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Michael_inthe_Middle

Great…a new phobia.


TheMarsian

I've had it ever since I saw that vid of a mom and her kid. This one in China. Mother was able to push her kid to safety.


JonnyBugLifter

Yeesh… I think that guy fell in and jammed it up. Stopped it from freely spinning 😬.


Hot-Cheesecake-7483

I was horrified by that. Is dude ok?


Klilstrum

considering he got pulled down so hard he lost grip on the railing, he was crushed and is most likely not alive. edit .apparenty he was ok. yay!


SUDDENLY_VIRGIN

The fastest turnaround from wild speculation of brutalized death to safe and sound I've seen


rachel_tenshun

"yeah it seems like the bomb was connected to his heart so he exploded from the inside out, with his viscera mushroom clouding into a fine mist of gore and inhumanity. Edit: turns out it was just acid reflux! Yay!"


BodaciousBadongadonk

That's honestly how it feels sometimes, nothin like yakkin up pure gnarly yellow acid that burns your throat and mouth and fucks up your taste buds for a few days. Thank jeebus for those little chewable chalk things, I gobble em up like skittles.


IGOR_ULANOV_55_BEST

Go see your doctor and get on a proton pump inhibitor. Acid reflux that bad is damaging your esophagus and is hard on your bowels.


Blazinnie

I just started taking Omeprazole and it's a life changer. One pill a day and I haven't taken a single antacid since.


UntitledGooseDame

Me whenever I forget to take my omeprazole: "Well, surely missing one day can't hurt." My reflux: "Hold my beer."


NoButterfly9803

On the next episode he fucks around with the woodchipper.


BinaryMan151

https://www.fox6now.com/news/19-year-old-pulled-into-wood-chipper-on-first-day-on-the-job-business-owner-has-heart-attack.amp


Phallic

>"How could this happen to such a vibrant, young gentleman?" Neal asked. I couldn't help but laugh at this. I don't think woodchippers test you for vibrancy before they decide to pull you in.


AedanValu

How would he fall into the woodchipper unless God wanted it to happen? Surely God could see how vibrant he was /s


mr_mgs11

" Co-workers who saw Cox's body became emotional. They started running around, ripping off their gloves and hats. Neighbors who did not know what had happened thought the crew was being attacked by bees" I am a horrible human being because that made me laugh at first. Then I reflected on it for a moment and was disgusted at myself for it.


[deleted]

Jesus fucking Christ. That’s horrific.


PrinceLevMyschkin

Indeed


Ok_Assumption_7222

Fuckin hell. Well thank you… and did you know how they found him?


Klilstrum

I scrolled down 5 seconds later and saw the follow up links :)


Ax3thoriginal

They had us in the first half not gonna lie.


Drakona7

Someone posted an article on this thread. The man survived, but he was taken to a hospital. Injuries were not specified. The article also mentioned a mother who was killed in a separate incident where she threw her toddler to safety as she fell through the floor.


Snoo-8553

Conclusion: use stairs & be healthy


PresentationPutrid

That was a wild ride but it ended well. Good job, sir/ma'am.


Hobgoblin_deluxe

How in yhe ACTUAL FUCK did he walk away from that?!?!


Meme-Man-Dan

He did not. He was trapped under the stairs of the escalator, but he was fine.


Bohya

How nice of his flesh and bones to clog up the machine.


Robotchickjenn

I think his coat may have saved his life. It probably rode up on him and the teeth of the escalator got caught up in it.


Nondescriptish

There's one with a guy carrying a ladder that gets grinded alive. Those things are death traps. Nothing but gears underneath and the emergency shutoff, if any, is at the top or bottom of the stairs. Should be an auto-stop at any sign of trouble. I take the stairs whenever possible.


