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The luckiest unlucky man to ever live


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That is amazing! must have some spiritual guidence maby a dead relative that keeps him alive.

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Nothing is luck here. It is just he has good survival skills. Just like you can throw 10 people down 3 floors of a building to the ground. Those who know how to position their bodies and land correctly will more likely survive. Are they lucky, or just more skilled and hence have a higher chance of survival?

I beg to differ with the airplane crash, I mean, come ON... sucked out of the door... then into total uncontrolled free-fall, no parachute...lands on hay? You dont call that lucky?

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I beg to differ with the airplane crash, I mean, come ON... sucked out of the door... then into total uncontrolled free-fall, no parachute...lands on hay? You dont call that lucky?

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Of course he had luck, crazy luck that had nothing to do with skill. Because 19 more people sucked out that plane when door fell off died, only Frane landed in haystack. You can’t hit a haystack on purpose without a parachute. Even with a parachute, most amateurs would miss such a small target.

Then various falls off cliffs and whatnot happened to him, no one can exit a crashing, falling vehicle deliberately, he was thrown out, you can’t pick a spot in a bus that guarantees fewer fractured bones etc.

So in my opinion, yes, he’s exceptionally lucky in his exceptional bad luck. Reminds me of me, only I’m still waiting for my Lotto millions :lol:

There are contradictory stories about what happened to the money he won, but they all come down to the fact that he’s broke today and living on pension. Maybe his luck will strike again, in form of movie rights this time.

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Wow, this is a crazy awesome story. I loved the Youtube vid, it brings the story to life in ways that the article simply couldn't. And it's been said, but it reminds me of the movie Unbreakable (a very underrated film, in my opinion - I enjoyed that one).

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Thanks acidhead :tu: I just finished Google and wikipedia search, and was about to post something (or edit my previous post) similar. Still, it sounds like a good story, and I suppose if you want to get technical there's no evidence proving these things DIDN'T happen (not that you can actually prove a negative).

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http://en.m.wikipedi...iki/Frane_Selak

Hmmm... there is no record of the plane crash and none of his claims besides the lotto win have been independently verified.

Thats a bummer because for me that was the best bit!!

http://en.wikipedia....iki/Frane_Selak

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Lol...awesome story..... fact really is stranger than fiction sometimes :lol:

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According to Croatian media, Frane fell out DC-8 that flew from Zagreb to Rijeka, in 1963. Plane door fell off above Gorski Kotar region. 20 passengers and flight attendant were sucked out the plane and died as they fell to the ground, only Frane and the attendant survived because he fell in the haystack, it wasn't said what saved the attendant. I can’t find anything official on the internet, but there are more things from our past that are not on the ‘net than there were put on line.

So, it’s a job for someone with more time on their hands, or a journalist maybe, to find out if there was such accident and if Frane was that survivor. I see no point in him lying about it, because it is verifiable.

An example from 2003, an article you could call a blueprint of all the later articles about Frane and his crazy luck:

http://webcafe.net.h...18/0138006.html

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Hm, I just found another version of the plane accident, the article is from 2009:

http://www.vecernji.hr/hrvatska/frano-selak-loto-igraju-svi-ludjaci-pa-igram-i-ja-876602

In short, Frane said he boarded the experimental flight from Zagreb to Rijeka, the plane was DC8. His mother was in Rijeka and she fell ill so he wanted to arrive to Rijeka as soon as possible. The flight attendant named Micika was beautiful and they courted a little in the back of the plane when suddenly the door fell off and two of them were sucked out the plane. They both survived the fall while the plane crashed in the Parg hill (yes, there’s such hill in Gorski kotar), killing everyone on board. Taa-daa.

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A search of the archives of the Aviation Safety and Security Archives (US-based, but does contain records of international accidents) locates no DC-8 crashes reported in 1963 anywhere. Not to claim Mr Selak is lying, but he may be mistaken in one or more of the details of the incident he recalls.

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Of course he had luck, crazy luck that had nothing to do with skill. Because 19 more people sucked out that plane when door fell off died, only Frane landed in haystack. You can’t hit a haystack on purpose without a parachute. Even with a parachute, most amateurs would miss such a small target.

Then various falls off cliffs and whatnot happened to him, no one can exit a crashing, falling vehicle deliberately, he was thrown out, you can’t pick a spot in a bus that guarantees fewer fractured bones etc.

So in my opinion, yes, he’s exceptionally lucky in his exceptional bad luck. Reminds me of me, only I’m still waiting for my Lotto millions :lol:

There are contradictory stories about what happened to the money he won, but they all come down to the fact that he’s broke today and living on pension. Maybe his luck will strike again, in form of movie rights this time.

Excellent response to the thread. Could you tell us some of your encounters in life that were lucky but unlucky? Stories like this fascinate me.

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A search of the archives of the Aviation Safety and Security Archives (US-based, but does contain records of international accidents) locates no DC-8 crashes reported in 1963 anywhere. Not to claim Mr Selak is lying, but he may be mistaken in one or more of the details of the incident he recalls.

In 1963 Croatia was part of socialist ex-Yugoslavia, and though it wasn’t part of Warsaw pact it was not less paranoid about everything. It’s more than possible such accident was not reported or was reported with deliberately changed facts, because there was nothing that wasn’t somehow a security issue, therefore worth hiding or misinterpreting.

I’m not sure we even have accident archive of any kind. It sure isn’t on the Internet, because when I’m trying to search anything remotely like it, all I get are recent articles on mostly recent accidents, plus some mentions of few major old accidents. (I found somewhere that there used to be “avijacija.co.yu” site with lists of accidents of JAT, ex-Yugoslavian avio company, but it’s not up anymore.)

So while I agree that Frane or the reporters might have related or misunderstood something, I have no access to anything official that could prove or disprove anything.

Like I said, this asks for oldfashioned research, we’re just not on the Internet yet.

Excellent response to the thread. Could you tell us some of your encounters in life that were lucky but unlucky? Stories like this fascinate me.

Just little things that happen to everyone only I have a feeling they happen to me a little more often than they should, on average. But probably everyone has the same feeling, so there we are.

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Too many accidents in planes,trains,and automobiles.He needs a nice safe horse...

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