“Happened Over 20 Years Ago, And I’ll Never Forget It”: People Are Sharing The Saddest Things They’ve Ever Seen In Real Life, And I Don’t Know Why I Thought It’d Be A Good Idea To Read Them

This station mentions kid loss, suicide, carnal abuse, and different delicate topics — scholar discretion is advised. 

1. "Winter. Snow successful a cemetery successful the UK. And successful the corner, a couple, gathering a snowman by a child's grave." — HatefulDestiny

2. "It was coincidentally connected my 30th birthday, and I was successful Vietnam for a travel with my dad. We spent each time successful the countryside and went backmost to our edifice successful Ho Chi Minh City aboriginal that afternoon. Pushing done a assemblage connected the sidewalk, I astir tripped implicit a dormant pistillate conscionable lying there, partially covered by a blanket. A mates of constabulary officers had conscionable arrived, doing a mediocre occupation of assemblage control, arsenic they conscionable stood determination smoking cigarettes. Then a younger pistillate forced done the crush of onlookers and, from what I could gather, recognized the corpse. She instantly fell to her knees, clasped her hands to her face, and cried." — [deleted]

3. "Waiting successful the vet's bureau for my assignment for my steadfast kitty. Elderly antheral walks retired of a room, clutching an bare collar and pb and sobbing his bosom out. Shattered my heart." — [deleted]

4. "A idiosyncratic person 4 cards successful a enactment declined astatine McDonald's trying to bargain their kid a McFlurry." — BiteyMax22

5. "My begetter was successful a changeable betterment halfway aft my visit, walking to my car, an older woman successful beforehand of maine stopped and conscionable started crying, I asked if she needed immoderate help. She told maine however she has to divorcement her hubby truthful helium tin suffice for the costly attraction helium needs." — NeutralTarget

6. "Saw a feline tally crossed the roadworthy to drawback a bus, lone to beryllium deed by a taxi. I conscionable retrieve the feline connected the floor, wailing successful symptom similar immoderate benignant of animal, and the taxi operator getting retired of his car and conscionable repeatedly saying: 'I didn’t spot him' whilst breaking down crying, astir similar helium was pleading with the radical who came to assistance to judge that helium was innocent." — MetacrisisMewAlpha

7. "My canine waiting astatine the bottommost of my dad's furniture for him to travel home. I privation I could explicate to the canine that helium didn't permission but that helium had died." — HourOk2122

8. "Witnessed a car mishap wherever the kids successful the backseat (probably preschool/kindergarten age) were fine, but the mom, who was driving, was pronounced dormant connected the scene. EMS was trying to get the kids away, but they kept screaming for their ma and trying to tally backmost toward the car for her. They didn't cognize she was dormant yet. They conscionable knew they were terrified and wanted their ma to console them." — [deleted]

9. "I enactment successful a restaurant, and I saw a large pistillate cheque successful astatine the hostess basal by herself, saying she was waiting connected someone. She got sat, but her day ne'er came, and it was her birthday. She was connected the telephone and started crying. My manager was bully capable to comp her full meal." — notonoyestoyes

10. "A tiny babe playing with an bare brew tin wrong a breached crib successful a engaged cardinal autobus halt successful Nicaragua. His crib was virtually facing the autobus exhaust pipe, and his parents weren’t adjacent watching him. The lone artifact helium had was that bare brew can, and yet helium was truthful smiley and blessed and it broke my heart… that babe deserved better." — minihini86

11. "I was astatine a walk-up accelerated nutrient place. I was sitting down eating crystal pick with my hubby erstwhile an older pistillate walked past maine to the garbage can. I watched her arsenic she started to spell done the garbage looking for food. She recovered immoderate nutrient and took it with her further down, wherever determination were much tables. So I went down to wherever she was and offered to bargain her a meal. It wasn't much, but astatine slightest she didn't person to devour someone's leftovers that 1 time." — oxford_serpentine

12. "I erstwhile saw immoderate asshole flip a canine retired of his car and instrumentality off. The mediocre canine chased the car, like, a block, past conscionable stood determination successful the thoroughfare looking and looking, having nary thought what to do. It was awful. We brought him to a rescue I truly anticipation helium was adopted." — RubySauce

13. "I was astatine a ceremonial for a person who took her ain life. She was a widow and had 4 children betwixt the ages of 18 months and 10 years. At the funeral, determination was a ample photograph of her connected an easel. The babe was successful his grandmother's arms, saw the photo, got a large grin connected his face, pointed to it, and said 'mama.' It breaks my bosom each clip I deliberation of it." —lascriptori

14. "I was successful Publix successful the morning. Saw an aged woman walking astir similar a regular customer. I had to drawback a missing point for dinner, and the aforesaid woman was determination with the aforesaid things successful her cart. She was having a dementia moment. She was successful that store for 10 fucking hours, and nary 1 cared to notice." — OnlyTheBLars89

15. "Went connected a people travel to Washington D.C. erstwhile I was successful precocious school. We were astatine the crosswalk of a precise engaged street, and an older pistillate (60s-70s maybe) and a astir 10-12-year-old miss were crossing the thoroughfare coming towards us. The older pistillate motioned for the kid to tally ahead, and conscionable arsenic the kid reached the sidewalk, the older pistillate was deed by a car. She went up successful the aerial and fell level connected the crushed face-first. The small miss turns and sees her connected the ground, yells out: 'Momo!' and runs toward her….. Happened implicit 20 years ago, and I’ll ne'er hide it." — MightyMouse4986

16. "I was astatine the airdrome watching a crying kid astir my son's property arsenic his tearful parent enactment him connected the plane. 'But mommy, I privation to unrecorded with you.'" — LionsAndLonghorns

17. "I was successful the power country of a large casino erstwhile 1 of the operators pointed retired an aged couple, 1 of them successful a wheelchair. They were astatine 1 of those monolithic payoff slot machines. Had been determination for astir 20 hours. Operator said helium sees this each the time; mates with nary wellness insurance, dude successful wheelchair needs costly treatment/operation, they instrumentality their beingness savings and rotation the dice connected the slots. I was watching them sob and clasp each different aft they played their past propulsion and mislaid everything. Now he's going to die, and she's going to beryllium dormant broke. Heartbreaking to accidental the least." — colbyjames65

18. "I enactment astatine a campsite and got called successful arsenic a impermanent had a monolithic encephalon aneurysm and died connected the spot. When I arrived, it was truly bustling with staff, police, ambulance and doctors. In the midst of it all, each alone, successful a unusual state and not being capable to recognize the connection and what's happening, sat his woman of 40 years, crying her bosom out. All alone, she appeared truthful tiny and fragile. I went to her, introduced myself and asked her if I tin hug her. She sat determination successful my arms, she cried, I cried due to the fact that it was truthful sad. I walk the full day with her translating, making telephone calls and conscionable being there. It was a truly hard time but I was truthful gladsome that I could assistance her successful this acheronian times." — LibertasTurbulentus

19. "Woman's telephone rang and she answered it and howled. She conscionable got the quality that her girl died. She shoved her telephone successful my manus for maine to speech to the infirmary portion she sobbed connected the floor." — IHateTheLetter-C-

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