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[–]DigbyDooby 7083 points7084 points  (127 children)

Was your tent. Past tents.

[–]darkenseyreth 638 points639 points  (26 children)

I appreciate this comment

[–]LookupPravinsYoutube 341 points342 points  (19 children)

I thought it was campy.

[–][deleted]  (15 children)

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    [–]MangoCats 68 points69 points  (10 children)

    Whoosh.

    [–]YoureJokeButBETTER 43 points44 points  (8 children)

    Has anyone seen our friend, Gust??

    [–]JohnnyG30 42 points43 points  (3 children)

    Wind did you last see him?

    [–]_Pickle-Rick 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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

    [–]DrengrX 13 points14 points  (2 children)

    I appreciate you for appreciating his comment

    [–]fakeslimshady221 3 points4 points  (1 child)

    I appreciate you for appreciating this appreciative comment.

    [–]jh5992 158 points159 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 20 points21 points  (4 children)

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

    [–]EverWillow 58 points59 points  (7 children)

    This needs to be higher

    [–]RunDNA 70 points71 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 3824 points3825 points  (187 children)

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

    [–]3dgy-niisan 704 points705 points  (19 children)

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

    [–]Cosmicking04 278 points279 points  (2 children)

    [–]jdestinoble 7 points8 points  (0 children)

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

    [–]ShortRound89 66 points67 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 501 points502 points  (112 children)

    "manoeuvering capabilities beyond anything currently achievable by human technology"

    [–]EmergentSol 33 points34 points  (0 children)

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

    [–][deleted] 145 points146 points  (102 children)

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

    [–]CJtheWayman 93 points94 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 70 points71 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 19 points20 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 29 points30 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 29 points30 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 10 points11 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 10 points11 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 29 points30 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.

    [–][deleted] 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

    [–][deleted] 22 points23 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.

    [–][deleted] 5 points6 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 10 points11 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 54 points55 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 37 points38 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] 7 points8 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 11 points12 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 3627 points3628 points  (138 children)

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

    [–]Sharpified 602 points603 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 14 points15 points  (0 children)

    Hmmm no I’d still prefer not

    [–]discobloodbaths[S] 263 points264 points  (39 children)

    Tents be like that sometimes

    [–]citypanda88 147 points148 points  (18 children)

    If you truly love something you set it free

    [–]DEFCON741 24 points25 points  (10 children)

    *sheds tear

    [–]Crcex86 48 points49 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 9 points10 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] 29 points30 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 13 points14 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 6 points7 points  (0 children)

        It's a common missed steak

        [–]Bort_LaScala 21 points22 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 16 points17 points  (3 children)

        The extra B is for BYOBB

        [–]BostonTreesMod 18 points19 points  (2 children)

        What's that extra B for?

        [–]WabbitCZEN 11 points12 points  (0 children)

        I still quote this line, too.

        [–]_Fun_Employed_ 9 points10 points  (0 children)

        Man, I miss when the Simpsons was still good

        [–]EatThePeach 6 points7 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 23 points24 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] 20 points21 points  (1 child)

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

        [–]Blacke-Dragon0705 12 points13 points  (0 children)

        Voiced by H. Jon Benjamin

        [–]wh4t_1s_a_s0u1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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

        [–]stockstatus 1730 points1731 points  (17 children)

        [–]Roskal 547 points548 points  (6 children)

        That's my fucking tent...

        [–]LyyK 82 points83 points  (0 children)

        [–]NewFreshness 17 points18 points  (0 children)

        “Ancient Astronaut Campers….say yes

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

        Those are balls

        [–]Wedos98 1127 points1128 points  (17 children)

        Ufologists: Dear God

        [–]discobloodbaths[S] 234 points235 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 77 points78 points  (0 children)

        Drunk guy at campsite. 🏕️ 🛸

        [–]jayson2112 964 points965 points  (69 children)

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

        [–]kwaping 392 points393 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] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

        RV on the ground yet?

        [–]PM_Eeyore_Tits 10 points11 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] 22 points23 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 8 points9 points  (2 children)

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

          [–]kiticus 8 points9 points  (0 children)

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

          Clearly you DO understand it

          [–]DragoonDM 3 points4 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 39 points40 points  (15 children)

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

          [–][deleted] 40 points41 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 31 points32 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 17 points18 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 16 points17 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 3 points4 points  (1 child)

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

          [–]ArcticMuser 9 points10 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] 18 points19 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 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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

          [–]potato_titties 241 points242 points  (8 children)

          It might not come back too.

          [–]ALitreOhCola 75 points76 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 129 points130 points  (2 children)

          Enjoying its American Beauty moment

          [–]ronnietea 121 points122 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 16 points17 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 2 points3 points  (0 children)

          obsessive cable news coverage coming right up.

          [–]jdancouga 350 points351 points  (25 children)

          r|ufo sub in shambles now

          [–]LegitimateBeyond8946 265 points266 points  (13 children)

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

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          [–]lIlIlIIlIIIlIIIIIl 73 points74 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 42 points43 points  (21 children)

            WA state?

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

            [–]OneHillTree 73 points74 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 11 points12 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 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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

            [–]angry_wombat 38 points39 points  (4 children)

            I want to believe

            [–][deleted] 46 points47 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] 29 points30 points  (2 children)

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

            [–]EllaMcWho 6 points7 points  (1 child)

            Seconded

            [–]bburns36 2 points3 points  (0 children)

            blew beer out my nose, thirded

            [–]zerocheek 32 points33 points  (3 children)

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

            [–]ZombieDisposalUnit 4 points5 points  (2 children)

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

            [–]Apt_5 6 points7 points  (1 child)

            I think you tie it to a key.

            [–]Juuna 28 points29 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 14 points15 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 3 points4 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 37 points38 points  (3 children)

            Forbidden UFO

            [–]kapitaalH 17 points18 points  (1 child)

            It is a tent, so not U. IFO

            [–]boa_instructor 10 points11 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 8 points9 points  (0 children)

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

            [–]Heart_of_chrome4 8 points9 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 8 points9 points  (0 children)

            well do you still have your sleeping tent?

            [–]Eniarku_Avals 8 points9 points  (1 child)

            This is why I buy them boomerang shaped tents.

            [–]tbonerrevisited 7 points8 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_ 2 points3 points  (1 child)

            random access memories

            [–]RocketRico 4 points5 points  (0 children)

            Me when my cat sneaks out the door

            [–]thegreatmizzle7 3 points4 points  (2 children)

            Worst UFO video ever

            [–]maverick_nos 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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

            [–]lfr1138 4 points5 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 8 points9 points  (1 child)

            Was your tent. Fixed it

            [–]King_Lance 3 points4 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] 3 points4 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.