(suspenseful music)
(Coyote yelling in pain)
(suspenseful upbeat music)
(woman screaming)
(Coyote groaning) - Oh, my God!
(film projector whirring)
(big cat roaring)
(dynamic jungle music)
(big cat roaring)
(rocks crumbling)
(serene piano music)
- I have been been bitten. (Coyote yelling in pain)
I have been stung. (Coyote groaning)
many, (Coyote breathing rapidly)
many,
Ow!
Many times.
(Coyote groaning) (bees buzzing)
How much pain can one man possibly endure?
Truth be told, quite a bit.
In fact, some of the worst injuries I have ever sustained
actually had nothing to do with animals,
but everything to do with careless human error
and the good old fashioned idea
that sometimes you simply find yourself
in the wrong place at the wrong time.
So to celebrate and entertain all of you Coyote Pack members
that love to see me in agony,
we proudly give you an episode,
that we have titled, "Ouch! That Must Have Hurt."
Oh, I almost forgot, the obligatory warning.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, there will be blood.
First up on our list of painful oopsies
is an incident that happened
before Brave Wilderness was even a YouTube channel.
On March 11th, 2011 at approximately 2:46 p.m.,
a 9.1 magnitude earthquake took place
off the coast of Japan.
This natural disaster caused a massive tsunami
and is considered the largest earthquake to ever hit Japan.
At the time we were on the Western side of Costa Rica
filming what's known as a sizzle reel
with the hopes of getting our animal adventure series
picked up as a TV show.
Yes, that is a straw cowboy hat.
Not sure why that seemed like a good idea,
but sure is funny when you look back at it.
Unbeknownst to us, the quake had hit and as a precaution,
beaches across the Western half of North and South America
were closed due to the chance of massive rogue waves.
As I stood upon the edge of a rocky outcrop
completely clueless to the looming danger,
this is what happened.
(water roaring) Whoa!
What you can't see
is the nearly 20 foot drop in front of me,
which means this wave was absolutely massive.
We estimated it to be over 30 feet in height.
It picked me up, tumbled and dragged me backward
over nearly 50 feet of jagged rocks.
I don't remember much, but the damage to my body
required two trauma kits to close the lacerations
and stop the bleeding in my arms, legs, hips and chest.
It's a miracle that I wasn't killed.
Two cameras were destroyed in the process
and as a result of this and my injuries,
our trip came to an abrupt halt.
Yep, that was a painful one.
To lighten the mood a bit, let's take a look
at one of my most hilariously painful encounters.
I'm pretty sure we have all been here before
and next to being eaten alive by a whale,
this was probably the most requested pain zone moment
the Coyote Pack has ever requested.
I'm going for it anyways. (quirky melodic music)
(Coyote yelling in pain)
Ow!
Why did it have to be Legos?
(Coyote groaning)
For anyone that has ever stepped on a Lego,
you know it actually really hurts.
I wouldn't put it on par with the rogue wave hit,
but boy, does it smart?
Now help me across. - Yes.
(Marco laughing)
I am the King of Sting.
- [Coyote] While we are on the track of painfully funny,
I bet you all remember my valiant athleticism
needed to catch the tarantula hawk.
Argh, got it! - What happened?
Go, go, go!
- [Coyote] And the unexpected spiny attack that followed.
But if you missed that moment of pain,
let's take another look.
(Coyote groaning)
Hold on a second, let me get this under control.
- Oh, my God, how are you gonna get all those off?
- Hold on, hold on, (groaning)
Mark, I got a multi-tool on the side of my pouch here.
- Alright. - Put your camera down.
- Okay. - Chance, you keep filming us.
Mark, I'm gonna need your help, man, I can't move my arm.
(Coyote yelling in pain)
Throwing your body into the wild never ends well
and I learned this once again in the summer of 2020,
while out looking for giant catfish.
We anchored the boat
and as I was deploying into the murky water,
I found myself in a world of pain, (groaning)
as I landed shin smack right into a rock.
Without knowing how bad the injury was,
I went on filming for the remainder of the day
and when it came time to call it a wrap
and take off my wetsuit, bam, a massive hematoma had formed.
For all of you non-medical experts,
a hematoma is defined as localized bleeding
outside of the blood vessels due to trauma.
The golf ball sized goiter was painful and unsightly.
I even shaved my leg around it,
'cause I thought it would be funny.
The lump lasted for about four weeks
and eventually my body absorbed the blood
and I was good as new. (water splashing)
(Coyote groaning)
There's a rock right there. (laughing)
Oh, man, that's gonna leave a mark.
That brings us to my last blunder,
which happened while boulder jumping in Arizona.
Let's watch and see what it looks like,
when a grown man falls off of a cliff.
(woman screaming)
(Coyote groaning) - Oh, my God!
- [Coyote] Okay, now let's watch it again in slow motion.
So here's what happened.
When I touched down, my boot landed on a weird rocky nub
and it slipped causing me to lose my balance.
The weight of my backpack pulled me even more off balance
and I toppled head first off the cliff,
lost my hat, did a full flip
and landed on the rocks 15 feet below.
- Did you get that on camera? - Yeah.
- [Coyote] By some miracle, my head landed inside of my hat
cushioning the fall and saving my skull
from getting smashed on the jagged rocks.
It was like watching Wiley Coyote in real life
fall off of a cliff after chasing the Road Runner.
In the end, my shoulder, neck and back
were messed up for half a year,
but I didn't break a single bone
and to this day I have made a full recovery.
So what did we learn today, kids?
Don't mess with water, it's very powerful.
Don't play with cacti, (groaning loudly)
because they are very sharp.
Don't jump off of boats into murky water,
because that is where rocks like to hide.
Always put away your Legos, because they can be lethal
and never jump on rocks,
especially with today's technology of drones,
because if you want to get epic B roll shots
like the ones that will close out this video,
all you need to do is fly your camera over the landscapes.
(melodic orchestral music)
Hey, Coyote Pack,
still in the mood for some hilarious moments of pain?
Then make sure to go back and watch "Just the Bite,"
which features some of my most entertaining animal chops.
And don't forget, subscribe, enjoy memberships,
so you can brave alongside me and the crew
on our next wild adventure.
(Coyote yelling in pain)
(melodic orchestral music)
(big cat roaring)
(bird calling)
(birds chirping)