Bus Crashes into Man who then Gets up and WALKS into Pub

Most people feel like they’ve been hit by a bus after leaving the pub, but for one incredibly tough Brit, the hangover started just as he was about to walk in the door. I literally watched this video about a dozen times, rewinding it over and over, more dumbfounded by it each time. As I watched the short clip, I went through the typical “viral video processing” steps: “Holy S**T!!!”, “Did that really just happen?”, “Wait, is this fake???”, and finally “Hey, come watch this!”.

The man in the video, Simon Smith, was walking to The Purple Turtle Pub in Reading when a double decker bus rounded the corner behind him and inexplicably lost control and slammed into Smith from behind. The impact was severe enough to shatter the windshield of the massive bus and send Simon skidding down the sidewalk for what looks to be more than 20 feet.

Smith slides to a halt as debris from the front of the pub, which the bus also ran into, rains down around him and for a brief second, you’ll feel as though you just watched a human fatality. However, Smith literally does the unthinkable and stands up, dusts himself off nonchalantly, and… you guessed it… walks into The Purple Turtle.

That’s right folks, within seconds of being smacked by a massive bus, Smith walks into the pub as if nothing happened. Once inside, an ambulance was summoned and Simon was giving a thorough exam, but was later released with only some cuts and bruises. The owner of The Purple Turtle said he believed Smith left the hospital and, obviously, headed to have a drink. What better way to celebrate? If we ever find ourselves in England, we plan to look Simon up and buy him a round at The Purple Turtle while he tells us all about the time a bus delivered him right to the front door of the place!