r/interestingasfuck • u/Subject-Property-343 • 19d ago
A man in South Dakota proposed to his fiancé while a tornado swirled right behind them /r/all
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u/nikatnight 19d ago
How are you going to be so close to a tornado and your crocs aren’t even in sport mode?
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u/HalobenderFWT 19d ago
I know you joke, but they’re probably a good mile away from it, and definitely north and west of the tornado so well out of the way of any immediate danger.
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u/Pleasant_Ad3475 18d ago
I know I'm a bit late, but can I ask what you mean by 'north and west of the tornado'?
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u/Temporary_Shirt_6236 18d ago
In that part of the world, tornadoes usually come from a southwesterly direction traveling northeasterly. So if you are north and west of a tornado you're gonna be fine since it is traveling away from you. However there are no absolutes with these twirly buggers.
Tornadoes occur when cool, dry fronts coming down from Canada meet warm, humid air fronts coming up from Mexico.
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u/HalobenderFWT 18d ago
Tornados almost always travel west to east, and tend to have a strong bias towards moving from the west to the north east. So if you are situated due north west or south west of a tornado - you can almost always assume you are safely out of the path.
This tornado seems to moving from right to the left in the picture, meaning that the couple is north and slightly west of the tornado.
(Note: I stress that not all tornados follow the west/east/northeast track. Majority do, but sticking around an active tornado is always a gamble)
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u/AstronomyLuver 19d ago
Maybe they’re ruby red crocs
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u/Pleasant_Ad3475 18d ago
Omg, I just realized they kind of are. That's pretty cool. It almost seems like a deliberate reference.
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u/HCBuldge 19d ago
She's such an expert and skilled, she doesn't need sports mode. Only when the F5s come out does she need sports mode.
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u/anonymous_amanita 19d ago
This is one of the most Midwest things I’ve ever seen
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u/nextdoorelephant 19d ago
She even wore her classy pink crocs for the occasion.
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u/chernandez0999 19d ago
💀I live in SD. I showed my partner all the wild photos people took with the tornados yesterday. Most Midwest bullshit ever lmao.
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u/mexican2554 18d ago
I mean tbh, there ain't much going on in SoDak. So people seeing a tornado was prob the highlight of the year for them.
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u/CraziestMoonMan 18d ago
I live in a highly populated area and if I saw a tornado it would probably still be the highlight of my year. That would be fucking awesome.
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u/Redheaded_Potter 19d ago
Damn it! We drove through there on Wednesday & we were hoping to see one. I live too close to the mountains to get any (which is a good thing, but love watching them).
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u/SuperCatchyCatchpras 19d ago
You see the one taken from a rodeo? Lmao such redneck
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u/B0-Katan 18d ago
As a Brit I have no idea what's going on in this image
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u/Turkatron2020 18d ago
This is a very rural rodeo & for some reason all the horses are being kept there & they're trying to stay on the dry side because it rained a lot
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u/GeneralBS 18d ago
I'm guessing they moved them from the trailers to have them all in one spot and release them if they are in danger at the same time.
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u/FoldEasy5726 18d ago
I dont think anyone outside of America understands what is going on in that photo tbf
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u/fatboycreeper 18d ago
Pretty sure half the people inside of America don’t understand what’s going on in that photo.
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u/AdorablePainting4459 19d ago
After she lost her sparking red ruby slippers, and her little dog Toto
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u/Fragrant_Guitar5578 19d ago
Pink or red?
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u/mithril2020 19d ago edited 18d ago
I believe they are red glittery crocs
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u/sinat50 19d ago
She's gotta be careful or she'll be crushed by a house then promptly have her shoes stolen by a girl and her dog while a community of midgets eggs her on.
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u/unsolved49 19d ago
A Culver’s in sight would make it perfection
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u/calhooner3 19d ago
I could go for some Culver’s
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u/s0618345 19d ago
As a new jerseyan I am upset thry didn't wander over here yet
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u/bromjunaar 19d ago
Be the change you want to see in the world. Save your fellow people from their misery of a Culver-less experience.
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u/free_dead_puppy 19d ago
It's the one thing that makes me less upset about not having in and out. Culver's is equally good in its own way.
