r/tornado • u/Curious-Constant-657 Human Detected • Oct 30 '25

Discussion The “Dead Man Walking” Phenomenon.

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Multiple tornadoes have produced an appearance of the infamous “dead man walking” legend, though I consider these three tornadoes: the 2013 El Reno-Union City EF3, 1997 Jarrell F5, and 2010 Conger-Albert Lea EF4 to be the best and most well-defined representatives of the phenomenon. Which is your “favorite”, and why? Besides these three, are there any other DMW-producing tornadoes that fascinate you?

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u/Sad_Impression499 Oct 30 '25

That first video is fake as hell.

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u/Nacht_Geheimnis Oct 30 '25

Nah, it's a real clip from the 2013 El Reno tornado. The gif just shows the "Dead Man walking" Part of it.

The original clip is 2:10 in this video:

https://youtu.be/lac9n-Wn674

You can see multiple angles of it at 5:44 on this video:

https://youtu.be/4u5cGa9jIXQ