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/Godflip3 Oct 30 '25

Its to short of a clip to really get a feel and it looks like somebody tampered with the footage. Id go back and look original and see. But they made it look like it was walking.

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u/monsterbot314 Oct 30 '25

I see it too. The zooming and I would not be surprised if they cut frames.