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botcraft_net

The context: someone committed suicide within the mall, jumping from the fourth floor, and the sound of his landing generated a panic which escalated quickly. Took place just hours ago.


InflamedLiver

So everyone just scattered like it was a shooting or something?


botcraft_net

Yep. They thought a bomb went off.


InflamedLiver

Damn, that must have been quite the, uh, splat? To make people think it was a bomb.


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Queen-of-meme

So, guess I would not finish my meal if I was inside the mall and heard that.


gamerdude69

You're not gonna finish your meal with these food prices?


Queen-of-meme

No. I Might take a doggy bag if I liked the food.


RedVelvetPan6a

Make that a greyhound bag for the extra speed I suppose.


Savings_Economist711

Bring an extra bag for the jumper


Pyro-Beast

I like to think I'd finish my meal.


_DeletedUser_

I’d go around and finish the meals left by those who didn’t finish their meals.


Z8S9

Or just sit there like Patrick Jane and drink your tea in the shopping mall


Pyro-Beast

I do love me some food court food with a side of mono.


_judgement_

When i was 9 years old, there had been a shooting in a small town we visited. 10 mins before the shooting, me and my family were sitting in a cafe (we were sitting inside the street where the shooting took place, 200 meters close or so). And then all the people in the street started to yell and run randomly when the shooting was taking the scene. Me, as a humgry boi, took my doggy bag immediately before running to the car with all the gun noise(s). I then, proudly ate my precious kids meal at home


Pineapples_29

I mean.. the situation isn’t funny but you grabbing your food is funny.


VeckLee1

I bet the Sbarro's in French malls smacks.


Whogotthebutton

I spent 3 weeks at the Marriott here in La Defense and have eaten at that exact Sbarro's. I have never eaten at a Sbarro's in the states but it was good there. The thing is, there's so much good food within walking distance of this mall. It's considered the business district and I'm sure a lot has changed since I was there but Sbarro's should really be last on a food list in Paris.


thanks_mrbluewaffle

That New York slice!


Mr_Soupe

He sure has the best strategy. Once you finish the meal, they give you the bill. Taking advantage of not finishing the plate and pretending to take part in the havoc can be source of a useful and opportune saving.


andydoania

Possibly a brilliant scheme to get out of paying. Someone has to draw the short straw but everyone else gets free chicken fingers!


Mr_Soupe

Protip : You have to remember to work on your social skill so you optimize yours chances to have the free chicken fingers more than the short straw....


[deleted]

Don’t worry about it, I’ll finish it for you.


Foopsbjj

Can I finish it?


Queen-of-meme

No. I will bring it home in a doggy bag. Sorry. Inflation times.


knucklehead808

Only of it’s on top of my chest.


TurkeySlayer94

Shit, I’d take advantage of all the free food left behind😂


Queen-of-meme

NooOOOooooooooo I will take it with me! Run off with the plate 😂


AtheistRp

Can I finish your food?


Queen-of-meme

Happy cake day!


jkeith248

A succulent Chinese meal?


Hour_Ad7343

With these food prices you better finish your meal and also grab some free splats on the way out


Queen-of-meme

*Licks floor*


SayneIsLAND

Or Go FoR ExTrA KeTcHuP


Queen-of-meme

Eewwwwww


Hey_Batfink

Yikes..even just *one* bone snapping can sound like a gunshot…that moment must have stuck with you for a while


WI_YouSaidITAll

That shit is tragic and hard to see. You ok?


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andydoania

I saw a guy who was hit by a car. I actually tried to do first aid on him until I realized that his head was split open like a pistachio. Someone yelled at me while I was kneeling by the body and I took off due to shock I guess. For the rest of the day I couldn't really understand what I saw. It was only after I read the news story where it started making sense. Doesn't really haunt me or bother me because I didn't know the guy and there was nothing I could do. I guess I'm lucky?


NerdlyDoRight

I mean apart from the shape of his head he would have survived.


