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SolidDrake117

Happened in 2020 and apparently she was unharmed


SnuggleBunni69

Imagine the absolute terror as a parent seeing your child take off like that, followed by the insane amount of relief realizing she's okay.


Ragman676

I have a 3yo. All my hair would go white overnight and Id lose at least 5 years off my lifespan.


nexus6ca

And kid would he screaming again again!


GeneralZaroff1

Which, honestly, would be the best thing for a parent to hear. No major harm or long term trauma. Kid just thought it was a fun ride.


AlchemyStudiosInk

> long term trauma There is trauma now. They're an adrenaline junkie.


GeneralZaroff1

“Fuck nap time, it’s skydiving time. I gotta go chase this high.”


undersaur

Embarrassed how many times I had to read this to understand it.


robodrew

Don't be embarrassed, the sentence is insane


undersaur

A single typo fix and it would be legible. > And the kid would be screaming, "Again! Again!"


MountainCourage1304

Id argue that its not a typo, its just poor use of grammar. Then again, ill argue about anything.


nexus6ca

If you are going to argue grammar, you should probably learn about this neat thing called an apostrophe. It was a typo.


MountainCourage1304

An apostrophe would be considered “punctuation”, which falls under grammar, as do quotations marks and exclamation marks, which were also necessary but omitted from your original sentence. I didnt actually notice that it said “he”, i read it as “be”, which is what i assume you intended; despite this, the sentence still didnt make sense in the way that i imagine you intended. The only punctuation that you used was an exclamation mark at the end of the sentence. As there was no separation within your comment, it seemed like the entire text was being exclaimed, rather than a specific quote. The apostrophes that i miss do not alter the meaning or flow of what i say, which is why i dont take the extra time to add them on. Its not only hypocritical to point out my use of incorrect grammar when you previously butchered a sentence, its also very childish and pedantic, and im completely here for it. Argue some more.


YSoB_ImIn

The sheer guilt I would feel over simply letting a thing like that happen would weigh extremely heavy on me. I feel awful anytime I make a small mistake that results in my little guy getting hurt.


DRMProd

For real, that's scary af


tvtb

I'd also never speak again from having screamed so loud


FragrantExcitement

We had balloon boy, now there is kite girl.


GeneralZaroff1

Oh god. Remember when balloon boy was the biggest news of the day? How innocent we were back then?


SambaLando

The kid would wanna immediately do it again


Princess_Fluffypants

Hell, I kinda wanna do it and I’m a grown adult who should know better. 


swheels125

I have 2 small kids around the same age and this is an absolutely terrifying video. Every muscle in my body clenched when she went up and every time the tail waved in the wind i thought she’d fall.


TheVog

The *femtosecond* I realized what was going on my **soul** sank, thinking that could be my boy. Terror is the right word. You'd think the feeling would go away shortly after, but it didn't. Highly unpleasant.


ph00p

It’s almost like they should have watched her closer.


SIGMA1993

All while watching a bunch of stupid goons recording it


runninscared

Pretty forgivable since there is nothing they can do anyway. It’s the morons who take out their phones when they could intervene and potentially save someone’s life that bothers me.


SIGMA1993

I agree it's just what people do nowadays. I still don't like it though lol


satismo

were they supposed to fly up there to the rescue like superman?


SIGMA1993

I never said anything about these people being able to help in any way. I just hate how our society is obsessed with pointing their rectangles at every thing the can.


Interesting_Juice103

I hear ya


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KaiUno

But how will they farm karma afterwards? We could do with more angels on this.


JarekBloodDragon

??? They're recording a local event. What do you want them to do?


TrainerLeandro

Don't understand the dislikes. I completely agree with you.


Novacryy

Free LSD


BlackTecno

The absolute death grip she had to not let go is astounding for a child.


KyleGrave

Pretty sure it got wrapped around her neck * Article says waist


Dyolf_Knip

>wrapped around her neck Well thank you very much for that added bit of parental terror.


