Bro with my eyesight I most likely wouldn’t have seen it. Whoever did this is beyond insane.

Booby traps are highly illegal

The world isnt round or flat, its fucked.

After reading these comments I may never step foot on a bike again how is this so common wtf

My brother was on foot running through a trail and caught a peice of barbed wire stretched in a similar manner at his neck and at the hospital they said 1 cm more and he wouldn't have made made it home let alone to the ER. The terror on my mother's face when my brother removed his hand from his neck to show her what was was wrong I can't even explain. I cant even imagine if he was on a motorcycle!

I remember my dad telling me about how someone he knew died because someone did exactly that. People are fucked up.

Lost a fair amount of faith in humanity based on how many people in the comments saying they know someone this happened to.

My dad was always talking about a crazy man livin close to the woods. In the winter when he was getting wood and he was hearing vechicles in the woods he heard screaming and 2 heads flying his way. He called the police and ran to where the heads came from. The guys was partying yelling "no more noise!" he was sentenced for life.

Remember: that wasn’t some rope put there to just stop a bike. It was a cable at neck height put there to kill someone.

That reaction time literally at life saving speed

Preventing trespassing is building a barricade, or fence around your house. Not attaching a 35 pound steel wire to a tree at neck height. It crazy how y’all are trying to justify this by “trespassing,” when this almost certainly is a trail.

Reminder you are not allowed to booby trap your land or house according to federal law. And you are most certainly not allowed to do it on public property or a private forest

A phyco lady did that on some of our local mountain bike trails. She had a variety of different traps set on the trails. She kept doing it so cameras were put up and she got caught. She said she was just trying to slow people down. That is an extremely stupid and nasty thing to do. She had three charges against her but plead guilty to “mischief rendering property dangerous “. She got 3 years probation and 150 community service hours.

"You are witnessing an attempted murder" goes hard as a producer tag

This happened to one of my best friends in highschool. He needed a trachéotomie and nearly died. He still can not use his voicebox. Sick fx out there. It was on power lines. He still owes hundreds of thousands in medical bills.

In the 70s my cousin had struck one of these while on his bike, luckily he didn’t die but his voice box was destroyed

Old folks get pissed that people don't go outside anymore then do this when they do.

That is beyond fckd up. Whoever did that needs to go to prison .

"you are witnessing attempted murder" *puts goofy ass music underneath murder attempt

The amount of people in the comments section trying to justify attempted murder over trespassing is insane, some of y'all out there are some psychopaths.

My friend had this happen to him twice thankfully he wasn't going too fast the first time so it just gave him a real bad cut. His mom ended up making him a thick leather neckband after the first altercation and when the second one happened, the only reason he had his head was because of that neckband

A woman from my home town when she was a little girl maybe 5-6 years old was riding on the back of a snow machine and her dad was decapitated by one of these, she had to find her way home in the winter by herself... sickening, I can’t imagine what that poor child felt

For anybody saying, the booby traps are legal you are wrong. Booby traps for humans are illegal, no matter the circumstances. This is because a booby trap cannot tell between friend and foe however, you can have a manned turret

New fear unlocked

It's shocking how many people would take a life for no reason and feel justified doing it.

Props to the lead biker for noticing in time. Hella good reflexes and situational awareness

Some people in the comments really defending a trap made to kill humans by calling it a "blocked path" or saying if its in private property then its the bikers fault. Let that sink in.

We have an old friend that lost his son this way. What a terrible terrible thing to happen. The poor boy was decapitated. So many lives changed that day. The boys with him will never be the same. They were around 15. The landowner was tired of the kids cutting through his woods on their way to the sand pits. He's in jail now. So relieved this was seen before anything tragic happened.

My neighbors made a cable fence, it was too high. Their son came home for a visit and he didn't know it was installed. He ran his bike threw it like he always did but was unaware that this new cable was installed. They decapitated their own son by mistake. He was on military leave and wanted to surprise them. 😢 It makes me sad to know he had so much life left in front of him.

Even in Texas, it is ILLEGAL to have booby traps on your private property. So this property owner has some serious explaining to do in front of a judge.