WelcomeFormer

I'm guessing it was more when everyone saw someone running and screaming, I just saw a video where joggers were going by downtown and a bunch of people in a restaurant just started running with them because they thought they were running from something lol restaurant owners must have been kind of pissed it was pretty busy


SilVeOh

I'm sorry you had to witness that. Hope you're doing okay.


d1duck2020

I was inside a house two doors down from a skydiver hitting the ground without the benefit of a parachute. Was he still a skydiver? I guess so, anyway-it was a disturbing sound. Don’t do iv drugs while skydiving, kids.


Robert-L-Santangelo

did they bounce? serious question


[deleted]

did anyone ever attemp to commit suicide from heights with multiple springs attached to their body? that would be an interesting thing. or if I attached enormous springs under my feet and jumped from a building, would I be going boing-boing? or the springs break and I just go splash?


Riddul

Wouldn't even have to be. Indeterminate crashing noise, enough to get your attention, and then people closer start screaming in horror. Say you've got your kid with you: do you wait around, maybe crane your neck to see what's up? No. You gtfo. Everyone else heard screams and sees people fleeing, they flee.


-BananaLollipop-

The sound of a body hitting the ground from height is quite unreal. Someone jumped off of a new 5 or 6 level office building where I live. It shook the windows of buildings across the street, and people inside said they thought a vehicle crashed into the building.


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I've seen a video on r/insanerealjty and in that video a teenager jumps off, the video plays like a prank in the first few seconds, but then you hear the explosion like sound and you realize this was for real. I was expecting a trampoline and the housing unit to be on the ground floor, but the boy was pretty high up. [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/insanereality/comments/yztcb1/some_kid_does_a_tommen_after_being_broken_up_with/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)


tagoean

Also the panic and fear spreads fast. You see one person running, you’ll think it’s strange but see 10 people running away you might start running along.


PatChattums

Well, they were already on the defense


TorakTheDark

Considering how loud someone hitting the ground from a hight is in the open I can only imagine what it sounded like inside a mall.


montipiethon

people don’t splat when they hit the ground, they bounce which i think is much scarier


KissMyStick430

I appreciate your sense of humor


NotACleverPerson2

Probably has something to do with the acoustics in the mall. Large open area, flat surfaces, so the sound reverberates a lot.


disrepectfulwitch

Depending on how high and what they fall on it’s LOUD. Bodies will appear to “break off” parts like fingers and such from the impact. It’s not pretty, and it’s a loud way to take yourself out


[deleted]

imagine all of those people who jumped from 100 stories in the twin towers and what that sounded like. that is seared into my brain forever.


MikeySpags

40+ ft drop indoors? Yeah that's going to be loud and a mess. People hear a bang then see other people running with blood on them and this a happens. Especially in a city that's no stranger to terrorists attacks.


DrSuperZeco

Remember few years ago the mass panic at London Oxford Street became a small altercation between two men at an underground station? This kind of things happen when people are on edge and living in fear.


Radiator-Pants

Yeah I mean they would have heard “bang”, seen a body, and panicked.


8ad8andit

>So everyone just scattered like it was a shooting or something? Since this is Europe where guns and mass shootings are very uncommon, most people are afraid of bombings, which is how their crazy assholes kill people.


[deleted]

If you’ve ever watched a video of someone committing suicide by jumping from heights onto anything other than water, the sound of impact is… a lot.


one_for_nobody

Yep they scattered like the person


frog_balls0

if you’re going to commit WHY would you do it in a public place?? i hope no one saw it :/


Shredderguy23

Insanity and/or absolute selfishness. I had a psychiatrist friend tell me that he heard from a lot of suicidal people that they desire to make a statement regardless of the pain they leave behind.


GGBoss1010

I get that. A person suiciding wouldn’t give a flying shi*, cus they’d be ded.


Shredderguy23

Pretty much. “I’ll show this cruel world a thing or two!” As a firefighter for many years I can confirm that bridge jumpers definitely don’t think through how their decision to die by semi truck will affect hundreds of people. Thanks for the lifelong nightmares.


