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A Live Power Line Fell on Their Car in an Ice Storm. Then the Engine Caught Fire
This ice storm power line story begins in the back seat of a gray SUV on a two-lane county road in southern Missouri, a little after nine at…
He Came Home Early From Deployment. Another Man’s Boots Were by the Door
This soldier homecoming surprise was supposed to be the happiest video Sergeant Luis Medina ever recorded. He had been deployed for nine months, and his unit came home…
The Manager Threw a Homeless Man Into the Snow. Then the Head Chef Ran Out Crying
This homeless man steakhouse story was filmed by a diner on a snowy Friday night in downtown Chicago. The restaurant was the kind of place where people come…
She Caught Her Stepmom Putting Something in Dad’s Coffee. Then the Stepmom Drank It
This stepmom coffee story starts with a fifteen-year-old girl hiding behind a hallway corner in Scottsdale, Arizona, holding her phone with shaking hands. It was a little after…
An Avalanche Hit Their Chairlift. He Said ‘On Three, We Jump’
This chairlift avalanche story was filmed on the kind of day skiers wait all season for. A foot and a half of fresh powder had fallen overnight in…
A Fin Taller Than a Mast Rose Between Them. Then His Engine Died
This Long Beach jet ski fin video was supposed to be nothing more than two friends showing off. Diego Ramirez, 26, had his phone zipped into a waterproof…
Every Whale Dove at Once. Then the Boat Started to Rise
This Monterey whale watching story begins the way a thousand happy mornings on the bay begin: a boat full of tourists in rain jackets, a thermos of bad…
The HOA Tore Out a Boy’s Wheelchair Ramp. Then the Trucks Showed Up
This HOA ramp story started with a sound nobody on Larkspur Court will ever forget: the screech of a crowbar pulling a fresh pine board off a little…
Something Was Squeezing the Pier. They Had a Quarter Mile to Run
The crack sounded like a gunshot under the boardwalk, and that is how this Huntington Beach pier monster story starts. Hannah Brooks, twenty-two, cropped denim jacket, phone in…
Pink Smoke, Then His Brother Screamed: ‘Tell Him, Jenna!’
The giant black balloon popped, pink smoke rolled across a backyard in Texas, and everyone screamed with joy. Everyone except one man. That is the moment this gender…