
HAHA!
xo – kb
“That’s one killer hood!”
My near dead experience was going into anaphylactic shock after getting stung by a red wasp. I was so swollen and my lips were blue by the time I got to the hospital.
That’s one killer hood!
I was minding my own business on my morning commute in the rain. While exiting onto a ramp that curved around and over the highway I’d been driving on before my exit, someone cut in front of me across the median. I braked, hard, and then hydroplaned across two lanes and ended up stopped (and stalled) three inches away from the piddly guard rail and a sheer drop off. I shook for two hours after getting to my job.
Still hate driving in the rain to this day!
that’s one killer hood!
I flipped my kayak when I hit an eddy wrong on a level III white water river and was swept upside down into some brush. Not that tragic, except that it wasn’t deep enough to eskimo roll or bail out, and I was still stuck under water. One of my kayak comrades got me out very quickly, and it’s stange ’cause I was never really worried or panicked about things even though it could have been an extremely dire situation if I wasn’t with extremely capable, far more experienced paddlers. thanks guys! haha
That’s one killer hood! My steps into my basement collapsed AFTER i had food poisoning and I was so weak I could barely pull myself up! No fuN!
That’s one killer hood!
Driving in nasty blizzard conditions make up the majority of my near death experiences.
That’s one killer hood!
It had rained that morning, making the canyon near my home nice and muddy. A couple of friends and I decided to go exploring and came upon a rope swing on the side of a cliff. Being the tomboy that I was at age 12, I wanted to try it. So, against my friends reservations, I climbed the side of the cliff, grabbed the rope and swung out as far as I could. But the rope swung back without me. Muddy hands, slippery rope and inertia were too much for me and I flew/fell at least 25 ft. Luckily the canyon was muddy and I escaped with only cuts and bruises!
Gorg!!! Love it!! If we didn’t already have one I’d climb all over myself to win this one!!
I am unaware of any near-death experiences that I’ve had. Does that make them more or less scary? :p
That’s one killer hood! No near death experiences for me … at least that I can remember!
That’s one killer hood!
I was on a roller coaster and the buckle came undone! I panicked , and grasped right to the shoulder bars and made it threw alive. Needless to say, I won’t ride that ride again!
That’s one killer hood! Near death? Just wishing it while taking out some old juniper bushes:)
That’s one killer hood!!
Flying… Anytime, anywhere…. I’m not a fan
That’s one killer hood!
Near-death experience: freakish acute bacterial infection at age 23. Was in intensive care for 3 weeks, mostly unconscious. Docs thought it was lymphoma, then for a bit they weren’t sure what it was but were sure my spleen would rupture (i was too weak to tolerate an operation). First thing i remember is waking up, surrounded by family and docs. One of the teaching residents was holding my hand and crying, and said, ‘you don’t have lymphoma. We know what you have now. You’re going to be fine.’ And i looked at her like she was an idiot, and said weakly, ‘of course i don’t have lymphoma!’
That’s one killer hood!
I was running early in the morning before work (years ago before being a mommy became my job) and I was crossing a street in Uptown Dallas. Out of nowhere this SUV zooms up to the intersection and instead of stopping he speeds up as he gets close and stops so close that I put my arm out and touched the hood. I was so freaked out I had trouble finishing my run!
That’s one killer hood! I was on a chairlift getting ready to unload, tried to get off, and found myself instead hanging in midair not able to breathe. The belt on my snowsuit had somehow gotten caught on the chair, and I was dangling there with my belt cinched super-tight. Someone eventually saw this was happening, and the lift was emergency stopped, and several men built a bit of a human pyramid to get me down.
That’s one killer hood! Nothing seriously close to death, but many car stories, a car accident, driving in blizzards, hitting deer, and going in the ditch (I wasn’t the driver in all of those!).
