--- title: Video: Man Lying On Tracks Under Moving Train description: Don't try this at home. canonical: https://time.com/102789/man-takes-video-showing-what-its-like-to-lie-on-the-tracks-under-a-moving-train/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-16T14:34:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:09:43.851Z og:title: This Video Shows What It's Like To Lie on the Tracks Under a Moving Train og:description: Don't try this at home og:url: https://time.com/102789/man-takes-video-showing-what-its-like-to-lie-on-the-tracks-under-a-moving-train/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Video Shows What It's Like To Lie on the Tracks Under a Moving Train twitter:description: Don't try this at home twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Man Takes Video Showing What It's Like To Lie on the Tracks Under a Moving Train by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler May 16, 2014 2:34 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler May 16, 2014 2:34 PM UTC A man in Russia decided to document what it’s like to lie on the train tracks under a moving locomotive so you don’t have to. (But seriously, you don’t have to. Don’t do it. This is dumb.) ([h/t: _Metro_)](http://metro.co.uk/2014/05/16/man-films-himself-lying-underneath-an-oncoming-train-4729972/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/102789/man-takes-video-showing-what-its-like-to-lie-on-the-tracks-under-a-moving-train/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/102789/man-takes-video-showing-what-its-like-to-lie-on-the-tracks-under-a-moving-train/"},"headline":"Man Takes Video Showing What It's Like To Lie on the Tracks Under a Moving Train","datePublished":"2014-05-16T14:34:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:09:43.851Z","description":"Don't try this at home","url":"https://time.com/102789/man-takes-video-showing-what-its-like-to-lie-on-the-tracks-under-a-moving-train/","keywords":["Newsfeed","russia","Internet","viral","video","Train"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/102789/man-takes-video-showing-what-its-like-to-lie-on-the-tracks-under-a-moving-train/","name":"Man Takes Video Showing What It's Like To Lie on the Tracks Under a Moving Train"}}]}] ```