# Has any human ever lifted up a car because of an adreneline rush?

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**Created:** [April 18, 2004, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-human-ever-lifted-up-a-car-because-of-an-adreneline-rush/240599 "2004-04-18T00:21:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-human-ever-lifted-up-a-car-because-of-an-adreneline-rush/240599/21 "2004-04-19T06:37:24Z")

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Thing was, though, that that helicopter was in the water and he merely _rotated it in on it’s axis_. He didn’t come close to lifting the entire weight of the helicopter, and he was a big guy. I’m betting the same thing about the English Supermother.

All these anecdotes are great and all, but perhaps someone could track down scientific studies on andrenaline?

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**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-human-ever-lifted-up-a-car-because-of-an-adreneline-rush/240599/22 "2004-04-19T06:42:03Z")

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To further address the OP, which was my intention, I highly doubt the English lady lifted _any_ of the tires off of the ground. The linked story says the driver was frozen and kept her foot on the brake. The lady lifted and pushed ,and the car moved. There’s no chance the driver let off the brake, is there?

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