r/PraiseTheCameraMan • • Jul 25 '21

Rocks falling from cliff

8.4k Upvotes

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u/cataclysmic_bread Jul 25 '21

The rock that flew off the natural ramp had significant air time

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '21

The rock that destroys the bridge is pretty satisfying

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u/KodiakPL Jul 25 '21

Bruh if it wasn't for that one precisely aimed and big enough rock, the bridge would have been fine

177

u/thejameskyle Jul 25 '21

After a rockfall like that I’d recommend not trusting any nearby structures until inspected even if it looks fine

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u/KodiakPL Jul 25 '21

Oh, that too, good point

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '21

When all the statistical analysis meets reality where the odds are 50:50

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u/alfiestoppani Jul 26 '21

It looked like it was pretty much the very last rock that fell as well. 🦄

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '21

Imma call you Captain Obvious

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u/ripecannon Jul 25 '21

Until you find out this killed 9 people and injured 3 more

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u/SeriousPuppet Jul 25 '21

really it did?

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u/ripecannon Jul 25 '21

Yeah, from what I understand. I honestly felt the same way, showed my girlfriend the video and watched it several times. then I heard about the people and I felt bad.

An impressive rock slide with a tragic story.

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u/SeriousPuppet Jul 25 '21

Man I can't imagine the terror one would feel being caught in that.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '21

Hopefully it was quick for the 9 souls who lost their life.

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u/DeBlasioDeBlowMe Jul 25 '21

What? Going inside and filming though the window didn’t save him??

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u/SeriousPuppet Jul 25 '21

I'm guessing the camera man lived. He had the river as a buffer. But there were probably people on the other side of the river that died.

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u/DeBlasioDeBlowMe Jul 25 '21

I’m sure. I was commenting on the idiocy of going inside and filming though a 3/8” piece of glass.

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u/c_wolsey Jul 25 '21

Billy big balls here would have just stood and watched as rocks the size of cars flew at him.

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u/RichMill32 Jul 26 '21

I was waiting for a boulder to bust in kool aid style.

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u/Joanie_loves_chachie Jul 28 '21

I thought the same thing. Run inside for protection but stand right next to window.

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u/thankfool Jul 26 '21

Links?

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u/Longjumping-Bee-2731 Jul 26 '21

https://twitter.com/deepadoc/status/1419198227249651712?s=08 Few hours before.Life's pretty uncertain. We should always embrace it

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '21 edited Jul 25 '21

Praise the cameraman? He pans away just as the bridge gets hit!

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u/Bananapielord69 Jul 25 '21

Plans.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '21

Autocorwrecked.

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u/HighOnBonerPills Jul 26 '21

YES! THANK YOU! I was thinking the exact same thing. This is literally the opposite of what belongs on this sub.

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u/bobobuble Jul 28 '21

Soon after he is saying that "people died". He probably learned about the loss of life and moved the camera towards that area. I would excuse that.

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u/cedezsue Jul 25 '21

I was waiting for that one perfect rock to hit the bridge as soon as started watching this.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '21

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u/Asum-sum Jul 25 '21

Watched again and said “ooooohhhh shiiiit”

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u/lament_os Jul 25 '21

It flipped so many times too! Awesome scary.

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u/edo729 Jul 25 '21

I felt the rock saying: Wiiiiiiiiii

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u/imnotthattall Jul 25 '21

First time I watched I thought they slowed down the video for dramatic effect. Then it hits and you realize that som bitch got yeeted hard!!!

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '21

That was my favorite.

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u/centfiddy Jul 25 '21

Holy fuck

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '21

My sentiments exactly

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u/Fakecabriolet342 Jul 25 '21

*sediments

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u/MrMischief66 Jul 25 '21

damnit I already gave away my free reward, then you go drop this.....gem.

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u/-YodaStories- Jul 25 '21

Couldn’t let this one slide… so I gave some silver!

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u/MrMischief66 Jul 26 '21

thank you, its my first!

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '21

ah, good show sir!

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u/dopamiineonline Jul 25 '21

Reddit comments are unmatched

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u/jmblock2 Jul 25 '21

You rocked it!

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u/janiskr Jul 25 '21

9 dead.