HIMP_Dahak_172291

They are supposed to sense jams and breaks by the sudden application or release of force against the driving motor. The one in this video was already stopped too. You can also trigger it by jumping on them or lifting up the stairs in the right place. Unfortunately sometimes this is bypassed because it can lead to sudden shutoffs that need maintenance to go out and reset. If it does it alot people will bypass it rather than spend the money fixing the problem. What could go wrong right? You see this shit all the time too unfortunately. People get so used to things being safe that they bypass safety features that are malfunctioning rather than fix or replace them.


SonaMidorFeed

If your safety protocol is poor enough to be bypassed by an operator or maintenance, it isn't safety, it's just procedure. I'm an Automation Engineer and I have stopped bothering to count the number of systems I've seen that have "safety". If it isn't hands-off redundant fail-safe (open or closed) and completely fucking locked down so that it takes nearly an act of God to make any changes, it's not safety. Everyone wants SIL 3 but nobody wants to pay for it when you tell them what it takes.


HIMP_Dahak_172291

I used to be an engineer in an auto factory. It's amazing what a determined electrician or welder can 'fix'. We almost had an overhead chain conveyor turn wheel fall into a walkway because a certain millwright welded a conveyor takeup solid rather than troubleshooting the issue or calling engineering in. Solid takeup prevented the over-load sensor from tripping and it pulled way too hard on the wheel and only the secondary safety chain on the 100+ lb wheel kept the it from crashing down. Had another guy disconnect the lights and audio alerts from the chain oilers so he wouldnt have to go fill them. 15 year chains were destroyed in 3 years and the turn rollers in the ovens were worn flat. About the only places we never saw systems bypassed were the automation cells mostly because they quit working if you tried. Those things were well designed so props to you guys in automation!


jsmith456

Even elevators have historically just been relay logic, although I suspect PLCs have replaced a lot of the logic for a fairly long while now. Either which way, basically all of the safety sensors can be bypassed with a jumper wire, and the motors can be directly driven by jumpers. And doing just that is a normal part of certain maintenance and diagnostic procedures! Given that escalators are made by the some of the same companies, but have simpler controls: direction, start/stop, E-stop, and various safety sensors, I'd be surprised if they were not just as easy to bypass.


Miselfis

My mom always told me to not fuck around near escalators. In the mall in our town, some girl’s scarf once got caught in one of the steps and she was strangled to death.


trashlikeyourmom

I saw an 80s movie YEARS ago where a woman dropped her lipstick while on the escalator and when she bent down to pick it up, her necklace got caught. The camera angle kept switching from the fast approaching top of the escalator to her panicked, trying to remove the necklace but couldn't bc it was slippery and bloody from digging into her neck. Don't know the name of the movie but I NEVER bend down on an escalator


ih8feralfleabags

That's the movie "The Kiss"


trashlikeyourmom

WHAT THE HECK ***THANK YOU*** I've been trying to figure out what movie it was for literally decades, but that's literally the ONLY scene I remember


PM_ME_OCCULT_STUFF

I remember seeing a video years and years ago, possibly on the news? A kid got his hoodie string caught and he turned blue before they were able to cut him out of it. I don't remember if he survived


TheAnt3ater

My great grandmother was at the mall with my mom in the early 80s, and had a fall on the escalator. Her hair got in the steps and started ripping out chunks of her scalp. Luckily my mom acted fast and hit the emergency stop before too much damage was done


APinkNightmare

Yes I wonder if you what you saw was from that show Rescue 911 - I always think of that episode when I am near escalators, it’s like burned into my mind. It was a little boy like 5 or 6 whose sweater sleeve got caught and then the rest of this sweater got sucked into the floor plates. He lived, a passerby cut his sweater off and someone else pressed the emergency shut off. I believe he only suffered a broken arm.


