When I was about 10 I fell out of the top of a big oak tree. At least 30 ft. I can remember bouncing off limbs on the way down. Landed flat on my back and knocked the breath out of me. I had a big gash in the inside of my left calf.

When I finally caught my breath I told my friends I was going home. I went out the back gate and walked the two blocks home. Then the trip to the doctors office.

Being a kid the wound didn't slow me down. The stitches pulled out and my scar is about a half inch wide and three inches long.

I can't imagine 9 stories.

For God's sake! Please do this crap above a BMW.

Years ago, I remember something that was either on "That's Incredible" or maybe "Real People." It was about a skydiver whose 'chute didn't open. They landed in someone's back yard. The ground was soft and they survived. On the show, they had a photo of the back yard that showed the person shaped dent in the ground. I think it was 8-12" deep.

If you search the 'Net, there are actually several cases where a skydiver landed without a 'chute and survived.

IMO, if you jump outa a airplane, you’re brain dead already.

Candidate for an easy cabriolet conversion.

Why are we making fun of this?

Racoon BTDT

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ROFLMAO!

Wow, I wonder if he really survived or of he ran off and was dead hours later.

Are we sure that wasn't a coyote? Because I'm pretty sure I've seen that exact stunt performed by one Wile E Coyote before.

Eh, it's fun.

In the Army, the way our chutes are designed, it's more of a "semi-controlled fall" than skydiving. The impact we hit the ground at is roughly equivalent to jumping off a 2 or 3 story building without a chute. That's why the first 2 weeks of the school are spent on learning how to hit the ground. ;)

Only near-fall I ever had that scared me was as a "kid" working for my dad as a roofer. Was painting the edge or a roof on a 6-story building. Not tied off or anything cuz I'm young, invincible, and dumb. Big gust of wind comes up and nearly takes me over. I was on my tiptoes wobbling back and forth--must've looked like a cartoon to the other guys on the roof, I dunno. Once I got my balance and back-stepped is when the "fear" really set in, and I just went and sat in the middle of the roof for a good 10 minutes. That could've been a bad day, especially since there was no BMW beneath me to break the fall. :D

What?!? Like a feather!

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Yep, that would do it. I might have to take the rest of the day off after that one.

Could have been. All we usually get is a puff of dust. Check here...

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Not quite, was thinking more like a cool as heck super hero landing, like Thor, Batman or Spiderman, that type thing

My second

In college I had a night janitor job in a 10 story building. Woman hid in a bathroom and jumped after people left. Fell 8 stories and landed on top of this glass topped sun room deal. She was a mess. Had bad dreams about it for a while

This story would have been much more amusing (to us old timers on Pelican) if the guy had landed on a black Audi wagon.

ROFLMAO

With snow tires, and a gererator in the back?

His backward shoulder arm rotation is something you can never unsee

Good time to check those sunroof drains !

Monkeyroll

You forgot the cool collar.

Wearing a Coboy hat.

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^^^^^ Now that's how to nail the landing from a 9 story drop