# Scariest near accident I've seen in a while - Heart stopping **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 8, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-near-accident-ive-seen-in-a-while-heart-stopping/351815 "2006-04-08T02:52:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-near-accident-ive-seen-in-a-while-heart-stopping/351815/1 "2006-04-08T02:52:51Z")
College Humor website but a not particularly humorous incident [You have never seen an almost-accident like this one.](http://www.collegehumor.com/movies/1646407) ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-near-accident-ive-seen-in-a-while-heart-stopping/351815/2 "2006-04-08T03:01:04Z")
Woah. :eek: That is one lucky skier. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-near-accident-ive-seen-in-a-while-heart-stopping/351815/3 "2006-04-08T03:12:25Z")
:eek: What was that? Were they supposed to be skiing there? ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-near-accident-ive-seen-in-a-while-heart-stopping/351815/4 "2006-04-08T03:15:56Z")
That would probably be a good place to put an orange traffic cone or something. What the fuck? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-near-accident-ive-seen-in-a-while-heart-stopping/351815/5 "2006-04-08T03:23:09Z")
I so hope that was made up-why would they have a skiing resort or whatever and NOT notice something like that? ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-near-accident-ive-seen-in-a-while-heart-stopping/351815/6 "2006-04-08T03:30:07Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I so hope that was made up-why would they have a skiing resort or whatever and NOT notice something like that? Considering the near hysteria level of terror in his voice as he pleaded to be saved I don’t think it was made up. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-near-accident-ive-seen-in-a-while-heart-stopping/351815/7 "2006-04-08T03:33:24Z")
Oh my god. Is all the footage taken on the same day in the same place? That last place may not have been a resort. Aren’t there many skiiers that blaze their own trails? If you’ll excuse me, I have to find my defibrillator. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-near-accident-ive-seen-in-a-while-heart-stopping/351815/8 "2006-04-08T03:43:29Z")
Well, for some reason I can’t watch the video, can someone tell me what happened in it? ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-near-accident-ive-seen-in-a-while-heart-stopping/351815/9 "2006-04-08T03:45:22Z")
Nevermind, I was able to get it to play in IE, just not Firefox. Why that is. beats me. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scariest-near-accident-ive-seen-in-a-while-heart-stopping/351815/10 "2006-04-08T03:48:43Z")
Hmmm…upon viewing, it does appear that the place he almost died at was probably not a ski resort, just a random mountain the were skiing down, or perhaps the backside of the resort mountain. But then, jsut because we saw a few seconds of footage with no chair lift, other people, or buildings, doesn’t mean it’s _not_ a resort, but I would like to think a gaping crevase such as that would not go unnoticed long enough for someone to fall in it.