Death by Grain Feed
19 y.o me working road construction with a travelling crew. Bunked down, reading a book for the evening during a thunderstorm in the back of my pickup (had a topper and mattress for the truck bed).
Out of the corner of my eye, I think I see something move. Several times this happens, so I get out and get into the cab. Sure enough, the wind picks up, and this GIANT drop feed grain bin that I was parked next to starts to move/slide on its concrete pad.
Start the engine, throw it in reverse, and am gunning out of the spot as the bin starts to tip…while thousands of pounds of grain storage is quickly filling the windshield.
The vehicle bogged down, and I got stuck in a mud hole as the grain bin crashed down…3 inches from my front bumper, laying exactly where I had been parked 7 seconds earlier. Story credit: Reddit / leppell