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

[@jessley._.8964]

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

[@asalzraps9501]

Nothing new under the sun. They were onto something during those times.

[@twilightparanormalresearch186]

@@asalzraps9501yeah it’s that Mother Nature is on her period and fcking hates us

[@believestthouthis7]

Nahum 1:3 KJV [3]The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

[@cameronbush1234]

those spirit are still on the earth ,

[@stickiedmin6508]

​@@believestthouthis7 There's no such thing as magic guys.

[@roastedrat7113]

I grew up in south Louisiana so I’m used to hurricanes every year but tornadoes terrify me. The fact that they can pop up out of nowhere without you being able to prepare is truly horrifying.

[@ApocalypseStyle]

I was at my grandma's house in Covington as a kid when a tornado hit the town. Absolutely terrifying and did a lot of damage even on her street.

[@Jay-n262]

That Jarrell tornado was straight out of Hell.

[@TwistedTPodcast]

Imagine seeing a tornado walking. And it slowly gets bigger as it comes towards you, walking.

[@aco500]

27 years ago today, a deadly sinister tornado came. If there was any deaths, rest in peace. 5/27/1997-5/27/2024.

[@ADDICTED_BILLIE.816]

27 deaths, on the 27th, 27 years ago. What a coincidence.

[@aco500]

@@ADDICTED_BILLIE.816 really? that’s a big coincidence.

[@lapislazuli4288]

I live in Austin which is very close to Jarrel and Cedar Park. I can only imagine what would have happened if the tornadoes hit the city directly

[@rbrick3685]

Great video, but some advice for text on screen: White text with black shadow is readable on any background, it makes for easier reading.

[@herpderp3916]

Everybody's gangster until the tornado grows legs.

[@helenclinesmith9790]

Here is a fun fact tornados can also grow tentacles to grab from (which happens when the tornado’s updraft is going up) so if it does that and has legs WE ARE ALL DEAD💀💀💀☠️☠️☠️X_X

[@MaximillionK]

😂😂😂😂

[@IA_777]

Everybody's gangster 'til the tornado starts running

[@Tk0_0]

I love your pfp

[@Jesuschrist66696]

As a Missourian when I see a tornado it don’t scare me when that mf grows legs I’m fuckin out

[@Mr_HammerExe]

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

[@sparkzplayz9246]

Ikr? I’ve watched a million of videos like this, I’ve never been bothered by them, more just fascinated, but I think this video I came across a new phobia or something for me. I felt genuinely sick to my stomach in only the first 15 seconds, and I felt like I wanted to puke.

[@lewkeee]

the video of it wasn’t from jarrel tho, still horrifying either way there isn’t any known footage of the tornado from the perspective and time where you can distinctly see the dead man walking

[@PurgeMaster847]

Now imagine seeing that with your eyes you’d be speechless

[@WayneSmith-g8h]

Agreed, that was one of the scariest things I have ever seen.

[@Broogli]

@@lewkeeeyeah , just images from the day. It’s thought that BBC has a video under wraps tho

[@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.

[@Darkinu2]

I just came from that documentary. That was chilling. Poor Billy.. To think entire families were "taken off the census" as it were... Truly horrible. The Dead Man Walking claimed a lot of souls that day. The documentary is called Texas' Deadly Tornado on the True Lives YT channel.

[@randomduder995]

If you see this Tornado, you're already dead. Ho ho ho! (Pufferfish literally aueghs)

[@SW_Y9]

​@@randomduder995 no, absolutely not, get out of here.

[@randomduder995]

@@SW_Y9 If I'm outside your home, you are already dead. (Oh ho ho ho!)

[@cyber9915]

Ive heard if you see a dead man walking, it means a tornado is coming towards you.

[@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?

[@ShawnAdams-ez8he]

It only last a second maybe most of the time these are gotten by accident.

[@bigguy4u989]

i can only imagine how teeth chatteringly, blood curdlingly, spine tinglingly, bone chillingly, pants pissingly, timbers shiveringly, analog horrifyingly dreadful that must have been

[@ShawnAdams-ez8he]

@@bigguy4u989 Breathe

[@e-man2081]

@@bigguy4u989 😆😂

[@riggingpots3453]

It was a literal nightmare that day..like a horrible movie. It felt like the day would never end. I was in liberty hill texas at the time and ten and it was the strangest day of my life..the outside turned the color of those old photo negative film..the humidity was unlike anything I've ever felt in my life...trust me I never want to experience anything like it again

[@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

[@ShawnAdams-ez8he]

Did you know that Tornado was as wide as the Golden Gate Bridge is long?

[@nyanyania]

if anyones curious its from the channel Weather beat, titled The world-record El Reno, OK, tornado: May 31, 2013 and that clip is taken from about 3:26 i remember saving a playlist with just that video and timestamp bc its the only other time ive seen that exact motion in video lol

[@freddiecunningham2860]

@@nyanyania was that clip was the actual motion of the tornado?

[@Neeeg]

Ok relax not everyone had a smartphone in 1997

[@ThisSkyGuy]

El Reno was an EF-5

[@palious13]

"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

[@bigplosion]

Me when godzilla is walking: That's godzilla for sure.

[@RRTSMPlayz]

Damn human ignorance to nature is pretty much so pathetic though, thought a one guy can be a god, yet mother nature does that to remind it that we're just ants wandering.

[@dbishim6409]

I’ve been watching a ton of people getting stuck in caves and it reminded me how weak we actually are.

[@towerofhelluse1]

​@@RRTSMPlayzBillions of wandering ants, that is.

[@JustinLHopkins]

It also reminded the dinosaurs. Permanently.

