SilentStrider: Adrenaline can be a wonderful thing.

Yeah, I've heard similar stories about parents suddenly having super-strength after finding their child trapped under a heavy object.

What A Great Headline, Submitter.

A mother did this to a car after her child got trapped in her own garage I believe. From what I understand if we did this as often as people wanted to our muscles would "FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU"

He lives in Singapore, subby

I've run over dozens of kids, and no one ever called me Superman.

You lifted a bus once!


It was really more of a... more of a push really, than a lift.

That's how Kansas rolls.

Whenever I see someone in a Superman t-shirt, I shoot them in the chest. Then I say, "Huh. I guess not."

/ not obscure

IDK, but I am usually skeptical of this stuff. I can tell from the pixels, and seeing a couple Strongman tv shows in my time.

Adrenaline ftw either way.

The All-Powerful Atheismo: You lifted a bus once!


It was really more of a... more of a push really, than a lift.

Came here for this.

/Sounds like the case here too

"I've tried four or five times since then, (and) I can't do it, it's impossible," said Harris. "Christmas miracle, I guess."

No, it's adrenaline. Something that actually exists.

"I can't hold on Joe!"

"Pretend I'm one of your children in danger!"

"....."

"Not Meg, not meg!!!"

"And I was liftin' up the car..."

Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: "I've tried four or five times since then, (and) I can't do it, it's impossible," said Harris. "Christmas miracle, I guess."

No, it's adrenaline. Something that actually exists.

if something that happens is pretty miraculous, let the fella call it a miracle. Cuz he'll never be able to do it again, and it ended up saving someone's life... someone's life was saved.

/way to be a pooper of his party

I have only known one other who can do what he has done. He's a convict from the chain gang - he's been ten years on the run.

rjsjayhawk beat me to it.

An Ottawa, Kansas, man may not be faster than a speeding bullet or more powerful than a locomotive. But to one little girl, Nick Harris is 'Superman' after he leaped into action with what can only be described as 'superpowers' to save her life after she became trapped under a car.

When he got to the child, he suddenly became Superman.

I didn't witness the Superman heroic events of Nick, but I heard all about it

That's some fine reporting there, lou.

What Superman might not look like:

This kind of thing is what led David Banner to look for the secret to activating that kind of adrenaline and now we have to contend with an big green angry monster..

Wasn't this the premise of the original Incredible Hulk series? Banner was studying people's incredible bursts of adrenaline during intense situations and was trying to use gamma radiation to unlock that power.

/dammit not hitting refresh before posting
//shakes tiny fist
///green slashies

"Superman is Real, and He Apparently Lives in Ottawa, KS"

I didn't submit that; I submitted "God is Real, and He Apparently Lives in Ottawa, KS"

Superman is Real, and He Apparently Lives in Ottawa, KS

Back in Kansas? I guess the reporter job didn't work out so well.

RonEdwards: Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: "I've tried four or five times since then, (and) I can't do it, it's impossible," said Harris. "Christmas miracle, I guess."

No, it's adrenaline. Something that actually exists.

if something that happens is pretty miraculous, let the fella call it a miracle. Cuz he'll never be able to do it again, and it ended up saving someone's life... someone's life was saved.

/way to be a pooper of his party

Have to agree 100%. Some farkers are simply just farkers when it comes to feel good stories. The jackass should take his comments to the other threads.

As far as the 'hero' guy goes, great job...it will make for a great annual Christmas story. I bet this guy has drinks paid for in that town for years to come.

I see pickup lines in this story as well.

Having been to Ottawa, KS I can say that it does resemble the arctic wasteland around the fortress of solitude.

gwowen: "Superman is Real, and He Apparently Lives in Ottawa, KS"I didn't submit that; I submitted "God is Real, and He Apparently Lives in Ottawa, KS"
Watch what you say, man.

/in case it gets paraphrased

used to live by ottawa so i`m getting a kick out of these replies...

/lenexa
/kansas city..
/represent!
/street cred slashie...

smokescreen: As far as the 'hero' guy goes, great job...it will make for a great annual Christmas story. I bet this guy has drinks paid for in that town for years to come.

Wish I could tell you that was true, but it's probably not. I've been through Ottawa a number of times.

One chunk of the town are bitter senior coonts who will blame the girl for playing where she shouldn't have been and talk about how things were better back in World War 2. Another chunk of Ottawa is bitter meth-heads who will insist they could have been heroes too, if they'd just had the chance, man.

The rest of the town is far too Baptist/Lutheran to do anything like praise a stranger; it might embarrass him.

