Apr 11 2009
Drunk Man Survives Fall Unhurt
Yes, when you’re drunk, you tend to do some really stupid things. This one Russian man happened to do the same thing twice. He jumped out of a five story kitchen window in his home, and then he did it again just because his wife wouldn’t shut up about him doing it the first time. The amazing thing is he was left virtually unhurt from both falls. He had drank three bottles of Vodka that day, so it is believed the alcohol saved him from injury in the fall.
This is something I believe can happen. As a teenager, I saw something quite similar happen to a man that lived in my apartment building at the time. No, he didn’t fall twice, but one drunken night, he walked up to the third floor balcony, and he proceeded to fall to the ground below. Some say he was half sleepwalking at the time it happened, but other than a few bruises and scratches he was unhurt. What do you think? Could the alcohol in the man’s body saved him?
They say that alcohol relaxes the body, and that’s why people who are drunk who fall are often unhurt. It’s tensing up your muscles as you fall (and are scared) that sends the fatal shockwaves to your internal organs.