24 Times Someone’s Gut Feeling Saved Their Life

‘I put on a motor cross helmet just to be safe’
24 Times Someone’s Gut Feeling Saved Their Life

Do you buckle up every time you ride in an Uber? I’ll be honest and say, if those drivers were listening for a click, they’d hear one about 60 percent of the time, and that’s being generous. What decides whether I put it on or not? Generally, my basic stress level and mood, which makes absolutely no sense.

Unfortunately for me and many others, that 60 percent might as well be zero, given that if a crash happens on the wrong side of the ratio, the other times aren’t worth jack-squat. My skull isn’t going to try any harder to keep my brain inside because I usually have a seatbelt on. If you ever consider doing something “just to be safe,” you probably should. If you need proof, read the stories of these Redditors who were extremely lucky they listened to that nagging conscience of theirs.

CompanionCarli3 . 2y ago Learned CPR and first aid. Had to give CPR to a family friend when she collapsed from a heart attack and thankfully she was brought back after being down for 15 minutes. She only had minor memory problems and mostly just couldn't remember that day. She still here and kicking years later.
ajohndoe17 2y ago Was on a side-by-side vehicle mudding on some property a friend and I were visiting. Mid ride, I turn to my friend and say hey, you should probably buckle your seat belt. Just in case Not 1 min later did he lose control and slide front first into a tree going about as fast as this thing could go given the conditions. Both of us were okay but the side by side was completely ruined. Не looked at me right after and his eyes were as big as dinner plates.
Fat_Ryan_Gosling 2y ago I dropped my high school girlfriend off, then for some reason I locked the passenger door. Not 10 minutes later I was stopped at a red light and some scummy looking dude tried to open up the door. I have no idea why I locked that door after she got out, I really didn't have a habit of that. No idea what would have happened if that guy got in my truck.
dorian283 2y ago Driving along highway and get a bad feeling with drivers ahead of me tailgating back to back at 70mph. I switch lanes to be safe and get further clearance. Not 2 seconds later one of the cars ahead slams on their brakes, looked like no fucking reason, and the cars in my previous lane slam into each other, and one car that was behind me slams into all of them full blast. Cars go flying into the air Hollywood style, flipping up nearly vertical before slamming back down. I'd probably be dead or have a life long
notallamawoman 2y ago My dad lost his glasses once. Не was going to just use his old prescription but last minute decided to just go to the optometrist anyway in case something changed. Turns out he had a tear in his retina and was booked for surgery within 24 hours. It was bad enough they said he probably would have gone blind really soon had they not caught it when then did.
Jaboogaman . 2y ago $5 breakage insurance on a rental surf board. Broke that fucker clean in half in my first 10 minutes.
TheKr1tster 2y ago Edited 2y ago Not my ass, but i was getting ready for school whilst mum was vomitting in the bathroom. She said it was just a stomach bug and to just go to school but mentioned her arm hurt. Something didn't sit right so i called the ambulance from downstairs. They arrived and took her into the ambulance - she then proceeded to have 3 cardiac arrests and needed defibrillated each time. A double bypass later and she was up and about within a month. Paramedics told me she would have died 5 mins after i left, if i
stucaboose 2y ago Edited 2y ago One day I was attempting to make carioca for the first time, a kind of Filipino fried mochi, and after I popped them in the oil, I settled in and watched them carefully. I never wear an apron whilst cooking, but for some reason I figured why not this time, and as soon as I stepped out of range of the fryer, they all exploded. Turns out, carioca can form an impermeable shell when fried, so pressure built up inside until they popped and sprayed hot oil all over the kitchen. Of course, I
windexfresh 2y ago Was watching my toddler nephew and he'd found a metal straw somewhere in the house and started playing with it. Не was just tapping stuff and waving it around, but I'd just read a story on Reddit about a woman who got completely fucked up by a metal straw when she fell and it impaled her face, so I took the metal one from nephew and gave him a soft, squishy silicone one to play with instead. I'm not exaggerating when I say less than five minutes later, he fell like toddlers do and I saw the
AXE555 . 2y ago Edited 2y ago | once subcultured a master culture which was used in a very important research study. We were specifically told not to do that because of patent liabilities. But still I had a gut feeling that we were going to need another plate cultured. And lo and behold, a student accidentally dropped the plate in a lab and it shattered. Saved us a 6 months of time and penalties.