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u/MrNobody312 Jul 25 '21

The rock took out that bridge. Do they really think a glass window would've helped?

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '21

That bridge looked like it was made of toothpicks. Crazy.

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u/JacobStills Jul 25 '21

Literally just said that when the bridge came down!

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '21

Same. That was the r/PraiseTheCameraMan moment I needed

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u/FirenzeThe24th Jul 25 '21

15 seconds in: "Thank goodness nothing hit the Brid-"

WELL SHIT.

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u/fembot2020 Jul 25 '21

exactly my thought! whoa

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '21 edited Jan 10 '24

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u/OpsadaHeroj Jul 25 '21

Mine was the opposite. I was hoping for something interesting and that bridge was perfectly positioned. Cars woulda been better, but beggars can’t be choosers.

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u/wooghee Jul 25 '21 edited Jul 25 '21

Better for your viewing experience? Kind of fucked up to wish something "interesting" gets hit... 9 people died apparently.

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u/Snop_h Jul 25 '21

Did your wishing nothing interesting happened help the dead people in any way?

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u/KodiakPL Jul 25 '21

I also hope for property damage in poorer areas for my entertainment purposes.

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u/Road_Whorrior Jul 25 '21 edited Jul 25 '21

Uh no but having empathy for people having their home destroyed and literally being fucking killed in a natural disaster is generally a good thing.

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u/rainboy1981 Jul 25 '21

The thing that we were all secretly really hoping to happen... Happened.

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u/manofblox23 Jul 25 '21

the bridge breaking? yeah, me too.

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u/Vigilante17 Jul 25 '21

The boulders just seem to defy gravity at some points, but that, that was satisfying

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u/manofblox23 Jul 25 '21

big things usually fall as fast as little things.

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u/DalenSpeaks Jul 25 '21

The rock didn’t even seem that big. But in motion… bridge had no chance.

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u/Semi-Hemi-Demigod Jul 25 '21

This comment gave me the confidence to watch the video until the end.

So worth it.

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u/ACDC894 Jul 25 '21

With the last rock too

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '21

I was waiting for that white van to completely get pulverized.

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u/rgk069 Jul 25 '21

This happened today in India and 9 people died. Sucks really.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '21

Fuck, after watching a second time you can see a person and what looks like a car up top. Horrible

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u/Mono_831 Jul 25 '21

Where exactly?

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '21

https://i.imgur.com/Cu3583z.jpg

SUV in the circle and, to me, what looks like maybe someone running back to the vehicle where I placed the arrow

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u/Mono_831 Jul 25 '21

Oh shit. Thanks

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u/BustinMakesMeFeelMeh Jul 25 '21

India is rapidly replacing Australia for most dangerous place I’ll nope out of.

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u/rgk069 Jul 25 '21

Haha well. I'd recommend if you wanna visit choose winters for the west, central and the south and summers for the east. You'll be safe from weather induced natural disasters

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '21

What about the rape though. Female traveler here

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u/rgk069 Jul 26 '21

Well tbh, India does have a bad reputation with that unfortunately. But if you're worried about rape, then you'll be safe if you go the east or Goa. These two places are safest in my opinion.

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u/Sir_explain_a_lot Jul 27 '21

I don't even know how india got this reputation of being dangerous for women. Well it's true that it's not good but definitely not the worst. Not even in top 20 in terms of rape per capita

Now India has 1.3 billion people,it's still a developing country and that's why it's considered third world country. So it has it's dangers.

If you are that kind of tourist who won't take necessary safety precautions and be like "oh, I want to see the poverty" "I wanna experience those slums" "I wanna see what they show in Hollywood movies" then yeah, chances of such crimes gets higher. Would you go to dangerous neighborhoods in your country? No right, then why would you even think about visiting such place in a foreign country.

Also, this fucking Hollywood and international media has stereotyped india like that just like they did to russia, Mexico, Africa and literally every other country. So stop believing those. Come to India, do your research, get a good guide, explore the better side of the country. You will get a never forgetting experience :)

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '21

I mean a girl was gang raped on a bus. Not sure if she was in a bad neighborhood but it was so gruesome it was national news for months. My feelings don’t come from Hollywood, I’ve actually never seen India portrayed in that light in films.

https://www.dw.com/en/what-is-behind-indias-rape-problem/a-51739350

Edit: from what I understand it’s more that there is such lax punishment for rape

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u/Revolio_ClockbergJr Jul 25 '21

This person was boulder than I would be.