[@VKU-1]

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

[@agentblackbird9435]

I saw it as a demon tail tbh

[@TheSkyGuy77]

It's the grim reaper

[@stickiedmin6508]

​@@TheSkyGuy77 It's just weather.

[@frinzerevan5655]

​@@stickiedmin6508 it's the weather ripper

[@stickiedmin6508]

@@frinzerevan5655 Nah. Just a tornado. All the rest is just within our heads, or down to deceptive editing. The video just keeps looping the same two seconds worth of footage, over and over and over, to make this look like something it isn't.

[@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.

[@Thebatcavepetfriendlybakery]

Ugh i was almost done with (insert project) and now i have to go to the storm shelter? Cant the tornado like.. wait? I dont live anywhere with lots of tornadoes but in tn where a bunch of tornadoes striked in 2011, i was scared of the first one and the others i was irritated that they interrupted whatever i was doing at the time. Mid-book? Come on dude, i cant read in the tornado position, this is stupid. Etc. Is that what its like for you? Edit: i was also like 8 yrs old so danger didnt really register. I wasnt scared of the tornado, i was scared that i didnt have my parents and the power went out, which was scary since i hate the dark and it was DARK but for some reason, the tornado wasnt the scary part?

[@salt907]

Same here as a Texan with cusins in Oklahoma

[@multigameswithryan9215]

Same over here in Wisconsin

[@TAPPSONLINE]

a fellow Oklahoman here, i can relate, although i get fascinated. even chased for a bit in 2020 and 2021 with some chaser friends and learned how to chase

[@mulletmayhem3812]

Same here up in north dakota

[@leonides1527]

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

[@Firemarioflower]

*F5 dummy

[@ayaanking_7373]

Yeah

[@PPLTSS]

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

[@PugWorldLandshorts]

Umm…….I’m in danger!

[@ShawnAdams-ez8he]

Broogli???

[@SimonIsNotASalmon]

@@ShawnAdams-ez8he GET THIS NON-OG OUTTA HERE *YEET*

[@juliodrandoms]

Tf is a Broogli? I feel stupid😭😭😭

[@ShawnAdams-ez8he]

@@juliodrandoms I asked the same think people think you are stupid for not knowing every single name of every single swinging dick or skin taco on God's blue ball.

[@ShawnAdams-ez8he]

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

[@Steve-bi4ej]

Sorry for what you went through. There are no words that could do any justice. 😔

[@HaleyKristen]

Thank you for your services. So brave of you to take on this disaster.

[@Bmoney902]

How horrendous. I'm sorry you witnessed these horrors. That poor man and his wife. I can't imagine the torment he must've gone through. Thank you for sharing your poignant story

[@N_the_dron]

Too horrendous to even think about it, sorry for what you went through

[@vivienneclarke2421]

Your comment made me cry. I'm sitting here crying........I'm so sorry

[@josephbruceismay6832]

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.

[@StemNoodle]

I have never seen anything like that in all my life. I got chills and my stomach dropped liked a bowling ball. I will not be sleeping tonight. Something about that visual of the tornado walking puts the fear of god in me...

[@stickiedmin6508]

Nothing is actually 'walking' though. It's just the same 'step' looped over and over. It's not even the right tornado - the one in the looped clip is a completely different incident to the one the video talks about.

[@Burger-man-real]

@@stickiedmin6508bro get out of this comment have your lil parade raining on the other comment

[@KingGrooveCass]

OQW

[@payt00n]

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

[@shellybunnii]

They weren’t going back and fourth. It was just a loop. In real life it was just two tornadoes intercepting. So it didn’t look like a walking person walking. It’s just a loop to create theatrics to an already deadly tornadoes which is imo disrespectful.

[@IMAVG]

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

[@slightlyuncomfortable]

Holy shit it fucking does. Oh my god thats chilling.

[@ThePolice233]

Ohhh ma gad

[@kitsami1129]

BRO I NOTICED IT TOO

[@Dressyone223]

Literally death approaching

[@Someobeditz]

Bru no it doesnt

[@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...

[@mr.randomperson9900]

This is a very weird question and you do not have to answer it, but were you in a basement or another above ground room?

[@SkyeWolfx]

@@mr.randomperson9900 I don't have a basement unfortunately I had to hide in the hallway of my house which wasn't safe cause my house isn't made for tornados

[@mr.randomperson9900]

@@SkyeWolfx that’s why I was curious. I don’t have one either. I’ve just always heard hiding in places with no windows works but I’ve always been skeptical.

[@SkyeWolfx]

@@mr.randomperson9900 Yes hiding in places with no windows is very important

[@notthed6534]

I get the feeling, last summer a tornado formed (I believe) somewhere near my house, had my sister not left her room 20 seconds earlier, she would have been cut down by the glass and debris as a shed was sent through her window.

[@k5elevencinc0]

The Jarrell, Texas F5 Tornado was bizarre. It started as a tiny powerful drillbit that moved at about 2-8 mph (3.2-12.8 kph) in a Westerly Southwest direction (Tornadoes for the most part travel West to East or Southwest to Northeast) and it had no wall cloud. And out of nowhere it maxed out and grew into a near mile wild, enormous multiple vortex Tornado doing extreme destruction at a snail's pace. It was a weird one and getting away from it even by foot would have been possible and that's usually not the case.

[@26th_Primarch]

It literally seems like something an evil god or the major villain of a fantasy novel would summon as an insanely powerful spell... You know what I'm trying to say, right? Especially the "Dead Man Walking" clip...

