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<p>We all have those unbelievable stories we always want to tell but barely ever come up in conversation. Thankfully, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/6gj44h/what_is_the_single_most_unbelievable_thing_you/?sort=top">a Reddit thread </a>asked the internet to share the stories of the craziest, most hard-to-believe things they ever bore witness to, and we wish they came with pictures. Well, mostly just the one of the squirrel eating a burger.</p><p><span style="color: rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.35em; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: -0.02em;">1. </span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Jackpot777/" style="font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.35em; letter-spacing: -0.02em;">Jackpot777</a><span style="color: rgb(74, 74, 74); font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.35em; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: -0.02em;"> is one for a History of Time.</span></p><blockquote> <p>I saw Stephen Hawking at a Depeche Mode concert. Wembley Arena in London. 1998.</p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>2. Nobody believes that <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/DownvoteDaemon/">DownvoteDaemon</a> actually saw a cop face consequences.</h2><blockquote> <p>I saw a cop pull over and arrest another cop but nobody believes me.</p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>3. It sounds like the set up to a joke, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/PMMeYourButtonPlease/">PMMeYourButtonPlease</a>, but we believe you.</h2><blockquote> <p>I saw a conservative Christian, liberal Buddhist, and a libertarian atheist have a civil discussion about the differences in their worldviews, and why they see things differently. it was interesting to see how people who had such different lines of reasoning found themselves agreeing on a lot of ideals.</p> <p>Rational discussion between people who disagree is a rare and beautiful thing in this age.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><hr /><h2>4. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/archlaw007/">archlaw007</a> witnessed a skydiving miracle.</h2><blockquote> <p>While about to get on the plane to do my first solo skydiving jump I was watching the experienced people jump. One of the parachutes failed so she tried to break away to her reserve chute, but it failed too. The reserve was partially open but she was still coming down out of control and at about 50 mph. She came down in a farm field next to the drop zone. When she hit the ground she did the parachute landing fall, a roll that helps protect from broken ankles, legs, and wrists. Between that and landing in the softer dirt of a freshly plowed field, she walked away without any major injuries. Though she protested, they took her to the hospital anyway. Nope, nothing. No injuries at all beyond whiplash like body soreness. She was back jumping the next weekend. I still jumped after helping get her main chute out of a nearby pond.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><hr /><h2>5. What the f*ck, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/wadafuqqq/">wadafuqqq</a>?</h2><blockquote> <p>This chick threw her drink at my friend, missed, and then proceeded to throw a punch at her. My friend literally just moved 3 inches to the side, and this girl slips on the drink she threw, and I kid you not, threw herself 4 feet (apparently she was throwing her entire body weight into this punch), hit the bathroom wall, and ricocheted her body 180 degrees. She landed flat on the broken glass, completely straight on her stomach with her arms by her sides. Bitch knocked herself out. Was a pretty amazing sight to see. She was so embarrassed that she told her friends that my friend knocked her out. Karma served on the rocks haha. (Btw, she was ok although she landed on glass. My friend and I mobbed out of that bar quickly though and it immediately went on lockdown afterwards.)</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><hr /><h2>6. This is why Canada is building that wall, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/seniorscubasquid/">seniorscubasquid</a>.</h2><blockquote> <p>I was on vacation maybe 20 miles from the Canada/US border, on the Canadian side. Fishing from some random stream, a guy comes hiking out of the bush and asks me if I knew where some town is. I say no, I&#39;m just here on vacation. He laughs and asks me why the hell I&#39;d go on vacation in the edge of Montana. I stared at him for a second and told him he was in Alberta. He didn&#39;t believe me until I showed him on my phone, and then he got very pale and asked for directions to the camp office.</p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>7. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/-eDgAR-/">-eDgAR-</a> could have gone viral like Pizza Rat.