Dude on the tracks

loydall · 03-09-2006, 05:19 PM

I was walking home tonight from the station. My walk takes me along side the railway tracks. As I got close to the path that runs alongside the tracks, I noticed that there was a train that had stopped just up ahead of me. I then noticed this man stood there - directly in front of the train. I thought that it must be an engineer or something but, as I got closer, I could see he was just some guy on the tracks, stood there in front of a train.

As I got closer, I watched him walk up to the train and rest his head on one of those bumper things they have on trains... what are they called.. can't rememebr..

Anyway, eventually the station security came and got him but it was an odd thing to see. Poor guy must have been mentally ill or trying to kill himself or both..

Just thought I'd share that with you. Anyone else ever seen anything like that?

indivision · 03-09-2006, 05:29 PM

yeah. i see that happening occasionally when driving past the red-line here in la.

crazy.

japangreg · 03-09-2006, 06:02 PM

I bet he was just tired.

I would be too, stopping a train with my bare hands...

loydall · 03-09-2006, 06:03 PM

Errr don't get it??

jAQUAN · 03-09-2006, 06:06 PM

I've seen some crazy mo-fos here in vegas. One guy was standing on a sidewalk repeatedly and violently pulling on an invisible slot machine handle.

Once while roller blading my friends and I passed a dude at a bus stop who looked fine one second and the next he was beating the **** out of himself. He boxed is head so hard that he shattered the coke-bottles he was wearing, then wandered out into traffic.

A few weeks ago one of my co-workers said that some man came into the lobby all bloody and told the secratary to call an ambulance as he had been trying to kill himself. I guess she just called the cops.

We are very secretive as a tourist based city about the number of deaths that occur each year on the strip with tourists being hit by traffic and gamblers killing themselves at casinos.

japangreg · 03-09-2006, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by loydall

Errr don't get it??

Sorry, probably pretty innapropriate for the tone of this thread: meant he had just finished stopping a train with his bare hands ala superman and just needed to put his head down for a bit...

indivision · 03-09-2006, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by jAQUAN

I've seen some crazy mo-fos here in vegas. One guy was standing on a sidewalk repeatedly and violently pulling on an invisible slot machine handle.

haha. probably less expensive a habit than the real thing.

i can see people getting hit there the way they are all running out into the road combined with the way the cab drivers drive. but, gamblers killing themselves IN the casinos? in the casino itself or one of the rooms?

loydall · 03-09-2006, 06:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by japangreg

Sorry, probably pretty innapropriate for the tone of this thread: meant he had just finished stopping a train with his bare hands ala superman and just needed to put his head down for a bit...

Sorry - not you japangreg, I didn't understand "yeah. i see that happening occasionally when driving past the red-line here in la"

What does that mean?

indivision · 03-09-2006, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by loydall

Sorry - not you japangreg, I didn't understand "yeah. i see that happening occasionally when driving past the red-line here in la"

What does that mean?

you described something very unusual and then asked if anyone has seen anything like it. i was being sarcastic. bad joke. my apologies.

jAQUAN · 03-09-2006, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by indivision

but, gamblers killing themselves IN the casinos? in the casino itself or one of the rooms?

both, one lady jumped off the inner balcony in the luxor and landed on a, I think a craps table.

loydall · 03-09-2006, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jAQUAN

A few weeks ago one of my co-workers said that some man came into the lobby all bloody and told the secratary to call an ambulance as he had been trying to kill himself. I guess she just called the cops.

Man - I remember a while ago some homeless guy at the station next to my work (why do they always hang out at stations??) manged to get hold of a razor blade... What he'd managed to do to his OWN face i wont go in to but it wasn't pretty. Makes you wonder how these guys are allowed out..

loydall · 03-09-2006, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by indivision

you described something very unusual and then asked if anyone has seen anything like it. i was being sarcastic. bad joke. my apologies.

Ahhh - just me being dumb....

indivision · 03-09-2006, 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jAQUAN

both, one lady jumped off the inner balcony in the luxor and landed on a, I think a craps table.

man. crazy. is that why they dont have any tables in there now? when we stayed there we had to wait for passers by before throwing things down... woops.

TallGuyLittleCar · 03-09-2006, 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jAQUAN

both, one lady jumped off the inner balcony in the luxor and landed on a, I think a craps table.

jumped or thrown?

