Tree!!
When I was 12, my friend and I were on a hiking trail, when he figures we should take a shortcut. Being the fool I am, I start following him down this extremely steep hill - when I promptly stepped on a fallen beehive, which still had an asstonne of bees in it - so of course I start running as fast as I can down this hill. Now, if you've ever ran down a hill you'll notice that once your legs have enough momentum, you can't exactly stop. As I was nearing him, I outstretched my arms in an attempt to get my friend to catch me or break my fall.

The bastard, he stepped out of the way, and lo and behold there's an overturned tree directly ahead of me - which I hit, sending me head over feet for about 2 meters, shattering my shoulder joint upon impact with the ground. The near death part comes in when I look beside me, and there's the stump of the tree about 5 inches from my head, gnawed into a nice little point. I hate beavers.
( Hosehead, Sat 27 Nov 2004, 1:03, Reply)