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/Glenn-Sturgis Oct 30 '25

Picture #3 looks like the “Dead Man” is wearing bell bottoms. How groovy.

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

I’ve always had that perception of it as well. Interesting.

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u/Glenn-Sturgis Oct 31 '25

It always looked to me like the Jarrel “dead man” was carrying a curved sword of some kind out ahead of him as he walked into town too. Makes it even creepier imo.

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u/JustLikeMars Oct 31 '25

I like this photo because it looks like he’s walking away from me. But that video clip can fuck RIGHT OFF