That’s one killer hood! no near death experiences for me, but one time I was a the river with my cousins & some friends…about 15 people all together. Only 3 of us could actually swim, and 4 were barely swimmers. 2 of the barely swimmers were floating on a blow-up dollar store type raft & it collapsed under them. I swam over to where they were hanging off bushes on the side of the river & pulled them out. It was a little reminder for all of us to continue the swim lessons for everyone
That’s one killer hood!!! Lucky for me, I can’t recall any near death experiences 🙂
That’s one killer hood!
Im not sure I have any near death experiences. Bummer. I feel so left out for not nearly dying yet 😉
That’s one killer hood! I haven’t had many near death experiences, but mine would definitely be when I totalled my car (I was only 17). T-boning a solid 1970s pickup in my little ’93 Honda Accord was a scary experience! Thankfully, I was ok! 🙂
That’s one killer hood!
Mine would be a car accident in the middle of winter, hit some black ice and went spinning. A car coming from the opposite direction almost hit us.
That’s one killer hood!!! In my head I have near death experirences ~ but never have they come true! whew!
That’s one killer hood!
Two words : Kidney Stones. Okay I may not have almost died but I thought I was!
That’s one killer hood!
No near-death moments for me.
Perhaps the closest was having an on coming car run a red light.
That’s one killer hood
I was almost attacked by a lioness. I stood there and smiled at her and she jumped up and charged me while letting out a gigantic roar!…..then she hit the glass with her two front paws and I remembered I was at the zoo.
It was still terrifying. Oh and I was 4 months pregnant at the time…does that make it seem more scary? 😉
That’s one killer hood! When I was in highschool one of my girlfriends and I were be bopping all over town listening to music and such and she ran a light and was hit by another car. Everyone was ok but it was scary! Note to self: no cars for the kids.
That’s one killer hood!
I drive daily in Miami…I have a near-death experience every day.
That’s one killer hood! I had a naaaasty rollerblading accident once.
That’s one killer hood!
That’s one killer hood!
That’s One Killer Hood!
Nothing too exciting as far as a near death experience but as a child I did choke on a nut and my Uncle had to perform the Heimlich Maneuver on me! (I was at a family holiday dinner at my grandmothers!) Hurt my ego more than my body but it was memorable and still a family favorite story!
Cassie
That’s one killer hood!
My near death experience was at my sister and BIL’s house who had just built a zip line in their back yard off of a tall tree. I had done zip lines before, but at a professional place where I was harnessed. For some reason I had all the confidence in the world…..I climbed the ladder on the tree, stood on the platform, grabbed the handle bars (I was not harnessed in), and jumped.
But I jumped hard enough that my legs flew out in front of me and my hands slipped. I fell at least 10-15 feet to the ground and landed on my back, and was knocked unconscious. When I “woke up” I thought I was fine and warded off everyone’s extreme concern to call an ambulance. My boyfriend (now husband) and BIL helped me walk into the house. But as my arms were around their necks to help me walk, I realized I did something very bad to my back – and the pain set in.
They drove me to the ER, where x-rays showed I broke 2 vertebrae. I was very fortunate that I didn’t break more, or harm my spinal cord!
That’s one killer hood!
Near death experience? Last weekend! Drunk guy doing donuts and accelerating in a parking lot!!
That’s One Killer Hood!!!!
I went skydiving in college with some friends. My chute malfunctioned and didn’t open. After trying lots of things, the instructor guy had to pull the emergency chute and we made it safely to the ground in one piece, but geez louise.
Also, I would be sooo excited to win this hood! We are renovating a family house in ATL and it would be awesome in our new kitchen!!!
That’s one killer hood!
Many moons ago I was trying to do a back flip off of the diving board. I did them all the time and apparently got too comfortable with my skillzzz. I flip, hear my hair hit the bottom of the diving board…..my hair was chin length. So I wasn’t far from smackin that little confident noggin on the board and being at the bottom of the deep end..
That’s one killer hood! I almost got hit by a car crossing the street (I DID have a walk sign) and a car turning left did not see me. I froze and a friend pushed my out of the way. It was close!! Thank you for the giveaway!