[@manifestgtr]

That news footage is absolutely unbelievable. You see this tiny twister that looks like it’s spinning in fast forward…they pan away and talk to some people for a few minutes, turn back around and it’s an absolute behemoth. Of all the tornado footage I’ve ever seen, that ones stayed with me…

[@noahblack5647]

It also did not exhibit a hook echo either. Most thunderstorms come with rain, then wind and then hail. Then usually the tornado comes after all that, but the Jarrell tornado came first then it was followed by hail, wind then rain.

[@w1ndgeneral226]

Even more bizarre when it grew legs and walked.

[@Steve-bi4ej]

Even as a tiny drillbit, that fucker was already spinning SO FAST. Creepy as hell even before seeing the demon it turned into

[@dazeslays]

it's insane to me that so many of the houses in that neighborhood lacked basements or cellar shelters. it's not like jarrell was far far away from tornado territory and was thus unequipped to adequately respond to a fluke storm. i checked some tornado risk maps of the USA and jarrell is in a relatively active area. there should have been infrastructure in place for this. if anyone more familiar with the area than me (i live in the northeast USA) knows why those houses didn't have basements i'm curious to know

[@saeveth]

This was exactly what I was thinking, TX is one of the top three states for most hit by tornadoes. I don’t understand why you wouldn’t have a basement or storm shelter available within ten minutes of the house? It just seems like maybe it might have saved some lives. Maybe not, which how directly it hit those homes. But it just seems so weird.

[@sucubuszoo1498]

There's actually a good reason for this. Dig three feet anywhere in Williamson County you immediately hit massive boulders. Its extremely difficult to build a basement here.

[@Brandon-lw1wx]

@@saevethstorm shelters above and below ground with reenforced concrete and a size able and heavy enough door would have. When the Joplin tornado happened it complete obliterated an entire bank building in that town sweeping every bit of it off its foundation leaving only the bank vault standing.

[@ApocalypseStyle]

I was surprised that any houses had them at all. In central Texas almost nobody has them. I've never known or heard of anyone that had one, at least. I was a few miles southwest of the Jarrell tornado when it happened, had to hide in the center of the building but still above ground. First tornado I ever had to take shelter from, but not the last.

[@shadowslayer2929]

Because states and cities don't give a, crap about public safety I live in one of the more well off cities in Oklahoma and this city doesn't have a public shelter nor does it force residences to have storm shelters it's ridiculous

[@2URLex]

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.

[@theisgood0]

Agreed 👍

[@caradarling]

3:17 “According to residents, there wasn’t even a cloud in the sky.” Yeah, well that’s also what New Yorkers said about the morning of 9/11 before the attacks started…so I’m starting to think cloudless skies aren’t so comforting.

[@Ren-Strider]

The video and picture of the “walking man” makes it seem like nature has somehow become sentient and decided to take its rage out on mankind, as if it’s fighting back in some way. I don’t know which I find more terrifying: the idea that something extremely powerful but random and uncaring causes destruction or the idea that something extremely powerful has woken up and decided it hates us, mocking us by taking on our likeness as it leaves behind a path of destruction.

[@j33ly48]

Agreed. When he showed the footage of the dead man walking, I felt like it could also be interpreted in two ways. A man walking, and a hand mimicking walking. It really does feel like nature has sentience sometimes.

[@kitsuefur5147]

I actually created a classification for this concept you speak of. I call them catalysts and there are instances of these entities but they are from science fiction movies so the chances of living disasters(aka catalysts) actually materializing are almost 0

[@sundus928]

You just described Godzilla. Esp the 1950s one, 1980s one and Shin Godzilla. I highly recommend watching these.

[@StemNoodle]

God damn this comment...as if I wasn't already scared. Write a story with this as the prompt. I want to read that.

[@mirac8803]

Nature IS santient. All the streets, excess industry and roding of forests are directly leading to these things. Natural phenomenons like these will only increase as time passes by for a while, it is not a coincidence.

[@chimmiebomb]

Around 13:45 you said that the cows were skinned of their pelts from the wind. That’s kind of half true. I was doubtful about that so I looked into it. There’s no place on this planet with wind speeds high enough to peel skin. However, this tornado had a lot of sand and dust. Because of all that sand and because of the high winds I think it’s more accurate to say that the cows got essentially sandblasted of their pelts instead

[@PixiePrincess501]

Watching that tornado "walk" is horrifyingly surreal. It's movements do look like a person walking. It gave me vibes of that horrible "taurnado" from Centaurworld. (Watch that scene before laughing at this comment and you'll understand why it's so scary!)

[@lalas181]

I do not doubt that the taurnado was inspired by this thing, tbh. The only difference is that one of them is actually alive and actively malicious.

[@Cynessa666]

In real life that would be absolutely horrifying. Probably would be a sign of the end of the world tbh-

[@DeathMorethanlife]

What’s that? I’m curious

[@CoatieAnimates]

​​@@Cynessa666 nice pfp /gen

[@Cynessa666]

@@CoatieAnimates thx lol

[@turtletitan62]

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

[@a-guy1912]

Not having those is one of the pros of florida! we don't usually get tornadoes

[@jaxton2207]

Yeah but then there’s the hurricanes and such, so it kind of balances out.

[@leomartin7409]

I'd be fucking terrified if the sky started moonwalking toward my house

[@jaxton2207]

@@leomartin7409 and hearing a distant, he he!

[@outlaw615]

​@@a-guy1912 nah just getting bent by hurricanes 😂

[@Carson-d3i]

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

[@_KaiTheGamer_]

Interestingly, some new-ish footage of the Joplin Tornado released a few weeks ago, and it shows that tornado started as a relatively weak vortex that became a Dead Man Walking multivortex for about a minute or so, before very quickly turning into the absolute monster that my family still talks about sometimes. (if anyone else is from Joplin, what's good lol, heard Rangeline got hit pretty bad recently) Couple that with that fantastically horrific gif of the El Reno Tornado's own Dead Man Walking vortex, and well now we have at least 3 recorded instances of this phenomenon resulting in the worst, most destructive tornadoes of the past 50 years (and conversely, the most well-known tornadoes of the past 50 years).