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u/SirSoliloquy 19d ago
I live in Las Vegas and I vastly prefer Culver's to In-N-Out.
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u/PM_YOUR_PUPPERS 19d ago
This is true. I live in the midwest so I have Culver's but every time I go out west I do enjoy some in and out.
In and out is good but Culver's is on a whole nother level.
It's kind of like comparing Taco Bell with Chipotle.
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u/Electronic-Jaguar389 19d ago
Culver's is much better then In-and-Out. Their buttery burgers would make Gordon Ramsey blush.
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u/Aegillade 19d ago
All it's missing is a dead deer on the side of the road and a truck instead of a van. Maybe a Dollar General in the background.
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u/CaptainCrayon412 19d ago
They are both storm chasers. Tornado Paigeyy is her name. Definitely an awesome photo.
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u/4Ever2Thee 19d ago
I can see why she became a storm chaser with a name like that.
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u/RonMexico16 19d ago
I bet she can catch up to a storm with legs like those, too. 🏃♀️💨
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u/WhyAmINotStudying 19d ago
Right? The whole picture is fantastic, but those quads are very familiar with squats and leg press.
Feels nice to objectify (in the non-derogatory definition) a woman in a nonsexual way. If it was the guy's legs, I'd say the same exact thing and I think you would, too.
I'm mostly just happy for the couple and respect his absolutely brilliant idea for a proposal moment.
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u/No_Alts_ 19d ago
Genuinely the second thing I noticed in the picture. Not trying to objectivise her, but I saw those legs and thought "she could easily kick that tornado away".
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u/Darkdragoon324 18d ago
Of course she has great legs, she's a storm chaser, how else is she supposed to catch them?
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u/PlanetMeatball0 19d ago
First part was a normal response. Second part made it weird
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u/4Ever2Thee 19d ago
Right?! I was thinking the same thing.
It’s nice to agree with a complete stranger online in a complete non-sexual way. I don’t even know your gender and I’m not even aroused by your comment, I was just thinking the same thing as you which is neat. In a completely nonsexual way.
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u/Thispersonthisperson 19d ago
this makes things.. might I utter in the most eloquent manner of words- suspicious
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u/Purple-Ad-7464 19d ago
Bryce Shelton is her new fiancé! Both seem down to earth, wholesome people, I watch her streams a lot!
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u/Squidgebert 19d ago
This just went from being eating dirt levels of stupid to Paddington levels touching.
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u/vikingbub 19d ago
“Babe! There’s another tornado! Grab my sterm chasing crocks!!!!”
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u/No_Pictoria_1007 19d ago
Is that like an actual profession.....sounds cool....
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u/Nindessa_896 19d ago
It is! It's field meteorology. The information gathered by storm chasers taking video and setting out measurement probes have significantly improved forcasting tools and saved many lives as a result.
It's the reason why we now have 15-20 minutes to take cover during a tornado warning versus the 4-5 we initially had.
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u/53bvo 19d ago
The information gathered by storm chasers taking video and setting out measurement probes have significantly improved forcasting tools and saved many lives as a result.
And here I was thinking the Twister(s) movie was all made up!
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u/_joyfully_ 19d ago
You can look for a video of Reed Timmer actually shooting little rockets into a tornado from his tank...car. Fair warning, he yells a lot.
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u/Only_Indication_4390 19d ago
Just commented the same about looking up reed trimmer! Crazy shit they do 🤣
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u/Bury_Me_At_Sea 19d ago
Even amateur storm chasers are useful, because they also tip off meteorologists about active funnel clouds and and wind speeds.
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u/Spend-Automatic 19d ago
Then this marks the first time he was able to actually catch the Tornado he was chasing
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u/KGMtech1 19d ago
Was she blown away? Asking for a friend.
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u/mizzyz 19d ago
She was swept off her feet
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u/KGMtech1 19d ago
At least a few feet...
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u/Festering-Boyle 19d ago
he had to twister arm
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u/slamdanceswithwolves 19d ago
Her head must be spinning
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u/AppolloSunshine 19d ago
Must have been a whirlwind romance!
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u/Awkward_Point4749 19d ago
Love is in the air!
