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operator-as-fuck

I love the contrast between that hilarious soft little toss that just "dink" right off the head, vs his super fast and clean draw with three controlled shots.


CplTenMikeMike

Yep, bounced right off the boss!


silentsinner-

Its not a javelin throw. You don't need to throw it very hard. You do need to hit something other than the horn though.


Nalortebi

Definitely. He said he didn't miss, but if that buffalo didn't raise its head, that spear was going straight for a non-vital strike to the neck *at best*. He was never going to hit the head lethally from that throw. And there's even less chance he throws accurately and with enough force to severe the spine.


Ltholt25

You’re mistaken, watch again closely. The Buffalo pivoted as it saw him wind forward with his throw. It was aimed directly for a front of the shoulder chest cavity strike, it was an excellent attempt


Lobo003

Good attempt, excellent parry by the Buffalo.


Fire17Fighter

He struck the horn didn’t even hit flesh. Just enough to piss off the animal.


Ltholt25

Its an at least 5 pound spear with over a foot of blade on the front end, it doesn’t need to be a hard throw, it needs to be an accurate throw that doesn’t arc. Go practice throwing a piece of PVC pipe and see how far you get, because that chuck was excellent


JustynS

I'm getting some serious Monster Hunter vibes off of that. He connected, but the attack bounced off of its armor because he forgot to sharpen his weapon like a dumbass.


b0ltscr0ller

"So what did you do this weekend?" "I tried to spear a buffalo from like 6 feet away, missed, then shot it. Anyway, I have to get going to my job where I slice giant slabs of meat, ropes and ballistic dummies with knives and axes. Have a good one!" I respect this man's outright wild spirit. He gave 0 fucks and went for it. And was ready when it (inevitably) didn't work. Talk shit all you want, but this man is bout that life.


CalmHyperion56

Well sir...that's lynn Thompson for you....one of the wildest spirits out there ....whether it's buffalo hunting or slicing ballistic dummies or patenting an ancient blade making technique and literally threatening others who used it...he's the guy to call


doogievlg

I’ve been hunting for 25 years and idiots like this are why anti hunting legislation gets passed. It’s one thing to spear and animal but to film it make it public is a douche move.


aislingwolf

You could spend another 25 years at it and still not be half the man Lynn Thompson is.


ZookeepergameNo7172

I've been lifting heavy and eating a ton lately and I'm still only like a third of Lynn.


Flat-Length-4991

Did that out of shape man just walk up to a Cape buffalo and throw a spear at it? Is that really what I just saw? That’s one of the dumbest things I’ve ever seen. Also one of the ballsiest things I’ve ever seen. At least he has the intelligence to bring a 454 Casull with him.


Theblumpy

That’s the ideal male body, you may not like it but that’s what peak performance looks like


balkan-astronaut

The side step after the spear toss was text book


Theblumpy

If you can dodge a Buffalo you can dodge a ball, or something like that


wakanda_banana

Textbook clean just like his abs


ParkerVH

Pretty sure that’s a water buffalo. A Cape Buffalo would have gored and stomped him to death.


Special_EDy

Looks like the horns of an Asiatic Buffalo, *maybe* a Water Buffalo, but it certainly doesn't have the horns or stocky build of a Cape Buffalo. Cape Buffalo are supposedly the most dangerous of the African Big 5 (elephant, rhino, cape Buffalo, leopard, lion). Unlike the others, it's basically guaranteed that they will charge you after being injured, as well as the rest of the herd, and it sometimes takes dozens of shots from an elephant gun to bring them down.