[@Broogli]

Banger

[@Nollear579]

Ikr, hopefully Spoogli sees this comment, maybe he will pin and heart you =D

[@MSPaintOfficial]

@@Nollear579 30 minutes later...

[@Dracheplayz]

@@MSPaintOfficial 41 minutes later…

[@MSPaintOfficial]

@@Dracheplayz 54 minutes later...

[@potatos0]

@@MSPaintOfficial 56 minuets later...

[@Sparty-pi3jq]

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!

[@danielwieten8617]

I moved to central Texas in 2021 and went to the Jarrell memorial park in 2022. Truly haunting to be there, and it really put everything into perspective. I am so fascinated by the level of devastation and meteorology inherent, but when you attach the human element it really changes your perspective. Last summer I visited El Reno and Moore. Same feeling

[@GetOutterMeHouse]

This is without a doubt the best “the most sinister tornado in history” video. However the Oklahoma May 3rd tornado lives in my head rent free. Something about looking at a horizon and seeing nothing but a big black horizon, so big that you don’t realize it’s a tornado at first, is terrifying

[@chancecompton4061]

I was only 10 when the JoMo tornado hit. That shit wiped out the hospital I was born in, and now there's a nice park there. My grandpa was in shambles the whole time it was going on, cause he used to be a first responder and he wanted to go help so bad.

[@MajinKemba]

Nebraska/Iowa just had their own dead man walking a few days ago. Insane footage

[@mikhailgarza6573]

Really?

[@OR56]

When I saw the title, my brain immediately went: “Turmoil at the front Wilhelm’s forces on the hunt There’s a thunder in the east It’s an attack of the deceased”

[@Cypher-9]

"they've been facing poison gas, 7000 charge amass, Turn the tide of the attack, And force the enemy to turn back"

[@OR56]

@@Cypher-9 And that's when the dead men are marching again

[@bro-dy6848]

@@OR56OSOWEIC THEN AND AGAIN 🗣️

[@OR56]

​@@bro-dy6848 ATTACK OF THE DEAD HUNDRED MEN

[@borborygmuss]

reddit

[@GreenDashEntertainment]

The dead man walking footage in this vid is actually from the EF3 El Reno Tornado.

[@under_score3394]

Thanks

[@tracybrannan8326]

That’s not true.. the dead man walking has always been from the Jarrell tornado and I know because I was there. It was also shown on a History Channel documentary way before the El Reno tornado even happened. Go look it up.

[@GiordanDiodato]

The photo is confirmed to be the Jarrell tornado

[@GreenDashEntertainment]

@@GiordanDiodato yes.

[@GreenDashEntertainment]

@@tracybrannan8326 I'm saying the footage isn't from Jarrell. The thumbnail though is from that tornado.

[@thomasconway5284]

When you see a tornado walking like a person through a field the terror of witnessing that would definitely turn myths into reality

[@RealBred]

I just love watching these type of videos before sleeping

[@lincolnchafee9602]

Me too for some reason even tho tornadoes are what my worst nightmares are lol

[@DoktrWhiteCustoms]

Same we really should stop

[@danadoozer9990]

Thanks for covering this! No tornado has ever freaked me out as much as the one that hit jarrell, from the way it developed into a monster within just a minute or so, to become the infamous dead man walking. Those insane winds coupled with the incredibly slow forward speed sandblasted everything and everyone into oblivion! Utterly chilling to think about!

[@mathieuleader8601]

weather sirens sound absolutely haunting

[@ThatOneRandomAviator]

As a resident of Jarrell, i'v known about this tornado a long time. As of lately (that being the last year or so), this event has been getting a lot of attention and it feels so weird that this small town is as popular as it is. To think that happened here... unbelievable. Any time i see double creek estates, i think about how different it would be today had the tornado not happened. Oh and the siren in the video was that one i Chicago (i think), the one that was in Jarrell was a fire house siren. -Take care ya'll

[@Jpz_38t]

I live in Europe and we don't have such tornados here. I can only imagine what an eerie feeling it must be to have tornado warnings in areas a F5 tornado already occurred once. Hard to believe people just get used to it.

[@aarongarza2915]

Yo, yea I live here too bro and yea I agree it's crazy how our small town is getting so much attention recently and like bro this is wild, all cause of a tornado man... wack

[@StoneStraiff]

8:22 Chills

[@austinartist0608]

I was close to it. 30 miles away. What I saw of the storm shocked me. It was a dark wall coming at me. Mail came down from the sky 60 miles away. I went to see the Double Creek site a week later. Concrete slabs. Some cattle were inside out. Humans were unrecognisable as people. Sad day. From Cedar Park Texas the storm headed towards Lake Travis and Spicewood, Texas missing Willie Nelson's Luck,Texas property by several hundred yards then crossed Highway 71 and killed a soldier who just come home who was living in a mobile home. I heard about the storm and left work, it hit my house just as I got there. My Schnauzer and myself were under the stairs in the closet for the flashlight with eyes fixed on each other full of uncertainty. When it calmed down we went outside and the street was covered with green leaf branches. I had a tree down and my neighbor had a one on his house. We were lucky. 27 people lost their lives just north of us.

[@Dracheplayz]

Oogily doogily you just have been brooglied

[@KevinRAAMAAAGE]

You are a Smith of words

[@MrRiggle]

YOU'VE GOT THAT WRONG!

