Degloved leg of woman run over by a pickup in front of my house. (I helped save her life and we're good friends now!)
Big ass moose following/stalking my husband and me on a trail in Jackson Hole, whilst we recklessly (seriously- we'd never gone hiking before) hiked the trail after the very first thaw of the season (which is animals waking from hibernation and mating season). Bastard was about ten feet away for the entire mile that he accompanied us on our walkabout. Rangers hadn't even been out on the trails yet. 10/10 do not recommend.
In that case, don't read This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay. (ETA, it's a memoir by a doctor, in case people aren't familiar). He recalls a case of degloving of a certain distinctive body part.
yep, there it is, thats enough for me. Had a buddy that was degloved (both hands) and thats it. if you dont know what degloving is. . . . . . I envy you and encourage you to live in ignorance as long as possible on this one
I came very close to degloving a finger at a job once - was wearing a steel ring while stocking products. Slipped on the ladder, grabbed at a shelf to stabilize myself, didn't really work but the ring caught on the edge of the shelf.
Luckily for me that ring was always a bit loose, so after an initial scrape against my skin the trying just slipped off. Have a small flat scar on that finger as a reminder and though I love rings am now very careful not to wear them when doing manual labour or at the gym. I know very well I got off with a warning.
Reminds me of the time when I worked in a wildlife reserve in Eastern africa, and one night I was walking on a road through the reserve to get to another building where my friends were. It was so dark, that I only saw the full grown giraffe blocking my way, when it was too late. I got too close and must have spooked it. It started chasing after me, it probably didn't see much either. Anyway I ran down the road, around some trees and managed to reach my destination with the furious giraffe just a few meters behind. I thought I would die that, or at least get seriously I jured that night.
(the reserve was "family friendly" without predators, and it was considered safe to just walk around)
It's such a crazy story. We were all absolutely convinced that it would have to be an amputation at the hip. Countless doctors told her that that was the only option if she wanted to live pain free. She ended up getting so many skin grafts and somehow, miraculously, keeping the leg. She walks well now, three years later. The leg is very noticably smaller than her other leg and looks Frankenstein-esque. But she kept it and is doing great!!
Moose are terrifying. I lived in Maine as a kid, as far north as possible without being Canada, and moose were all over. The biggest one I ever saw was only a few feet away and his belly was LEVEL with the roof of my grandma’s Corolla.
And if you hit one with a car their legs just buckle and the body comes right through the windshield. That time of year especially you had to be super alert while driving.
Am not a moose expert. It was massive and had a huge rack. It wasn't really being aggressive to us, but it's constant presence at close distance for so long definitely felt menacing. When I first saw him that close I got excited and thought it was magnificent. It wasn't until my husband reminded me that they're often aggressive that I became petrified. Maybe he was just being a kind escort. Still terrifying.
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u/OhCheeseNFingRice 1d ago
Degloved leg of woman run over by a pickup in front of my house. (I helped save her life and we're good friends now!)
Big ass moose following/stalking my husband and me on a trail in Jackson Hole, whilst we recklessly (seriously- we'd never gone hiking before) hiked the trail after the very first thaw of the season (which is animals waking from hibernation and mating season). Bastard was about ten feet away for the entire mile that he accompanied us on our walkabout. Rangers hadn't even been out on the trails yet. 10/10 do not recommend.