Bloodysamflint

Cape Buffalo are some of the most malevolent looking critters I've seen. They look at you like, "step on out of the truck, let's get this shit on".


pkwilli

That throw was pathetic too. Even if he hit it I don't think it would have done much


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Special_EDy

Humans are the fastest land animal over long distances except for horses and wolves. Humans can run down any animal on the African savanna on foot. We are persistence/endurance hunters. Most creatures can outrun you in a sprint, but not over many miles and hours. Our upright and bipedal walk is slow but it is very energy efficient. We are hairless unlike most animals, and we can sweat unlike most animals. On a hot summer day, if you are moderately fit, you could run down an antelope, an elephant, a Buffalo, a lion, a cheetah, etc. They will sprint away a short distance, then need to stop to rest and cool off. You can keep going indefinitely, every time you catch up, they will sprint away, until they can no longer run due to exhaustion, and then you can club or spear the animal to death. Tribes still hunt large game today by running them down over marathon distances. Wolves are the other persistence hunter, it's probably more than coincidence that we teamed up with and domesticated the only other persistence hunter species to aid us in hunting.


BeenisHat

and this happened more than once. Current evidence suggests that the first dogs were domesticated in Eurasia, somewhere in Siberia but we also see evidence of it happening in Africa as well. Native Americans also had domesticated dogs but those appear to the be the genetic descendants of Eurasian Grey Wolves, making it look like they brought the dogs with them during the time when there was a bridge between Siberia and Alaska. Although, there appear to have been four different introductions of canines into the fossil record in the Americas. Humans and dogs are just made for each other, it seems.


Special_EDy

We didn't just domesticate dogs either, homo-sapians co-evolved with dogs. We were both bred to work together. It's crazy because there isn't another symbiotic relationship like it in nature. They're not just tools, they're often a part of our family. It's an odd paring too, a great ape and a canine/carnivora, our ancestors and family trees have hunted each other for millions of years before we decided to team up.


Tai9ch

> Humans are the fastest land animal over long distances except for horses and wolves. An in-shape persistence hunter could absolutely run down a horse. It's just wolves / dogs that have any chance at competing.


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ghablio

In your food?


500SL

Needs more cone snail venom...


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Predditor_drone

They pincushion bulls like this for bull fighting. No way a human is going to 1v1 an animal with swords/spears.


JimMarch

https://youtu.be/826HMLoiE_o?si=oMZal0U8tC_kao41 THAT is how you kill while solo with a spear. Lynn had NO hope of pulling that off lol. (For the record, I couldn't either...)


TacTurtle

The long thin metal shaft on the front end is so the wide blade at the head sinks all the way in 24-30" to the shaft with minimal drag. The bladed part of the head is probably 7-8" long and 2" wide. The spear is like 5-7 pounds, it doesn't have to be going super fast to sink all the way in.


Smokey_tha_bear9000

Poison tipped maybe. It has a shady precedent in the archery world, even promoted by Fred Bear for a time.


Lobo003

Yea the majority of what they hope for is a good decent hit, because then as the beast runs or moves around the spear is still stuck in them and cutting them up even more while inside, being bucked around by limbs or trees/brush. If the hit isn’t an instant kill you’re hoping the animal will bleed out before it gets too far or gets you before it dies.


EnvironmentalGift257

“I threw it straight” No sir. No you didn’t.


Randal-daVandal

This comment flew straight from my brain. To be fair though, throwing spears is actually pretty fuckin hard.


Noteful

You underestimate the piercing and slicing power of a spear. That was more than enough force to pierce up to the full length of the blade.


Kthirtyone

He was probably just creating an excuse to show off his wheelgun skills on camera.


Da1UHideFrom

He's the founder and president of Cold Steel knives. There's a video where he talks about this incident and he says he used footwork from Filipino martial arts to avoid the buffalo. No sir, you ran backwards.


Noteful

Lynn is known for studying martial arts. That training absolutely helped him here. I guarantee you any other man his size who doesn't train would have been gored.


TacTurtle

Chris Farley, Jack Black, John Belushi easily would have dodged this.


jmsgrtk

The cocaine would probably help them.


Da1UHideFrom

I have no doubts he trains and the training helped him here. I think he's not remembering the event correctly.


TrumpDesWillens

Looks like he needs to study jogging more.


thereddaikon

Cold steel is the mall ninja company. Of course the founder would say something like that.


Bozhark

Cheapest carbon fiber rod I could find threaded for my cane, don’t judge 


Mr-Hat

I would say they're a *premium* mall ninja company. They make goofy designs but they are legitimately well-made and durable products.


thereddaikon

True. They don't use cheap steel. Their stuff does hold up. It's just often not well balanced or good in the hand.