[@spacedogegamez6487]

Oogilt doogilt you just been spoogilied

[@BobRoberts_e4]

Funny man haha

[@Chekmate-em3mc]

Guess I’m *OOGILY DOO*

[@Amber_Freeman_Unmasked1406]

im not afraid of tornados but that....thats no tornado...thats the devils walking....im terrified of it

[@thereturnofjon]

ikr, it looks terrifying

[@legitbeans9078]

Not scary at all. Trick of the angle of viewing and the loop.

[@DeathDealer1825]

There was an angle yea but it obviously still looked like it took atleast 2 steps not to mention its shaped like a human​@@legitbeans9078

[@wadewilson8011]

Thank you for covering this particular tornado. You picked the PERFECT one to represent pure the terror of what a tornado can do. And thank you for CORRECTLY mentioning the approximate windspeeds of 261-318mph. Only thing you're not correct about is the tornado didn't sit above the houses for 3 mins at a time. That's not happening with those windspeeds. This is the most underrated extremely strong and devastating tornado of all time. It's underrated because of the belief that the slow forward moving speed was the sole cause of that type of damage. That sole theory has been debunked by a few tornados.. The Elie EF5 tornado in 2007 proves that people assuming the slow forward-moving speed is the ONLY reason for its damage intensity. "Experts" said the same thing about the Elie tornado because it stalled over a particular area over one house and said its stalling is what caused a house to be swept off it's foundation. Giving it an EF4 rating incorrectly. It wasn't until amateur video surfaced that recorded the tornado as it hit that house. The video showed it IMMEDIATELY sucking the house right off its foundation and OBLITERATED it. THEN it stalled. The same "experts" and surveyors had to upgrade that tornado to EF5. This is one of the reasons why the EF scale is very flawed. Jarrell showed every single sign of it being as powerful as May 3 1999 Bridge Creek tornado. People always say "well the Jarrell tornado picked up so much soil and debris that it created a sandblasting effect." Excuse me, but what tornado rated above an EF1 hasn't picked up soil and debris??? The Jarrell tornado DID have incredible windspeeds to rip up asphalt, trees, houses, grass out of the roots, cars (some never to be found again), and people have the naive nerve to say the slow forward-movement is the only reason for its power. The CAPE for that day was well over 7,000 J/kg. You can SEE the violence in the updraft in the video. The inflow jet in another video shows how strong the winds were from 4 MILES AWAY!! The Fargo, ND F5 of 1957 was slow forward moving and did nowhere NEAR the damage intensity that Jarrell caused. Same with Hallam, Nebraska tornado. All it takes is a little research to find these things out. Yeah, it was slow moving. But it would have done the same amount of damage if it were going 50mph. Just like Smithville, Hackleburg Phil Campbell, Moore, and Joplin. Also it was the reason why in the US, there are THREE level warning system. Tornado Watch Tornado Warning Tornado EMERGENCY. The Moore, Ok May 3, 1999 Bridge Creek was the first announced Tornado EMERGENCY. And that was taken into consideration strictly to avoid what happened because of the 1997 Jarrell, Tx Deadman Walking.

[@charliesmp]

For the Elie 2007 tornado, I don't really understand the level of criticism you're giving it (although I get that some criticism is fair), especially given how the understanding of how tornadoes work and cause destruction is still not well understood even today, much less 17 years ago. The NWS gave it its initial rating, a rating that is often changed because they're done immediately/soon after the tornado and is not necessarily the final rating given, and then changed it to fit the evidence when footage of what actually happened came to light. Is that not correct scientific practice to adjust data and make corrections when errors are found and evidence contradicts what's written down? I feel like there's other tornadoes that should be discussed for having higher/lower ratings on the EF scale that don't correctly match evidence (for example the rating for the El Reno 2013 EF3 only taking damage into account and not its immense width).

[@Steve-bi4ej]

Very well said, and completely agree.

[@dannyllerenatv8635]

I give Bridgecreek Moore a slight edge simply because Bridgecreek Moore is one of the two tornadoes I have heard of that actually ripped slab foundations out of the ground (the other one being Guin, AL). I do agree that Jarrell was just as powerful overall, but Bridgecreek maintained that extreme level of intensity much longer. The tornado caused such a massive area of scouring that was highly visible from high altitudes for nearly its entire 60-mile path of carnage. I also have to agree with your defense of the forward motion. You cannot cause this type of damage without 200+ mph wind speeds. The 2013 Newcastle Moore EF5 moved at the same speeds as Jarrell throughout a major portion of its lifetime and while the damage was VERY extreme, it still was not at Jarrell levels. Something slow motion and fast motion have in common with tornadoes despite being polar opposites is that they both exacerbate the damage. Slow forward motion because the structure is exposed to the winds longer and fast forward motion due to kinetic energy and increased blunt force. Either way, when a tornado is that strong, you're likely not surviving if you're in its path. The only thing that differs is how quickly it will get to you unfortunately.

[@wadewilson8011]

​@@charliesmpfirst of all my "criticism" is focused on the SURVEYORS of the Elie tornado, NOT the tornado itself. Second, my other criticism was at the flaws of the Enhanced Fujita scale itself. At no point was my criticism focused nor aimed at the tornado itself. Just as the surveyors of that tornado, you're not paying attention to details, and you obviously didn't pay attention to what I said. CLEARLY you're trying to implement your personal agenda in your reply. He problem is, it's irrevenant because you completely misconstrued my comment.