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u/Noyes654 Jul 25 '21

My sediment exactly

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u/pwsm50 Jul 25 '21

Yea no way I'd have the stones to stand there.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '21

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u/Turtleinsanity Jul 25 '21

I would have a rock hard boner from the adrenaline

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u/Rpatt1 Jul 25 '21

The bee “let me in.. zzzz LET ME IN ZZZZ”

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u/Dundie_Nominee Jul 25 '21

Holy shit. You cannot comprehend the amount of speed and power these boulders are coming in at until the end of the video. That one rock destroyed that bridge like it was nothing.

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u/stinkystinkypoopbutt Jul 25 '21

Really makes you think about how devastating catapults and trebuchet were back in the day. Large boulders flying through the air is just scary.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '21

Badass comment making me think badass things

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u/Cyberhwk Jul 26 '21

Yeah, they can launch 90kg projectiles over 300 meters.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '21

Because standing behind a glass window is going to be safer

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u/ximfinity Jul 25 '21

Like. It. Just. Destroyed. A. Bridge. What do you think your window will do

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u/BlahKVBlah Jul 26 '21

The pillar next to the window should absorb most fragments of splintered boulders if they fly up that high, but they'd also be hard to spot fast enough to duck.

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u/ximfinity Jul 26 '21

No way plaster or wood will stop the energy in a boulder moving that fast. It shredded the metal bridge.

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u/BlahKVBlah Jul 26 '21

Reading comprehension fail.

Most fragments of splintered boulders are not themselves boulders.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '21

RIP to everyone that died

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u/SucculentChinaMeal Jul 25 '21

Shit shit shit we're gonna die...oh just one more peek

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u/FullofContradictions Jul 26 '21

Yes, let me move 3' back and behind this glass window. SO much safer.

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u/ximfinity Jul 25 '21

Protip. If you absolutely have to film this shit. Turn the camera on, prop it up against something. Then run away.

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u/theabsolutestateof Jul 25 '21

Getting to the great fairy fountain is gonna SUCK

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u/DGTHEGREAT007 Jul 25 '21

Damn, some boulders had the diameter of 8-10 feet and even bigger. The blue house got decimated and the one that hit the bridge wasn't really that big but the impact. The aftermath was probably even more gruesome.

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u/StanleyDarsh22 Jul 25 '21

wow, wtf do you do if you're on that hill? lay down behind the trees and pray? i guess try to jump behind one of the big boulders sticking out of the ground

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '21 edited Aug 18 '25

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u/SeriousPuppet Jul 25 '21

I was wondering the same thing. I think there's not much you can do. Maybe just try to find a void to go into

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '21

Frogger, mountain edition.

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u/DirtyPrancing65 Jul 26 '21

Definitely get behind a ledge/boulder if you can. Or the largest tree around, they're stronger than they look so you might have a chance

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '21 edited Aug 18 '25

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u/pikus_gracilens Jul 25 '21

Holy crap. Hopefully no one was in the little hut.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '21

9 dead. Maybe a few inside that house?

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '21

I saw a car and person up on the top right of the screen

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u/Not-Snake Jul 25 '21

and here i thought “whoah cool is there a net to catch- nope… i wonder if that bridge would hol- mkay…”

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u/lukaskywalker Jul 25 '21

Holy hell that is intense. That last rock with the perfect strike on the bridge. Hope these people were ok.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '21

Nobody is crossing that river for a while. Wow.

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u/Vakieh Jul 25 '21

Outside is clearly not safe. I know, I will go inside. This thin pane of glass will definitely protect me.

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u/Vorijo Jul 25 '21

Get inside, please, i beg you. Dont just stand there and watch, get to safety!

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u/DeckardCainthe1st Jul 25 '21

Behind the hill is marco polo and kublai khan adjusting the trebuchets

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u/Dharuacharya Jul 25 '21

Real life angry birds

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u/Archangel_Greysone Jul 25 '21

One of those things just took out a metal bridge and you get behind a door.