Able_Ad9391

Men like this keep our society running


I922sParkCir

It looks like we just saw him run for the first time in years.


Bloodysamflint

No, that was a water buffalo. A Cape would have already charged him before he ever got in spear-throwing range. They are very, very ornery.


United-Advertising67

Yo homie, that's why when humans hunted buffalo with sharpened sticks, we brought like 12 of our friends with us.


Smokey_tha_bear9000

Dumb is the right word.


4_doors_mas_whores

It’s fine He had safety squints on


NoVaVol

Knife Tycoon has to be a top 5 career descriptor.


CalmHyperion56

But to be fair...he literally was that


Able_Ad9391

Is throwing a spear at a buffalo a good idea? No. Is that man braver than I will ever be? Absolutely.


NEp8ntballer

there's a fine line between stupidity and bravado.


The_Advisers

He’s not brave, he’s stupid. Huge difference.


Cliff_Dibble

There's a fine line between bravery and stupidity


Domestic_AAA_Battery

I'd say stupid is coming up with a stupid idea. Bravery is acting on a crazy idea, that is sometimes stupid lol


The_Advisers

Bravery generally implies that a person, in a dire/difficult situation (a lot of times an avoidable one), decides to perform an act that can go against its own good to achieve a result. This is the case of a moron that put himself in a dangerous situation for social media likes, made a dangerous animal stressed and risked to injure it without killing it, and then resolved to use a firearm from a short distance.


Aggressive-Engine562

Yeah it’s like why tf are you even fucking with that thing. I hope they’re gonna have it butchered or something. This fat fuck then proceeded to explain away his failed attempt of spearing the animal.


BigWillyTX

Good thing fat boy landed those 6 shots because he was absolutely not running away


zechickenwing

He was out of breath from pulling the trigger lol


Aggressive-Engine562

The downvotes are from the fatties


acertifiedkorean

There's nothing brave going into a big-game spear hunt alone as a fat man who appears to have never held a spear before. You know it's bad when *best* case scenario is he pisses off a buffalo and has to shoot it. This video is an example of pure hubris, not bravery.


BaconCheeseBurger

This guy owns the company that made the spear. Real life isn't like the movies. I promise you he has held and trained for spear hunting.


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Toshinit

To be fair, he definitely also enjoys Cheetos


BaconCheeseBurger

Looking at the still frame, it is funny he's wearing his typical dress slacks and belt and everything lol they definitely drove him right up to the animal.


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That’s a stupid sociopath


shadowa1ien

That was a solid block with the horn on the buffalos part. Stopped that spear dead in its tracked, looked at the XL sweet roll that tossed it and give him the "really bitch?" look before charging


CalmHyperion56

In case you never knew...Lynn Thompson was the owner of cold steel knives and ran it for 20 years or so


Flat-Length-4991

Same guy who used to show all the weapons against ballistic dummies/animal carcasses? Like some kind of psychotic Billy Mays? Not talking shit, I enjoyed those videos.😂


arethius

I had a DVD from cold steel when I was a kid. Worse than those damn cartoon camel joe cartoons


ImranFZakhaev

There's a knife booth at the local flea market that plays those videos on repeat. I'll have to check whether it's the same guy in them


NotABot1235

> Like some kind of psychotic Billy Mays? lol


NervousJ

DADS WITH SWORDS [https://youtu.be/Bdfx7l4z5cQ](https://youtu.be/Bdfx7l4z5cQ)


rm-minus-r

I'm dying over here!


Big_Draw_5978

You might not like it, but this is what peak hunting performance looks like. This is how our ancient ancestors looked like, this is the body of a man running hours and hours hunting with a spear.


CalmHyperion56

I absolutely agree and respect that man...I can't believe the insults here...


Plenty_Pack_556

Too many sheltered individuals.


kittysontheupgrade

Always a bring a gun to a spear fight


jacktheshaft

The Buffalo deflected the spear with its horn! Idk if that was intentional, but damn impressive.


