What's the closest you've ever been to death?

[kitler53]

Jay520 said:

kitler53 said:
high speed car accident
tree fell on my head
an unstable guy pointed a gun at me and threaten to kill me

car accident was by far the scariest one though, i almost took 3 of my best friends with me.

how does that happen?

i was very active in boy scouts so my childhood and worked at a scout camp during summers.  our "scout craft" area as well call it was basically a jungle gym made out of felled trees.  so one day while out logging with the other counslers the tree fell wrong way ... on me.  pretty big tree, certainly could have crushed me had luck not been on my side.

related fun fact: i was just in hawaii and several people told me (not that i verified this) but more people die to coconuts falling out of trees than shark attacks.  makes you think doesn't it...