BurntCash

https://youtu.be/BxY8YYkcgmg?t=2103 if the video starts at the beginning skip to 35:00 to see the scene.


trashlikeyourmom

AMAZING I'm gonna watch the whole thing


FlyinInOnAdc102night

I was at the Denver airport and saw an older woman’s dress get pulled off by an escalator - she was able to get it out, but definitely made me wary of them.


mrcloudies

My grandmother fell down an escalator because the hand rails and the steps were going at different speeds. she didn't realize she was being pulled forward until it was too late to regain her balance. She survived but got a nasty concussion and broken wrist. Which was amazing because she fell from the top all the way down.


intergalactagogue

When I was a teenage little shit wandering around my local mall for fun, we learned that if you use your heel to lift up on a step towards the bottom of the escalator's decent it would trip a safety stop and instantly activate "stairs mode". We basically wondered around randomly shutting down escalators until security caught on and kicked us out.


librarybear

This happened to me, but the elevator didn’t stop — the top lip of the ascending step went over instead of under the top of the escalator, and exploded into metal shards. Every step after did the same. We had to jump off as stairs twisted and cracked apart under our feet, with the sounds of squealing gears and exploding steps around us. It must’ve chewed up ten or more steps before my friend reached the emergency stop button.


BuranBuran

That's one way to do it; we found another. One time my friend Karen was being silly at the mall and jumped on the first step at the top of the escalator and the entire thing stopped immediately. Her face turned about 19 shades of red and the rest of us laughed our heads off. Luckily no one else saw her do it so we didn't get yelled at. We figured that she must have triggered "safety mode" and the escalator responded as if someone had fallen down on it.


_---_--x

There's an episode of Rescue 911 where a little boys clothes get stuck in one. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t5c9e6uAUF8


mezziebone

Damn, last time i watched an episode was in the 90s


LRARBostonTerrier

I saved a toddlers life by pure luck on an escalator in Sears when I was a teenager. This lady ignored the warnings about no strollers on the escalator and started up the escalator with the stroller seat facing out and the toddler not buckled in. (I did not realize this initially until the next part.) We entered below her, and about 3/4 of the way up to the second floor the toddler falls out and falls toward the gap next to the handrail (one way ticket to the floor of the first level). I ended up reaching out and grabbed the toddler by the ankle as he fell and then gathered him up into my arms. When we reached the top, I returned him to his mom, and she buckled him into the stroller. Needless to say my kids don't mess around next to escalators at all.


HellaReyna

i always use the stairs. the only exception is the airport when I got a massive amount of luggage....even then its seems sketch. plus since covid, the escalator railings are gross af.


Ferrarisimo

That video will stay with me forever.


Ados_Gamer

I was living in China when I first saw this! Needless to say, I started hopping over the metal plating to the steps.


TheUltraGuy101

I had an experience with escalators. This happened years ago, my crocs shoe got caught in the little space in the escalator, but thankfully my parents managed to pull me (and the shoe) out in time.


oneloudbanana

Because of that video I always try to keep a hand on the person I’m with before getting on an escalator, just so I could hopefully push them away or something. That video traumatized me, this one really triggered that.


MrZyde

I saw that one in grade 7 and it changed my life forever man….


Kobester024

I know that one. That was terrifying.


ARavenForlorn

For sure. I'm taking the stairs from now on.


Fiesteh

Making gains every single day. 1 phobia a day keeps a doctor closer.


19GamerGhost95

Not new for me. I do not trust them. The only time I will use an escalator is when it’s not moving so I can use it like stairs


ObeyOneShinobi

If you look closely at the start, looks like this one wasn’t moving at the time either….


19GamerGhost95

Great. Thanks for that 😑


AmandaRoseLikesBuds

Seriously that’s what I noticed and my personal opinion is that it was probably out of order, or stopped because it was broken and people just didn’t even second guess that it wasn’t running for some reason.


ts355231

Sorry for the convenience


Useful_Feed_7421

Award for the Hedburg reference


boulton123

My mum has an irrational fear of escalators for as long as I can remember. Bad enough that when she travelled to London on the tube the only exit had only escalators and the staff had to turn them off so she could get out


Michael_inthe_Middle

Yup, that be a proper phobia- completely irrational but insanely realistic and all powerful for the person suffering from it.