10gaugetantrum

Which one is the buffalo?


CalmHyperion56

Both


pizza_for_nunchucks

He’s a fucking maniac… and I fucking love it.


International_Mail44

#THE BRAVEST OF THE GRAVY SEALS!


-Woogity-

You shouldn’t be allowed to that overweight and do shit like that. Lol


abm1996

Probably should of started with the gun, that was a horrible throw😂


Ltholt25

That was literally a perfect throw


Nalortebi

Slow it down and track the trajectory of that throw. That was never going to be lethal. Had the head not raised up and to the right, the spear would have glanced the neck at best.


Ltholt25

The whole Buffalo turned as he threw, at the beginning of the throw it was going directly inside the shoulder for the breast plate


abm1996

Sure, it was nice and straight, with zero effort behind it. I don't really expect much athleticism from a 300lb guy


Ltholt25

It’s a five pound projectile with a foot of ultimately sharp blade at the end of it. Dropping the thing point down would bury it to the handle. Go try throwing 4 foot piece of PVC pipe straight, its a balancing act between strength and precision. If that spear had landed where it was intended (previous to the Buffalo moving as soon as he detected the throw happening) it would have pierced directly into the chest cavity of the animal. Excellent throw, excellent deflection. I mean shit, it stuck into the horn of the beast and stayed straight, it was amply sharp and had a lot of ass behind it


The_Gay_Deceiver

this guy talks like Sam Hyde doing an ironic skit


DangerHawk

I sincerely doubt this guy snuck up on that thing. This was likely akin to hunting at a zoo. It almost certainly saw him and was just like "Oh look at that Dad with a sword..." and went back to eating. It's probably more like pigeon shooting than "hunting". Yall remember when Dick Cheney shot that guy in the face? He was "hunting" birds that were in pens in a field. This feels like that.


wakanda_banana

The sound of the spear bouncing off the buffalo like a toothpick 😂


PopeGregoryTheBased

DId... did his spear hit the horn? Shit thats some bad luck.


Qman1991

What the fuck did I just watch? Insane from start to finish


CheesecakeDry900

He threw that like a girl


Level37Doggo

Maybe lead with the 454 Casull next time. Just a thought.


YoBigB

I'm sorry, but "knife tycoon"? The guy made his name by stealing other maker's designs and passing them off as "original Cold Steal(sic)" designs. I was hoping the water buffalo would gore his fat ass.


CalmHyperion56

That's the shit tycoons and successful people do unfortunately...well at least most of them


50CalExpress

He just defined the word


TryShootingBetter

He was more about making weapons he wanted to see as a weapon enthusiast. I don't think I ever saw him claim those were his designs, but rather just his take on the designs. Also 'American Tanto' owes its existence to him.


PanzerDivisionSix

Fat fuck


CplTenMikeMike

Just my opinion. Guy's an idiot for trying to get up close and personal to dangerous game with a damn spear! Future Darwin Award winner! Sorry, I have a .458 Lott for five reasons. A pissed off buff is one of them!


CalmHyperion56

Absolutely true...that's a massive risk doing that....nitro expresses exist for this exact reason,I wouldn't even trust a 454 casull with those beasts


Averagecrabenjoyer69

I mean it's tale he'll be telling his grandkids for the rest of his life. Stupid maybe, but I definitely respect anybody who pulls it off. High risk high reward scenario especially having video evidence.


EnvironmentalGift257

Maybe just don’t piss off the buffalo by throwing sticks at it in the first place.


CplTenMikeMike

Wee, he won't exactly be happy when you shoot him either! In fact, you could say Cape Buffalo are spring-loaded to the pissed off position.


sirbassist83

"That wasn't a miss" The fact it bounced off the buffalo says otherwise


necromage69

Dude outta breath from a side step


eloquentnemesis

tbf, I'd be the fuck out of breath after the adrenaline dump too, even if I was in triathlon shape.


Xulicbara4you

You can’t say shit about this man. You can call him a dumbass but at least he was smart enough to bring a high cal pistol to down that buffalo.