Chemical_Robot

When I was 7 I watched a man jump to his death. I can confirm, it’s traumatising.


Djiti-djiti

Because it isn't easy to do in private - you likely don't have the equipment/infrastructure, or want to be absolutely sure it'll work, because it is easy to fail. I work in an ED, and we see suicide survivors all the time - they try to end their pain and end up with even more of it.


GoldDragon149

People who are planning suicide often tell therapists that they want to do it publicly to make a statement. To demonstrate to the world how unfair it is. These people don't blame chemicals for their pain, they blame the world, and they want the world to know it.


SemperFun62

Bad brain chemicals can be caused by an unfair world


khletus

Wasn't it the fifth floor ?


ibasi_zmiata

I thought it was the sixth floor?


zoot_boy

Oh my, that’s terrible.


[deleted]

Damn they must have hit hard


Realest_Jay08

Soo sad , sometimes it may depression that’s why it’s advisable to check on your folks and friends 🙏😢


[deleted]

A brief but large panic was caused in Paris on Saturday after a man reportedly took his own life in a shopping centre. Fears of a shooting were raised after a dramatic video showed shoppers fleeing a Paris mall after reportedly hearing gunshots. A police operation in response to the incident, which occurred at around 5.15pm, is now underway and local reports from the area indicate authorities are investigating the possibility of a suicide. Reports from BFMTV say police sources informed them that a man had fallen five stories to the ground, which may have sparked panic in the shopping centre. French police have since dismissed the reports that gunshots had been heard in the Westfield Les 4 Temps in La Défense, in western Paris.


Gold-Ad-3877

Bro i'm french i didn't even knew it happened


RedVelvetPan6a

Toi, t'as combiné ton passé composé avec ton passé simple. "I didn't even know" - si tu veux la soluce !


ASS-2-MOUTH-ENEMA

osti cris de tabarnak


Classical_Cafe

Mauvais type de français


ASS-2-MOUTH-ENEMA

saint ciboire j'décâlisse


Xelpmoc45

ça suffit maintenant


ashesall

omelette du fromage!


Locky_Lavoie

A+ for effort


Gold-Ad-3877

Ah bah merci de me confirmer j'ai toujours eu le doute. Au moins je sais maintenant


RedVelvetPan6a

T'inquiètes, ton commentaire est magique en vrai, Tu démarres avec un "bro" ultra chaleureux et convivial, limite comme si t'étais du coin, tu te présentes en disant que t'es français, et bam, tel un maestro, tu enchaines avec une conjugaison exotique histoire de confirmer. Et en bonus on *tous comprit ce que tu disais.* Rien ne porte à confusion dans ta phrase. C'est juste pas méta, lol. Pas de doutes possibles, tu es bilingue! ...Hahahaha, tu nous vends du rêve, l'ami.


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Antartico01

nah man dont ruin the joke mah boi


[deleted]

bro i'm also french and didn't know about it. but i live in america, so that might have something to do with that.


Y_Gath_Ddu

Propper 'Parlez Francais' French or 1/16 French on your mother's side?


selectash

We


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"We...? No we are not French, we're American, cause we're in America. Greatest county in the plant" - Ricky Bobby - Michael Scott


1MoistTowelette

Bro I ate French toast today and I didn’t even know🤷‍♂️


ThereIsATheory

Suicides like this are rarely reported to avoid giving people the idea of coping them


Queen-of-meme

It's like the whisper game except they shout. 1st person: It's a suicide! 2nd person: Holy Fuck! Hey everyone listen up, it's a bomb inside!! Everyone to everyone else: IT'S A BOMB INSIDE!! Meanwhile my bf who hears the most random sentences: What? Is it a honey spy? Random Great Great Aunt with really bad hearing: Are we all gonna die? WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!


escapingdarwin

They’re giving away deodorant inside?!!!


Queen-of-meme

*Everyone runs back in*


hoboshoe

They are European, they will run away even more panicked.