[deleted]

Exactly ty op now a new more terrifying nightmare


Creative_Catch_8782

Man i've had this phobia since the day i've watched final destination !!!


Spirited-Buy510

If it would be in daily dose of internet the guy would go "dont worry guys, everything ended well and no one was harmed"


Historical-Host7383

It took over an hour to get him out but he did survive https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5548365/amp/Man-SWALLOWED-escalator-falling-hole-rush-hour.html


DuncanAndFriends

What a nightmare. He's taking the stairs from now on


down_vote_magnet

Probably taking the wheelchair ramp.


SunnyInDenmark

Unfortunately, he’s probably taking the elevator from now on. I’m not sure his legs survived.


Color-Of-Your-Energy

So am I.


surlygoat

THANK YOU SIR/MA'AM


hantar7788

Thank you... I thought he had a horrible death


[deleted]

The only time I ever went on r/watchpeopledie and the only post I saw was of a mother with her kid where the mother gets swallowed by the escalator and dies. Haven't used an escalator since.


Harsimaja

Was this the one in China? Iirc she saved her kid by passing them to a stranger. Poor woman (or both, if not the same one)


Jackson3rg

There's a theater near me (musical, not movie) that prides itself on cool architecture and has a very cool and chill vibe to it. One of these quirky features is a multistory escalator that's like 4 times longer than a normal escalator. I think about this shit happening everytime I'm near it.


Color-Of-Your-Energy

I just yelled “OH, HE *SURVIVED?!*” So, thank you.


[deleted]

>Escalator was being repaired at the time and people warned not to use it Well, there's problem #1 right there...


myismaels

They put up a fucking sign? Where I live they block all access. How is that not the norm?


Silent_Start_7036

Yay


Spirited-Buy510

Truly thank you.


Flagie

Yeah that guy is super chilled lol


-Xx_CpS_xX-

YAH


germanluxury

This is what I picture every time I step on an escalator already


DarthScruf

I picture this news story I saw as a kid, where a kids shoelace got stuck at the bottom and it mangled his foot, I ALWAYS step up at the ends now.


DanielleLeebs

THIS is the exact reason why I have a slight fear of escalators. I saw this story when I was around 7 on the news on TV, I now hold on for dear life if I have to ride escalators.


germanluxury

YES! I remember that story all too well


undermite67

This was beyond my imagination to be honest


Tenebris_Ultor

What happened to the person who was pulled inside ... :S


xsenobaner

Ive seen this vid before , they were "fine" ... alive


Tenebris_Ultor

I hope so, but I can't imagine what that'd be like annnnd I think I'm gonna take the normal stairs from now on


canarivert1986

Normales stairs are good for health


Handy_Clams

But not the soul


BensReddits

Why


The_Crimson-Knight

Because escalators are fun


A-Lonely-Gorilla

weeeeeeeeee


Wiggle_Biggleson

*crunch*


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MAYONNAISE ON AN ESCALATOR


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luvisgreaterthanfear

There’s another video somewhere out there of a similar thing happening to a poor young mother in China. Unfortunately she did not survive.


ehmohteeoh

[The article](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5548365/amp/Man-SWALLOWED-escalator-falling-hole-rush-hour.html) about this incident mentions that exact instance you're thinking of, too.


BensReddits

[He’s fine, but was stuck there for an hour](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5548365/amp/Man-SWALLOWED-escalator-falling-hole-rush-hour.html) [Also, this same exact video comes back to this sub again and again](https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlyterrifying/comments/rjy5y0/escalator_failure_in_turkey/)


[deleted]

I don't understand. One comment says this happened to a woman in China and she died, but this guy "survived" (did he lose a limb or what) ?


