# Videos That Make You Go 'Holy Crap!' **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 10, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-that-make-you-go-holy-crap/524342 "2010-01-10T01:18:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-that-make-you-go-holy-crap/524342/81 "2010-01-20T18:59:45Z")
[Dump truck versus concrete barrier.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOgWObKYtg8) I don’t know if it makes you go, “Holy crap!”, but I really love watching a dump truck run full speed into a concrete barrier. ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-that-make-you-go-holy-crap/524342/82 "2010-01-20T19:18:59Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > First of all that video didn’t make me go “holy Crap!” > Second of all I’ve seen it before, and I was underwhelmed then > Third Please don’t make me chase links. Would it really have been that hard to add a one line statement telling me what the link was? I apologize for posting the first video that underwhelmed you in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-that-make-you-go-holy-crap/524342/83 "2010-01-21T01:13:34Z")
> [@FordTaurusSHO94](#): > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9FsYDEIZWk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9FsYDEIZWk) Dang. Did he get out and run across the finish line? Is that common in Nascar?? ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-that-make-you-go-holy-crap/524342/84 "2010-01-21T02:26:38Z")
[A teacher dispenses some classroom discipline.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEytjPuer1s) ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-that-make-you-go-holy-crap/524342/85 "2010-01-21T02:37:03Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > First of all that video didn’t make me go “holy Crap!” > Second of all I’ve seen it before, and I was underwhelmed then > Third Please don’t make me chase links. Would it really have been that hard to add a one line statement telling me what the link was? Two racing ones that may (should) make you say “Holy Crap!”: **WARNING: BOTH ARE ABSOLUTELY GHOULISH!** [Gordon Smiley’s fatal accident, 1982 Indianapolis 500 qualifying.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDSR6lHCcDg) [Tom Pryce fatal accident, 1977 South African Grand Prix. The track marshal, Jansen Van Vuuren, was dismembered and identified by exclusion (he was the only one that didn’t show up after the accident, his body was too wrecked to identify), and Pryce was partially decapitated by Van Vuuren’s fire extinguisher.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDAqviRUClQ) ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-that-make-you-go-holy-crap/524342/86 "2010-01-21T02:37:23Z")
[An action montage of Weng Weng](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EiHxQ8RhcQ), a Filipino little person who starred in super low budget Bond knockoffs. [The trailer from his biggest hit, “For Your Height Only”.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5KeUMxyAwM&feature=fvw) And if you like me said “this has got to be an elaborate parody”, [it’s legit.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weng_Weng) ---
**Author:** ![Rrose\_Selavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rrose\_Selavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rrose_Selavy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-that-make-you-go-holy-crap/524342/87 "2010-01-21T02:40:19Z")
Gun Safety Officer giving talk to schoolkids accidentally shoots himself [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/p1_EoRZOVes/hqdefault.jpg "Cop accidentally shoots himself") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1_EoRZOVes) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-that-make-you-go-holy-crap/524342/88 "2010-01-21T04:24:28Z")
I never get tired of watching this one: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSkP3uym5k](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSkP3uym5k) ---
**Author:** ![Bacon\_Salt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@Bacon\_Salt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bacon_Salt)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-that-make-you-go-holy-crap/524342/89 "2010-01-21T06:30:18Z")
[How do you BASE jump off the world’s tallest building?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0vQvHdN5qA) [Well, if you’re gonna text and drive, might as go all the way, yeah?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klteYv1Uv9A&feature=related) That Caminito del Rey video is _sick_. Only video where I was yelling at my screen, including that one where they were doing chinups on the crane. ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-that-make-you-go-holy-crap/524342/90 "2010-01-21T06:41:12Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Dang. Did he get out and run across the finish line? Is that common in Nascar?? Nobody had ever tried it, so he gave it a shot. It didn’t count and he was scored as finishing one lap down. ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-that-make-you-go-holy-crap/524342/91 "2010-01-21T06:45:53Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > Two racing ones that may (should) make you say “Holy Crap!”: > > **WARNING: BOTH ARE ABSOLUTELY GHOULISH!** > > [Gordon Smiley’s fatal accident, 1982 Indianapolis 500 qualifying.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDSR6lHCcDg) > > [Tom Pryce fatal accident, 1977 South African Grand Prix. The track marshal, Jansen Van Vuuren, was dismembered and identified by exclusion (he was the only one that didn’t show up after the accident, his body was too wrecked to identify), and Pryce was partially decapitated by Van Vuuren’s fire extinguisher.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDAqviRUClQ) I forgot about the worst looking wreck that I’ve seen live when it happened. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dlhyyFJqS1o/hqdefault.jpg "Bodine's scary truck crash") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlhyyFJqS1o) ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-that-make-you-go-holy-crap/524342/92 "2010-01-21T16:07:33Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > Two racing ones that may (should) make you say “Holy Crap!”: > > **WARNING: BOTH ARE ABSOLUTELY GHOULISH!** > > [Gordon Smiley’s fatal accident, 1982 Indianapolis 500 qualifying.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDSR6lHCcDg) > > [Tom Pryce fatal accident, 1977 South African Grand Prix. The track marshal, Jansen Van Vuuren, was dismembered and identified by exclusion (he was the only one that didn’t show up after the accident, his body was too wrecked to identify), and Pryce was partially decapitated by Van Vuuren’s fire extinguisher.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDAqviRUClQ) I remember the Gordon Smiley crash. I lived just north of Indianapolis at the time, and we went to the 500 every year. My dad worked on the pit crew of Patrick Bedard and Scotty Brayton for a few years before we moved out to Cali. I was only 9 when Smiley was killed, but I distinctly remember seeing the crash footage over and \*over \*and \*\*\*OVER \*\*\*again at a family friend’s house, while Dad and his fellow racing friends shared in their horror and grief. I remember it made me a bit queasy–and then, of course, the next day in school the lame dark jokes started (“Gordon Smiley isn’t smiling anymore!”). Thing is, I remember something I’m not seeing, so perhaps over the decades the image distorted. I remember seeing Smiley’s body partially ejected from the car and being dragged–I’m not seeing that on this footage. Huh. I do see the helmet flying off, though, and that I remember. Decades later, Scotty was killed in a crash that looked like nothing. He had pole position that year. We were no longer in Indy, but remained in touch with Scotty’s family and were very close to someone who was somehow high-up on his racing team (I don’t know racing, that was Dad’s world; I actually spent racing days in the racing manager’s big ass fancy RV watching movies). Funny how some of these crashes, the car disintegrates and the driver walks away. With Scotty, the car just hit the wall and it looked like nothing–but his head had taken a lot of the force. Anyway–am I remembering the Smiley thing wrong? Am I missing his body being dragged in the YouTube clip? Gah, so macabre. ---
**Author:** ![Busy\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@Busy\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Busy_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-that-make-you-go-holy-crap/524342/93 "2010-01-21T16:50:06Z")
If you like the freeride / trials / bmx side of cycling, this [vid of Danny MacAskill](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z19zFlPah-o)is a jaw-dropper. Beautifully shot around Edinburgh too. On the driving theme - [Ari Vatanen straightening shit out](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwvIRuCLbyg) in the glory days of rally driving. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-that-make-you-go-holy-crap/524342/94 "2010-01-21T22:19:31Z")
> [@FordTaurusSHO94](#): > > I apologize for posting the first video that underwhelmed you in this thread. I apologize for unrelated content about my opinion of the video, however the fact remains that I had to click link chase to even find out what it was. Would it have been so hard to just give a liner about the video? ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-that-make-you-go-holy-crap/524342/95 "2010-01-21T22:32:30Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > Two racing ones that may (should) make you say “Holy Crap!”: > > **WARNING: BOTH ARE ABSOLUTELY GHOULISH!** > > [Gordon Smiley’s fatal accident, 1982 Indianapolis 500 qualifying.