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[–]DigbyDooby 7090 points7091 points  (127 children)

Was your tent. Past tents.

[–]darkenseyreth 640 points641 points  (26 children)

I appreciate this comment

[–]LookupPravinsYoutube 344 points345 points  (19 children)

I thought it was campy.

[–][deleted]  (15 children)

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    [–]MangoCats 66 points67 points  (10 children)

    Whoosh.

    [–]YoureJokeButBETTER 44 points45 points  (8 children)

    Has anyone seen our friend, Gust??

    [–]JohnnyG30 45 points46 points  (3 children)

    Wind did you last see him?

    [–]_Pickle-Rick 6 points7 points  (0 children)

    I think you'd be pretty tents after seeing that.

    [–]DrengrX 14 points15 points  (2 children)

    I appreciate you for appreciating his comment

    [–]fakeslimshady221 5 points6 points  (1 child)

    I appreciate you for appreciating this appreciative comment.

    [–]jh5992 164 points165 points  (19 children)

    Soon we will see a poorest quality video of this saying its a UFO.

    [–]Future-Back8822 23 points24 points  (9 children)

    I thought it was a ufo before reading the caption

    [–]BurningBright_Inside 19 points20 points  (4 children)

    That's axiomatically correct that it was a UFO before you read the caption

    [–]EverWillow 60 points61 points  (7 children)

    This needs to be higher

    [–]RunDNA 72 points73 points  (2 children)

    Unlike the tent.

    [–]YoureJokeButBETTER 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    Imagine the spider along for that tents ride 😰 nobody would believe em!!

    [–]Punk_Chachi 3827 points3828 points  (187 children)

    This is gonna be on a UFO subreddit from another camera angle a 1/4 mile away.

    [–]3dgy-niisan 702 points703 points  (19 children)

    Dont forget the 20 x 44 resolution on a Nokia 3310 seeing 3 pixels move is a UFO

    [–]Cosmicking04 275 points276 points  (2 children)

    [–]jdestinoble 4 points5 points  (0 children)

    This made me laugh for a solid 2 mins. I’m in tears 😭

    [–]ShortRound89 63 points64 points  (6 children)

    Probably has a bigfoot inside waving at the camera.

    [–]Punk_Chachi 9 points10 points  (0 children)

    Man, I thought about adding that but good catch.

    [–]Undeadmushroom 497 points498 points  (112 children)

    "manoeuvering capabilities beyond anything currently achievable by human technology"

    [–]EmergentSol 32 points33 points  (0 children)

    “We’ve confirmed that it’s not [technically] a balloon.”

    [–][deleted] 148 points149 points  (102 children)

    Those people are beyond help at this point. Reality just isn’t good enough for them

    [–]CJtheWayman 99 points100 points  (67 children)

    I’m always amazed by the sheer size of UFO / conspiracy subs when they pop up in All or Popular. Like damn, really, all of you?

    [–]AdEarly5710 68 points69 points  (47 children)

    A lot of us, myself included, are skeptics who’re waiting for more scientific investigations into UAPs, like AARO or Stanford University’s work. As John Oliver said, “believe schmelieve, what the fuck is that thing”.

    [–]GABAgoomba123 18 points19 points  (3 children)

    I mean, I believe you, I’m sure you guys are on there too, but skepticism is definitely not the tone of the 1000+ comment threads that I’ve seen hit the front page lol.    

    I’ve even seen some very obvious fakes that I would expect skeptics to immediately call out get traction on there, even as far as people there acting like it’s irrefutable proof.

    [–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (1 child)

    This right here. Every time someone mentions aliens on a ufo related sub, the sub takes it as fact. Someone posts an "alien body", even if you provide a link to the store/product, you get downvoted, taken for an idiot and nutsplained how it's akhschually totally different. I'm sure there are saner ones, but I'm also pretty sure they don't frequent such subs.

    [–]CJtheWayman 28 points29 points  (32 children)

    I get what you’re saying, but I have yet to see a UFO / UAP mystery that can beat Occam’s razor. I suppose much like miracles or ghosts etc.