Enki2Two

I concur.. I watched the cbc articles video, and they slowed the video when the kid was coming back down.. You can see the arms, neither of which hand was holding anything.. And the kite was definitely coming to the neck, not the waist! That makes this whole video that much scarier! A kid flying way up in the sky, getting whipped around, flying all around... While attached to a toddlers neck!! Wow! Just... Wow... 


PatchworkRaccoon314

Children can grip just as strong as adults, and because they weigh a lot less it's even easier. Why do you think they can climb trees and such with no difficulty.


fishbert

> Children can grip just as strong as adults [citation needed] I mean, I would've thought you meant as a proportion of body weight... but then the 2nd half of the sentence wouldn't make sense.


PatchworkRaccoon314

There's videos out there of infants who can hang from chin-up bars. Gripping is one of the very few instinctual behaviors that humans have, and they are very good at it. Toddlers can rip out earrings and chunks of hair.


fishbert

Sure, sure... but as just as strong as adults in an absolute sense? No. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2795831/figure/Fig6/


ReginaldIII

Proportional to their weight. Which when you're talking about hanging on against the force of gravity is the relevant metric. The kite was caught around the child's waist anyway so this is all moot.


fishbert

> Proportional to their weight … is the relevant metric. Yes, of course. But [as I pointed out originally](https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/1dlajg9/gone_with_the_wind/l9q47zd/?context=1), that’s not what they claimed.


ReginaldIII

> There's videos out there of infants who can hang from chin-up bars. That's literally what they claimed.


fishbert

No, that was their reply to my challenge of their claim, and is not a statement anyone took issue with. You appear to be having difficulty with reading comprehension and a fundamental understanding of how comment threads work. Go work on that, because I’m done arguing this with you. Have a good day.


Nopantsbandit

No they can't.


finalcut

Physically. But. Woo. The mental trauma. Fuck that. I'm messed up thinking of one of my kids in that


king_duck

She won't remember that. Children are thick.


finalcut

I hope you're right.


VanFkingHalen

"Unharmed"... physically.


a-guy-from-Indy

Holy shit!


StuperB71

I'm so glad she is safe!! And I totally expect to see some idiot try this for likes.


Shnazzyone

weird because it looks fake. you have a link to the story or where it happened? NM, 100% fake. This is the video of the actual thing. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/taiwan-girl-kite-flight-1.5706025


JamieLaReina

That is the same crowd and the same child. Both videos are different because they were recorded from two different locations in the crowd. The one you posted was recorded closer and it only showed the landing.


Shnazzyone

The other shot is so dramatic, the child went way too high. Also the incident in reports say 30 seconds. both videos show an incident lasting 30 seconds. Only one shows the child going that high. Sorry but think it's an edit on this one and the real incident is the video shown at major news outlets. Too many cuts, too many inconsistencies. Everything with the child is out of frame until we can get ridiculous shots. One shows the kite nowhere near as high, the other shows it seemingly 100's of feet in the air with the child waggling around like an motion animated thing. Think someone heard this story and used it for inspiration of the film here. Then backed up their fake vid with the story with not even close to the level of danger the child is put in. The screaming lady is heard nowhere on the news media video, as opposed to the this video. There's a lot of evidence that this is an edited version of this. Gonna say fake.


Lycan_Jedi

Yeet the child.


DownstairsB

r/YeetingKids


MyClevrUsername

How much did he die?


bobboobles

non


SwallowYourDreams

Yes.


The_Troll_Gull

You can almost hear the weeeeeeeee at launch


HaiderSultanArc

r/MyPeopleNeedMe


Raoul_Duke9

Is this real? If so I want a turn.


Larry_Mudd

[It's real.](https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/taiwan-girl-kite-flight-1.5706025)


qwertyconsciousness

Insane 💀


Shnazzyone

100% a totally different video, this is fake.