[@wadewilson8011]

​@@dannyllerenatv8635Bridge Creek is already the the most popular besides Joplin, simply because its windspeeds (318 mph) were recorded that day by a DOW. Many extremely powerful tornadoes weren't fortunate enough to have a device on scene. Smithville, Hackleberg-Phil Campbell, Philadelphia, MS, and especially Jarrell. Also, BC, Moore of 1999 was a larger (1mile wide) and longer tracked tornado (38 mile path). Which the life of a tornado has nothing to do with it's power. That's like comparing a well fit man who dies at an early age vs a weaker average man living until old age. You've had athletes die young in history, and unfit people live to be elderly. Longevity is not a scale to measure power. BC, Moore, OK tornado was a mile wide. Jarrell was ¾ of a mile wide. EL Reno was 2.6 miles wide, yet it was rated EF3. BUT it's windspeeds were recorded by DOW to be 296 mph. My point is focused on your argument of longevity and size makes BC or Newcastle more powerful. That's not a factor. Now as far as aerial footage of the ground scowling being seen. Bridge Creek come to nowhere near the scowling of the 2011 Philadelphia, MS EF5 that left trenches TWO FEET DEEP into the earth. Bridge Creek nor Jarrell did that. HOWEVER, Jarrell left trenches and scowling 18" deep (as mentioned in this very video). That's only 6" shy of Philadelphia. Now I've studied, BC, Newcastle, Jarrell, Smithsville, Hackleberg-Phil Campbell, Joplin, Elie, and many other tornadoes. I've HEARD about BC moving slab foundations, however, I have yet to see actual documented images of before and after locations of these said slabs. And honesty, the tornado was given the name Bridge Creek because that was the first major populated area it hit at F5 intensity. And that was a mobile home park. And we all know that mobile homes are doomed even in EF2 and EF3 winds. Bridge Creek was a juggernaut. And to our knowledge it's the fastest windspeeds ever RECORDED on Earth. So for now it's the undisputed proven King of Tornadoes. What I'm saying is we'll never know how powerful the windspeeds were in Jarrell. But the damage (or lack there of) left behind speaks for itself. If you compare aerial footage from every tornado possible to research, NONE of them compare to Jarrell. Jarrell is to this day, the only tornado on record with a 100% mortality rate within its direct footprint. The inflow jet was SEEN and RECORDED 4 MILES AWAY. The atmospheric instability CAPE 7,000 J/kg was higher than both Moore F5 and EF5 tornadoes at 5,000 J/kg. Track down interviews with rescue workers and first responders from every famous tornado. Usually they'll say the first things they see, hear, and smell are people crying for help, dogs barking, rubble and destruction, and the smell of gas mains breached. Only in Jarrell do you hear reports of first responders arriving on scene and hearing nothing. They said the silence was deafening. No crying for help, no gas smell because it ripped the plumbing out of the ground. Everything was GONE! Mud puddles, blended debris scattered, and raindrops. Even some cars were never found or identified. The only survivors directly in its path were in a storm cellar. Gabriel Hernandez had to drill into the bedrock under the soil because that part of Texas has limestone 2 feet below the soil. That's why don't see people with any more storm cellars on out there than you do. They either have to use a jackhammer or blasted with explosives to break the granite underground. The other survivors like Debbie LeFrance and her daughter weren't in the direct F5 footprint. But they were caught in the outer edge winds (F4 strength). So again, I'll say that Jarrell is severely underrated by many because they haven't dug deep enough into the little details. I'm saying that the proof is there. People just need to take the time to research it and compare it.

[@deadliftenthusiest]

I always stop at a rest stop in Jerrell when I’m traveling to San Marcos/ Austin area. They have a memorial for the families that lost their lives, and for some reason being in that town is still eerie just knowing what happened years back, even though they’ve pretty much fully recovered.

[@ApocalypseStyle]

I remember going to Jarrell about a year after the tornado and feeling so creeped out and scared, like another tornado could hit at any second. I was 9 and a very anxious kid when it came to storms lol

[@HeatherfromAmerica]

Dead man walking tornado is part of Native American true legend. We've seen it before, in times that video didn't exist. It's ancestral knowledge passed in our DNA. Seeing it in video chills my blood. I have goosebumps all over my body. My ancestors warning of this dead man walking. Wow. I wrote this before that pic appeared that says Indian legend. Yes, that's true. True legend.

[@agshinguseynov4998]

7:00 there can’t be a tornado that big if there is tho I will kys💀💀💀

[@lordnatey8503]

that’s from close up but yeah, there’s been MUCH bigger tornadoes, the largest tornado ever recorded was the 2.6 mile wide multivortex tornado which would impact rural communities just south of the town of el reno, oklahoma. It was absolutely MASSIVE, the beginning stages of it were shown multiple times in this video, being the dead man walking clip which can be seen at 8:26 . There was also an extremely wide tornado recently (about just 2 weeks ago or so) which reached an astounding 1.7 miles near the town of Decatur Arkansas, also dealing ef3 level damage.

[@manutosis598]

Looks straight outta "only in ohio" vids

[@HeYZDツ]

20 tornados formed 7 hours of recorded time 3 whole families dead 27 people gone 12 injured 300+ livestock killed 1 town devastated May 1997, Jarrell City, Texas Beware, *The Dead Man is Walking*

[@JustinBalingit-jd2ct]

The Dead Walking tornado is Near Around 0:31

[@darylkupper9339]

0:39

[@PatentPending47]

On a report of the Jarrell tornado: “The infamous 'dead man walking' tornado of Jarrell '97 went backwards and stalled on a subdivision for 3 minutes after explosively expanding. Over those 3 minutes it shredded everything to fine pulp and sprayed it everywhere. No houses or trees were left, just concrete slabs sanded smooth. 600ft of asphalt road was ripped up. Cars were stripped to the chassis and mangled. Basements were found full of shredded meat after being opened, cows were skinned alive and had their lungs pulled out, corpse sniffer dogs could not find any intact bodies and the entire topsoil was confirmed to be minced human. Those few chunks of person that weren't obliterated had blades of grass lodged into the bone.”