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u/FlowBjj88 19d ago
And all over the ground
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u/T-Mart-J 19d ago
Not with those quads, sheesh
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u/sssparklebutt 19d ago
Ya, fuck all the love and natural disaster in this pic - how do I get me some of them quad muscles?? Lol
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u/B00marangTrotter 19d ago
30 to 40 miles a day on a bike with hill climbs did it for me.
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u/Ill_Candidate7613 19d ago
Tornado in the background, but my eyes are only on you. Will you marry…blows away
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u/FartVirtuoso 19d ago
She would never say no. Because of the implication.
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u/afrothunda104 19d ago
Well you’re certainly not in any danger
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u/FartVirtuoso 19d ago
Ok, so they are in danger?!
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u/dtsupra30 19d ago
You’re not getting it man
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u/FartVirtuoso 19d ago
I’m not! I’m not getting it!
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u/d00dsm00t 19d ago
Well dude, dude, think about it. She's out in the middle of the prairie. You know, she looks around and what does she see? Nothin' but grass fields and an active tornado. "Ahh, there's nowhere for me to run. What am I gonna do, say 'no'?"
I mean, if she turned down the proposal, well then she turned it down. But she's not gonna turn it down...
Because of the implication.
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u/SenseisSifu 19d ago
Yes, because of the implication. That's why she said 'yes.'
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u/Pepphen77 19d ago
I was expecting this, as soon as I saw this picture. You could say, the quote was implied.
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u/Massive-Trifle5720 19d ago
Did she say yes 😂
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u/esmoji 19d ago
She squats. Wife that.
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u/Multilazerboi 19d ago
My first thought seeing this was not about the tornado. It was "THEM LEGS"
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u/PloppyPants9000 19d ago
Yeah, I saw that too. Those dont grow naturally, you gotta work for legs like that. Huge respect!
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u/unsolved49 19d ago
She gotta put those crocs in adventure mode with the tornado in sight
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u/Inevitable_Click_511 19d ago
Such a perfect looking funnel too…
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u/Square_Ad849 19d ago
He’s a storm chaser , I was watching that tornado live on MaxVelocity YouTube last night.
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u/AmanteNomadstar 19d ago
Hey my wife was listening to the live stream when this happened yesterday.
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u/TrickConfidence 19d ago edited 19d ago
The two chasers in this photo are Bryce Shelton and TornadoPaigeyy if anyone wants to check them out on YouTube. They've had a good last month and a half of making content.
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u/Nindessa_896 19d ago edited 18d ago
People keep disputing whether or not this is fake, so I want to make a few points: - They're both storm chasers. This tornado happened yesterday (06/28/2025) in South Dakota near the border of Minnesota. Many other storm chasers have documented this very tornado. I watched it live on a couple different live streams. - Why isn't it super windy? They're several dozen yards away from the tornado. Winds from a tornado tend to stick close to the funnel, rather than spread out like in the case of straight line winds. - The lighting? On her legs, that's probably headlights from another chaser's vehicle off camera. There were dozens along this very road watching this tornado. As for the lighting by the vehicle in the shot, they probably put lights on the side so it's easier to see where you're stepping when you get out. - "What's up with the dude's leg??" He's wearing pretty standard work boots. Those boots tend to go a third of the way up the calf depending on the exact kind of boot. So the way he's kneeling is making the back of the boot pull the pant leg up a little.
I really wish people would stop calling everything they don't believe Photoshopped or AI generated without looking into details first.
EDIT: fixed a spelling error EDIT2: fixed another spelling error
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u/Georami 19d ago
These will soon all be AI generated pictures and we can ignore them
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u/Intrepid_Explorer_39 19d ago edited 19d ago
This does look AI right? The lighting is just too render-y.
EDIT: Good thing it's not AI, I had hoped that I didn't have to look THAT hard to detect it.
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u/Raigne86 19d ago
There were lower res streaming cameras for the chase with this proposal from a different angle. I get what you mean so I went looking, but this appears to be a real shot.
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u/thegreenleaves802 19d ago
I saw this on a livestream last night. Weirdest tornado I've ever seen, but definitely actually happened.
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u/Tfphelan 19d ago
I was watching their live stream when it happened. Tornado Paigey is their storm chasing channel
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u/EstoyTristeSiempre 19d ago
There's another source of light in front of them, behind the camera. Maybe a car's headlights.
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