Another Viral Video, Goober! Kicked from a Train
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Anyone who stands that close to a moving train is tempting fate. One broken band or an errant board will remove a head
How do you even begin to explain to your employer why you can`t come to work that day after something like that. My boss would not believe me if I told her I`d been injured by flying body parts...I wouldn`t believe me.
Jared Frank's selfie of head kick from train makes him YouTube star
Jared Frank's selfie of head kick from train makes him YouTube star
A Saskatchewan man who just wanted to take a selfie in front of a train has become an internet sensation, after he was kicked in the head by someone on a speeding locomotive.
A YouTube video shows Jared Frank, 22, of Regina in Peru, taking a video selfie while standing in front of a passing train.
A split second later, he takes a boot to the noggin from someone at the front of the train with black shoes and wearing a uniform — apparently a conductor. The blow leaves Frank uninjured but reeling.
"Wow, that guy kicked me in the head," he is heard saying in the video that has received more than nine million views after two days.
"I tried to take a selfie while a train passed a 'safe' distance behind. I guess I was still too close and got kicked in the head," Frank said on his YouTube page, where he goes by "Jared Michael."
Kicked in the head by a train - YouTube
Frank, who is originally from Cupar, is a manager in training at Jump.ca, the Saskatchewan internet service company.
Newspapers, websites and television stations around the world have run the clip.
On Thursday afternoon, after the YouTube clip had tallied millions of views, CBC News caught up to Frank who explained how the event unfolded.
"I was in South America, on a trek to Machu Picchu, and I was walking on these train tracks," he said. "The first time the train came ... it was going incredibly slow and I stepped off the tracks and it moved by and it was fine."
Later, Frank said, he was on the same tracks and listening to music when he heard another train coming and — based on his previous experience — figured it would be safe to capture some video with the train moving behind him.
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"So I stepped off the tracks and got my camera ready [and] by the time I hit play [to record] and before I could even look where the train was, it already kicked me in the head," he said. "It was going way faster than it was before."
Some comments on the video noted how the kick could have killed him, while others said the person who gave him the boot may have prevented Frank from being struck by metal from the train and might have saved his life.
Lesson learned
Frank said he learned a valuable lesson.
"The moral of the story, I guess, is just not to take trains for granted and assume that they're always going to go slow," he said. He added he was shocked by what happened, but wasn't hurt.
He said he did not expect it to capture so much attention online.
"I almost don't know what to think," he said. "I knew what the internet was capable of, but the fact that people all around the world ... are talking about it ... it's hilarious."
source: Jared Frank's selfie of head kick from train makes him YouTube star - Saskatchewan - CBC News
Jared Frank's selfie of head kick from train makes him YouTube star
A Saskatchewan man who just wanted to take a selfie in front of a train has become an internet sensation, after he was kicked in the head by someone on a speeding locomotive.
A YouTube video shows Jared Frank, 22, of Regina in Peru, taking a video selfie while standing in front of a passing train.
A split second later, he takes a boot to the noggin from someone at the front of the train with black shoes and wearing a uniform — apparently a conductor. The blow leaves Frank uninjured but reeling.
"Wow, that guy kicked me in the head," he is heard saying in the video that has received more than nine million views after two days.
"I tried to take a selfie while a train passed a 'safe' distance behind. I guess I was still too close and got kicked in the head," Frank said on his YouTube page, where he goes by "Jared Michael."
Kicked in the head by a train - YouTube
Frank, who is originally from Cupar, is a manager in training at Jump.ca, the Saskatchewan internet service company.
Newspapers, websites and television stations around the world have run the clip.
On Thursday afternoon, after the YouTube clip had tallied millions of views, CBC News caught up to Frank who explained how the event unfolded.
"I was in South America, on a trek to Machu Picchu, and I was walking on these train tracks," he said. "The first time the train came ... it was going incredibly slow and I stepped off the tracks and it moved by and it was fine."
Later, Frank said, he was on the same tracks and listening to music when he heard another train coming and — based on his previous experience — figured it would be safe to capture some video with the train moving behind him.
Proudly Canadian
"So I stepped off the tracks and got my camera ready [and] by the time I hit play [to record] and before I could even look where the train was, it already kicked me in the head," he said. "It was going way faster than it was before."
Some comments on the video noted how the kick could have killed him, while others said the person who gave him the boot may have prevented Frank from being struck by metal from the train and might have saved his life.
Lesson learned
Frank said he learned a valuable lesson.
"The moral of the story, I guess, is just not to take trains for granted and assume that they're always going to go slow," he said. He added he was shocked by what happened, but wasn't hurt.
He said he did not expect it to capture so much attention online.
"I almost don't know what to think," he said. "I knew what the internet was capable of, but the fact that people all around the world ... are talking about it ... it's hilarious."
source: Jared Frank's selfie of head kick from train makes him YouTube star - Saskatchewan - CBC News
Re: Jared Frank's selfie of head kick from train makes him YouTube star
http://forums.canadiancontent.net/hot-topics/124097-another-viral-video-goober-kicked.html
That one IS a thread.....
http://forums.canadiancontent.net/hot-topics/124097-another-viral-video-goober-kicked.html
That one IS a thread.....
Re: Jared Frank's selfie of head kick from train makes him YouTube star
so sue me... :roll:
Loc pls merge threads as per lone wolf
Can you find a dupe for "Man arrested in Netherlands in Canadian’s online bullying" too
so sue me... :roll:
Loc pls merge threads as per lone wolf
Can you find a dupe for "Man arrested in Netherlands in Canadian’s online bullying" too
Re: Jared Frank's selfie of head kick from train makes him YouTube star
Trolling? Have another....
Trolling? Have another....
Just bring it with you.
Of course, that would open another can of worms.Spade, you should add this to the Darwin Award thread.