aneverydaystory Readers Share Wild Stories Of How They Broke Their Bones

From a Facebook commenterDwight S:

[I] played pool at a bar. I aimed and prepared to scratch. The cue ball entered the pocket. I decided to catch it before it took the three seconds needed for the ball to return. While I ran for the ball, I hit powder on the floor. My hand went into the pocket, and my feet slipped. I dangled with my hand stuck in the pocket. My forearm broke halfway through.

From a Facebook commenterJuli M:

I did not break my tailbone. My daughter broke my tailbone during her birth.

From a Facebook commenterCrystal A:

My son broke mine while I was pregnant. He was dropped and stuck halfway through.

From a Facebook commenterJustin H:

[I] fell off a ladder about 15 feet. [I] broke through some 2x4s and fell another 15 feet into a hole, breaking my collarbone.

From a Facebook commenterCarrey S:

[I] tipped the kitchen chair forward to move the cat. The cat did not let go. The chair returned and hit my toe, breaking it!

From a Facebook commenterTodd V:

[I was] shoveling off the roof and jumped into a fluffy snow drift. The drift was so fluffy I went straight through into the frozen ground. I later had a broken foot. Happy New Year!

From a Facebook commenterJared B:

My brother and I playedKickboxer and he took me down, stepping on my nose. Also, while we were playingKarate KidMy brother dislocated my elbow.

From a Facebook commenterMatthew G:

Playing baseball, I put my hand down to slide. I rolled and twisted my wrist completely, breaking it. Playing two more games right after did not help.

From a Facebook commenterChuck C:

A freak skateboard mishap happened when I was 11 or 12. I broke my leg. When news of my wound spread through my extended family like fires, all 27 of my cousins were banned from riding that toy. I still hear about it five decades later.

From a Facebook commenterBuck P:

[In] 8th grade, I was late for a class across the courtyard in another building. I walked fast, and someone tripped me from behind. I caught myself with my left hand and broke my arm. I spent six weeks in a cast.

From a Facebook commenterJanet G:

I was getting a piggyback ride from the neighbor, and he tripped in a hole (he claims). We fell forward, and he landed on top of me. I broke my right arm for the second time.

From a Facebook commenterHugo A:

The phone rang. I was sleeping. I ran to answer and hit my nightstand. My middle toe took the wrong number.

From a Facebook commenterJose M:

Playing Olympic high jump in a friend's backyard. I slipped and went under the bar instead of over it. My arm was under me when I hit the ground.

From a Facebook commenterJulie C:

While walking down stairs, walking became flying. Upon landing, my ankle became confetti.

From a Facebook commenterWilma A:

I rode a bicycle on the handlebars. I hit a road hole. I went forward with my sister and the bike on top of me. I was nine years old.

From Facebook commenterRandall E:

I broke a finger during a wrestling match.