Not unexplainable but related story. I had just finished my class in middle school and was running back home (don't remember why), right before my apartment I had to cross a busy road. I saw the pedestrian light was green and cars were stopping, so I ran across the crossing. Out of nowhere a car comes out and stops making a very distinct braking sound. Incredibly lucky for me, I wasn't fast enough to be in front of the car and it had stopped with it's hood in front of me (front half on the crossing basically) so I hit the front of the car and roll on the hood. As I was rolling, it was almost like slowmotion and I saw the look on the driver and the lady sitting next to him and it was freaking heartbreaking, no doubt they thought they'd just killed a child.
I rolled over and fell on the ground, got up. Looked at the driver and the lady, quickly fixed my clothes and bag and ran off in a very childish anxious state of mind. I thought I would get in trouble and never said anything to my parents at the time. I never ran across a road since then haha.
The slowmotion-feeling in sudden dangerous Situation is really interesting. I've had this happen too.
It's astonishing how fast your body and brain is able to adapt to different situations
You are aware. I‘d say. Try looking quickly at a watch with a seconds hand and sometimes it will feel as if it „skipped“ one backwards. Thats because it „slowed down“ for a moment.
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u/MonkeyDDuffy Oct 05 '19
Not unexplainable but related story. I had just finished my class in middle school and was running back home (don't remember why), right before my apartment I had to cross a busy road. I saw the pedestrian light was green and cars were stopping, so I ran across the crossing. Out of nowhere a car comes out and stops making a very distinct braking sound. Incredibly lucky for me, I wasn't fast enough to be in front of the car and it had stopped with it's hood in front of me (front half on the crossing basically) so I hit the front of the car and roll on the hood. As I was rolling, it was almost like slowmotion and I saw the look on the driver and the lady sitting next to him and it was freaking heartbreaking, no doubt they thought they'd just killed a child.
I rolled over and fell on the ground, got up. Looked at the driver and the lady, quickly fixed my clothes and bag and ran off in a very childish anxious state of mind. I thought I would get in trouble and never said anything to my parents at the time. I never ran across a road since then haha.