This Guy Almost Won a Darwin Award

Actually he is in the running for a video production award. Can you say "made for youtube"

Things are so often not what they appear.
HE wins I bought it, the Slow Motion shows the Ball Coming Back and hitting him. Good Stage if thats what it was
 
Ok way to many problems with this one. you can see the steel ball coming back but he yells before it hits him. how does the camera fall with him and land right in the exact spot needed? Who the heck cleaned and bandaged him up a 6 year old?
 
I think we need to have our in-house expert, CL Scott, take a look at it!

Thanks Ted! I think it was fake, here's why:

1. It's hard getting camera angles and focus like that on purpose.
2. He has enough money and technical experience to use a slow motion camera.
3. It's hard enough getting camera angles and focus like that on purpose.
4. At 2:09-2:10 it looks like fake skin lifted under the towel.
5. How can a camera just fall into perfect frame like that? It's hard enough to get a camera angle and focus like that. on purpose!

He deserves the views for creativity and getting that ball to come flying from under the sheet. But my vote... ​FAKE
 
It also appears the person coming to his aid has some already dried blood on one of his fingers. Implying this wasn't the first take.

Probably because it's hard getting camera angles and focus like that on purpose.
 
He's lucky his hand was protected... that thing could have taken someones finger nail out.

But seriously... it's a fake. The slomo shot of the glass bottle shows how much the force is reduced upon impact with the wall (bottle or no bottle). The steel ball would not have traveled back that far with that much speed.
 
He's lucky his hand was protected... that thing could have taken someones finger nail out.

But seriously... it's a fake. The slomo shot of the glass bottle shows how much the force is reduced upon impact with the wall (bottle or no bottle). The steel ball would not have traveled back that far with that much speed.
correct, good observation.
 
Because of all the gun crimes this cause him to invent this deadly sling shot. So this was totally the gun mfg fault along with the NRA.
 
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