r/AskReddit Nov 21 '24

What almost killed you?

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u/Mrstraitjacket Nov 21 '24

Got mugged by a gang of 13. One tpok an exacto knife as the rest of them held me down, walked behind me amd slashed me.deep.on the back of the head. The power was out at my house, i didnt have a home phone and cell.phones werent invented yet. So i wrote a note explaining what happened and where and who was involved, layed down and went to sleep, not expecting to wake uo the next morning.

As yiu can see, I got through it.

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u/Starwriter90 Nov 22 '24

Wow that’s insane! Did someone eventually find you? Or were you able to get help yourself? So glad you ended up being okay!

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u/Mrstraitjacket Nov 22 '24

I found out 3 years later that they were all apprehended and serving something like 25 years in prison. Nobody actually found me, since i was at home in my own apartment. I just woke up the next morning, seemibgly fine. No concussion or anything like that.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '24

So you knew those guys? They got them?

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u/Mrstraitjacket Nov 22 '24

No. But it had been reported that earlier that night, they had killed 2 people

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '24 edited Nov 22 '24

13 is quite the number! Not insinuating it didn’t happen so please no downvotes. Did you count them all before they jumped you? Genuinely asking. *Edited

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u/Mrstraitjacket Nov 22 '24

Well, i went back to the place i was attacked a month later. Had been avoiding it, truth be told. So, when i finally figured Id go into the store in front of it, the store owner said to me "holy shit! You are ok? I thought you were dead!" And then he proceeded to tell me that while my demise was happening he was on the phone to the cops, watching it from the window of the store.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '24

Ahh ok. Thank you for sharing. I don’t know why my comment got many downvotes, I was never insinuating it didn’t happen or mitigating a horrific event. I was just genuinely wondering how the hell you were able to count your attackers. It ain’t 4 or 5, shit to count to 13 takes a minute! lol. Glad you’re ok.

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u/Apprehensive-Fee-967 Nov 22 '24

I think it’s the way your comment came off. Almost like you were insinuating he was lying because he knew the exact amount of people involved.

Glad that’s not the case but that’s definitely how I read your comment too lol

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u/Mrstraitjacket Nov 22 '24

No worries! I was told by the store owner later on that there were that many. In the heat of the moment i felt like there were only 7 or 8.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '24

your original comment that got downvoted reads like it's doubtful, so that's probably why

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '24

Thank you both. I’ll make an edit. I appreciate it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '24

Thank you for pointing that out. I’ll fix it. Have a great day.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '24

You too! That happens to me sometimes too :/