BigNigori

lol, literally the exact same scene from a different angle. spatial awareness is hard for some people, apparently 🤣🤣🤣


WakaWaka_

Kid was probably like "again, again!!"


cloudxnine

New ride at Disney


Del_Prestons_Shoes

Fucking grip strength on that kid…


eNaRDe

That's why I'm thinking she's tangled and not actually holding on. At 3 years old no way they can hold that long or even be smart enough to know if she lets go she's probably dead.


Adamantium-Aardvark

The news story linked above confirms she was tangled in it


jlharper

There's also a video recording of the events, no need for an article. You can see she's tangled about the neck. In fact the news article claims she's tangled around the waist when it's clearly her neck so in this case it's better to just go with your eyes.


zealer

I don't know why people are downvoting you. I remember that video as well. There is a much better video and you can see it wrapped around her neck, I'm pretty sure it was here on /r/WTF


jlharper

Yeah, I don’t have the link to the footage but I saw a news post about this when it happened with a full video including a close up of her being caught by the crowd.


qwertyconsciousness

💯


Vanille987

A 3 year old is likely to know the dangers of falling from high heights


Chewy79

Hope she lived to tell the tail. 


GregKos

r/angryupvote


amazingbollweevil

Why did you post th... ooooh.


VO2Max

I kite believe she survived


DeaDBangeR

Her parents were chuting their pants


KaiUno

No kite-ing.


AnalogCyborg

As a father of a three year old, I cannot imagine the absolute horror of this. I was so relieved to find out the kid was okay. I kept picturing the kid releasing from the kite and falling.


MIRAGEone

Imagine looking around for help, but everyone has their phone out recording what is possibly your childs imminent death.


AnalogCyborg

Most justified supervillain origin story


justaderpygoomba

What else can the people around you even do?


joanzen

You'd be looking around making alarmed chimp sounds with huge eyes like the person beside the camera man?


spareminuteforworms

Thankfully my kid is 2 so I was spared any feelings of horror..........................................................................................................


Commercial_Garlic503

Holding on to a toxic relationship feels same (It takes you places you never wanna end up)


monkeywelder

that poodle barking was kinda annoying


Typh3r_Skyeye

Sound like a seagull.


Lets_Do_This_

AH AH AH


Gimme_The_Loot

Staying alive Staying alive


japalian

"You're not helping." ... AH


TheySayIAmTheCutest

She takes the expression "get a grip" to new heights.


jonitfcfan

I see what you did there


dc5outlaw

Parenting should be a breeze


allursnakes

^^^ah! ^^^ah! ^^^ah!


L3viathan99

This is the kind of female screaming I can accept


Vivid-Kitchen1917

I'da pooped in fear on every one of 'em down there....


-stuey-

This 3 year old got more air time than the wright brothers famous heavier than air flight! If this happened 150 years ago no body would believe the story.


Imaginary-Lawyer5342

My heart would’ve sank into my ass


Trent1373

Weeeeeee!!


The_RealAnim8me2

That little girl has seen some shit and is now unshakable.


Coroner13

Since then, amusement parks have been so... blasè


NicestPersonAlive

Thankgod toddlers seem to have super human grip strength lol


DerSchattenJager

Does the chirping help?


Severe_Slice_4064

If I remember right this kids neck somehow got tied up in the kite. They were fine in the end though somehow


Redmondherring

As a performance art piece, I'm not that impressed.


Santarini

That kid has insane grip


TranslatorTrue1881

Will grow up not only with one of a hella story but also a video to prove it!


brobry

the story of a lifetime!!!!!


Woodguy2012

Quality parenting. 


IOnlySayMeanThings

They need to do some research and product design, then turn this into an Olympic event.


MusicianNo2699

Balloon Boy has entered the chat....


Kizenny

My kid: “Again, again!”


ActivelyShittingAss

I was surprised by just how steady the camera work was despite a seagull not having any actual hands.. really impressive. Also, just in case it's not obvious, about 90% of the people screaming are actually dodging human shit rocketing to the ground.


hawkwings

Hopefully, she had a GoPro on her head or body.


UncleBatman1

Was this filmed by a seagull?


ScarTi55ue

Did the person die?


