The world is like a Rube Goldberg machine of danger. We can never be too sure if one action is going to have lasting consequences down the road, but with the power of hindsight we're often shown how things could have turned out for us in a bad way. Choosing to not go to a particularly sketchy party, breaking up with someone who's starting to give you super weird vibes, or simply getting on the freeway 5 minutes later than you expected can all have terrifyingly huge consequences down the line.
Here are some stories of people who managed to sidestep pretty big bullets by use of their own gut feelings, wits, or straight up luck. Because the weird thing about being alive is that at the end of the day, sometimes it's just all up to chance.
For some more spooky near misses, here are some other freaky times people dodged bullets.
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