</h2><blockquote> <p>One day, I was heading back to my dorm after class and heard a noise up a tree. I looked up and saw this squirrel holding 3/4 of a very big hamburger. My college campus had its share of fat squirrels, appropriate because it was in Wisconsin, but I had never seen one with such a huge amount of food. I stopped in my tracks and just watched as this squirrel proceeded to scarf down the burger. A friend of mine that was leaving the dorm approached me and asked what was up. I just pointed up and we both stood there watching this squirrel devour this burger. It was such a strange thing to witness and I really wish I had video of it.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><hr /><h2>8. Oh say can you see, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/MJReddisearcher/">MJReddisearcher</a>.</h2><blockquote> <p>The first time I saw a bald eagle in nature, no joke.</p> <p>I was counseling at a camp, and it was the Fourth of July. This dude counselor is up on the stage wearing the tightest flag shorts I have ever seen on a man singing, and when he hits the word free?</p> <p>A. BALD. EAGLE.</p> <p>It flies over, hovers, all the kids are shrieking, and then it flies away, and fireworks start going off across the lake.</p> <p>It was the most &#39;Murica thing to ever America.</p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>9. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/BountyHunter177/">BountyHunter177</a> was the one hunted that day.</h2><blockquote> <p>I got chased by a large group of sheep (30-40) on a mountain in Switzerland.</p> <p>No one believes me. I was with a friend.</p> </blockquote><hr /><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>10. L&#39;chaim, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/savsmith825/">savsmith825</a>!</h2><blockquote> <p>My drunk best friend dropped her wine glass while dancing and managed to catch it a moment later about two feet from the floor without spilling a drop on the carpet. It was magical.</p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>11. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Pluckymermaid/">Pluckymermaid</a> is watching for idioms.</h2><blockquote> <p>I watched a blind lady leading another blind lady across the street. Literally the blind leading the blind.</p> </blockquote><hr /><h2>12. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/NitronRob/">NitronRob</a> has a guardian balloon.</h2><blockquote> <p>When I was a little kid I got this SpongeBob balloon while I was on vacation in Italy. I remember we tied this little block to it to prevent it from flying away. Well the main doors were open and a gust of wind swept it out from inside the house along with the tied on brick. I watched it as it gradually floated away into horizon. Less than year later I was in Ireland driving with my family on the highway only to catch sight of a sponge bob balloon floating in the distance with a little block tied to the bottom. I kind of freaked out, it was the exact same balloon with something tied to bottom. Flash forward 2 years and I was now driving along the highway in the US and I saw a SpongeBob balloon floating with something tied to bottom. Of course no one really believes me and I can&#39;t prove it but, it truly confused and amazed me as a kid.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><hr /><h2>13. Life is a circus, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/00dawn/">00dawn</a>.</h2><blockquote> <p>I once saw a man on an unicycle juggling three tennis balls when he got hit by an ice cream truck.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

People share stories of bar fights, skydiving accidents, and other wild things they've witnessed.

We all have those unbelievable stories we always want to tell but barely ever come up in conversation. Thankfully, a Reddit thread asked the internet to share the stories of the craziest, most hard-to-believe things they ever bore witness to, and we wish they came with pictures. Well, mostly just the one of the squirrel eating a burger.1. Jackpot777 is one for a History of Time. I saw Stephen Hawking at a Depeche Mode concert. Wembley Arena in London. 1998. 2. Nobody believes that DownvoteDaemon actually saw a cop face consequences. I saw a cop pull over and arrest another cop but nobody believes me. 3. It sounds like the set up to a joke, PMMeYourButtonPlease, but we believe you. I saw a conservative Christian, liberal Buddhist, and a libertarian atheist have a civil discussion about the differences in their worldviews, and why they see things differently. it was interesting to see how people who had such different lines of reasoning found themselves agreeing on a lot of ideals. Rational discussion between people who disagree is a rare and beautiful thing in this age. 4. archlaw007 witnessed a skydiving miracle. While about to get on the plane to do my first solo skydiving jump I was watching the experienced people jump. One of the parachutes failed so she tried