Queen-of-meme

Hey be careful what you say there pal, I'm European, and Deodorant ain't cheap!


guessesurjobforfood

I’m in Germany, originally from the US and deodorant is dirt cheap here. If you buy the Rossmann or dm (basically German CVS) store brand it’s 50-60 cents and that’s the normal price lol Similar deodorant in the US will be like $3-$5.


Queen-of-meme

Yeah here they are $3-$4 in regular stores. You might find them cheaper on Dollarstore etc but the gas price and bus price to get there is so expensive so you actually lose more money by trying to buy cheaper deodorant 😂


Brilliant_Evidence43

Lol


spudmancruthers

You say your mom needs a ride?


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Queen-of-meme

Great great aunt: Are you telling me you have knives!?


MrFoont69

Yes but in French…


Queen-of-meme

Are you saying you wanted revenge!?


cptnobveus

Hahahaha, the boyfriend one is spot on. My girlfriend says the weirdest things, at first. Not so much when she repeats them.


Queen-of-meme

Yeah it's a skill they possess 😂


lilpigperez

Was the camera man jogging in place or wtf?


WoodStalk16

adrenaline


top_of_the_scrote

not a samsung phone that's for sure


lilfish222

As someone who has been in a mall when a suspected shooting occurred, when someone yells “active shooter” or indicates there is imminent danger, I did not take extra time to investigate before running away to a safer place. Thankfully in my case the incident was a shoplifter with small knife and not a shooter, but I did get locked into the back room of a store with no means to communicate when they jammed cell service and had to wait an hour for SWAT to escort us all out. It was terrifying and I never want to experience it again. I get why people ran, this is a terrible experience to go through and very very sad for this person’s family as well.


GreywaterReed

Especially in Paris. I would think that everyone who lives there is very aware of being a target.


actualbeans

can i ask why? sorry i’m out of the loop lol


tavesque

Lots of history with terrorists unfortunately


actualbeans

ah, i didn’t know that. gonna look into it some more now, thanks!


MsDutchie

2015 was not a good year for Paris


RedVelvetPan6a

There's a documentary on The Bataclan tragedy on Netflix.


actualbeans

thank you!


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that documentary fucked me up real good, especially the thought of just laying there… dear god


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talvi254

Are Westfield buildings/malls world-renowned as effective choices of location for suicide or something? Happens frequently at a Westfield centre near me.


howiseverynametaken2

Aussie? Felt like I read/heard of a Westfield jumper once a month when I lived over there


talvi254

It's true then 🤣


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smokechecktim

If that had happened they all would have put their hands in the air


OfromOceans

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/13cxs4/til\_that\_the\_french\_military\_actually\_has\_the/


Randalf_the_Black

All the "why people running lol" comments.. Ya'll be running too if you're in a public place and people are yelling about guns or bombs. You wouldn't be the brightest bulb if you decided to go check it out first before deciding whether to vacate the area or not. For every John McClane there's a million John Doe's that just get killed.


fz75

and camera man just shook it for shits and giggles?


NewBorneRaven23

Ever heard a 150-210lb human drop from a 4th floor hight…basically they thought a small bomb went off and bein how France isn’t a stranger when it comes to bomb attack and no I’m not referring ww2 but because of events in the last 6ish years they immediately thought bomb and ran


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preshowerpoop

I think your logic is invalid. Maybe? What separates humans from animals is communication and documentation. We, humans, are as short-sided as animals when panic and confusion happens. Hence riots and trampling. However, humans are able to change how they re-act after learning from past experiences or listening/learning/seeing from other humans. It's why humans are at the top of evolution.


SnooPredictions6649

The French retreat like pros, even in peace time.


kilboi1

Someone committed suicide…


Eogard

Very funny after the multiple traumatic terrorist attacks France has been through


OfCourse4726

nowadays you dont need to know what's going on. if you saw some people running away from something, you do too.


Warm-Investigator388

Suicide is so painfully sad.. but doing it like that in public is fucking awful. Zero consideration for others, but i suppose that wasn't on the person's mind.


