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Here’s a Gasp-Inducing Lesson in Why You Should Never Stick Your Head Out a Train Window

Oct. 19, 2012 12:02pm Liz Klimas

A video has been making its rounds on the Web simply because it is a lesson in what not to do while riding on a train.

The clip, uploaded in late September by Live Leak, shows a group of young adults on a train, enjoying themselves. The person filming a sunglasses-wearing female tells her to stick her head out the window. She does so without complaint — and without looking.

Within seconds, as you see the woman hanging outside the train and the videographer presumably doing so himself to capture the footage, a train appears speeding in the opposite direction. Hearing the looming locomotive at the last second, the woman, later called Carissa, and the videographer zip in before their heads are taken off.

Viral Video Shows Woman With Head Outside Train Window Narrowly Missed by Passing Locomotive

(Image: LiveLeak screenshot)

Although the trains might not have been passing each other at a close enough distance to actually allow passengers to touch them through an open window, it was still a shock to the couple as it sped by.

Stunned, Carissa’s friend asks her if she’s OK. All she can say is “Oh my God.”

Watch the video (Warning: Some strong language):

The video has been reposted to YouTube several times. Australia’s Herald Sun reports at least one of these repostings being removed from the video-sharing site for showing a dangerous activity.

(H/T: Deadspin)

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GREENDOG
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 7:21pm
Probably voting for barry.

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- boatman57
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 8:19pm
  Just remember,ya can’t fix stupid.
  
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- 3-Blue
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 9:08pm
  Hey don’t be so quick to judge. Remember what YOU did when you were young. Personally I’m amazed that I am alive. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, no? And presumably wiser too… The trick is to not be so wise that you are dead… :)
  
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- Holyfields_Good_Ear
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 9:18pm
  3-Blue
  How True, well said!
  
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- dealer@678
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 10:15pm
  I saw this story 2 weeks ago on The Blaze. Why run it again
  
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- Advection
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:29pm
  She was almost decapitated, and she and her “friends” were laughing. What stupidity. Reminds me of the young woman who walked out into a fast moving river at a national park and got swept over the nearby cliff/waterfall.
  
  What the hell is wrong with people today?
  
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- montanalablover
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 11:30pm
  Probably??? No she would definitely be an Obama supporter that’s if she even makes it to the polls. What an Airhead. But we don’t want her to make it to the polls. Obama’s NOT the fool, it’s the fools in this country who voted for him in the first place. Romney/Ryan 2012 Take Back America/Send the Obama’s Packing.
  
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- statutoryape
  Posted on October 20, 2012 at 3:07am
  I think you guys have gone soft! When I see old people (like 60+ years) I always think “damn I hope I die long before I get old! What do old people even do? Bingo? ******* Barrell?” Well, I don’t know and I don’t want to live that long to find out! What’s the point of even living once you’ve lost your sense of adventure?? I aim to maintain a rigorous lifestyle because it makes me feel alive and I don’t want to get old!! I’m not hating on old people, I just don’t want to become one! Go outside! Take risks! We all are gonna die someday, right? So step outside your comfort zone, do something wild, and the fear is half the fun!! Wooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!
  
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- 2ndrevolution
  Posted on October 20, 2012 at 6:35am
  Good one!
  
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- RRFlyer
  Posted on October 20, 2012 at 10:08am
  to STATUTORYAPE. You can go to Hell. I’m 68 years old. I spent my younger years working for a living and raising a family. I did that so my family could have a comfortable life, not so I could “keep MY sense of adventure.” I retired at 61 and can now enjoy lifer. I ride a Harley, take trips, I am able to do more now than I could ever do when I was “young” To say when someone turns 60 they lose the will to live is pure ignorance.
  So you can go to Hell, and you can do it while you are still 30 for all I care.
  
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- statutoryape
  Posted on October 20, 2012 at 8:40pm
  @RRFLYER, that’s cool you had a family young and that you wanted to make them comfortable!! I, however, went through college and now I’ll probably have to go back because jobs are scarce and I have student loans to pay for. I’m not even considering marriage right now cuz the economy is ****!!! I engage in extreme sports cuz that’s just what I love to do. Times have changed, dude. The world in which you grew up is not the same as the world I’m living in!
  
