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scarletandgrey said:
Nick Alkemade was a tail gunner for an RAF AVRO Lancaster Bomber during World War II who is notable for surviving a "chuteless jump".

On March 23, 1944, Alkemade's plane was attacked by a German JU-88 fighter plane and began to spiral out of control. Because his parachute was in the cabin, Alkemade opted to jump from the aircraft, preferring his death to be quick.

Alkemade fell from 18,000 feet to the ground below. His fall was broken by pine trees and a soft snow cover on the ground. He was able to move his arms and legs and suffered only a sprained leg.
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I bet that gave him a real appreciation for being alive from then on.
 
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found an even better one.....call these luck or proof of god....your choice...


Vesna Vulović (born 3rd January 1950) retains the Guinness Book of Records world record for the highest fall without a parachute: 10,160 meters (33,000 feet).

The fall occurred on January 26, 1972, over Srbská Kamenice in Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic). Émigré Croat terrorists (Ustaša) had placed a bomb on board JAT Yugoslav Flight 364. The explosion tore the DC-9-32 to pieces, but Vulović survived. She remained strapped into her flight attendant's seat in the tail section of the plane, which remained attached to the washrooms. The assembly struck the snow-covered flank of a mountain.
 
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So the answer is a Russian?

I'm going to go with a giraffe. I mean, sure he likely wouldn't survive. But who here wouldn't want to see a giraffe fall from the sky and hit the ground at terminal velocity? I wonder how much it's legs would be twitching during the fall.
 
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a jackalope... with those are pets of the devil :evil:

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LoKyBuckeye said:
a jackalope... with those are pets of the devil :evil:

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It is people like you that drive helpless animals to extinction.

Jackalopes are real and they are certainly not pets of the devil. They are just a rare species hunted nearly to extinction by money grubbing humans.

Perpetuating the view of jackalopes as "devil's pets" only furthers their demise.

Someday I hope you realize the contribution you have made to the erradication of this once proud species.
 
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Zurp said:
You have a wolverine to sacrifice? Where'd you get one of those?
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Every now and then one, uh, swims across the lake to WI. Now I just, uh, shoot 'em (see avatar), but I would be willing to sacrifice that more immediate peace of mind for the whole airplane thing. Clear?
 
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Deety said:
Every now and then one, uh, swims across the lake to WI. Now I just, uh, shoot 'em (see avatar), but I would be willing to sacrifice that more immediate peace of mind for the whole airplane thing. Clear?
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Gotcha.

I'd kinda like to see a whole barrel-full of wolverines pushed out of an airplane.

It would be better, of course, if the airplane were flying, but I don't know how to fly.

Then again, I don't even have an airplane.

Or any wolverines.

Or a barrel.

Damn.
 
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A guy I knew used to have a 3 foot Iguana. He would throw it out of his 10th story dorm window and run down to get it. I guess it just glided down and didn't die when it landed. After a few times it ran away before he could get downstairs to get it.
 
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exhawg said:
A guy I knew used to have a 3 foot Iguana. He would throw it out of his 10th story dorm window and run down to get it. I guess it just glided down and didn't die when it landed. After a few times it ran away before he could get downstairs to get it.
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Why did he throw his iguana out the window? "I have a really great idea!!!"

And it was probably pretty pissed off that the dude kept throwing it out the window. I'd run away, too.
 
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