What's The Most "One-In-A-Million" Thing That's Ever Happened To You?
Life is usually pretty boring and monotonous, but some people experience moments that are so unexpected and wild that they could probably be turned into movies.
For example, maybe you and some friends went on a relaxing getaway to a cabin in the woods, but while there you literally had to escape home invaders and fend for your lives, a la The Strangers.
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Hey, a lot of scary movies are "inspired by true stories," so maybe they're based on yours!
Maybe you were randomly at the bank to make a deposit, and someone started robbing the place while you were inside. Perhaps there was a 14-hour hostage situation, like in Dog Day Afternoon, or maybe you outsmarted the robbers and saved the day.
Or maybe you WERE the bank robber and actually got away, like Robert Redford's character in The Old Man & the Gun.
Or maybe there's an incredibly juicy story in your family history that's just dying to be turned into a movie. Did your great-grandmother hide Jewish people in her house in Germany to save them from Nazis? Did your mom unknowingly date Ted Bundy, the serial killer? Were you secretly born into a cult that you escaped as a teenager? Do you have an incredibly rare health condition that most people don't even know exists?
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