My friend and I almost got hit by a train in January.
A train had just gone by a few minutes before we got near the tracks, so we decided to wait there for another one of our friends to meet us up. I happen to look over to the left of me and notice a strange green light that was about 80 feet from my friend and I. I say to him, "Hey Don, I think a train's coming..." He looks at me and says "It's just a fuckin' stoplight". I thought it was weird because traffic lights around my house are green for all about 20 seconds, not 5 minutes. So, my friend and I started arguing about that. Our arguement came to a halt when we heard the train crossing signals coming from our left, where that green light was. I look at my friend and was like "IN YOUR FACE, WHAT DOES THAT SOUND LIKE TO YOU YOU BASTARD". Being the idiots we are, we were staying on the tracks until we finally saw the train.
We didn't see it. For some reason, I happen to look over my shoulder to the right of me. What was I looking at? A train coming at a fast speed toward my friend and I, about 30 feet away. Quickly thinking, I did a barrel roll and flipped off the tracks. My friend was two inches away from getting hit. Needless to say, we won't be playing on the train tracks anymore.
April 4th, 2013 at 07:22am