A couple of people will shake his hand or tell him, "hey, that was pretty good," but that's about as demonstrative and emotional as small-town Kansas gets.

/Lawrence does not suck.
//The rest of Kansas does.

documented case in the 70s of a 120 lb woman doing about the same thing so yeah Krypton is a real place
//Spock could do it too

I lived there for five years so I'm getting a kick out these replies. I knew a girl whose superpower was to get drunk and poop in the sink.

Submitter is Real, and He Apparently Likes to Capitalize the First Letter in Every Word.

Wanted for questioning:

The real superman wouldn't go anywhere NEAR Ottawa Kansas. What a dump.

About 10 years ago I was walking down the main road that ran past a military base in Texas where I was doing some training. I was off duty and walking down to the bar when I saw a car slow to a crawl and drift to the side of the ride ahead of me. The road was almost perfectly level, but the car was still moving and I was in the right spot to run up and start pushing before it lost any momentum. I weighed about 190 pounds, and had just run the Army Ten Miler in an hour flat, so I figured I would just push the car down to the nearby gas station, hell, it was less than a mile away. So I did, running the whole way with it. Once the driver stopped at a pump there was kind of a weird moment when the driver, a young lady got out and gave me a really strange look. I realized that I was wearing a blue hoody with a huge superman logo, the one I got for christmas because everyone always said I looked like clark kent. I just laughed, threw a half assed salute and figured I'd run the rest of the way to the bar. Should've gotten her number, but I figured whoever she was, she had a much better story to tell if I didn't hit her up for a date.

I always preferred batman anyway.

chairborne: About 10 years ago I was walking down the main road that ran past a military base in Texas where I was doing some training. I was off duty and walking down to the bar when I saw a car slow to a crawl and drift to the side of the ride ahead of me. The road was almost perfectly level, but the car was still moving and I was in the right spot to run up and start pushing before it lost any momentum. I weighed about 190 pounds, and had just run the Army Ten Miler in an hour flat, so I figured I would just push the car down to the nearby gas station, hell, it was less than a mile away. So I did, running the whole way with it. Once the driver stopped at a pump there was kind of a weird moment when the driver, a young lady got out and gave me a really strange look. I realized that I was wearing a blue hoody with a huge superman logo, the one I got for christmas because everyone always said I looked like clark kent. I just laughed, threw a half assed salute and figured I'd run the rest of the way to the bar. Should've gotten her number, but I figured whoever she was, she had a much better story to tell if I didn't hit her up for a date.

I always preferred batman anyway.

chairborne: About 10 years ago I was walking down the main road that ran past a military base in Texas where I was doing some training. I was off duty and walking down to the bar when I saw a car slow to a crawl and drift to the side of the ride ahead of me. The road was almost perfectly level, but the car was still moving and I was in the right spot to run up and start pushing before it lost any momentum. I weighed about 190 pounds, and had just run the Army Ten Miler in an hour flat, so I figured I would just push the car down to the nearby gas station, hell, it was less than a mile away. So I did, running the whole way with it. Once the driver stopped at a pump there was kind of a weird moment when the driver, a young lady got out and gave me a really strange look. I realized that I was wearing a blue hoody with a huge superman logo, the one I got for christmas because everyone always said I looked like clark kent. I just laughed, threw a half assed salute and figured I'd run the rest of the way to the bar. Should've gotten her number, but I figured whoever she was, she had a much better story to tell if I didn't hit her up for a date.

I always preferred batman anyway.

gwowen: "Superman is Real, and He Apparently Lives in Ottawa, KS"
I didn't submit that; I submitted "God is Real, and He Apparently Lives in Ottawa, KS"

retard strength?

The All-Powerful Atheismo: You lifted a bus once!


It was really more of a... more of a push really, than a lift.

Niiiiiiice. JUNK IT.

I know Superman and he wouldn't have bothered lifting the car off of this little girl. He would have used the supersonic capacity of his lungs to physically force her out of the way of the oncoming steel behemoth.

She gets away with minor scrapes and bruises vs the crushing internal injuries she suffered when this imposter stood idly by and watched the car slowly crush her frail frame. Only then did he jump into action. Thus ensuring the "hero" story as he poses in his mighty fashion over her. In her state of shock, she fails to see through his vain attempt to impress her in order to get a date with her mother.

It's all comes back to the pursuit of the bootay.

Adrenaline is a hell of a hormone...

I do I feel like fooling around with gamma rays all of a sudden?