top ten worst ways to die in nature

[JBlombier]

When I looked at the poll-options I immediately saw my #1 and when I got my top ten together, I saw I'm not the only one who thinks that a forest fire is a horrible way to die. I have no trauma of fire whatsoever, I don't even know anyone with burns on their body. But my imagination gives me enough shivers. To see the fire coming at you, you know you can't do anything, but just run through it and hope you're lucky. Nah, horrible.
That... and being trapped and starve to death, that is just so goddamn lame, I'd hate myself for even getting into that position (I don't have that feeling with the forest fire, btw).

Gassed, poisoned, stung and the like. I imagine it'll be painful, but I'd die a lot more peaceful than in the above cases.

Also, I once heard that when you drown, the last feeling you have when the water fills your lungs, is euphoria. I wonder if someone will bust this myth for me.

[patches70]

When I looked at the poll-options I immediately saw my #1 and when I got my top ten together, I saw I'm not the only one who thinks that a forest fire is a horrible way to die.

You hear about those forest fire fighters who get caught by the fire. The last case I remember was something like 10 firefighters got caught. They had enough time to get under their fire blankets but that didn't save them and they all died. Yeah, it's a horrible way to go.

That... and being trapped and starve to death, that is just so goddamn lame, I'd hate myself for even getting into that position (I don't have that feeling with the forest fire, btw).

You would be surprised how often it happens. In 2013 there was a kid named Kendrick Johnson. He got trapped and died in one of the most unexpected places. He got trapped, somehow, upside down in a rolled up wrestling mat. In one of these, when it was standed up on it's end BTW-


Freaking weird, no one knows what really happened. He climbed in head first and couldn't get himself out and no one knew he was in there. Died from "positional asphyxia". Spelunker's get into such messes on occasion as well.

Also, I once heard that when you drown, the last feeling you have when the water fills your lungs, is euphoria. I wonder if someone will bust this myth for me.

I have no idea. I would hope that someone trapped underwater would hold their breath until the point they passed out before taking in that lung full of water, but I have no idea. I would think there would be a lot of fear in a person's mind as they realized that they can't hold their breath much longer and they are going to drown.

[laughingcavalier]

Also, I once heard that when you drown, the last feeling you have when the water fills your lungs, is euphoria. I wonder if someone will bust this myth for me.

I have no idea. I would hope that someone trapped underwater would hold their breath until the point they passed out before taking in that lung full of water, but I have no idea. I would think there would be a lot of fear in a person's mind as they realized that they can't hold their breath much longer and they are going to drown.

People drowning often feel a great sense of calm - that was certainly my feeling the time I came close to drowning - so maybe not the worst way to go.

Mushroom poisoning is definitely the worst. Some mushrooms will make your limbs fall off, then you get necrotising fasciitis in the stumps.

[patches70]

Mushroom poisoning is definitely the worst. Some mushrooms will make your limbs fall off, then you get necrotising fasciitis in the stumps.

Ugh, I figured mushroom poisoning just might be pretty horrifying, but I didn't imagine it that bad. I was thinking more along the lines of severe abdominal pain, vomiting, shitting for hours and days on end before expiring. <shivers>

[JBlombier]

Eventhough I'm looking at a laptop and I know it's just 0's and 1's, this thread has really creeped me out. Maybe even more than the explicit pictures you sometimes see on the internet. You know, of taxidrivers who blow their head off with a shotgun (rotten.com) or a helicopter decapitation because someone jumps. I guess my rational mind can understand these deaths better and thereby making me sort of immune for the horror of it. Just like watching a kid die in his father's arms is probably a lot worse when you're a father yourself.

Because I have no experience whatsoever of dangerous nature, I'm extra scared of it, I can't deny that.
(the link to politics is very easy here, but I hope no one is gonna bring that up in this thread. If you do, you just ruined a pretty good thread)
People in my country are terrified of spiders, but there is not one poisonous spider in The Netherlands. In countries where there are such spiders, they teach the dangers and such to toddlers, so they'll never be afraid, just cautious. It's a brilliant approach, which is a natural way to go for countries like Australia. If we would do the same here (with only innocent little 8-feeters!), there will be no more arachnofobia (and that is just one example).

- JBlombier

[nietzsche]

Also, I once heard that when you drown, the last feeling you have when the water fills your lungs, is euphoria. I wonder if someone will bust this myth for me.

I have no idea. I would hope that someone trapped underwater would hold their breath until the point they passed out before taking in that lung full of water, but I have no idea. I would think there would be a lot of fear in a person's mind as they realized that they can't hold their breath much longer and they are going to drown.

People drowning often feel a great sense of calm

THis is it!! I didn't remember correctly but upon reading this I remembered. I was confused in my response patches, I meant drowning instead of freezing.

[patches70]

THis is it!! I didn't remember correctly but upon reading this I remembered. I was confused in my response patches, I meant drowning instead of freezing.

So! It was your fault all along!


S'all good man.

[nietzsche]

THis is it!! I didn't remember correctly but upon reading this I remembered. I was confused in my response patches, I meant drowning instead of freezing.

So! It was your fault all along!


S'all good man.

yeah, it didn't make sense in my mind that you'd say the difference was that big. Also I remember now, I didn't read it anywhere, I saw it in discovery channel/natgeo or one of those channels, I remember because I remember the images of drowning.

But it's still your fault, you should've assumed I was remembering wrong.

[MrPanzerGeneral]

When I looked at the poll-options I immediately saw my #1 and when I got my top ten together, I saw I'm not the only one who thinks that a forest fire is a horrible way to die.

You hear about those forest fire fighters who get caught by the fire. The last case I remember was something like 10 firefighters got caught. They had enough time to get under their fire blankets but that didn't save them and they all died. Yeah, it's a horrible way to go.


[quote="JBlombier"]


It's a funny thing... but a bush fire (or any fire for that matter) can't travel where fire has already just burned (Ozzie Bush Fire Fighting 101 - make a fire break by the use of fire) .... I don't know about the case that you state , but we were always taught (when I was doing it) to distinguish between a forlorn hope of fighting a fire and when to not even attempt it before you bail out - and that if you ever realise that you're in the way & it's gonna get you, start another fire and run after it....

[KoolBak]

Amazes me how....callous....opinionated.....impertinent.....whatever some posters can be.

RE: firefighters....tell these professionals that (oh wait...they're DEAD so you can't preach to them ;o(

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2013/07/us/yarnell-fire/

Or these selfless heros from a town near us

http://www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/index.ssf/2014/07/saying_farewell_to_the_nine_pr.html

Any way.....freezing or burning are my fears. Burning would be quicker but more painful....freezing is time consuming so the metal torture would suck. Pretty much any way that isn't quick would be porked

Lastly....here is an example of the freezing thing that ocurred not far from my home...poor, stupid bastard ;o(

http://blog.oregonlive.com/oregonianextra/2007/11/kimfamily.html