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDSR6lHCcDg) > > [Tom Pryce fatal accident, 1977 South African Grand Prix. The track marshal, Jansen Van Vuuren, was dismembered and identified by exclusion (he was the only one that didn’t show up after the accident, his body was too wrecked to identify), and Pryce was partially decapitated by Van Vuuren’s fire extinguisher.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDAqviRUClQ) Wow. What was the cause of failure in Gordon Smiley’s car? It looked like he just decided to make a right turn into the rail –\> _boom_ instant vaporization.. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-that-make-you-go-holy-crap/524342/96 "2010-01-21T23:16:50Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > Wow. What was the cause of failure in Gordon Smiley’s car? It looked like he just decided to make a right turn into the rail –\> _boom_ instant vaporization.. Oversteer going into the corner combined with an exceptionally poor correction. His correction was more like one you’d do on a dirt track, and that’s why it came all the way around like that. What’s even more horrifying than that is the knowledge that he must have known that was going to die. It happened fast, but not so fast that he couldn’t have been cognizant of the reality that he was going to hit the wall feet first at 170 miles per hour. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-that-make-you-go-holy-crap/524342/97 "2010-01-21T23:32:17Z")
Here’s one that looks much less ghoulish than it was. Don’t let the looks of it deceive you. [Russell Phillips Fatal crash, 1995](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExPOQNT5UUo&NR=1) [Here’s why it was so bad:](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Phillips) > [@](#): > > Phillips was in 10th place when he was hit by the car of Steven Howard, who steered high to avoid a two-car spinout. Howard’s car forced Phillips’ car onto its right side, then smashed it roof-first into the retaining wall. Until 1996, NASCAR cars were not yet required to be equipped with the “Earnhardt bar”, a roof-support bar running down the middle of the windshield, designed to prevent fatal roof collapse in roof-first accidents. Resultantly, the existing roll bars failed to protect the roof; both the roll bars and the roof itself were sheared completely off the car, exposing the interior of the driver compartment and grinding it against the wall and fence. When the vehicle came back down onto the track on its wheels, there was a massive “gaping hole” where the top of the car was supposed to be. > > Phillips, whose upper body was ground against the track’s steel catch fence and a caution light fixture at high speed, was both partially dismembered and decapitated, in what a photographer on-scene described as “as gruesome a wreck as I can ever recall”. In video of the accident, the first rescuer on scene could be seen running to the car, then immediately turning away from the wreck after seeing Phillips’ body and realizing the hopelessness of any attempt at resuscitation. The track was littered with car debris, blood, and numerous pieces of Phillips’ body, necessitating a complete and lengthy race stoppage (red flag) while track officials wearing surgical gloves placed white sheets over various body parts in the vicinity of the crash. The driver’s head (still wearing his helmet) was found at the entrance of the pit road, and one of his hands was found suspended in the retaining fence. Kinda changes everything when you read about what happened, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-that-make-you-go-holy-crap/524342/98 "2010-01-21T23:53:34Z")
[This was a pretty chilling one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YydkHy2P0dU), especially for an aviation enthusiast. A DHC-4 “Caribou” tries to take off—but apparently the preflight hadn’t been done correctly, and the flight controls were locked. :eek: It’s over within thirty seconds. You can see—you can _feel_ the moment when the flight is completely unrecoverable, even if the controls had been working. Worse, apparently the guy filming was the pilot’s father. ☹ Equally horrifying—though thankfully not fatal—is the [“rough landing” from _The Endless Summer II_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mekSm2Cu-38). Seeing that is a combination of seeing a Bond movie stunt in real life, and watching someone use the Mona Lisa for a TV tray. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-that-make-you-go-holy-crap/524342/99 "2010-01-22T00:08:25Z")
One more: [B-2 Spirit (_Spirit of Kansas_) crash at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZCp5h1gK2Q) It was 1 of only 21 ever built, with a hull loss valued by the Air Force at $1.4 billion. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-that-make-you-go-holy-crap/524342/100 "2010-01-22T01:11:37Z")
Could I request that the links that involve a death be explicitly labeled as such? Thanks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-that-make-you-go-holy-crap/524342.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-that-make-you-go-holy-crap/524342.md?page=6)