to break away to her reserve chute, but it failed too. The reserve was partially open but she was still coming down out of control and at about 50 mph. She came down in a farm field next to the drop zone. When she hit the ground she did the parachute landing fall, a roll that helps protect from broken ankles, legs, and wrists. Between that and landing in the softer dirt of a freshly plowed field, she walked away without any major injuries. Though she protested, they took her to the hospital anyway. Nope, nothing. No injuries at all beyond whiplash like body soreness. She was back jumping the next weekend. I still jumped after helping get her main chute out of a nearby pond. 5. What the f*ck, wadafuqqq? This chick threw her drink at my friend, missed, and then proceeded to throw a punch at her. My friend literally just moved 3 inches to the side, and this girl slips on the drink she threw, and I kid you not, threw herself 4 feet (apparently she was throwing her entire body weight into this punch), hit the bathroom wall, and ricocheted her body 180 degrees. She landed flat on the broken glass, completely straight on her stomach with her arms by her sides. Bitch knocked herself out. Was a pretty amazing sight to see. She was so embarrassed that she told her friends that my friend knocked her out. Karma served on the rocks haha. (Btw, she was ok although she landed on glass. My friend and I mobbed out of that bar quickly though and it immediately went on lockdown afterwards.) 6. This is why Canada is building that wall, seniorscubasquid. I was on vacation maybe 20 miles from the Canada/US border, on the Canadian side. Fishing from some random stream, a guy comes hiking out of the bush and asks me if I knew where some town is. I say no, I&#39;m just here on vacation. He laughs and asks me why the hell I&#39;d go on vacation in the edge of Montana. I stared at him for a second and told him he was in Alberta. He didn&#39;t believe me until I showed him on my phone, and then he got very pale and asked for directions to the camp office. 7. -eDgAR- could have gone viral like Pizza Rat. One day, I was heading back to my dorm after class and heard a noise up a tree. I looked up and saw this squirrel holding 3/4 of a very big hamburger. My college campus had its share of fat squirrels, appropriate because it was in Wisconsin, but I had never seen one with such a huge amount of food. I stopped in my tracks and just watched as this squirrel proceeded to scarf down the burger. A friend of mine that was leaving the dorm approached me and asked what was up. I just pointed up and we both stood there watching this squirrel devour this burger. It was such a strange thing to witness and I really wish I had video of it. 8. Oh say can you see, MJReddisearcher. The first time I saw a bald eagle in nature, no joke. I was counseling at a camp, and it was the Fourth of July. This dude counselor is up on the stage wearing the tightest flag shorts I have ever seen on a man singing, and when he hits the word free? A. BALD. EAGLE. It flies over, hovers, all the kids are shrieking, and then it flies away, and fireworks start going off across the lake. It was the most &#39;Murica thing to ever America. 9. BountyHunter177 was the one hunted that day. I got chased by a large group of sheep (30-40) on a mountain in Switzerland. No one believes me. I was with a friend. 10. L&#39;chaim, savsmith825! My drunk best friend dropped her wine glass while dancing and managed to catch it a moment later about two feet from the floor without spilling a drop on the carpet. It was magical. 11. Pluckymermaid is watching for idioms. I watched a blind lady leading another blind lady across the street. Literally the blind leading the blind. 12. NitronRob has a guardian balloon. When I was a little kid I got this SpongeBob balloon while I was on vacation in Italy. I remember we tied this little block to it to prevent it from flying away. Well the main doors were open and a gust of wind swept it out from inside the house along with the tied on brick. I watched it as it gradually floated away into horizon. Less than year later I was in Ireland driving with my family on the highway only to catch sight of a sponge bob balloon floating in the distance with a little block tied to the bottom. I kind of freaked out, it was the exact same balloon with something tied to bottom. Flash forward 2 years and I was now driving along the highway in the US and I saw a SpongeBob balloon floating with something tied to bottom. Of course no one really believes me and I can&#39;t prove it but, it truly confused and amazed me as a kid. 13. Life is a circus, 00dawn. I once saw a man on an unicycle juggling three tennis balls when he got hit by an ice cream truck. 

We all have those unbelievable stories we always want to tell but barely ever come up in conversation. Thankfully, a Reddit thread asked the internet to share the stories of the craziest, most hard-to-believe things they ever bore witness...