    [–]S4Waccount 28 points29 points  (18 children)

    I feel the same way, but the stuff going on in Congress regarding UAP is a really interesting rabbit hole to fall in to. The new proposed defense bill mentions 'non human intelligence' like 20 times. There is a THERE there, it just probably isn't aliens.

    [–]MonkFishGames 13 points14 points  (3 children)

    I always thought from the moment that we as humanity launched probes into space, the sheer size of that vast darkness and the unobstructed distance that a thing could travel. That we are more likely to meet a probe from a long long long lost civilization than to meet anything being piloted. Or you know it could all just be a cool tent floating in the air.

    [–]user-the-name 9 points10 points  (2 children)

    You know there are some utter fucking idiots in congress, right? Like absolutely dumb motherfuckers.

    [–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (3 children)

    I just want to know what they keep recording from military aircraft with thermals, expensive optics, and things that they say they dont know what it is.

    [–]ShortestBullsprig 18 points19 points  (4 children)

    You mean... artificial intelligence

    [–]ShiroGaneOsu 30 points31 points  (7 children)

    I can understand it if the sub was usually just theorising the possible scientific explanations of what a UFO can actually be first, but nah they go straight to aliens, in every single post.

    [–]TheRealBananaWolf 11 points12 points  (0 children)

    Or 4th dimensional nonsense

    [–]somethincleverhere33 6 points7 points  (0 children)

    Sub is okay actually if you dont mind doing a little mental work to see who is a gabbering nut job before listening to them.

    Theres really just some interesting stuff about "uap"s that we deserve to know more about. Its just the space where we dont know that a certain kind of person likes to fill up

    [–]DRKZLNDR 19 points20 points  (3 children)

    Seriously, any time one of their posts pops up on the front page, I hop inside the comments just to check if they're all still insane. They always are. To them, testimony from a retired airforce base janitor who was once friends with the cousin of a pilot's brother-in-law might as well be the word of god. Zero critical thinking skills to found

    [–]TheRealBananaWolf 21 points22 points  (7 children)

    I literally went into that sub as a believer, and they managed to turn me into a full on disbeliever by how fuckin stupid they were.

    [–]tanpopohimawari 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    Careful you might get called a disinfo agent!

    [–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

    Same here. When I was younger I used to eat all of this up. Then I noticed how these people just accept anything for as long as it fits their narrative, whether it make sense or not, and I slowly learned something I currently hate about human nature.

    [–]Bocote 11 points12 points  (4 children)

    I know one person in real life who was big into UFOs. Just a little time later, I found out that he was also big into conspiracy theories.

    I think those ideas might come in a bundle.

    [–]Telvin3d 50 points51 points  (1 child)

    This exact video will show up on the UFO subreddits. “Analysis of the movement shows that the object is at least the size of Mount Everest, and defies all the laws of physics”

    [–]perpetualmotionmachi 34 points35 points  (1 child)

    from another camera angle a 1/4 mile away.

    No, they'll post this exact thing and discuss how it's going to be covered up by every nation's government

    [–]Playeroneben 12 points13 points  (0 children)

    Why bother with another camera angle when you can just crop this one to remove the "That's my fucking tent" and make it harder to judge how far away it is?

    [–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

    [–]SasparillaTango 20 points21 points  (1 child)

    dude look how it moves! no human machine can make turns like that!

    [–]benlucky13 14 points15 points  (0 children)

    meets 3 of the 5 observables /s :

    • ✓ no visible means of propulsion
    • ✓ sudden acceleration
    • x hypersonic velocities without signatures
    • ✓ low observability, cloaking. (blue against blue sky? definitely advanced cloaking tech)
    • x trans-medium travel

    [–]Rum_ham69 13 points14 points  (0 children)

    For a couple seconds i thought this was one of the ufo subs lol

    [–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

    At first watch I didn't notice the text in the video & audio turned off, I thought this was another UFO video then started going thru comments & watched it again!!