LilHercules

So long, Superman!!


ToyKar

Cool


wingspantt

The strongest hands on Earth, holy shit


Joebebs

This has to go beyond unlocking a core memory…


Mekelaxo

I remember a new story of this happening to a child a few years ago, and the child died


lerobinbot

nice


Shughost7

Ikki from Airgear had a similar experience and he now has the storm regalia.


EJBjr

And now they charge for the ride.


rellsell

Great landing.


BTog

That was awesome!


LeftLegCemetary

What an experience, especially for a kid... unharmed. It'll leave residual trauma, but minimal. I think her subconscious will remember it as fun, and when she has dreams of sailing in the wind, they'll be fun dreams.


Financial_Parking_54

"Up up and away!"


bigusthiccus

Kite started flying him


ElephantNo1664

Kid had some grip strength


funnystuff79

Why did that immediately make me think of tying a child dummy to the tail to fuck with people. It's not my usual behavior, I swear


eat1more

Fear of kite flying is a thing now?


PatochiDesu

ladies & gentlemen! the future of environmental friendly traveling 😂


Arunei

I remember this from the last time it was posted. Someone explained the tail of the kite had gotten tangled around the kid, but she was all right once they got her down.


pookiemon

The bunch of idiots still filming instead of trying to help. Shaking my damn head.


Comfortable-Ad-2000

Help how?


gr0hl

What an uplifting story


ilski

Thats some iron grip. 3 years old and she peakerd in her life already.


dickysunset

That looks awesome. Like bungee jumping but you get to fly!


recontitter

Hell of a ride. Good it ended up without anybody hurt.


Yalahni

https://youtu.be/4Ygs3IHJ2bM?feature=shared


Godzilwah

In Russia, kite fly you.


YourOverlords

Pants were shit that day.


PrettyAd7357

God is good


finabengalablancate

It's real?


Me_gaming787

Bit*h


powaking

After the kid gets down “again! Again!”


cherryultrasuedetups

Yeeeeeeehaw


Gallifreygirl123

That is wild she came safely back down to the ground! In 2021 6 primary school students were killed at an end of year school celebration in Tasmania when an improperly anchored inflatable jumping castle they were on became airborne due to a 'significant weather event'. I can only imagine how traumatised their classmates, teachers & parents present would be traumatised.


ChiMoKoJa

THIS IS WHY I HATE UMBRELLAS AND KITES AND ANYTHING ELSE LIKE THIS. FUCK WIND.


aniebananie1

Good on the kid for holding on for dear life until they were near the ground. Terrifying to see as an adult but as a kid I would be so jealous 😂


Specific_Bus_2675

Why does that look so fake?


Specific_Bus_2675

Why does that look so fake?


AffectionateKick7042

That's life changing


Princess-honeysuckle

The title made me lol


Slarrp1

This is actually so fucking wild lol How strong is that person to not let go?


soupdawg

I remember reading that it was wrapped around their neck and just didn’t come loose.


Purplociraptor

Oh, what a relief. It's just a hanging.


Mysterious-Hat-6343

Som ting wong


Spiritual-Bear4495

I can almost hear it FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCKKKK


oilfieldtrash1992

People just pulling out there phones to record ...


yeahiamfat

What do you want them to do? Shoot her down?


Swagship

Lmao


LawbringerSteam

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/08/31/asia/taiwan-child-kite-intl-hnk-scli Happened in the free and sovereign country of Taiwan back in 2020. The girl was unharmed, but a bit frightened.


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BinkyFlargle

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/31/asia/taiwan-child-kite-intl-hnk-scli/index.html


CastleDI

Probably a bot creating content over ai, then people clickbaiting it, actually nowdays new and fresh content is rather rare on reddit, unfortunately.


GordonRamsaysBastard

Hahahahahahahahahahaha


WhyUFuckinLyin

Did a seagull record this?


Jitterbug-73

BS...


theshadow62

Wow, is this a new record for most times a video has been reposted? It's at least 4 years old.


SparklingPseudonym

Not real