Bike traps are absolutely insane. Some people really are just sadistic idiots. What’s the point? They’re illegal too. There are also tons of different kinds. The cable at head or neck level being the most common but they also put them at handlebar or mid-wheel level in order to make the bike go crazy and minimum severely injure the rider. This is also done with fishing line to make it less visible. Another very common trap is where they’ll put a board on the ground and either put tons of small nails and/or screws to pop the bikes tired or cause the rider to fall, or, the more dangerous version, ginormous spikes or roofing nails that can kill someone. Some people are even crazy enough to do some home alone type crap and make a gun system but those are alot more rare, probably because it’s easier to trace and louder and harder to do. Then there are the people that’ll just shoot. Please check the trail you’re riding before you ride. It’s sad but it’s a real, common and horrific issue that takes hundreds of life’s and almost never receive justice because the culprits are almost never caught

Cable at neck height - attempted murder Cable 1ft off the ground and a no trespassing sign - a fence protecting private property. Same amount of effort, highly different legal outcomes

Had a friend that was riding on his family's land. And some neighbor has been trying to argue about property lines. One day him and his buddy were riding just like this and he got closelined at about 40 mph. Was in ICU for several weeks and will never be able to full rehabilitate. Traps like this deserves jail Time

My friend died this way when we were 16. Messed my head up for years.

People in america are so fixated on trespassing that its insane. Its like you're trying to make your own country on that land. To me personally trespassing is when you are on someones yard or inside someones house

I wouldn't like trespassers or noise either but killing someone? By decapitation?!? Tf man

These traps are usually set up by the “for your safety” type of mindset of people that will actually try to kill you to teach you a lesson.

Should set up a trail cam to find out who it was. That might be the type of person to come back and check their carnage.

Holy crap. This isn't to send a message or else it would be lower or higher. This is to cause maximum damage at neck height.

A Man Nearly Died Because Of This, Luckily He Only Lost His Voice (Literally) He Had To Use A Dead Mans Voice To Be Able To Even Talk 😢

This killed a kid that my mom went to middle school with. Some psycho put it up over a PUBLIC ACCESS ROAD because his property was nearby and he didn’t like hearing the dirt bikes. Some people are infinitely miserable.

One of my dad’s best friends as a kid died from this. Some people are sick

The guys saying "oh they are trespassing and this is the price they pay" are just really fucked up man what has humanity come to

For all y'all saying "if it's his property he's free to tie a string between two trees" it's still illegal. And form of booby trap is illegal, Sur the driver may get charged with trespassing but the other guy will get charged with murder/attempted murder

A 12 year old boy from my town died this exact way this year. RIP Mikey

To end the debate: Negligent homicide. "Police say whoever strung up the wire could face a lengthy jail period."

This is absolutely horrifying and dangerous, people who do this need serious consequences. Booby traps are illegal and can cause serious harm or even death.

Nah yall saying its "trespassing" yall are just idiots they would likely put it at "wheel height" to stop bikers but this is a bit diffrent you see its at **neck** height so its used for decapitation

Guy in Maryland went to prison for murder in the 80s for putting one of those up on property that wasn't even his.A kid in his teens was decapitated and I believe the kid had permission to ride where he was.

Someone probably set this up and walked away feeling satisfied with themselves knowing they killed someone and didn't even stick around to watch it.

This is why I stick to tracks when riding, even dirt bike trails can be dangerous

The amount of people commenting saying that they have experienced this/know people who have experienced this is terrifying

My friend lost his wife on something like this, a 1 inch metal cable was put across the trail and his wife didn’t see it and dislocated her head , lived like a vegetable for a year then passed away god rest her soul, never found out who did it

Even if they're trespassing, booby traps are something a sociopath would put, particularly if there's no indication that they're trespassing

what's the world coming to where a guy can't put up a clothesline on his own property without some ignorant trespasser accusing him of attempted murder? 🤔

As a landowner I would install a gate at entrance and exit activated by a vending machine style card payment reader, $10 per opening of the automatic gate. Use at own risk signs and make some cash

Everybody saying tresspassing. Ive seen these on fucking forestry roads. PUBLIC

One of my family members was nearly decapitated riding four wheelers on his own property . Property owner beside him thought it was his land and without a survey put up a single strand of barbed wire . You can imagine the rest .

