Most dangerous/scary/risky place you have ever been?

Page 5 - Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.

HappyPuppy

Lifer
Apr 5, 2001
16,997
2
71
compton

Whoa, dude. When I got out of the Army I went to work for Aetna finance company as a collector. Compton was one of my collection areas along with East L.A. and south central. I did some crazy things back then. I was chased with knives, screwdrivers and guns. I once walked into a bar in sc, I being the only person of the light skinned persuasion, and dragged a woman out of the bar in order to collect on a loan she owed. To this day, I don't know why I'm still alive. Maybe the other patrons in the bar thought I was "the man".
 

rgwalt

Diamond Member
Apr 22, 2000
7,393
0
0
When I was six or seven, I was body surfing in the waters off of La Hoya, CA. I got sucked down under more than a few times, and I don't remember much, but I do remember being rolled end-over-end through the surf under water, not knowing which way was up. When I came to a brief stop, I reached above my head only to get a handful of sand. I finally was able to right myself and get on shore though.

I was a good swimmer as a kid... Still am I suppose.

Then there was this time my apartment blew up, and a friend of mine named Tyler Durdin and I went to have some beer. Afterwards he told me that he wanted me to hit him as hard as I could...

Ryan
 

GermyBoy

Banned
Jun 5, 2001
3,524
0
0
Dude, it's pretty scary when your girlfriends father is rushing into her room with a shotgun and I'm peering through the closet butt naked. He proceeded to ask her why she was laying down naked on her bed, and making loud moaning sounds. Some people jus can't lie!

Peace,
GermyBoy
 

Kenazo

Lifer
Sep 15, 2000
10,429
1
81
(1) Held in Russian prison for illegaly entering Russia. To stupid to realize it then but am scared now:)

(2)Amateur rockclimbing incident in Goreme Turkey.
 

rudder

Lifer
Nov 9, 2000
19,441
86
91
While living in the Philippines, a friend and I decided to drive a couple of hours to the beach and go scuba diving. While walking down a small isolated road we ran into two guys sitting in the jungle drinking some whiskey. They had plain clothes and were brandishing m-16's. It was about 11 in the morning and I though for sure they were New People Army guerrillas. They did not screw with us after we told them we would catch them a squid.

Other than getting nearly dynamited (preferred fishing method) while diving that day, we some how managed to make it back to the safety of clark air base. And I had no lobsters for my troubles.
 

mellondust

Senior member
Nov 20, 2001
562
0
0
I lived on West Belvedere Ave in the bad part of Pimlico Maryland near Baltimore for a couple of months.