merkonerko2 . 2y ago Leaving a spare set of keys at the pub that I live above. Went out on St Patrick's day and had my coat stolen (I keep my keys in my coat). At 3 in the morning, I had genuinely no idea how I would've been able to get home otherwise. Definitely not some big life-saving moment or anything but it was a relief lol
Cryptidcultist . 2y ago filling up my ridiculously large 2.5 litre water bottle yesterday... a pipe burst in my building last night and we still don't have running water 20 hours later but I still have my bottle. Make sure you have an emergency supply of water in your house!
tummydody . 2y ago Grabbed a helmet when riding a bike down a steep hill as a kid. Normally didn't bit I ended up falling at top speed and breaking my helmet and chipping 3 teeth. Could've been my head that was broken.
Idobelieveinkarma . 2y ago I had gallbladder pain on and off. One day I decided I should get it checked. GP gave me antacids and sent me for an U/S just in case. No gallstones but they found a 4cm tumour on my left kidney. Cancer. Got the kidney whipped out. No metastases. Just hit 14 years Ca free and I still have gallbladder pain on and off. Thanks to my GP for listening.
salmonjapan U 2y ago Edited 2y ago during a hurricane, i realized the street was flooding so i figured i should move my car farther up the driveway. on my way out, i had the sudden urge to poop so just to be safe, i stopped by the bathroom first. maybe 30 seconds later? BOOM! neighbor's tree fell directly on my car, crushing it
chaoschunks a 2y ago Once before we left for a two week vacation, my husband decided to turn off the water and drain the faucets and stuff. I thought he was being silly. But the power went out while we were gone and everything froze. Не likely saved our house and everything in it from burst pipes and flooding.
Poet_of_Legends 2y ago As a teenager, a friend of mine managed to lift a set of keys to a new car on a dealership lot. We were all super excited to go there that night, and take that new car for a spin. At the last moment I thought of how disappointed my mom would be, and backed out. That night, during the joyride, they got into a high speed chase with a couple of cop cars, took an intersection at 85 MPH against traffic, and were spun into a brick wall after an initial collision with a garbage truck.
crazyrich 2y ago Not me, bit a coworker. Was trying to separate some rail road ties with a crowbar as part of his yardwork for the day and when it popped a nail flew... And embedded itself in one of the lenses of his safety glasses he threw on because he had them for work. Не keeps them on his desk as reminder. PPE is not just for the workplace folks!
MickeyM191 2y ago Edited 2y ago Saved the GPS location of my vehicle on Google Maps before exploring a national forest with a road trip buddy. We grabbed some fishing poles and head out towards the nearest water location on our map to hopefully catch a couple fish. Turns out it was a swamp not a lake and we got so incredibly turned around it could have ended very badly. We really didn't go that far in from where we parked but somehow ended up on the other side of the swamp without realizing it. Drizzling rain, mosquitos, bear tracks,
Travice0 2y ago Not me but my dad. Bought into a 500k life insurance policy at 42 years old, many people made fun of him, called him crazy, etc... and he said exactly that... Just to be safe. Не had a seizure at 43 years old(July 2007), brain cancer, died June 2008 at 44. Policy was paid into for less than 2 years. I've carried life insurance since I was 21... too much cancer in my family and my dad died extremely young.
The_last_of_the_true 2y ago | live in Arizona. My mom always told me to shake my shoes in case a scorpion got inside of them. Did that shit for 39 years and finally one day, a scorpion fell out of my shoes when shaking them before I put them on. Thanks mom!
No_Manufacturer5641 . 2y ago Was in a dune buggy with a roll cage and just driving it around the neighborhood. Put on a motor cross helmet just to be safe. When we wrecked the side of the helmet that hit the road was completely white as all the paint had been scrapped off.
Nuttyvet 2y ago I had an inclination to put an ах in the back of my truck just in case. Two weeks later I came upon a car that that had just crashed into a tree and was fully engulfed in flames. Bystanders we're freaking out bc the doors were locked. I jumped out and grabbed my ах, smashed a window, unlocked the doors, and dragged the dude to safety. I'm so glad I had that ах. It's old and rusty and still sits in my vehicle. This was admittedly not my ass but someone else's.
boredwithhorns 2y ago I was at a sleepover as a kid, I was a little worried because my mom had been oddly tired earlier that day. I went home early because I was worried. By the end of the night I (14 at the time) had to call an ambulance for my mom, as she was having problems with her heart and I was the only one there with her. She was incapable of forming coherent sentences and would probably not have gotten the help she needed if I wasn't there. So, good thing I was.

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