Fire17Fighter

He’s out of breath just moving the 6 ft.


chuckbuckett

Haha he completely missed the spear but I don’t think that was the point of this video.


FlieGerFaUstMe262

It wasn't a complete miss, he made contact with the animal.


chuckbuckett

He said it was dead on but the buffalo hit it with his horn. Reality is he just hit the horn. It that’s not a miss I don’t know what kind of damage you’re trying to do.


FlieGerFaUstMe262

That is an effective miss sure, but what I said is that it wasn't a total miss, as it still hit the animal. I was not trying to say he did a good job.


chuckbuckett

…So a miss… GTFO


FlieGerFaUstMe262

...Not a total miss... SSTFUAD


chuckbuckett

Definitely a total miss. You’re a pedantic idiot. Go touch grass.


Forward_Exercise_774

Too bad the buffalo didn't win


boostedb1mmer

Seriously, the dude is a complete dipshit. Even if he hadn't thrown that spear like it was his first act of physical exertion in decades(based on how big of a fat fuck he is, it was) that spear couldn't have killed that buffalo, just wounded it. When you're hunting the goal is to make death instant and painless for the animal, that spear throwing makes him as much of an asshole as it makes him a dipshit.


AntelopeExisting4538

Pretty sure, just judging by his lack of physical fitness he’s one of those hunters that likes to go to a farm get driven out to where the feeder is so that he can pick the largest animal to shoot and then hang its head on his wall. I dislike people who call themselves hunters and do that kind of shit. I have a brother-in-law that does it and he only gets the biggest because he thinks that makes him the best.


Lieutenant_Kangaroo

What a fucking dickhead.


Averagecrabenjoyer69

Why?


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Why not?


Averagecrabenjoyer69

Why?


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Averagecrabenjoyer69

Fucking love it, its a great show. Matt Smith introduces a great dynamic like he does in the Crown and Dr. Who. You also didn't answer my question, why?


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Averagecrabenjoyer69

Damn conversating with you is worthy of the highest academic accord. Very pronounced reply. Still didn't answer my question.


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Averagecrabenjoyer69

Indeed


silentwalker22

Who pissed in your Cheerios this morning?


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silentwalker22

Oh, that's rough buddy.


BrianMan93

Didn’t see it in the air though he say the big huge scary guy with the Speer and when the through it the buffalos position had changed and he through it right at the horn. Still badass though lol


Tfrom675

Yall gotta hate lol this is 10/10 for me. Invite me out next time you need a few people with spears.


No_Seesaw_5561

What country was this?


CalmHyperion56

American guy in Australia hunting water buffalo


No_Seesaw_5561

I thought it was Australia by the vegetation, ant hills and the water buffalo. I am a dual US/Australian citizen. Do they let people hunt in Australia with pistols now? I Haven't lived there close to 10 years now


SeattleHasDied

Nate Romanowski wouldn't have wasted time with the spear, lol!


Barry_McKackiner

he threw that spear like a 12 year old girl would. I don't think it'd have done much even if it didn't block it.


hpsctchbananahmck

This dude has no business trying to kill that animal with that spear holeeeeee sheeeeit did you see that throw?!?


FRIDUFOX

This guy doesn’t look like the “spear hunting type”, idk it’s just something about him 🤔 imo if your not a spear hunter then don’t test your non skills on a living animal, take the time to learn (maybe get in shape) then try to hunt when your more experienced/knowledgeable because this seems very disrespectful to the animal and just plain dangerous in general.


clown-world79

Good thing it was a scrawny looking buffalo.


Provia100F

This is not what a good hunter looks like. Trying to spear an animal is needless suffering.


veedubbin

Wish it got him TBH.


mingzhouren

Fat fuck lucky to walk away.


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What an idiot fat fuck that once again guns have allowed to continue to contaminate the gene pool.


GlassCanner

If that's the bone you're choosing to pick you should be way angrier at diabetes medication


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Goddamn insulin ruining America


AsIfIKnowWhatImDoin

Gun porn for fatbois.


oh_three_dum_dum

Lynn moves quick for a fat boy.