# What's the goriest thing you've seen? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 5, 2007, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-goriest-thing-youve-seen/390953 "2007-02-05T17:31:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Evil\_Joe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@Evil\_Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Joe)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-goriest-thing-youve-seen/390953/41 "2007-02-06T04:21:57Z")
“Chechclear” video as it is called is the most horrible thing anyone should ever have to see. Do not click on this link! **Moderator Note:** You probably don’t want to click on this link. But if you’re so inclined, add a “w” to the the WW. I suggest you live without seeing this. [ww.flurl.com/item/Brutal\_Russian\_Beheading\_u\_181877](http://ww.flurl.com/item/Brutal_Russian_Beheading_u_181877) ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-goriest-thing-youve-seen/390953/42 "2007-02-06T04:32:40Z")
When I was about eight or ten there was a car accident literally outside our house. It was about ten or eleven PM and someone slammed into the tree across the road. We heard a big bang and we weren’t sure what had happened, we were looking for a squirell in a transformer or something like that when we heard a soft “help, please help.” We went outside and saw the accident. It was a man and a woman. The man was unconscious and his head had hit the windshield, he was cut and bloody all over his face. The woman had either been thrown clear of the car or had crawled out to find help. She was also cut and bleeding profusely from her head wound, but what I remember most is the tennis-ball sized chunk torn out of her knee where her kneecap had once been. The car seats and windshield had tons of blood on them. We immediately called 911 and my parents shooed us inside while my father and mother went to help with bandages, compresses, etc. I expect this to be my second goriest thing once March 17th rolls around. That’s when I go with the kids on a field trip to see [Body Worlds](http://www.natureandscience.org/bodyworlds/default.asp). Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![Jaochai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2acd7d/32.png) [@Jaochai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaochai)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-goriest-thing-youve-seen/390953/43 "2007-02-06T04:34:04Z")
I found my elder brother after he’d committed suicide. He shot himself in the side of the head. The worst part was, I heard it a long time before I saw it - it was at night and it was very quiet. The entire stone patio was covered in blood, which didn’t come out for a long time, and bits of brain were everywhere. Of course, the worst part was what happened next . . . ---
**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:** [February 6, 2007, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-goriest-thing-youve-seen/390953/44 "2007-02-06T04:37:50Z")
[QUOTE=PoorYorick] I don’t know if a video from the Internet counts, but I watched one of the beheading videos, can’t remember which one. I just felt like I had to, you know? To get some sort of idea of the ideological reality. I wish I hadn’t. It took a long time for that picture not to haunt me in every unguarded moment. He was still alive until the very end, and knew exactly what was happening until then, crying, screaming and begging the whole time. Man. [/QUOTE] I think I know what video you’re talking about. When I saw it, it was on gore gasm dot com. When I saw what this thread was all about… it’s the first thing I thought of too. ---
**Author:** ![Barrels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@Barrels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrels)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-goriest-thing-youve-seen/390953/45 "2007-02-06T04:44:19Z")
I have 3 stories, all horrible. The first was when I was hit by a car while riding on my dad’s motorcycle. No 11 year old should ever have to see her own bones sticking out of a large hole in her leg. The next was when I worked at a vet clinic. There were all kinds of unsavory things that happened there (rabies submissions come to mind) However the worst thing I saw there was a man balling his eyes out as he carried his best friend, a beagle, in with a trap around his neck. The last thing may not have grossed many people out but for me it is something I will never forget. I had a knock on the door one night from the police. The horses had gotten out and my mare had been hit by a mini-van. She was still very much alive and alert, walking around on 3 legs, totally acting like nothing was wrong. However her hind left leg was snapped just above her hock and just kept moving around. It took the vet 1.5 hours to get to the house to put her down. I held her as the vet did it and watched as my mare, my pride and joy hit the snow. Not blood and guts gore but I still tear up when I think about it. Barrels ---
**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:** [February 6, 2007, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-goriest-thing-youve-seen/390953/46 "2007-02-06T05:00:38Z")
[QUOTE=Evil Joe] “Chechclear” video as it is called is the most horrible thing anyone should ever have to see. Do not click on this link! \*\*\* I’m not going to copy the link \*\*\* [/QUOTE] Evil Joe, you didn’t exactly follow the two click rule… Couldn’t you have just made a reference to where that video is? ~sigh~ ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-goriest-thing-youve-seen/390953/47 "2007-02-06T05:16:32Z")
