4 Insane Brushes With Death People Had While Sitting at Home

4 Huge Boulder Narrowly Misses Leveling House in Italy ... Three Times

There's nothing we could say to adequately introduce this photo, so here it goes:

That's the home of a family in northern Italy after narrowly avoiding being smashed to a plywood pancake by a giant boulder as a result of a landslide. They were just eating pizza in there or whatever when they heard what sounded like "a train had thundered through the living room" and saw that. But wait, what's this in front of the giant rock?

Oh, yeah, another huge fucking rock, this one from an earlier, unrelated landslide. And if you're wondering why the family hasn't moved the hell out of there, a look behind the house should clear that up:

That's a third boulder that came at the same time as the second one and stopped a few feet from the house. Clearly, this family is running some sort of giant force field and doesn't give a shit about boulders.

3 Stray Bullet Shoots Through House and Gently Taps Man's Forehead

Josh Demeritt of Rochester, New Hampshire, was playing video games one night when he heard a loud noise erupt in his room and felt something lightly hit his forehead. After presumably wishing his 14-year-old opponents a good night and logging off the game, Demeritt looked around and saw 1) a hole in his wall and 2) a freaking bullet on the floor.

The bullet had gone through two walls and a window before reaching Demeritt's forehead -- had there been one fewer obstacle in its path, Demeritt probably would have needed a new hoodie (also, a head). Police were able to trace the trajectory of the bullet to the house across the street and the shooter, who fired his gun accidentally while cleaning it and then tried to hide it in a pile of snow outside a laundromat.

Remember, kids: You never know when a genius like that is living across the street from you, so delete your browser history before sitting down for some Call of Duty.

2 30-Foot Sinkhole Swallows Car Whole in Driveway

A teenager in High Wycombe, England, was getting ready to go out one morning when she noticed something weird: Her car wasn't in the driveway. In fact, neither was the driveway, since it had been replaced by a 30-foot sinkhole that had gobbled the entire car while no one was looking in what has to be the largest midnight snack known to man.

The semblance of car parts can just barely be made out underneath massive amounts of dirt:

The family says there were no signs of the sinkhole before it quietly appeared overnight, so it could have easily happened while someone was in the car or just dicking around in the driveway. The daughter, on the other hand, is probably excited about finally getting a new car and hoping they go with something a little lighter than a tractor this time.

1 The House That Cars Keep Crashing Into

The McCall family of Indiana has lived a quiet life in an unassuming duplex for the past 30 years -- except for the part where cars keep crashing into their dining room and ruining their evenings. The most recent example happened on December 26, when an SUV barreled into their home and barely missed Leigh McCall by about a foot, making this the 11th car to hit their house.

Apparently, the presence of a railroad track near the house may motivate drivers to drive faster to beat the trains, at which point they're too busy celebrating with fist pumps to notice the oncoming house. For their part, the McCalls say they're not moving from there, although they're considering relocating their dining room to a nearby cliff.

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