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- RRFlyer
  Posted on October 20, 2012 at 11:29pm
  STATUTORYAPE you missed my whole point. I was working for little of nothing after Vietnam because I wanted to fly. I went to college, had a daughter when I was 28, and didn’t have time for the “adventures” you are talking about.
  My point is just because I’m 60+ doesn’t mean I am ready to die. I’m having my adventures Now as I was too busy when I was younger. Just because you were born later than me doesn’t make you better because you like to go take chances.
  If you want to die young that’s your business, but I am happier now than I have ever been.
  
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- Nobugginme
  Posted on October 21, 2012 at 1:00pm
  @3-Blue people can be quick the judge..i can easily say i’ve never stuck my head out a train at any age. Also they really aren’t “young” in that they should have sense enough to know not to do that. Maybe you did jack-ass type stunts but don’t assume everyone else has
  
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- rickc34
  Posted on October 21, 2012 at 3:32pm
  The girls name was Crystal, was that Crystal Ball the left leaning loonie
  
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- Stoic one
  Posted on October 21, 2012 at 8:45pm
  STATUTORYAPE
  
  What I see in your post is the self-centered arrogance of youth; a disdain for those who have lived life longer than you. You imply irreverence of your parents – You know those people that changed your diapers, taught you to talk. NOW that you are of age “the world is different”. YOU are smarter than those old fogies.
  
  No it is not different. The only thing that is now different is the speed of access to information and most younger people ARE NOT taking advantage of that information.
  
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alpha2omega47
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 7:15pm
I think every generation gets more and more ~ lazy, spoiled and ignorant.

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- TheEndIsComing
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 10:49pm
  Yes, that’s true. Look where we’ve come to. Consider the young people today who tattoo, pierce, mutilate, shack up, accept homosexuality and gay marriage, hook up, and occupy. And they think that it is all normal. Compare them to a few generations ago. WOW! It’s all so slow and look at what we’ve become. It’s no wonder that the American house of cards is about to crash, both spiritually and financially.
  
  Consider how connected Americans used to be to their church and family. We have abandoned God and we are reaping the evil of living lives of rebellion from our creator. We deserve all we get.
  
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- statutoryape
  Posted on October 20, 2012 at 3:27am
  Every new generation takes new risks and pushes the envelop. You can call it stupidity but what’s the point of life if you don’t take risks? You don’t start living until you step out of your comfort zone!!
  
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ktmrider1
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 5:31pm
chomgang chahahahahahahahahahaha!

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CorePatriot
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 5:26pm
That could have been a very different video.

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- ModerationIsBest
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 9:48pm
  “You almost got f’ed up”
  
  Uh yeah, that’s an understatement.
  
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JerryNic
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 4:51pm
Now the establishment will implement rule change. Perhaps a bell on every open window, or a seat belt requirement. Someone will attempt to legislate to protect us all from the stupidity of some. Jeeze, I say just put extra cleaning materials and a few head bags in the closet and call it a day. Stupid is as stupid does.

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- 19RANDY59
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 5:34pm
  Here’s your sign
  
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James12703
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 4:39pm
Notice how in the bottom corner it says bestgore.com. Had she not pulled her head in there would have been a viral video of a decapitation and she would have been part of a meme. ( Picture of Girl With Severed Head and Charles Darwin underneath said picture )

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kapnkd
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 4:10pm
Obama almost lost another vote!! …Only way to describe her intellect!!!!!

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Zatoichi
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 3:36pm
If those two had brains, they’d be verrrry dangerous!

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sasquatch08
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 3:08pm
That takes a special kind of stupid.

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thegreatcarnac
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 2:37pm
Well….I have seen enough. Ban all trains…..now!

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- rickc34
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 2:46pm
  Hey Carnac I was wondering if they got kicked of the train for having smelly shorts after that stupid stunt.
  
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RightThinking1
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 2:06pm
And….., they get to vote.

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- boomboom
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 2:19pm
  Stoopid is as Stoopid does…chocolates, anyone?
  