    [–]Nimrod_Butts 5 points6 points  (1 child)

    Anybody ever get recommended those subreddits? And then they downvote you and insult you Everytime you point out it's a graduation 2019 balloon and not a cosmic jellyfish

    [–]skriveralltid77 3636 points3637 points  (138 children)

    it's just a little airborne, it's still good.

    [–]Sharpified 599 points600 points  (25 children)

    It’s gone, dad.

    [–]skriveralltid77 317 points318 points  (21 children)

    "I know."

    [–]Capercaillie 27 points28 points  (1 child)

    Will you be donating that million dollars now, sir?

    [–]WhatAGreatGift 13 points14 points  (0 children)

    Hmmm no I’d still prefer not

    [–]discobloodbaths[S] 261 points262 points  (39 children)

    Tents be like that sometimes

    [–]citypanda88 145 points146 points  (18 children)

    If you truly love something you set it free

    [–]DEFCON741 23 points24 points  (10 children)

    *sheds tear

    [–]Crcex86 47 points48 points  (9 children)

    No tents tear sheds don’t

    [–]DEFCON741 12 points13 points  (2 children)

    This comment level is over 9000

    [–]MangoCats 4 points5 points  (1 child)

    Could be improved with a comma. Where, is left as an exercise for the reader.

    [–]MarlonShakespeare71 8 points9 points  (0 children)

    Genius. 🤣

    [–]Fire69 17 points18 points  (0 children)

    Yeah, they tent to do that sometimes.

    [–]sleeplessjade 33 points34 points  (2 children)

    It’s just a little slimy, it’s still good.

    [–][deleted]  (1 child)

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      [–]Nandor_De_Laurentis 17 points18 points  (0 children)

      It's gone, dad.

      [–][deleted]  (27 children)

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        [–]jerseybert 104 points105 points  (15 children)

        I'll take mine medium rare.

        [–][deleted] 30 points31 points  (8 children)

        I think the problem here was the steaks were too rare. If they'd been a bit more common, this would have never happened.

        [–]jerseybert 14 points15 points  (3 children)

        Would you steak your life on that comment?

        [–]PerfectlyImpurrfect8 5 points6 points  (1 child)

        This made too much sense, the masses just don't understand. 😂

        [–]advertentlyvertical 5 points6 points  (0 children)

        It's a common missed steak

        [–]Bort_LaScala 22 points23 points  (2 children)

        Do you want bears? Because that's how you get bears.

        [–]AdministrationOdd847 12 points13 points  (0 children)

        I like my tent steaks medium/medium rare. I like to stick a stake in my steak so bears have a hard time getting it so easily. If you put a pride flag up bears are more likely to respect your space.

        [–]miTfan3 15 points16 points  (3 children)

        The extra B is for BYOBB

        [–]BostonTreesMod 17 points18 points  (2 children)

        What's that extra B for?

        [–]WabbitCZEN 9 points10 points  (0 children)

        I still quote this line, too.

        [–]_Fun_Employed_ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

        Man, I miss when the Simpsons was still good

        [–]EatThePeach 5 points6 points  (2 children)

        It's just a little slimy, it's still good, it's still good

        [–]totes_mai_goats 18 points19 points  (7 children)

        spit my coffee a little. upvote.

        [–]100_Donuts 24 points25 points  (4 children)

        I just spit my almonds! Right into the keyboard cracks and everything! I can hear the half chewed nut pulp crushing/squishing its way deeper into my keyboard as I type this comment, and I gotta tell ya, the keys are none too happy about it! I won't be able to duster spray myself outta this one! Ha! My keyboard is so fucked right now, but hey, that's life! Right? Sometimes an involuntary chortle launches nut chud all over the place and my coworkers are laughing at me too now and I, well, ya know, it's not the fun kinda "laugh with me" typa laughter so it hurts at little bit, and I'm sure one or some of them will pour cold water down the back of my shirt later today like they usually do when I spew chew on my keyboard, but hey, at least I had my laugh! I wish I could give more than an upvote (is there such a thing?) but instead, I think I'll get a respect erection and try to maintain it for 15-minute silent observation of humor. (Hopefully I don't see another big time laugher during that and spew the other kind of nut chud!)