[@DeathDealer1825]

The pressure from that tornado is insane to even think about like he said it was like a food processor

[@itsyaboiherman]

jesus.....that footage was horrifying....i never knew of this incident

[@lexyshannon9428]

I think it was said that some Native tribes had seen a dead man walking tornado. They said "If you see the dead man walk, you are going to die." At least, I think that's where it came from. Pretty chilling stuff, either way!

[@DoomieTheFool]

It's the fact that it looks so fluid, as if it's actually something making it walk, and it just sends genuine chills through my body dude, scary shit.

[@PRC_E5]

My dad lived in Salado at the time. That’s the town just north of Jarrell. This storm went right over his home before producing the tornado. He was also a volunteer firefighter and responded to the aftermath. I was told of the cattle missing skin, chickens missing all their feather, the destruction in general including roads being ripped up. Never once did I hear about the human remains sometimes being ripped apart so much that you didn’t know if they were human or animal. I’m always in awe of this tornado and the power of the earth. I live in Florida so hurricanes are also just so amazing to me. It’s easy to forget how dangerous they are and how fragile we are. I’m actually gonna visit my mom in Georgetown, TX (next town south of Jarrell) in a few days and thinking about finally visiting the Jarrell memorial.

[@PRC_E5]

I missed something. The storm went over my dad’s best friend’s home. They both lived in Salado but the storm went over his friends house who was the firefighter. Not my dad. He was just a trucker 😂

[@bajablastboy666]

THT MF REALLY WALKING 😭😭😭😭😭

[@franciscosolis5331]

I just found this channel and it's already becoming one of my favorites

[@JoeDirtisawsome]

people in the 1300 would probably think that this was a wind god.

[@BlueSkyCountry]

Shamanistic tribes would think so. Christians however, would think that it was a demonic entity and that the area of land the thing spawned on is a location of a portal to Hll.

[@loganhaynes9176]

No they would think it’s god. They would most likely think what you thought might happen in like 300 Bce-200 ce

[@derpturtlegamur]

someone should make an analog horror series about stuff like this. supernatural tornados sounds like a cool concept.

[@CerealMilktalvo]

Maybe I’ll make one, but I am working on a Planet Of The Apes analog horror (see my community post)

[@Itz_Lumi]

That is genuinely a very intriguing idea, props to you, man. I honestly was considering (whilst listening to this video) about trying to write some sort of novel about that exact concept, but then I forgot I’m not the best writer, lol. Analog horror about that, though, is a very cool idea

[@derpturtlegamur]

@@Itz_Lumi give it a try man, you never know what you're capable of until you try it

[@SonicTheArchie]

4:29 Maybe it's just my imagination, but the top right corner "graph" looks like a human skull. Really puts another meaning into the tornado.

[@-_-hxney_daisy-_-]

I thought i was the only one, made me more creeped out

[@admwadenx]

I was 11 when the 1974 Super Outbreak took place. Being the weather nerd I was at that time I was rather disappointed that I did not get to see even one of the many tornadoes that dropped over that 3-day period. In 1997 I was literally passing through Jarrell, Texas and was totally oblivious to the tornado threat... until I saw it. I can say that as scary as the walking imagery was, it's the aftermath of that storm that scarred me. It literally sucked up a portion of the asphalt that made up the road! Like, you'd be driving and the road suddenly turned to dirt before you hit asphalt again about a half-mile later! I never imagined a tornado could be that powerful. It took about 5 years for me to get back to "geek status" again with severe weather! During that 5 years I swore if I never saw another tornado again, it would be too soon!

[@ashlivandeest1235]

I love to use the taco analogy for the difference between a tornado watch and a tornado warning. Tornado watch: you have all the ingredients for a taco, but there is no fully formed taco yet Tornado warning: all of the ingredients have come together and there is a confirmed taco

[@catbatrat1760]

I didn't get a notification for this video... I saw it in my recommended 10 or 11 minutes after it was uploaded. I checked my notifications just to make sure, and it wasn't there.

[@26th_Primarch]

I got it in my notification bar on my phone, but not on the notification page on KZbin?

[@littlejourneyseverywhere]

Same, no notification on my phone but it was on my recommended. Go home, KZbin. You're drunk.

[@Thebatcavepetfriendlybakery]

I got it on my fyp also 10 min after upload, im not a subscriber (until now) but its cool hes on fyp's only 10 min after posting!

[@Bblsaremyjam]

my mom actually lived in Georgetown when it happened which is about just 15 or so minutes away from jarrell. my paw told me about how they were worried as she was driving home when it hit from lake Georgetown which is even closer. thankful that Georgetown wasn't hit and rest in peace to the people who died in jarrell on that awful day.

[@The_Deutsch_Empire]

I have been through numberous tornadoes, and they don't scare me anymore, but I have never seen them fucking walk. That was horrifying to watch, I can't imagine seeing it in person.

[@Sliver_Stream]

This story chills me to the bone. This makes me realize i may not have been alive today. Honestly, because my mother survived this tornado when she went to go see her dad.

[@chelsiekelly1011]

That is so terrifying seeing the tornado walking on the clip, imagine how much fear seeing that in person.

[@MrsJasmyn45]

I live in Oklahoma, specifically Moore, Oklahoma. Our tornadoes don't walk. The footage of the tornado that walked with the other behind it, that gave me chills.