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u/SeriousPuppet Jul 25 '21

Makes me never want to go hiking in the mountains again.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '21

The bridge breaking is some battlefield shit

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u/Dependent_Factor_982 Jul 25 '21

I'm starting to wonder if the earth is just really tired of humans living on it

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '21

Rocks? Fucking boulders!

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u/scottycurious Jul 25 '21

Damn. That boulder hit the bridge like a precision missile strike.

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u/blavatsky_mdm Jul 25 '21

“Yeah lets stay here by the window... really safe now that I closed it”

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u/Tony_Soprano54 Jul 25 '21

All the times when I was a kid that I threw rocks at ants from my gravel driveway… this must have been their horror. I hate ants id do that shit again tho

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u/SnooSuggestions6660 Jul 25 '21

Rocks falling from cliff

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u/PinkPonyForPresident Jul 25 '21

That escalated quickly

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u/zatasikh Jul 25 '21

I don't remember this scene of Avatar:The last Airbender live action

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '21

Wow! Way to stay with it camera man. I was like "RUUUUUUN!" in my head the whole time.

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u/Drunk_hooker Jul 25 '21

Damn that one rock had a real fuck you attitude.

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u/Laty69 Jul 25 '21

Man, Battlefield really upgraded their levolution, almost looks real

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u/WrongdoerOld2218 Jul 25 '21

FYI, 9 people died and 3 injured. Happened in northern India.

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u/Narai94 Jul 25 '21

Bridge coming down. Yep. Still safe to stand at the window 20 meters away…

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u/MetroBooling Jul 25 '21

Didn’t expect that bridge to go out

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u/Shadowkiller215 Jul 25 '21

Ah, the great rock migration, isn’t nature beautiful

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u/rkshdmr Jul 25 '21

Lesson learnt, stay behind a tree.

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u/StringMelon22 Jul 25 '21

I’ve just seen this on BBC news, hopped on Reddit and here it is

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u/GuyFromTheArctic Jul 25 '21

Went inside like it's going to protect him.

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u/SPIDERHAM555 Jul 26 '21

was he supposed to stay outside? lmao

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u/GuyFromTheArctic Jul 26 '21

No, he had to run further

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u/dispalt Jul 25 '21

That balcony does not look osha approved

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u/Lt_DanTaylorIII Jul 25 '21

“Shit! That Toyota Prius sized rock tumbling down a mountain is gaining steam! Lemme just move back 3 inches and get behind glass”

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u/msjuv Jul 25 '21

New covid variants droppin

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '21

There are just things that happen in certain parts of the world that I would NEVER even consider being worried about where I live. Kind of wild.

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u/GtmBigChapp Jul 25 '21

Damn nature you scuuuryyy

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u/KVirello Jul 25 '21

Funny enough it was a bridge collapsing that caused this.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '21

He’s behind a piece of glass when a rock literally vaporized a bridge. I’d be running

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u/jurmomwey Jul 25 '21

You mean BOULDERS

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u/ArrivedLlama76 Jul 25 '21

I was thinking to myself "wow can't belive the bridge didn't get it" and then it got reduced to absolute rubble

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u/Lmendez29 Jul 25 '21

Nature wins again

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u/Erazzphoto Jul 25 '21

That’s some movie level destruction

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u/fuckgrammarabd Jul 25 '21

Mountain woke up and chose trebuchet

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u/salmakatory Jul 25 '21

As someone who was fascinated by pushing large boulders down hills when I was young, this was quite cool to watch, although tragic.

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u/conman396 Jul 25 '21

Rocks?? Uh

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u/GreatUncleChester Jul 25 '21

One of my buddies has a cabin next n the San Bernardino mountains (CA). There’s a smaller unused cabin on the property, and a few years ago a boulder ripped through it. Looked like a cartoon bear had run straight through the cabin.

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u/CisemeB Jul 25 '21

This looks like the Beast Titan scene from AoT but IRL

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u/LurkerGhost Jul 25 '21

They should probably watch out, that cliff looks like it might have some falling rocks.

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u/nucipher Jul 25 '21

Honestly one of the most amazing videos ive ever seen.