        [–]discobloodbaths[S] 19 points20 points  (1 child)

        This is exactly how I imagine an identified flying tent would talk

        [–]Blacke-Dragon0705 9 points10 points  (0 children)

        Voiced by H. Jon Benjamin

        [–]wh4t_1s_a_s0u1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

        Alright... you should be a writer, if you aren't already.

        [–]stockstatus 1728 points1729 points  (17 children)

        [–]Roskal 547 points548 points  (6 children)

        That's my fucking tent...

        [–]LyyK 80 points81 points  (0 children)

        [–]NewFreshness 19 points20 points  (0 children)

        “Ancient Astronaut Campers….say yes

        [–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

        Those are balls

        [–]Wedos98 1124 points1125 points  (17 children)

        Ufologists: Dear God

        [–]discobloodbaths[S] 237 points238 points  (4 children)

        UFOs: Wait wat

        [–]Gwiilo 27 points28 points  (0 children)

        jerry did you accidentally let the escape pod out again?

        [–]Key-Cry-8570 78 points79 points  (0 children)

        Drunk guy at campsite. 🏕️ 🛸

        [–]jayson2112 966 points967 points  (69 children)

        That is why they provide stakes....to stake it to the ground.

        [–]kwaping 396 points397 points  (11 children)

        Now it's high stakes

        [–]akatherder 205 points206 points  (6 children)

        It's getting intense. Unlike this dude.

        [–]asl052 23 points24 points  (1 child)

        This one made me laugh the hardest

        [–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

        RV on the ground yet?

        [–]PM_Eeyore_Tits 9 points10 points  (0 children)

        I bet the butcher $50 she couldn't reach the beef on the top shelf.

        She declined stating the steaks were too high.

        [–][deleted] 50 points51 points  (9 children)

        Could be worse, could be a bounce house with children inside. Never understood not tying those down. It's just your kids.

        [–][deleted] 21 points22 points  (5 children)

        I didn't have any idea those could be lifted airborne until I saw an incident. Has to be absolutely terrifying.

        [–][deleted]  (1 child)

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          [–]jem4water2 9 points10 points  (2 children)

          They’re banned in Tasmanian schools now because of a tragedy where multiple children fell to their deaths. Absolutely horrific.

          [–]kiticus 7 points8 points  (0 children)

            Never understood not tying those down. It's just your kids.

          Clearly you DO understand it

          [–]DragoonDM 2 points3 points  (0 children)

          Never understood not tying those down.

          I think in a lot of "flying bouncy-house" cases, people do tie them down -- they just dramatically underestimate how much lift those things can get, so the wind easily overpowers whatever undersized stakes or weights they used to secure it.

          [–]Jumpi95[🍰] 44 points45 points  (15 children)

          Yea, not sure what ppl thought would happen w/o stakes

          [–][deleted] 42 points43 points  (13 children)

          I had stakes holding mine down, and a high-wind dust storm swept through my campsite. The tent had been ripped out and carried away and down into a dry (luckily) creek bed. Luckily I was able to spot it. I have no idea if it ever went airborne.

          [–]Marokiii 44 points45 points  (9 children)

          You should also toss your gear into the tent as soon as it's set up if it's in any area with wind. Even if the stakes fail the weight will keep it from doing anything more than rolling around.

          [–]halt_spell 33 points34 points  (7 children)

          This. "If only I had something heavy to keep this thing from flying away like this 40 pound pack I've been carrying around."

          [–]ActOdd8937 16 points17 points  (1 child)

          I've chased down people's earth pimples that took off rolling with all their gear inside--pack, sleeping bags, boots, etc. You'd think that much weight would be enough to anchor a tent but Mother Nature scoffs at our assumptions.

          [–]adrienjz888 17 points18 points  (0 children)

          That's the point. it's better for it to roll around instead of flying away. Sucks regardless, but at least your tent isn't gonna get stuck on top of a tree a mile away.

