# Woman falls down bar trapdoor

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-falls-down-bar-trapdoor/344642>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 15, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-falls-down-bar-trapdoor/344642 "2006-02-15T16:40:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![hammos1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@hammos1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hammos1)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-falls-down-bar-trapdoor/344642/1 "2006-02-15T16:40:41Z")

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Those of you of a sadistic bent might have seen the video where a female bartender falls down a trapdoor after a colleague leaves the door open behind her. I can’t track down the video at the moment but of you go [here](http://simserver.dyndns.org/btz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1018&PN=1) you will see that the user ‘Shhh’ has the critical moment of video as their avatar.

My questions are:

- where did this incident take place?
- what happened to the woman? What were her injuries? Can she still walk?

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-falls-down-bar-trapdoor/344642/2 "2006-02-15T16:47:40Z")

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Don’t know anything about the woman, but [here is the video](http://www.break.com/index/holeinfloor.html).

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**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-falls-down-bar-trapdoor/344642/3 "2006-02-15T17:15:03Z")

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Yikes. That looks like a very nasty fall.

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**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-falls-down-bar-trapdoor/344642/4 "2006-02-15T17:29:06Z")

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I know I’ve read about that video and that the woman wasn’t badly hurt but I can’t find the article. I thought it was Snopes but I can’t find the link. Maybe another Doper will remember and be able to find the update.

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-falls-down-bar-trapdoor/344642/5 "2006-02-15T17:38:46Z")

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Assuming it’s a typical low ceiling basement space and she bounced down the ladder steps it’s unlikely she was very seriously injured (ie more than broken bones & bruises) unless she struck her head.