As far as we know, the Canadians invented the snowmobile. They're a civilized bunch who always play by the rules and even their cursing sounds polite. They probably never thought this tracked form of transportation would ever be misused like we see in this video.
For some totally unfathomable reason, a guy wants to be dragged along by a snowmobile without using a rope and skis. He just grabs on, but the vehicle grabs back at him, pulling his legs and eventually the whole body inside.
It's a horrible sight and somehow "hunting accident" doesn't quite describe it. While watching this, you have to remember that the snowmobile is not a toy. The average weight of a new one is around 450 pounds (204.5 kg), with older snowmobiles (before about 2004) tipped the scales at around 500 pounds (227 kg).
Combine that with at least 50 horsepower and you have the potential to crush ribs, shatter bones and probably leave you crippled. Knowing that, why don't any of the victim's friends jump in straight away to save him? It's a good thing they all stand around like idiots and laugh, otherwise this video wouldn't have been viral enough.
The only think we know for sure is the Youtube title is written in Russian, so the incident probably happened somewhere in ex-Soviet grounds only a few days ago. The guy eaten by the snowmobile appears to be in good health. Moral of the story? Riding in the snow is very dangerous, a fact that's also made clear by this video, where another snowmobiler almost gets decapitated by the tracks after a crash.
"In Soviet Russia, you don't ride snowmobile, snowmobile ride you," or so the internet's joke makers would say.
Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida. Full profile
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