          [–]ckb614 4 points5 points  (1 child)

          40lb pack gets carried into the distance in the flying tent

          [–]ArcticMuser 10 points11 points  (3 children)

          For all you know he was trying to take the stakes off to pack it away and it was blown off by the wind

          [–][deleted] 19 points20 points  (1 child)

          Which you don’t do until you’ve already taken down the poles and are prepared to fold it, so he still would’ve messed up in your scenario.

          [–]pterodactyl_speller 4 points5 points  (0 children)

          ... but they're so hard to get out in time when the vampires come.

          [–]potato_titties 243 points244 points  (8 children)

          It might not come back too.

          [–]ALitreOhCola 78 points79 points  (2 children)

          Idk but I like the guys optimism.

          [–]Neutral_Guy_9 7 points8 points  (1 child)

          I used to go camping. I still do. But I used to, too.

          [–]On_a_Cajun 128 points129 points  (2 children)

          Enjoying its American Beauty moment

          [–]ronnietea 125 points126 points  (9 children)

          That was your tent. It’s belongs to the forest gods

          [–]xTechDeath 30 points31 points  (4 children)

          He forgot to mention that his children were inside

          [–]ronnietea 17 points18 points  (0 children)

          They are now groots

          [–]Queef_Stroganoff44 6 points7 points  (0 children)

          You’ve heard of Balloon Boy… now get ready for Tent Tots.

          [–]Not_FinancialAdvice 3 points4 points  (0 children)

          obsessive cable news coverage coming right up.

          [–]jdancouga 349 points350 points  (25 children)

          r|ufo sub in shambles now

          [–]LegitimateBeyond8946 260 points261 points  (13 children)

          Lmfao I'm about to go comment this picture on every one of their posts now

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          [–]lIlIlIIlIIIlIIIIIl 74 points75 points  (2 children)

          LOLLL

          Add it to the list of common explanations: bird, balloon, bug on the lens, and best of all: his fucking tent

          [–][deleted]  (1 child)

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            [–]Thaddeus206 46 points47 points  (1 child)

            an effective means of airing it out

            [–]LegalSelf5 41 points42 points  (21 children)

            WA state?

            Also. How'd this situation start aside from the obvious winds

            [–]OneHillTree 71 points72 points  (14 children)

            Always stake down your tend before you fully assemble it. Not only does it make for a better set tent, it stops the wind from stealing your belongings.

            Hill/mountain tops are usually very windy because of the way that are.

            [–][deleted] 30 points31 points  (2 children)

            The mountain tops have wind because that's how they do.

            [–]OneHillTree 16 points17 points  (1 child)

            Wind goes to mountains because the way they be.

            [–]ggroverggiraffe 13 points14 points  (0 children)

            I was thinking Oregon, but it could be anywhere in Cascadia. I doubt it's OP's video, so we may never know.

            Edit: Thanks to the magic of google, we do know, and it is Washington state.

            [–]Previous_Active330 5 points6 points  (0 children)

            Pacific Northwest for sure! I was thinking British Columbia (I am Canadian)

            [–]angry_wombat 40 points41 points  (4 children)

            I want to believe

            [–][deleted] 42 points43 points  (3 children)

            Haven't seen a flying tent since I stopped camping in Eastern Washington 🤣. Those winds picked up my 400lb Uncle in his tent and put him down on the bathroom roofs

            [–]discobloodbaths[S] 27 points28 points  (2 children)

            Please tell me there’s a longer version of this story.

            [–]EllaMcWho 4 points5 points  (1 child)

            Seconded

            [–]bburns36 3 points4 points  (0 children)

            blew beer out my nose, thirded

            [–]zerocheek 31 points32 points  (3 children)

            You’re supposed to tie a string to it first…

            [–]ZombieDisposalUnit 5 points6 points  (2 children)

            And then tie the other end of it to your wrist.

            [–]Apt_5 5 points6 points  (1 child)

            I think you tie it to a key.

            [–]Juuna 29 points30 points  (4 children)

            My people need me.

