26 Unbelievable True Stories Shared Online That Will Surprise and Delight You
Ever find yourself wondering if the wildest stories people share online could possibly be true, or are they just tall tales spun by overly imaginative minds? Well, buckle up, because belief isn’t just about trust—it’s about probability, no matter how bizarre the yarn sounds. From beating anorexia without a photo to dodging bullets and even playing video games alongside legends, these anecdotes might just make you question reality itself. Can you imagine a horse grabbing a kid by the back and literally throwing them? Or how about someone accidentally working in IT for years without knowing how to defrag a hard drive? It turns out, even the most unlikely experiences have a non-zero chance of actually happening, backed by the cold, hard laws of theory and probability. So, if you thought your day was strange, wait until you dive into these shockingly true stories shared straight from the AskReddit community. Ready to see the unbelievable made real? LEARN MORE
There is only so much that you can add to a story until it becomes hard to believe. Yet, when you really think about it, belief is subjective, yet saying that something has a non-zero chance of happening is based on hardcore theoretical probability that can be measured and scientifically deduced. So, based on that logic, even the most unlikely stories might still be true.
Whether you believe it or not, the following list is also claimed to be true, despite how unlikely some of them might sound.
Folks online have been sharing stories and facts about themselves that are 100% true as it happened to them personally, yet sound like the product of an imaginative mind that hasn’t spent enough time on Earth to know how likely all of it might be.
Scroll through it to see the best of the best stories siphoned from this post on the AskReddit community and while you’re out there, drop us and the submission an upvote, and share your very unlikely yet very true stories in the comment section below!
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I beat anorexia. I’m a guy and I do not have photos of me from that time (due to shame) so I have no proof. I have gone from 70lbs to ~130lbs.
I am related to William Henry Harrison – the president who died from hypothermia because he wouldn’t wear a jacket. My great grandfather and his son both died from hypothermia as well but under slightly different experiences. I have almost died from eating way too many vitamins, jumping into a ceiling fan, and jumping from a cliff. My dad almost lit a gas station on fire. Basically, we are a very dumb bloodline starting from William Henry Harrison.
I took my mother for a surprise trip to NYC. She got married to my father there in ’68. The surprise was manufactured by way of telling her we were going to Australia (we live in New Zealand, so a trip to Australia is not a huge deal, it’s the type of thing you could do for the weekend) and therefore she packed a bag and brought her passport. We got to the airport and said “Surprise! We’re going to New York!” and she cried her eyes out with delight.
When we arrived, on our first morning, I said “Okay, what do you want to do?”
She said “When I was last here, in 1968, the Twin Towers weren’t complete, so, I’d like to go to the top of them.”
“Your wish is my command!” I said and off we went to the WTC.
That was the afternoon of September 10th, 2001. Suffice it to say, there was a particular poignancy when we looked out the window at around 8am the next morning.
Husband and I fell in love at first sight. Moved in together after two days. Married five months later. Still married. It will be forty years in may.
I was the best man on both sides of a lesbian wedding because I had dated both the bride and the bride, stayed close friends and introduced them to each other after our breakups.
When I was a kid, I woke up to find my cat giving birth to her kittens on my pillow, one inch from my face. I took it as a compliment.
my dad kidnapped me and took me to Singapore for very malicious purposes (i’m sure you could imagine). i was 15 and my dad literally had fake documents and suitcases filled with random clothes. when we got there we went to a sketchy hotel and after 15 minutes he went to the bar. a bit after that, some guy just walks in. i was confused but he began muttering saying i was ‘too pale’ and ‘too old’ and he left. i called my dad but he didn’t answer so i climbed out through the window and went to the police. they put me on a plane home that same hour.
i don’t really tell people because it’s a bit of a crazy story and sounds made up (hence why it’s here) but yeh.
I was at a store when Tony Hawk was signing autographs. I was only 10 at the time and was a huge fan. One of his early video games had just come out. The store had a couple TVs on the wall and some video games to play. Being a kid I waited for one controller to open up and someone leave. A kid ended up leaving and I grabbed the controller and started playing and minding my own business. A couple minutes later the store wanted to grab photos of Tony playing his own video game. He came over and grabbed the second controller and began to play multiplayer with me. Probably played for 10 minutes. The bonus was it was also my 10th birthday. So I played Tony Hawk Pro Skater with Tony Hawk.
I do not have photos of myself playing the game with him but I believe my parents have a couple of photos of me with him and getting his autograph. I still have the signed board on my wall.
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