My buddy got killed like that. Someone put a small cable across the long straight away on a trail. Took his head off. Not only did he die but his family struggled so bad with his loss one brother ended up in prison and another overdosed. Mom and dad's health went down the drain. Complete devastation. Heartbreaking.

That "you are witnessing atempted murder" sounds like a producer tag lol

Me and my dad used to go shooting out in the woods by our house. There was a giant sand and dirt mound we would dump mags into when we got a new gun. We’d ride our side by side out to it, it’s super common for people to go mudding in the area and often there were new people dumping mags too. One morning we went out and found a steel cable between to trees and a teenager laying on the ground and his ATV about 20 feet ahead. Poor kid caught it in the chest and we had to drag him out of there. Turned out to be some people that lived next to the mud gates entrance that got annoyed that people went mudding out there. 14 year old boy had a massive cut across his chest and a few broken ribs over some stupid people getting annoyed. Idk if they ever got a criminal charge but that shit could have been so much worse

Imagine a dad teaching his daughter how to ride a bike together and she looks to her left and his head is on the ground

Happened to a friend in my late teens back in the early 80's. We would always cut through this parking lot near our neighborhood to get home. For whatever reason, they installed a chain across the entrance. We didn't know about it and that night he took the shortcut, only seeing the chain at the last second. He tried to duck under, but it caught him in the face, ripping him off the motorcycle. He laid there for several hours with a broken neck until someone discovered him. He did eventually recover after several months in the hospital, but now lives in chronic pain, migraine headaches 24/7. Thank God the guy in this video saw it before it was too late!

"lets prank him" the prank:

They should swab for any type DNA and prosecute. That video would've been a whole lot different if not for his observational awareness.

Literally one of my biggest fears as a biker, cable lines and fucked in the head people

I shouldn’t have judged the video by its thumbnail, I thought it was someone exaggerating, but nope, that’s definitely a booby trap, and is very illegal and messed up to put there.

A guy I went to high school with was nearly decapitated by a wire strung between two trees while snowmobiling in northern IL a few years ago. Apparently, he and others were riding through someone’s property where it happened and the property owner had enough of snowmobiler’s doing it. I understand snowmobiles can absolutely wreck turf, but it’s not justification for setting traps like that. The property owner confessed to it and received murder charges. Two lives ruined over a situation that could and should have been handled very differently.

I found one of these a month ago and removed it. I was just walking but people ride there. I’ve met the maniac man that I believe did it. It was a thick metal cable. Would kill someone easy

One of my childhood friends was essentially decapitated this way. Some absolute monster set this up and caught him just right. RIP Tony.

it's not right, but neither is trespassing...

last year, i lost my best friend the exact same way. his name was dylan. we were riding down a road which we got permission from the owner of the property to ride on and their neighbor would always yell at us and tell us to “turn our bikes down”. me and dylan went on one last ride before winter and the neighbor had put up a big metal chain. dylan didnt see it and took him right off his bike. i threw my bike into the woods and dragged him off the road. a sharp part of the chain had slit his neck open and he died in my arms. the man got charged with murder and will be getting released from jail in 2030

That happened to me in 1976. Someone strung a 35 lbs Nylon fishing line across the trail. I thought it was just a spider web, so I just tilted my head down to catch it on the top of my helmet but Nooo! Caught my in the neck and took me off the bike. I hit the ground and coughed, and a blood bubble came out of my neck. I grabbed my neck and two fingers went into my neck. I started running to my house which was 200yrds away. I started noticing I was bleeding more, so I stopped running and started walking. I tied a bandana around my neck till I got to the hospital. Got lucky and it just necked my juggler, but got my vocal chords! Dr. said I was one lucky ass guy! My voice is alttle rough, but Ill take it!!!!

I lost a friend to something like this.

From what I have gathered, this is apparently a means of hindering tresspassers, but I do believe it would be best to substitute for a simple wooden fence. This is needlessly lethal.

Whoever put the obstacle across the road should be charged with attempted murder. It’s very serious and intentional what the person has done . Dispicable death trap ! Wow

This happened to me as a teenager. Luckily, the cable was low enough that it caught between the fender and handle bars. Sent me sailing like Superman. When I hit the ground, it knocked me out. Buddy rode back to get my Dad. When my Dad found the culprit, he made sure that he had terrible experience...

