A man is lucky to be alive after clinging to a high-speed train for miles as it rocketed along the rails. The 40-year-old Hungarian commuter said he had been riding on the Intercity Express train, which was traveling cross-country from Munich to Lübeck, when he decided to take a smoke break at the station in Ingolstadt, Germany. Before he could finish his cigarette, the train door closed, threatening to strand him at the station. In a split-second decision, he jumped onto the bracket between two of the cars. The train then sped away at 175 miles per hour He hung on for 20 miles before witnesses saw him and alerted the authorities. The conductor then brought the vehicle to a halt. The man — who was “amazingly” unharmed according to police — reportedly did not have a valid ticket. He was subsequently removed and handed over to authorities in Nuremberg… for judgement.
* Authorities should have his fingernails removed from the outside of the train by Wednesday.
* And the moral is — anybody? —- SMOKING IS DANGEROUS TO YOUR HEALTH.
* Ironically, the cigarette was blown out in the first 40 seconds.
* On the bright side, the Guinness Book of Records has just awarded him the title of World’s Fastest Hobo.
* Didn’t David Blaine do this in 2015?
* Next up: He flies to London in the wheel well of a British Airways jet.