1. My own right eye when I woke up from having surgery on it (on the muscles surrounding the eyeball). No one warned me in advance that I would look like a horror movie character - you literally cry tears of blood for quite a bit after surgery like that. And thus, a lifelong phobia was born. 2. The face of a friend-of-a-friend, the day after he’d decided to exit a moving vehicle, head-first, at 50 mph. 3. Not gory as in bloody, but my dog’s snout after she valiantly attempted to fight a nest full of wasps. It took numerous injections and several hours for the swelling to go down enough for her to breathe comfortably. Seeing a pet suffer and not being able to _do_ anything is, IMO, one of the most horrifying thing in the world. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-goriest-thing-youve-seen/390953/48 "2007-02-06T06:01:17Z")
When I was working as an EMT on an ambulance crew we had a guy who had shot himself with a shotgun. A large chunk of the front of his head was shot off. He was still alive but fading. We went to put in an airway. You can’t normally put an airway into a conscious person because of the gag reflex, but he had shot his eyes off in the blast, so we kind of just assumed he was unconcious. He reached up an pulled it out. Once a small plane crashed killing five people, we were bagging the charred remains including an infant, a state trooper grabbed some stuff off the seat of the plane and said, “hold on, I think this is part of her skull” and chucked it in the bag. ect. ect. ect. Many bodies in Baghdad on the streets. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-goriest-thing-youve-seen/390953/49 "2007-02-06T06:02:36Z")
The aftermath of a guy going through a cardboard shredder. At one place I worked they had a machine for shredding cardboard boxes and such. It had bigger hopper on top with all types of ‘caution do not enter’ signs plastering it. A railing around it. a automatic lock out if you opened the door to get inside the railed area. The machine jammed up(or wasn’t going fast enough) it was never really determined. The guy decided the best way to resolve this was to ignore the signs climb over the railing so no to engage the safety and jump up and down on to of the cardboard with the machine running. He and all the cardboard went through the machine. Not much left off him. Blood everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Joe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@Evil\_Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Joe)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-goriest-thing-youve-seen/390953/50 "2007-02-06T06:19:10Z")
[QUOTE=Enright3] Evil Joe, you didn’t exactly follow the two click rule… Couldn’t you have just made a reference to where that video is? ~sigh~ [/QUOTE] sorry sorry, but what is the 2 click rule? ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-goriest-thing-youve-seen/390953/51 "2007-02-06T11:43:14Z")
[QUOTE=Mtgman] I expect this to be my second goriest thing once March 17th rolls around. That’s when I go with the kids on a field trip to see [Body Worlds](http://www.natureandscience.org/bodyworlds/default.asp). [/QUOTE] That’s actually low-gore. IMO. Everything’s very clean. Yes, you see lots and lots of muscles, bone, etc., but I wouldn’t define it as “gory” exactly. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-goriest-thing-youve-seen/390953/52 "2007-02-06T12:08:03Z")
[QUOTE=Evil Joe] sorry sorry, but what is the 2 click rule? [/QUOTE] Basically, if you post a link to something disturbing or non-worksafe, the link from here should go somewhere that you have to click _another_ link to actually bring up the disturbing stuff. This is so that the images, sound or video don’t come up immediately without any warning of what they contain. Anyway, my story. I’ve seen a lot of gore on the Internet. I have a thing for seeking out the really bizarre stuff out there, and lately I’ve been thinking to myself, “I go to bed and fall happily and comfortably asleep after viewing things that the vast majority of the world never sees, and probably goes to great lengths to avoid seeing. There’s probably something very wrong with that.” So not counting the net and second-hand stories, most of the gore I’ve seen has been from myself. The most memorable was three years back: a long post-op gash across the back of my knee and down my calf, all held together with staples. Pretty minor and non-traumatic compared to most of these. I’ve also seen a lot of people on the train platforms surrounded by station staff and paramedics. So many people get drunk on their way home from work and either faceplant into the floor or lean too far forward when the train pulls in and get clipped. Also, something about the stress of the morning crush seems to trigger a lot of collapses, heart attacks and other emergencies as well. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Joe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@Evil\_Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Joe)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-goriest-thing-youve-seen/390953/53 "2007-02-06T12:23:56Z")