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INVISIBLESMITHANDWESSON
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 1:51pm
A brunette is standing on some train tracks, jumping from rail to rail, saying “21″ “21″ “21″.

A blond walks up, sees her and decides to join her. She also starts jumping from rail to rail, saying “21″ “21″ “21″.

Suddenly, the brunette hears a train whistle, and she jumps off the tracks just as the blond is splattered all over the place.

The brunette goes back to jumping from rail to rail, counting, “22″ “22″ “22″.

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- pavepaws
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 2:07pm
  Cleanup, cabin #3.
  
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disque-0-duc
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 1:48pm
Dumb Biosh!

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SocialistSlayer
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 1:38pm
Dumb & Dumber !

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- vanman4446
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 2:31pm
  Can’t cure stupid
  
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- OhioRifleman
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 4:41pm
  Darwin cures stupid, albeit a permanent fix in most cases.
  
  Darwin should run for Minister Of Chlorine for the Gene Pool. Sadly, nowadays it is definitely needed.
  
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Obamujahadeen
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 1:38pm
And that is why they barely have opening windows in these things.. I live outside Chicago and those rails near the stations aren’t more than 10 feet apart from each others and they blow through the stations without stopping all the time, that’s how they run. But you wouldn’t believe how many people around these things are oblivious to their danger.

A lady yesterday went around gates with her SUV and 2 kids and POW> DEAD. O voter no more sadly too stupid to have children obviously, as I’m not gonna pretend to feel sorry for some dumb adult behind the wheel of a car nonetheless stupid enough to do that with her own freaking children in the car, who are I think still barely alive. http://huff.to/WKTX0t

Nowadays it’s a wonder half these kids make it to ten years old, I shake my head every day at the stupidity around us. WE had erector sets and chemistry sets with ACID in them and BB guns and pellet guns and rifles and drove trucks on farms at 9 years old and tractors to cut grass and on and on and no one died from it that I remember.

NOW, they can’t take ten steps in any direction without a freaking ‘smart phone’. Grown women walking into fountains and open manholes and what not….

I wouldn’t be surprised if a SIRIUS or wtf it’s name is told that idiot previously mentioned to make a right turn there at that backside train track, freaking Idiots. Sorry it just sickens me each day to see this nation fall further into the welfare abyss.

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DEFCON4
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 1:32pm
They almost lost their “Train” of thought……..

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Meyvn1
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 1:29pm
The other train almost fixed stupid.

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piper60
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 1:02pm
A democrat, clearly.

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Wool-Free Vision
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 12:51pm
This reminds me of an episode of The Young Ones when they took the train to appear on Scholastic Scoreboard. On the way home, Vivyan sees the sign warning “Do Not Stick Head Out Window,” and of course, being Vivyan, he proceeds to do just that. The episode ends with a headless Vivyan kicking his angry, cursing head down the tracks.

I loved that show. One of the few British comedies I ever really liked.

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- muffythetuffy
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 1:00pm
  DID YOU SEE HER GUARDIAN ANGLE PULL HE BACK IN THE TRAIN?
  
  I wonder if she realizes she was one instant away from being killed. You can see Guardian Angle resques all over YOUTUBE.
  
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- flrick
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 2:29pm
  “resques”? Really?
  
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- statutoryape
  Posted on October 20, 2012 at 3:31am
  Guardian Angel pulled her back into the train?? No, she fell backwards. No angels. Just good fun!
  
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paperpushermj
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 12:26pm
I think the young lady should get as far away from the fool who not only talked her into doing something stupid but he didn’t even grasp the danger to her from the approaching train. Hey dude how about a shout out to the girl, of the on coming train….. Duffus
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strawberry411a
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 12:17pm
Twenty somethings….the lowest form of life on earth.

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huey6367
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 12:16pm
Didn’t your parents teach you anything? And even if they didn’t, do you have any common sense?

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drphil69
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 12:11pm
I don’t mind when our gene pool is cleaned of DUMMIES!

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jcldwl
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 12:07pm
Clean your shorts time.

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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 12:05pm
Another candidate for the Darwin awards.

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- GENE BLISTER
  Posted on October 19, 2012 at 1:31pm
  Amen! Stupidity is a capital crime…
  
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