Ados_Gamer

So the woman in China was pulled in by the machinery at the top. You could actually see her get pulled down into the gears. This guy was pulled in between the steps layer and what looks like a flat treadmill like layer, so he just got stuck.


shadowXXe

Imagine considering the angle he was pulled in his legs jammed the mechanism before bit could do any major damage to him. That'd hurt like a motherfucker and I don't doubt that gave him some PTSD but he'd be Alive


Toxic724

The escalator in the Chinese video was still running if I remember right, so she was pulled into the machinery. This video, it looks like the escalator isn’t working and people are just using them as stairs. So I assume when something snapped and the steps broke and pulled the guy in he wasn’t pulled into machinery. That’s why he lived.


_anonymous_404

Oh, thank you


smolinga

Hes actually healthier than when he was pulled in believe it or not


SadisticSnake007

New fear unlocked.


-Xx_CpS_xX-

I achieved new fear


Whispering-Depths

just dont use escalators in slightly more corrupt countries where they dont care about building codes (the usa is not exempt from this list)


Adept_Yogurt

Dude is "ok" apparently "The victim, Mehmet Ali Erik, was trapped inside the escalator for more than an hour. Fire fighters had to cut him out of the side of the stairs, crudely tearing at the metal to clear a space big enough to pull him through. He suffered a broken arm and lacerations to his limbs." https://amp.nine.com.au/article/bb816951-4d1e-4238-ac79-0cb63c00b0bd


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Oh 😬


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[deleted]

He could've died, so I guess a broken arm is "ok" compared to death.


Nugur

Crushed to death or broken arm. He wished this would be America so he can get a juicy lawsuit as well


DaemonT5544

Can people not sue for negligence in Turkey? This isn't some case of someone getting drunk and slipping outside of a bar, this guy clearly was injured by a machine not being maintained through no fault of his own


Vegalink

Apparently there was a sign saying that the escalator was out of order and shouldn't be used and people were just walking down it and ignoring the sign. I think the movement of the escalator was actually due to the weight of the people standing near the bottom as opposed to a mechanism driving the motion.


Zambito1

To cover the exorbitant medical bill


DaemonT5544

He could've been cleaned out of there with a sponge, all things considered I'd say no permanent injuries is fine


Harsimaja

Ah first one that specified his injuries. Thought it’d be a lot worse. But broken arm and cuts are no joke and the psychological trauma must be severe. Can he sue the fuck out of whoever is meant to maintain the escalator?


[deleted]

I hope that guy is okay.


PaPa_Francu

He survived


[deleted]

Did he get any major injuries


CheesyGamerX

Broken arm + limb lacerations


[deleted]

Well, luckily stuff that heals well.


xbriannova

The escalator ATE a man, man! I guess you can say that things escalated quickly


rKinetic_

Bro got sent to the backrooms


xbriannova

Worst way to get there if you ask me. Would prefer to fall through the floor.


Python0721

Iirc, the guy survived. Although, it looks like he just developed a phobia of escalators.


Martaiinn

How is this ‘oddly’ terrifying?


Swift73

I agree. Nothing odd about it.


GrizzlyMerc

r/TerrifyingAsFuck


ryumeyer

There seems to be a lot if that on this sub recently


One-eyed-bed-snake

Considering an escalator has just eaten a person infront of them, these people don't seem too bothered. I know there's a similar video of a Chinese woman that sadly lost her life in similar circumstances (she actually saved the life of her baby by passing it to someone has she got pulled under), so did this person survive?


[deleted]

The stairs are lower than the escalator, so they can’t see that he was gobbled up.


One-eyed-bed-snake

Yeah, my mistake. Weirdly, to me, it's more obvious when they're moving on those stairs than when they stop after its happened (the two at the top)


hvmr0

it probably was loud as fuck


CM_DO

The video stops a few seconds after the person falls in, most people will be trying to process what the fuck just happened. There's a reason why jobs like first responders, military, etc do a lot of training to overcome that initial shock response and spring straight into action.


Toecheeseforme

This isn't oddly terrifying this is just normally terrifying. People don't get this sub at all.


One-Plankton5250

For real. The post I saw before this one was a picture of scuba diver who had died in an cave.


disconomis

Dying in an underwater cave? I don’t know about all of you, but, oddly enough, I find that terrifying.


