Many years ago, I saw someone get hit by a train.  I won’t describe it in more detail then that here, other then it wasn’t anyone I knew and I wasn’t all that close to it so I don’t have to remember it in too much detail.  But to this day I can recall the sickening moment when I saw it was about to happen.

So today I’m reading some random Internet news headlines and finding myself very grateful that my nightmares didn’t include him getting up and walking away afterward…

Person hit by train, walks away

Paramedics responded to reports of an individual being hit by a train at Bardwell Park, in Sydney’s south, at about 8.20am (AEST) today.

However, police and paramedics did not find anyone or any sign of injury at the scene, NSW Ambulance says.

Authorities watched CCTV footage of the incident, which showed someone stand up and walk away after being hit by a train.

The rational thing is to be glad that he survived.  But rationally it’s hard to imagine someone just standing up and walking away either.  A train is Massive.  Adding to the creepiness factor, there isn’t a lot of detail in the story, and so the mind naturally fills in the blanks.