[@SausageFaCerria]

Moore, Oklahoma is Tornado 🌪️ Capital 😂

[@ANanoMoose]

nah bro i made myself a peanut butter jelly sandwich for this video and i finished it before the intro was done😭

[@willzilla6124]

At 4:35 the storm in the top right corner looks like a skull, which I think its very fitting with the “Dead man Walking” tornado

[@brt-jn7kg]

Something I learned from being the first responder to this tornado. And that is if it looks like ones coming at you getting your vehicle and run for your freaking life because if you stay and it ends up being like this you're a dead man! I was one of the very first responders to the Double Creek housing addition at day this tornado started in my front yard and I followed it all the way to Jarrell Texas I saw things there I did not think were possible

[@MaterialManPlayz]

27 year anniversary of this tornado, just wanna say that this is honestly pretty scary, seeing a tornado HAVE TWO LEGS AND START WALKING

[@ZanderTheBoi]

“Oh it’s just a funny looking walking tornado video! It can’t be that horrifyi-“ *11:49* “…”

[@corn95515]

this happens when 2 tornadoes kinda revolve around eachother that looks like a guy walking, but its way stronger than a regular tornado.

[@hamhockbeans]

The El reno tornado had three dancing around itself. Then it became a 2 mile wide tornado with orbiting vortexes. Talk about ultimate nightmare.

[@samanthahenson382]

I have a tornado story. When I was 8 or 9, a tornado picked me up off the ground. Luckily my dad had great reflexes. He grabbed me and carried me into the store. We were picking my mom up from work.

[@Im4_B0mb]

I have a deep fear of tornados, a phobia. My mom always told me to research my fear to understand it more. this was one of the topics that evaded my research and when i did stumble upon it, I was horrified to think that tornadoes could somehow get even scarier than how i already viewed them.

[@catbatrat1760]

7:07 Oh, this is SUCH a creepy sound!

[@JamesStoran-su9bs]

Ikr , one time I heard this noise from someones phone at 9PM , I ran the 2 miles home

[@livingdeadboyxiii]

Federal Signal Modulator 6048 alternate wail

[@Gracie-vi7yt]

Especially if you’re familiar with the scp “siren head”. Creepy stuff lol

[@dadcomeback1470]

​@@Gracie-vi7yt tornado sirens is what siren head was inspired by because the siren is designed to be scary so people don't ignore it

[@Gracie-vi7yt]

@@dadcomeback1470 I’m aware lol. But imagining siren head over the sound is what makes it scary. Imo

[@spddiesel]

7:13 dude, ten minutes warning is forever when it comes to tornados. Our farm got hit by an F2 last year and I had 30 seconds warning, if I hadn't been watching Ryan Hall for an hour beforehand I wouldn't have had any warning nor made it to the basement before it hit. I watched the machine shed take out the power pole thru the back door from the bottom of the basement steps.

[@theoComely]

It’s crazy that I’m watching this in Jarrell right now 🥲

[@Omori178MyTime]

Rest in peace to all the people who lost their lives in this horrific event.

[@Messywildcat78]

I do a lot of work in Jarrell, Tx and anytime there is a storm, I start wrapping up anything I’m doing and leave. If I can’t leave, I start watching the radar and keeping an eye out for any twister. Jarrell just leaves that “off” feeling anytime there’s a storm.

[@fatalcrabnow29]

I hate living in Kansas where people are so used to tornadoes. Nobody really freaks out about it. People literally drive around towards the tornado to look at it, but imo tornadoes are terrifying, and once you’ve seen a real tornado once, you never want to see one again.

[@MD-zm6sn]

There's no feeling like sitting there waiting for a tornado that's a mile away coming straight for you. Did it less than 72 hours ago. When that one thing you've been particularly hoping to avoid since you were a very small child is happening RIGHT NOW and the only move is to wait and see what happens and the power is going off and on and things are hitting all four sides of your house with equal strength and you can feel the house breathing through your hands on the bathtub that your kid is in. Very very not optimal.

[@ApocalypseStyle]

glad you're alright

[@guidedbyshakti544]

The very sad fact about the Igo family was that at the 10 minute warning, they shut their shop, the mom packed up from school where she taught and the parents brought the kids to their home to shelter. I truly wish there had been some sort of intervention and they had found some other place to shelter at. They really walked into dangers’ path but it’s not uncommon for people to seek shelter in their home that they know better than some place else. RIP to all the victims.

[@featherlilly07]

I really like this documentary. Great voice, way of speaking is very natural and easy to listen to. Clear, good visuals, and I can tell you're having fun making them! Subscribed to see what else you make.

[@jerryNCCyclone2011]

I will never see tornados the same way after that thing walking

[@lexyshannon9428]

The tornado said 🎶 "These boots are made for walkin', and that's just what I'll do" 🎶

[@ProCheeseConsumer]

what do you do when you see a deadman walking? you pray that fate will be quick

[@I_Am_Grumpee]

This shit, scared tf outta me, i live in a country where tornados are essentially non-factor, but that thing, activated some kind of primal fear in me

[@Soup_Can_Gaming_And_More]

The fact that a storm is incoming as i am watching this makes me horrified about what can happen to me in just a few minutes

[@DrinkGameRepeat]

I have a *huge* fear or tornadoes, so this is actually the scariest video on your channel to me.

[@Zeinsanemedic1]

When he reminds you of who's image we were created from

[@PossiblyMixingItUp]

I probably shouldn't be watching this right before bedtime

[@carstan1173]

2:28 I just so happen to live literally half a block away from one of the buildings destroyed by that tornado in my town.

[@deanprowell7947]

If anyone wants to see more footage of the Jarrell F5, there's converted 16x9 raw footage of the tornado posted here on KZbin by Scott Guest, who filmed it for KVUE News back in '97.