The Most Sinister Tornado in History... | The 'Dead Man Walking' Incident.

in this video, I dive into the horrifying, and legendary Tornado outbreak from May 1997, in Jarrell Texas. This Tornado was extremely unique in several ways, and extremely horrific to bystanders.

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the amazing music used in this video:
Martin Klem - Space Noise

intro 0:00
the "calm" before the storm 3:00
on the horizon 5:55
the aftermath 9:05
silver lining 14:35
the legacy of Jarrell 16:00
outro 18:18

[j-diver]

seeing the tornado walk with those spindly legs really makes me understand why so many cultures have storm spirit lore and the like. How could you look at that and not think that it was alive before we had modern science

[prollynothanzbutreal]

I watched this documentary on the dead man walking, and there was this one line that went “if you see the dead man walking, *you are about to die.”* scared me horribly.

[Mr_HammerExe]

I’m sorry, but that footage of the tornado “walking” is absolutely bone-chilling.

[VKU-]

The most unsettling thing is not the fact it looks like it’s walking, but it’s walking with a scythe.

[leonides]

Watching a tornado form? Scary
Watching a tornado grow bigger? Horrifying
Seeing a tornado give off the illusion of a giant, covered in gale force winds walking through the field and a town, Then become a massive EF5? ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING

[herpderp]

Everybody's gangster until the tornado grows legs.

[Halden.]

Man, that sight is haunting and unsettling as a video; can you imagine how gut wrenchingly horrifying that would be to witness in person?

[palious]

"Nature has a way sometimes of reminding man of how small he is. She occasionally throws up the terrible offspring of our pride and carelessness to remind us of how puny we really are in the face of a tornado, and earthquake, or a Godzilla." Steve Martin Godzilla 1985

[SkyeWolfx]

Tornado Survivor speaking here, I'll never forget the feeling of terror and the absolute panic in my families voices when the tornado went onto our house...the shaking and the sound of rumbling like a freight train and the sounds of our pool water being picked up and slammed against our house... it was a devastating event that happened in my house, I feel terrible for the families that went through this and the families lost...their last memories are holding onto their loved ones as the tornado enters their home taking them along with everything and everyone they loved...

[IMAVG]

4:22 The storm on the top right looks like a skull that is honestly sinister...

[bakainu_yt]

As an Oklahoman, I don't understand the horror aspect of a tornado. It's just a normal Tuesday for me. But the "walking" tornado...filled me with fear.

[paytn]

It's crazy when you realize how fast the tornados were going back and forth for it to make a walking motion like that. Horrifying

[ShawnAdams-ezhe]

The day the "Dead Man" walked into Jarrell. He was hungry even people in basement had been suck through windows half the size of a human body. A man was literally walking around with his wife's head. You may ask how I know this because I was the 27 year old Marine that had to take possession of his wife's head, he would latter take his own life a week after the storm. I can not till this day get images of the horror I witnessed and I'm a combat Veteran of three tours in Iraq, but you expect that in war not in a small town. Thank you for this it was very well done. You should do the 1974 "Super Outbreak"

God Bless You

[URLex]

I remember seeing that on the news as a kid, I already had a hellish fear of tornadoes and the dead man walking sent me over the edge. This is the one that solidified it and I still have nightmares to this day about being surrounded by them but it just fascinates me these days. Crazy how this pops up in my algorithm because I haven’t searched tornadoes in a decade. Great video.

[Carson-di]

That is terrifying as all heck. The feeling of powerlessness and knowing you can’t do *anything* to stop it… really humbles a man.

[josephbruceismay]

seeing the tornado "walking" for that short spit of time for the first time literally gave me chills. that never normally happens to me but man, that was something else.

[charliesmp]

Just wanted to clarify that the dead man walking gif first shown at 0:38 and used repeatedly throughout the video isn't footage from Jarrell, it's from the El Reno, Oklahoma EF3 tornado that happened on May 31, 2013. While the El Reno EF3 is also certainly notable (mainly for being the widest tornado ever recorded at 2.6 miles wide), it's not the same tornado as the Jarrell F5. Important to clarify that

[PPLTSS]

Creepy fact: if Broogli appears to not be moving, he is approaching
rapidly to your location

[turtletitan]

The guy walking is scary but imagine just looking off into the horizon and seeing a dark wall just coming for you.

[Sparty-pijq]

Growing up in tornado alley, F3 and up tornadoes are scary, but preparedness helps calm all your fears. This walking tornado, is like nothing I've ever seen or heard of. It literally makes my blood run cold. Great video, very well done!