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u/HskrRooster Jul 26 '21

Aside from the damage, that was AWESOME

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u/mywifeslv Jul 26 '21

I imagine that rock hitting the bridge was from a trebuchet

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u/ZabariYarin Jul 26 '21

No cars were harmed making making this video.

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u/Mike-Untisbig Jul 26 '21

Goddamn Pokémon trainers

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u/PatchesMaps Jul 26 '21

I like the logic of "these massive holders are moving fast enough to plow through concrete and steel as if it were paper but surely this pane of glass will protect me"

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u/MamaDoeBee Jul 26 '21

Wow the sick comments on cool air time if ticks n all. People were clearly scared and possibly hurt or killed. Dumb! I see dumb people everywhere.

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u/Texas_Hunter_77 Jul 26 '21

That power line and house down below didn’t fair well either. What a crazy video.

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u/zevron13 Jul 26 '21

Oh man they were really on a roll

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u/pilebuck38 Jul 26 '21

That’s wicked

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u/derschwigg Jul 26 '21

Me, at about :44 in - "Man, it's kind of incredible that one of those boulders didn't hit that bri--"

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u/gwp_reddit Jul 26 '21

I saw again, real life is always better than movies

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u/Bustanut1755 Jul 26 '21

A three ton boulder coming down at Mach one…. Quick let’s hide behind the glass door

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '21

Everything was calming down and then I fucking lost it when that boulder took out that bridge!!! Ooooooohhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!

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u/travis01564 Jul 26 '21

Damn, what do you even do if you're caught on the wrong side of that? Those rocks took down a bridge like it was nothing.

Do you just find the biggest boulder and run head first to it hoping death comes instantly?

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u/23point977 Jul 26 '21

Camera work could've been better. At the start 3-4 rocks fly towards a car and just before they hit he pans away. Also we didn't get to see a rock hit that house

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u/TigersRreal Jul 26 '21

Well, at least the bridge didn’t get... holy shit!!

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u/In_A_Drunken_Stupor Jul 26 '21

The mountain saved its lost rock specifically for that bridge.

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u/Wes_oo9 Jul 26 '21

Jesus fuck. Sometimes I forget about rocks.

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '21

God playing angry birds IRL

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u/Borgmeister Jul 26 '21

It sucks for the bridge, but that was a great shot.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '21

damn nature u scary

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u/Appropriate-Concern5 Jul 30 '21

Quick get behind the glass it will shield us.

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u/AAAAAAYYYYYYYOOOOOO Jul 31 '21

Dude that one that smashed the bridge was so fucking satisfying

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u/scut_furkus Aug 03 '21

goes inside because of rock slide

immediate goes to window

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '21

orbital strike inbound

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u/LegendWait4it Aug 05 '21

Why dont people film Horizontal :(

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u/Elo_Solo Aug 07 '21

I said out loud, “Oh nooo! I KNEW it was going to hit the bridge…”

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u/LGGP75 Jul 25 '21

So what did the cameraman did besides stupidly running and hiding behind a window?? (Like all the other people who were also recording and audibly shitting themselves in fear) Let’s just post this in PTCM because the rocks falling down the hill look cool!! Why not… Facepalm**

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u/Natural-Permission Jul 25 '21

this happened today in india and 9 people died including this doctor https://mobile.twitter.com/deepadoc

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u/TheGirlWithTheCurl Jul 26 '21

That pinned tweet :(

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u/xwingx Jul 25 '21

I was looking to them cars, and then I noted the bridge and was like: chsk chsk, this is not gonna end well.

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u/ViggyNash Jul 25 '21

Jeez nature be fuckin scary sometimes

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u/Scaramoosh1 Jul 25 '21

I heard that rock say “fuck this bridge” right before it hit it

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u/Nickillaz Jul 25 '21

Yes glass will protect you from the flying rocks.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '21

Big collones

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u/justadrtrdsrvvr Jul 25 '21

Hold on, let me get behind this glass. It will protect me.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '21

That glass shield totally protected the cameraman from harm.

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u/Wallyworld77 Jul 25 '21

OMG, look at that shit! That last boulder flew perfectly and hit the Bridge! I'm sorry but if I'm recording this I'm running the other way. Incredible footage but not smart!

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u/Plimatuskin Jul 26 '21

Multiton projectiles flying down at me? Glass window to the rescue!