I fell off of a cliff once while taking pictures for a photography class! It was about a 15 foot drop and I landed on my back with my camera safely settled on my chest. The hard part was getting back UP the cliff. all I could think of was how stupid I was not to have told anyone where I was going and hoping that the park rangers would find my cold dead body before the animals got it. Man! I was one solid bruise from my butt to my neck. ugly ugly ugly. After many many tries I finally managed to climb up and hike back to my care. From there I went to the ER only to find out I also had a sprained wrist!

I was looking for an old post and decided to bump this. It was neat reading everyone's "accidents."

I got my Yorkie because of my accident. My car had broken down so my sons and I were walking home and I tripped on a broken sidewalk and down I went. I had multiple fracture in my hand as well as cuts and bruises all over. A year later when I was at the orthopedists, I asked him when my hand would be normal again and he said never. I was so depressed that all I did was cry. That's when my friend from the vet's office suggested I get another dog. (My first dog had passed away about 6 years earlier). So my little boy really helped me so much. I had him to take care of and it took my mind off my hand. He is my little sweetheart!!

Years ago when I was in my 20's and very pregnant I asked my husband to bring in a load of wood for the wood stove before he left for work.
A huge snow storm was coming and I wanted to make sure if we lost electricity there was plenty of wood inside. My husband worked for the Railroad and he was called in early because of the storm and he didn't bring in the wood. So I ended up going out in the freezing cold to get the wood. I picked up a good size log and it slipped from my hands, hits another log and that log comes up and hits me between the eyes. I actually saw stars, heard a crack like a baseball was just hit out of the ball park. When my husband comes home he finds a wife with 2 black eyes and a forehead a caveman would be proud of.




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I was on my way to the dentist a few years ago when I went flying (we never did figure out what caused it) and landed on my face. Took half the skin off my nose and broke my two front teeth. Lucky thing I already had the dental appointment, huh? Or is that somehow ironic?

My grandma had a freak accident. She was roller blading a few years ago and she was going down hill. There was a little bump on the side walk and down she went. She broke her arm and a bone in her face. Her car was across town but a hospital was extremely close. She could see it from where she was. She was all cut up and bleeding really bad. It was in a pretty large city, and I was surprised that no one stopped for her! But she went to the hospital and found that she broke some bones.
She also had another freak accident. She is a nurse and she had to go to Flint MI. For those of you who don't know, most of it is a really bad place, just a lot of violence. But she was taking care of a patient with a few other nurses. She was putting the man into his chair when shots rang out. All of the people hit the floor, exept for her of course. She is a little crazy and it takes her a little while to catch on! Haha! She then went on the floor once everyone screamed " SUZI!!! GET ON THE GROUND!!!!!" She hit the floor and then a bullet flew through the house. It went through one wall then down the hall and then stuck in the end wall. Nobody was hurt but everyone was a little shaken up. It turns out that some dummies were shooting at each other a little bit away.
I could go on forever with stories like when she had a back spasm and laid on the floor for hours while I was there, or when my dad got beat up by a gang in Chicago, but hey I think two stories is enough.

Do spinal fractures caused by coughing count as freak accidents??

If so I had a freak accident. Had two spinal fractures in 2008 caused by coughing. Had to have Kyphoplasty and still having back problems now.

within a week of turning 40 (I knew it wasn't going to be a good birthday) I dropped a wine glass I was washing and with a knee-jerk reaction tried to "catch" it. Well, needless to say it hit another glass in the sink popped and I grabbed it at the same time. I immediately did not feel my right index finger. I learned through a long and painful road that I severed the nerve and cut the tendon, ligament and muscle in the process. The bone is what stopped the glass from going straight through. It is coming up on a year and I still have pins and needles in my finger and cannot grip anything too well. Bad for me as I used to study Shaolin Kempo karate and Jiu Jitsu. without being able to grip I really cannot grapple. The good news is that I can write.