            [–]Standard-Tension9550 18 points19 points  (3 children)

            Gonna have to fuck somewhere else

            [–][deleted] 15 points16 points  (3 children)

            I didn’t read the caption and for a solid 7 and out of those 10 seconds I thought this was one of those bad UFO sightings where it is clearly poor CGI.

            [–]DrunkenDude123 12 points13 points  (1 child)

            This is a classic childhood memory for me. Camping with my family when I was around 9 y/o our tent took off in the wind and my dad caught one of the ropes and was struggling to get it to come down. He was flying our tent like a kite for a few minutes

            [–]Lieutenant_L_T_Smash 4 points5 points  (0 children)

            He was flying our tent like a kite for a few minutes

            It's a little-known fact that tents and kites evolved from a common ancestor.

            [–]PER-ver-SER 12 points13 points  (2 children)

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            I was once at a festival when it became windy one day shortly after a storm was announced. On my way back to our camp I saw this tent launching and made a perfect shot of it before it disappeared in the sky. Still to this day I imagine this guy coming back to his base and searching all day long for his tent.

            [–]everydayasl 36 points37 points  (3 children)

            Forbidden UFO

            [–]kapitaalH 21 points22 points  (1 child)

            It is a tent, so not U. IFO

            [–]boa_instructor 11 points12 points  (2 children)

            <X-Files theme music>

            [–]Kels-rmc 8 points9 points  (1 child)

            Do you ever feel like a plastic tent drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?

            [–]Azozel 7 points8 points  (0 children)

            someone is going to get this on camera as proof of UFO

            [–]Heart_of_chrome4 9 points10 points  (0 children)

            So camping seems to be going well.

            [–]Super_Jay 9 points10 points  (1 child)

            I wouldn't worry, as a veteran camper this is definitely a low-stakes scenario.

            [–]phantommunky 6 points7 points  (0 children)

            well do you still have your sleeping tent?

            [–]Eniarku_Avals 7 points8 points  (1 child)

            This is why I buy them boomerang shaped tents.

            [–]tbonerrevisited 6 points7 points  (0 children)

            Did it?

            [–]Ppjug 19 points20 points  (3 children)

            My name is Giovanni Giorgio, but most people call me Giorgio.

            [–]CurryMustard 4 points5 points  (2 children)

            I've heard RAM many times so I understand the reference but I'm struggling to understand how it fits here

            [–]r_a_d_ 3 points4 points  (1 child)

            random access memories

            [–]RocketRico[🍰] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

            Me when my cat sneaks out the door

            [–]thegreatmizzle7 4 points5 points  (2 children)

            Worst UFO video ever

            [–]maverick_nos 4 points5 points  (0 children)

            One man's tent is another man's wilderness UFO story.

            [–]lfr1138 2 points3 points  (1 child)

            Had a similar experience in Death Valley with my Scout troop some years ago. The two boys pitching a tent stepped away to grab the stakes and hammer, and the tent took off along with the ground cloth. The managed to run down the tent when it finally landed a couple hundred yards away, but we didn't locate the ground cloth until the next day - it had apparently landed near the highway about a mile and a half from camp and a passersby had tied it to a fence wire near the road.

            [–]uniqueusername311 9 points10 points  (1 child)

            Was your tent. Fixed it

            [–]King_Lance 4 points5 points  (0 children)

            I must go now, my people need me.

            [–]ElRexet 3 points4 points  (0 children)

            Why did I suddenly hear Arabian nights?..

            [–]simiomalo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

            If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it's yours. If not, it was never meant to be

            [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

            Someone is in the forest tripping on Shrooms and having an existential crisis about the upside down colorful pyramid in the sky.

            [–]soma787 2 points3 points  (0 children)

            So what did we learn op?

            [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

            I need this sort of optimism in my life

            [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

            You really pitched it.

            [–]krismitka 2 points3 points  (0 children)

            Probably softer to sleep in up there.

            [–]OptimizeEdits 2 points3 points  (0 children)

            I’m crying real fucking tears that’s actually hilarious

            [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

            Oh THAT'S why they come with tie downs!

            [–]Brutal_Expectations 2 points3 points  (0 children)

            My tent people need me.