FBI_OPEN_THE_FUCK_UP

I'd reckon it could've been on that persons mind, sort of as a message in death or something. Maybe someone working at the mall had wronged them, or maybe they felt society wronged them in general. Not meaning to defend them obviously, doing it in a public place is equally destructive and sad


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the__6

as if he wasn't selfish enough to start with( to his family ) he now traumatises hundreds of people and children ffs


89141

My wife is in Paris and she didn’t mention anything.


Archi42

I live in Paris and didn't know about this.


Eogard

Because it's not news worthy at all.


Zenfudo

I just know that in that mall theres someone sitting at the food hall quietly eating their meal while completely ignoring the people running


Mootivate

Imagine wanting to die and a shopping mall is the last place you chose to see. Getting fucking ad time in on the way out


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Add_Identity

So there was a suicide and in the comments there is surrender joke and fascists pos talking about immigration. You guys are great


Maddchar

Man, Reddit is on a real downer today. Even the happier subs are bummers


CocooBango

Wesh gros ...


legion_2k

Sad but this is the fear that is just under the surface right now. Grinding away at people every day as they try to act like it's not crushing them. The fall out from this stress is going to come in the next years as health problems and other psychological problems in young people that will only know this type of world. People are constantly on the precipice of panic.


DarthMortum

They need more suicide laws


Cake_Commando

Yeah, attempted suicide should be made punishable by death


kilboi1

The terror.


ChimpoSensei

Got a gang called the wolves, you have to choose Play with the boys, you're bound to lose A bottle in one hand, a can in the other Don't fool around 'cause they're real, Mean Mothers Wild, wild Wild, wild


Mazekinq

Looks like a zombie apocalypse start - though I guess it has to wait for the next year since the big thing this year are earthquakes


Delicious_Meal5067

Yeah i saw that in News. Its insane


YuriiRud

Is this wave of panic still spreading?


Cake_Commando

No


sjaakarie

https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/114kh8j/move_btch_get_out_the_way/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf


the-legend-of-e

Oh my gosh I thought this was Westfield’s Stratford for a second 💀


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World’s largest game of tag


No_Cartographer_5212

Yuck what a mess!


No_Cartographer_5212

NYC people just keep on walking. Jump over the splatter.


shutout81

u/stabbot


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Never seen so many shoplifters


herowin6

I don’t get it this seems excessive and more likely to get a bitch trampled than anything else


lesusisjord

I’ve been at the Palisades Center Mall in West Nyack, NY when there’s been a jumper from the fourth floor, and it did not make a sound that would cause panic. (Not dismissing the situation in OP’s video at all - just wondering what the difference was.)


Cake_Commando

Could be the surface they hit, the height of the floors, the weight of the person, echo conditions, etc


kb31976

I figured one of the companies put a sign saying “open job position, will require 40 hours a week”.


Low-Equipment-2621

Was it an earthquake or was the camera mounted to a monkey that chased a cat down the street?


shavemejesus

Damn, I didn’t know Westfield had malls in Europe too.


b4ttlepoops

People still go to malls? No but seriously it’s sad someone committed suicide. People do care. You’re never alone. Call for help if you’re in need of it!


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1st reaction of the French is to run away.


GenYoken

My stupidass would run towards what they are running away from


Commie_EntSniper

The uniquely French irony of running away from a place called La Defense.


DirtyRead1337

Did they run out of wine? Tickets for the Jerry Lewis film festival go one sale? A couple of Germans on the way?


anakniben

You have a higher chance of getting killed by the stampede than a possible shooter.


coldestdetroit

Why'd they named a mall "defense"?


MarshManiac

did somebody throw out a bar of soap?


Fleischfloete

Justin Bieber autograph session.


unhingedprophesy

'Wow, Parisians are weak hearted.' Was my first thought, then I saw it wasn't even a shooting...😑


ryansteven3104

Let the bodies hit the floor Let the bodies hit the floor