36 Totally Wild Freak Accidents

It’s inevitable that we will all die, but how it’ll happen remains a mystery for most of us. It’s ideal, of course, to go out in your sleep, blissfully unaware that it’ll be the last time you close your eyes. But for some people, it’s not that simple. Instead, they end up being cautionary tales — a story that’s told in a hushed tone with the closing line, “...and that’s why you should get life insurance!”

Redditors have revealed the unbelievable ways people they’ve known have died, and if you need something to feed your fear of going to the beach, mowing the lawn or using a Dr. Pepper machine, there’s plenty of fuel here to stoke those flames.