This is an interesting thread and glad you bumped it up. Wow, with some of these freak accidents.

My story... about 7 years ago I was teaching and picked up a piece of paper with a staple that was not attached correctly. It went into my thumb and I pulled it out. No big deal.

Two days later I went to the emergency room and had an infection going down my thumb, hand, and wrist. So, had surgery, missed a week of school, had an IV for 2 weeks, and a home health nurse, all for one stupid stable.

I'm glad I bumped this!!!!!!!

When we lived in a Chicago suburb my husband's car, which was parked on the street, was sideswiped in the middle of the night. It was totaled!

Now three years later and living in a little bitty town (-population -300) his replacement car, which was parked in front of the house off the street was sideswiped in the middle of the night on the very same side!!!!!

Both cars were black and both cars had just been paid off. What are the odds?

Several years ago my daughter got married on the beach. After the ceremony we had to walk up a flight of stairs in a tunnel to get to the hotel where the reception was being held. Some one had left a wine glass on one of the steps and I tripped and fell. I got a cut between my eyes and couldn't stop the bleeding. My husband wanted to take me to the ER but I wanted to stay. After the reception I went to the ER. They put 6 stitches between my eyes. When I got up the next morning both eyes were black. I looked beautiful.

YIKES!!!!! Maybe bright yellow is a good car color choice for you. :eek:

In my 50 years I've had more than a few freak accidents-But the one that takes the cake happened when I was 18 or 19. Things like this cannot be repeated, even if you tried!

The senario is as follows: I had an old '69 Opel Kadet (my first car) that I let my best friend drive (as her truck was "restricted" for a couple weeks). Since it was Saturday night, we went to pick up the "3rd Musketeer" at her house. My passenger side door could only be closed completely from on the inside. Just as I got out I realized I had left my purse and went to reach into the car to grab it, and--wait for it-- my buddy CLOSED AND LOCKED my UPPER LIP in the door!!!:eek::D I'm flailing my arms and screaming "Junie open the #@%&in' door!" Time just stood still for a few seconds while that info sunk in. Anwhow, we got me unstuck, my lip swelled up (I DID NOT look like Angelina), and turned purple, but girlfriends and I carried on that night, anyway. We were "hearty partiers" back in the "day", LOL!

I'm an idiot when it comes to cutting big stuff with a knife...splitting a large loaf of bread, cutting up canteloupe, etc. I cannot count how many times I've been sawing away and hacked into my finger in the process. No one likes blood on their watermelon. :(

I also cut half of my finger off when I was a kid...on a swingset! :eek: They reattached it, but I have no feeling in part of that finger now...which has resulted in my burning it pretty badly before because I couldn't feel what I was doing. :rolleyes:

I also have a scar on my chin from trying to pop a balloon once. It was the mylar kind and I decided to pop it with a fountain pen--by pulling it through the balloon in the direction of my face. In the end, it slipped and I only managed to drive the pen into my chin under my lip.

And, the mother of all freak accidents (for me) was breaking my ankle playing basketball. Sounds really cool and athletic, but truth be told, it was a game of HORSE.

On Christmas night about 9 years ago, we were on our way home from Christmas dinner at the in-laws. We stopped at a convenient store to get some lottery tickets and coffee. While we were at the register, an SUV plowed through the store. The rows of shelves fell down like dominos. Glass flew through the air and cut up my son. I got hit from behind by many things (not sure what) and as I was falling TOWARD the vehicle's path, hubby grabbed my arm and yanked me out of the way of the SUV just in time. I injured my back and neck but 6 months of PT fixed me up.

Many many injuries that night cuz the store was full of people. A teenager was trapped under the SUV. Children were bleeding and crying (the candy isle & shelving was knocked down injuring kids). One lady had a broken hip. Thankfully nobody lost their life.

Our lottery tickets went flying and got lost LOL. We sure wish we knew if we had won something on that crazy night but we'll never know.