Markp.com · 03-09-2006, 06:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by loydall

I watched him walk up to the train and rest his head on one of those bumper things they have on trains... what are they called.. can't rememebr..

Strangely enough, they are called sleepers!

The_Xell · 03-09-2006, 07:19 PM

Back in England, I used to live near a train station and a mental ward. More than once people in strange clothes would wonder around the train station shouting and generally causing a scene. Amazed they never got on the tracks.

The other station I'm near to has one of the highest deaths. So many people have got on a train that skips that station and tried to open to doors/use the emergency open. The result has been death from hitting the station, and worse, getting hit by a train coming the other direction.

Not too cool.

tonytryout · 03-09-2006, 07:40 PM

I once saw walking home from work, some drunken guy beating up an invisible guy in the corner.

yes really

loydall · 03-10-2006, 05:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Markp.com

Strangely enough, they are called sleepers!

Oh yeah... ha!

mr_malee · 03-10-2006, 05:11 AM

was there a crazy guy playing an old piano. Cause i've seen this situation somewhere before

**Genesis F5** · 03-10-2006, 06:29 AM

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Originally Posted by tonytryout

I once saw walking home from work, some drunken guy beating up an invisible guy in the corner.

Fight Club!

03-09-2006, 05:19 PM	#1
loydall say no more Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: London Posts: 832	Dude on the tracks I was walking home tonight from the station. My walk takes me along side the railway tracks. As I got close to the path that runs alongside the tracks, I noticed that there was a train that had stopped just up ahead of me. I then noticed this man stood there - directly in front of the train. I thought that it must be an engineer or something but, as I got closer, I could see he was just some guy on the tracks, stood there in front of a train. As I got closer, I watched him walk up to the train and rest his head on one of those bumper things they have on trains... what are they called.. can't rememebr.. Anyway, eventually the station security came and got him but it was an odd thing to see. Poor guy must have been mentally ill or trying to kill himself or both.. Just thought I'd share that with you. Anyone else ever seen anything like that?

03-09-2006, 06:02 PM	#3
japangreg Didn't do it. Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: \o/ \|o\| \|o_ /o\ Posts: 784	I bet he was just tired. I would be too, stopping a train with my bare hands... __________________ Hush child. japangreg can do what he wants. - PAlexC That was Zen - this is Tao.

03-09-2006, 06:06 PM	#5
jAQUAN Total Universe Man Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: NaN Posts: 2,061	I've seen some crazy mo-fos here in vegas. One guy was standing on a sidewalk repeatedly and violently pulling on an invisible slot machine handle. Once while roller blading my friends and I passed a dude at a bus stop who looked fine one second and the next he was beating the ** out of himself. He boxed is head so hard that he shattered the coke-bottles he was wearing, then wandered out into traffic. A few weeks ago one of my co-workers said that some man came into the lobby all bloody and told the secratary to call an ambulance as he had been trying to kill himself. I guess she just called the cops. We are very secretive as a tourist based city about the number of deaths that occur each year on the strip with tourists being hit by traffic and gamblers killing themselves at casinos. __________________ I approve this message. AS3**SOURCE: @ @ @ @ SD \| fk css \| Believe the HYPE \| I tweet. I hate it when I sit down to play a game of Monopoly and later realize that I have just lost $400 playing pai gow poker. - creativeinsomnia

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tonytryout ? Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Somewhere out there Posts: 864	I once saw walking home from work, some drunken guy beating up an invisible guy in the corner. yes really __________________ Portfolio

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mr_malee M.D. Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Shelter Posts: 4,039	was there a crazy guy playing an old piano. Cause i've seen this situation somewhere before __________________ lather yourself up with soap - soap arcade

03-09-2006, 05:29 PM	#2
indivision Banned Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 474	yeah. i see that happening occasionally when driving past the red-line here in la. crazy.

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loydall say no more Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: London Posts: 832	Errr don't get it??

03-09-2006, 07:19 PM	#16
The_Xell .: Weirded Out :. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Under the table and dreaming... Posts: 801	Back in England, I used to live near a train station and a mental ward. More than once people in strange clothes would wonder around the train station shouting and generally causing a scene. Amazed they never got on the tracks. The other station I'm near to has one of the highest deaths. So many people have got on a train that skips that station and tried to open to doors/use the emergency open. The result has been death from hitting the station, and worse, getting hit by a train coming the other direction. Not too cool.

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