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What blows me away is (I drive large vehicles for a living, usually through small openings) that I would bet money there was enough room to get out without touching anything. He just needed to get the butt of his car further to the left. There was DEFINITELY enough room after the first hit.


Tbh i think he just needed to turn the steering wheel most of the time. He was always pointing at the car rather than at the gap. Doesn't know the width of his car and too scared to find out even at half a mile an hour. These type of people wind me up no end on the road.

Please people, the planet earth will get happier when everyone learns the width of their car.

What blows me away is (I drive large vehicles for a living, usually through small openings) that I would bet money there was enough room to get out without touching anything. He just needed to get the butt of his car further to the left. There was DEFINITELY enough room after the first hit.

In the story, the 'creature' is more of a pure black smooth thing IIRC. When I first saw this version I just laughed. Pretty sure it's just a bunch of industrial Glad garbage bags strung together.

Also, the scene in the story where the creature drags the dude through the dock slats ends with a geyser of blood literally exploding from the guy as he's forced through the small opening.

Probably it's the ominous music that makes the movie version seem more threatening than it is.

"The surface you touch is considerably warmer than the dry ice and causes the dry ice to sublimate rapidly to CO2 gas. Since you're pressing the ice against the metal, there will be places where gas is momentarily trapped between the two surfaces, and when released through a small opening tends to whistle."

Best description I could find.

upvote for wave machine. DOWNVOTE for horrible idea...do you think getting into a small opening in a tall building spaced out by a city street during a tsunami when everybody else has the same idea is easy? Yea, maybe "up" is the answer when we have flying cars, so why don't you work on that, we're long overdue.

Excellent! Gotta love your knowledge of animals and I DO love the lawnmower comparison, as well as the 10vs10 deathmatch-thingy And the "disclaimer" tops it off nicely. Props to you!

In reply to this comment by rychan:
Well, since people are speculating on cat vs ferret cage matches, I'd definitely put my money on a cat. That's not really fair since most cats will weigh twice as much as a ferret.

But pound for pound, it's still hard to be intimidated by ferrets (and I've had one draw blood attacking me). They're mostly slinky. They can't use their claws for a whole lot. They're clumsy. They're about as stealthy as a lawnmower.

As for dog's vs cats, again, dogs tend to be bigger so it's not usually fair. But pound for pound I'd have go with the cat again. Cats can rotate their wrists to grapple, dogs can not.

It seems to me that ferret's are niche hunters (that niche being places slinkies can go but not cats, such as tunnels or small openings to hen-houses). Cat's are (usually) solo, ambush hunters. They often fight, by themselves, prey that is near full strength (although surprised). Dogs are pack, endurance hunters. They'll track, chase, and encircle prey across many miles. They hardly have to kill their prey after many chases because the animal has nearly run itself to death.

So if it's a cage match, I put my money on a cat. If it's a cross country, 10v10 deathmatch I put my money on the dogs. If it's a fight in Madison Square Garden's sewage system I put my money on the ferrets.

Disclaimer- I love all these animals and would hate to see them actually fighting each other.

Well, since people are speculating on cat vs ferret cage matches, I'd definitely put my money on a cat. That's not really fair since most cats will weigh twice as much as a ferret.

But pound for pound, it's still hard to be intimidated by ferrets (and I've had one draw blood attacking me). They're mostly slinky. They can't use their claws for a whole lot. They're clumsy. They're about as stealthy as a lawnmower.

As for dog's vs cats, again, dogs tend to be bigger so it's not usually fair. But pound for pound I'd have go with the cat again. Cats can rotate their wrists to grapple, dogs can not.

It seems to me that ferret's are niche hunters (that niche being places slinkies can go but not cats, such as tunnels or small openings to hen-houses). Cat's are (usually) solo, ambush hunters. They often fight, by themselves, prey that is near full strength (although surprised). Dogs are pack, endurance hunters. They'll track, chase, and encircle prey across many miles. They hardly have to kill their prey after many chases because the animal has nearly run itself to death.

So if it's a cage match, I put my money on a cat. If it's a cross country, 10v10 deathmatch I put my money on the dogs. If it's a fight in Madison Square Garden's sewage system I put my money on the ferrets.

Disclaimer- I love all these animals and would hate to see them actually fighting each other.