See, I'm the type of psycho who would camp nearby or come visit everyday just to get a chance to find the guy who placed that trap. Especially if it almost killed me.

A guy who thought a gravelroad outside his home was his property and didnt like when we used to ride mopeds as kids on that road. He put up a barbwire and my buddy got caught in it. Still to this day, he has scars from one side of his throat to the other. Police couldnt even charge the old man, because nobody had seen him put it up. For driving on a public road, he tried to kill a kid. But yeah, we terrorized him for years after that.

"You are witnessing attempted murder" (phonk music starts)

The amount of people in the comments that know people who have been decapitated by these types of booby traps is sickening

TRESSPASSING IS NOT PUNISHABLE BY DEATH FOR CRYING OUT LOUD .GET REAL INTERNET WARRIORS...

I lost a cousin like this 30 years ago . Entry way to a field had electric wire strung across. It was private property and was posted but we used to ride it always one day wire was there my cousin didnt didn’t see it snapped his neck. Was written off as a tragic accident and nothing else. Careful guys

(True story) this brings back memories of it so Ill share.. When I used to ride horses in the fountry with my friends there were alot of open fields that were split up by fences or stone walls. We would race eachother through the fields and jump the fences/ stone walls. Yeah we were going through peoples property, but we didnt do any damage, snd most didnt care because alot of people did the same. Anyway.. this one person (assume the owner of that property) put a fishing line from tree to tree right over one of the stone walls. My friend was in front, and all the sudden I see her go down for no apprent reason. Thankfully I stoped. Turns out she got necked by the fishing line... Which was strong enough that she fell off from being necked in it, and it left a prety nasty mark! Wtf is wrong with people. Keep in mine we were only kids " maybe 14"? It could have ended alot worse.

I remember when I was in 3rd grade (mid 90s). Our class took a field trip within walking distance to a local business. There was a row of small trees next to the sidewalk held up by a thin metal wire to a chain link fence. This kid started running full speed with some other kids. He went between the tree and fence and was stopped immediately by the wire. He cracked his head on the pavement so hard. He survived, I remember him showing us the scar on his neck when he returned, but that must have had some lasting physical effects on him. I hope he’s ok.

I personally know someone who lost their life this way. It wasn’t like this situation in the sense that it was done maliciously but he was riding a dirt bike and hit a cable similar to this and it literally took his head clean off. This is a very real and very serious risk to someone’s life to do this. You will literally be murdering someone if you do this intentionally. Be better, people.

The fk is this? Wrong turn? That's terrifying af

If you ever find out who did it. Wrap that thing around the dudes neck.

My neighbors use to do this all the time in the woods behind our houses. Also dig holes and cover them. Put big trees and branches across the road and it wasn’t even their property!!! I wish I would of knew it was illegal but I was only a kid at the time!!! What a P.O.S to do something like that!!!

Booby traps even on your own property are illegal as hell , federal prison time

Story: my dad was on his motorbike in the woods and he ran Into a wire and his neck got all cut open and he couldn’t even remember my mom so they just sat there . He is still alright

One kid down here in south jersey was decapitated awhile back from one of these exact traps. I believe he was only about 12 years old….horrible

A kid in my neighborhood road into this exact type of boobietrap in 1977 and was decapitated. The woman that put the cable up on her property knowing the likely result was arrested for murder. A "no trespassing" sign would have saved a life and solved the woman's issue with people riding across the corner if her property.

My daughter lost a friend years ago because he and several other kids were driving their go karts on public land in the city limits at the park. Took his head clean off. She had had a premonition that he didn't need to go because something would happen.

Speed wobble comes into play💀

Always ride the trail slowly before you start your balks to the wall ride… My dad told me the same story of someone who rode in to a chain stretched across a trail like that. In the story the rider died. Also, you shouldn’t be riding in private property without the owners permission.

There's a special place in hell for people like this.

My brother-in-law lost his best friend to this in the late 80s.

This is how my wife’s uncle died in Utah on a trail.

Sometimes I know some people are on private property so it makes a bit more sense but doing this in a random forest is fucked