[QUOTE=Sublight] Basically, if you post a link to something disturbing or non-worksafe, the link from here should go somewhere that you have to click _another_ link to actually bring up the disturbing stuff. This is so that the images, sound or video don’t come up immediately without any warning of what they contain. Anyway, my story. I’ve seen a lot of gore on the Internet. I have a thing for seeking out the really bizarre stuff out there, and lately I’ve been thinking to myself, “I go to bed and fall happily and comfortably asleep after viewing things that the vast majority of the world never sees, and probably goes to great lengths to avoid seeing. There’s probably something very wrong with that.” So not counting the net and second-hand stories, most of the gore I’ve seen has been from myself. The most memorable was three years back: a long post-op gash across the back of my knee and down my calf, all held together with staples. Pretty minor and non-traumatic compared to most of these. I’ve also seen a lot of people on the train platforms surrounded by station staff and paramedics. So many people get drunk on their way home from work and either faceplant into the floor or lean too far forward when the train pulls in and get clipped. Also, something about the stress of the morning crush seems to trigger a lot of collapses, heart attacks and other emergencies as well. [/QUOTE] Thanks for the explanation. Flurl automatically does just that so I guess I am in the clear. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-goriest-thing-youve-seen/390953/54 "2007-02-06T12:42:27Z")
[QUOTE=Roboto] OH MY GOD!! I’m lucky I have not yet had to witness anything like what has been described here. Unbelievable. [/QUOTE] Yeah, pretty rough. One of my best friends woke up one morning and shortly after found another mate of ours slumped over a bed in another room, having fallen from the noose he hanged himself with. The rest of us had just left the house only hours before, nothing seemingly wrong with him at all. Worst I’ve seen, thankfully enough, are pets run over on the road outside the house. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-goriest-thing-youve-seen/390953/55 "2007-02-06T12:52:24Z")
[QUOTE=Evil Joe] sorry sorry, but what is the 2 click rule? [/QUOTE] The two click rule says > [@](#): > > Links to nudity or other potentially shocking or offensive material are permissible only in the context of a mature discussion - gratuitous posting of such links is grounds for revocation of your posting privileges. When posting a link to potentially shocking or offensive material, observe the “two click” rule - don’t link directly to the item, but rather to an intermediate page that in turns links to the item. If you’re not sure whether a link is appropriate, contact a moderator or administrator before posting it. Any user who feels a posted message is objectionable should contact the moderators of the affected forum by e-mail. I disabled the link. **samclem** General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-goriest-thing-youve-seen/390953/56 "2007-02-06T16:06:33Z")
I was once driving down the FDR and saw the end result of an accident. Piecing together what i saw, this is what had happened a few minutes prior: A white delivery van had had a rear-tire flat and had stopped in the fast lane. The driver was out behind the van, jacking up the bumper. A truck was flying down in the fast lane and didn’t expect a van to be stopped/stalled there. The driver of the van was between the two trucks as they hit. As the doors to the back of the van were open at the time of collision, there was not a straight out ‘splat’ per se. The person was caught between the speeding truck and the bumper of the van. It required two jackets to cover 100% of his body; the jackets were 5 feet apart. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-goriest-thing-youve-seen/390953/57 "2007-02-06T16:16:14Z")
[QUOTE=Mtgman] .. when I go with the kids on a field trip to see [Body Worlds](http://www.natureandscience.org/bodyworlds/default.asp). [/QUOTE] I agree with **Ferret Herder**. I’ve seen this exhibition twice now. I must say, the idea may appear shocking, (many towns have tried to ban it from coming to their town) but the actual exhibition isn’t shocking or sensational or gore-like, at all. On the contrary, very beautiful and awe-inspiring. I’d take kids there in a heartbeat. ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-goriest-thing-youve-seen/390953/58 "2007-02-06T16:23:17Z")
[QUOTE=Quartz] Please tell us you testified in court and the driver got put away for a very long time. I’m fortunate that I’ve not been a witness to any particularly gory incident, but I’ve seen some pretty nasty photos. [/QUOTE] Hell yeah. I couldn’t let that go. ---
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-goriest-thing-youve-seen/390953/59 "2007-02-06T17:44:06Z")
Saw someone fall through a plate glass window. It all but severed his arm at the elbow, but it was still connected by a few strands of veins and ligaments. Looked kind of like when Arnold’s arm is torn off in T2. Eyewitness to a hit and run. Car doing 40 hit an old man dead center, spider webbed the windshield. Old guy flew 15 feet and broke his head open on the curb. Died a month later. Worked in hospital; construction worker’s head flattened by an job site elevator. The pool of blood leaking out of his skull coagulated on the floor into a muddy, red pyramid. Stood in the OR to watch a knee replacement. Looks more like carpentry than medicine. Lots of hammering and sawing. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-goriest-thing-youve-seen/390953/60 "2007-02-06T17:50:25Z")
I have posted this before - Crossing the street with a friend of mine after dancing all night at a club. Two groups of guys from the club a ways up the street decide it’s a good night for drag racing. I was a good half-foot taller, with longer legs and a longer step. I made it, she did not. She went off the bumper, up onto the windshield, cartwheeling through the air, bounced her head off the cement curb coming to rest face up on the boulevard. The only organs undamaged/available for transplant were her heart valves. I performed CPR and did the best I could, but the injuries were just too severe. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-goriest-thing-youve-seen/390953.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-goriest-thing-youve-seen/390953.md?page=4)