That is one killer hood! I don’t have one, except for the crazy drivers around here that I have to deal with on a daily basis!
That’s one killer hood! And I’m drawing a blank?!
That’s one killer hood!
While in Costa Rica on our honeymoon, my new husband and I were went white water rafting. As we were navigating one of the larger rapids, our raft capsized. No matter what I did, I could not get myself back to the surface for air. I kept getting sucked back under by the current and I thought I might drown. Thankfully, I did eventually get to the surface and was pulled back into the raft. My husband ended up a good 1/4 mile down the river and had to be rescued by a kayaker. We said we didn’t want a boring honeymoon, but that wasn’t exactly what we had in mind.
That’s one killer hood!
I was white water rafting when I was a teenager and got tossed out if the boat in a particularly rough patch of rapids. Somehow I ended up trapped underneath the boat and up against the big rock the boat was stuck on. Memory is a bit fuzzy as to how it happened, but eventually I popped up on the other side of the boat and my friends hauled me back in!
That’s one killer hood!!
I was water-skiing with my family. I was waiting in the water to get picked up by my boat after a turn on the skis when another speedboat came my way. Despite frantic yelling and waving from my family in our boat the other guys didn’t see me and I didn’t see them – until the last second – when they swerved away.
THAT’S ONE KILLER HOOD!!!
“That’s one killer hood!”
I can’t think of any near death experiences. I fell out of a tree once and landed on my back. I was scared that I just pulled a PollyAnna but I was fine.
I need this hood btw, NEED. We’re in the middle of figuring out how to put in a new kitchen and this would help tremendously.
That’s one killer hood! Need this! Having the smoke alarm go off every tone I cook is getting old and those island hoods are expensive!
That’s one killer hood!
Near death experience, fell 2 stories testing out the fire escape on our house when I was 10, broke my arm and cracked 1 vertebrae in my lower back. Just call me danger girl!
That’s one killer hood!
I drank bleach when I was a kid and had to be rushed to the hospital. That’s probably the closest I got!
That’s one killer hood!
near death experience- cancer!
That’s one killer hood! Driving in North Jersey, enough said!
That is one KILLER hood!
And I need it. I want it. It shall be mine!
As for near death, I don’t think I’ve ever been extremely close? Though my husband surely thought I was a goner during my child’s first birth, but he’s extreme that way.
Thats one killer hood! My closest near death experience was probably when I was 17 and a four wheeler rolled on top of my and cracked my orbital bone… Needless to say my face looked as though barney punched me in the eye for a couple of weeks 🙂
That’s one killer hood! I’ve done dangerous stuff but we are safety freaks so thankfully none of it has resulted in a near-death experience. My brother once nearly drowned while kayaking, though. I didn’t find out until he was safe and sound, but just hearing about it made my heart stop!
That’s one killer hood! When I was younger I was in a car accident and my seat belt came undone. I flew towards the windshield and dashboard, thankfully my foot got caught on a box of Bibles and I ended up with just a few stitches!
That’s one killer hood!
When I was somewhere between 8 and 10 my family went to a huge water park that had a wave pool to simulate water at the beach. Everyone was off doing their own thing, I was in the wave pool by myself, and my grandma was ‘watching’ me from the shore. I’ve never been a strong swimmer. I stayed next to the wall but I wandered too far out. The pull from the waves kept pulling me out and I couldn’t keep my head above the waves. I distinctly remember finding grates in the wall and using them to pull myself back toward the front of the pool. It was terrifying, particularly when I got all the way out and no one had noticed what was happening. Water parks still scare me at 31 years old. I have yet to take my kids to one, despite the fact that we live about 10 minutes from one and the last two summers have been relatively hot.
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That’s one killer hood!
I once was the person who forgot to take the gas nozzle out of my car before leaving the station. Thankfully there was an auto shut-off. I did however almost die of humiliation 🙂
That’s one killer hood!
That’s one killer hood! The only real scary situation i’ve been is was when I was carried out into the ocean on vacation when I was like 10. Complete with lifeguard rescue!