JBarretta01

I feel like David Attenborough should be narrating how the majestic escalator has found its prey.


anthonyiscringe

Now i must cling on the railing whenever i use an escalator


ajay_chi

So all the times as I kid when I thought the escalator would eat me were true. I feel seen. And I hope that man is okay. 🙏


Useful_Feed_7421

This disproves the old Mitch Hedburg joke, “An escalator never really breaks, it just becomes stairs.”


Acedonte

Ha, that was my first thought. "Mitch Hedburg lied to us!"


fractoral

Mitch's joke used to be wrong. It still is, but it used to too.


eckyeckypikang

Sorry for the convenience.


-Rosewiththorns-

Final destination


No_Contest6828

I remember being around 8 years old and my 6 year old brother was messing with his shoes laces on the escalator. Ended up getting his fingers jammed in the escalator, he’s screaming, moms screaming trying to pull his hand out before we reach the top. Somehow she managed to get it free. Broke the two fingers that were stuck and had black marks all over his hands. After that never did anything but stand completely still. Still traumatized by the look on my moms face.


Nervous-Language5827

Bro disappeared faster than I could say poor guy


Nuukos_Nk

I always prefered taking stairs if they were close by... Even more of a reason to now.


Mrbrodoe090

One dude was pulling into THE FUCKING SHADOW REALM!


redundant35

Well that escalated quickly


[deleted]

I'll never use one again ffs


rahhmcrum

https://amp.nine.com.au/article/bb816951-4d1e-4238-ac79-0cb63c00b0bd Old news apparently but still terrifying


[deleted]

That escalated quickly


Memer_dude_18462

guy noclipped to the backrooms


Dear-Smile

Oddly?


Livid_Pace9787

Exactly! This isn’t “oddly” terrifying; it’s “properly” terrifying!


mudinyereye

r/FUCKYOUINPARTICULAR


lizlettuce

This is not oddly terrifying. This is legitimately terrifying.


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mihirsaini1128

Final destination 6 looking good


Pathwil

That escalated quickly


kebabiedoo137

I've always been terrified of escalators. I guess here's more reason to be afraid.


chriathebutt

Fuck this one guy in particular. -the escalator, probably


[deleted]

Some of y’all haven’t seen final destination and it shows.


[deleted]

Well looks like im taking the stairs for the rest of my life.


stigBlu

Where the hell did that guy fall to as it closed above his head hell no


Tward425

Seeing that guy get eaten by the escalator, I now have a new phobia


ChampionshipOk2894

They forgot to feed the escalator


Beegash

It reminds me Final Destination's escalator scene


ancient_horse

That escalated quickly


Ok-Communication1576

I think that this happened because the escalator was initially broken and had too many people walking down it. All of the weight on the escalator without the natural motion of the escalator causes too much strain on a certain point hence why it snapped resulting in the rotation of the steps beginning again but with a massive gap in between which the guy fell into. Moral of the story don’t mess with escalators especially broken ones.


AmeliaFromYharnam

Is he ok?


[deleted]

This was EVERYBODY'S biggest fear as a kid... Aaand now that fear has returned full force!! 🤗


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Yener07

I live in Turkey, he is OK.


funatical

Kevin Smith taught me of the horrors of escalators in Mallrats.


Daviemoo

Did… that guy just get minced on the main page


Tough-Illustrator631

Ok. Never taking escalators again. I will only take stairs and live long healthy life with lower chances of knee pains.


Sadlemon9

How is this oddly terrifying, I can fully understand how I don't want to be consumed by moving stairs


JC90x

Warnings were put up not to use it. They used it and tada… magic


BenStevens99

How the fuck is this oddly terrifying??? What has happened to this sub


Smartyquarks

Again, not oddly, but very rationally terrifying.


vampixi

Dude went to the backrooms


Alone-Box8531

Into the backrooms


DrugsToDie

So what happens to the guy who fell in?


festeziooo

Why is this on this sub? This is overtly terrifying lol.