The Craziest Delta Selection Story Ever 😳
A candidate shares their harrowing experience during Delta selection where they got lost in a manzanita forest, encountered what they initially thought was a bear but turned out to be pigs, and ultimately threw themselves off a cliff to escape. The story highlights the extreme physical and mental challenges faced during special forces selection training.
Summary
This transcript captures a gripping firsthand account from someone who went through Delta Force selection training. The story begins with the candidate navigating through a dense manzanita forest, which they describe as 'swimming through a sea of a thousand pitchforks' due to the thorny nature of the vegetation. While attempting to climb higher to get their bearings, a branch broke and they fell. The situation quickly escalated when they heard noise behind them and saw what they initially believed to be a baby bear approaching, followed by the sound of much larger movement crushing through the vegetation behind it. Fearing for their life and determined not to fail selection due to a bear attack, the candidate grabbed their rucksack as a shield and began frantically running through the dense manzanita. As the creature gained on them, they broke free from the forest only to find themselves facing a cliff. Rather than risk being attacked, they made the split-second decision to hurl themselves off the cliff edge. It was only after this dramatic escape that they realized their pursuers were actually pigs - a baby pig followed by its mother - rather than bears. The story illustrates the intense psychological pressure, quick decision-making, and extreme physical challenges that characterize special forces selection processes.
Key Insights
- The candidate describes navigating through manzanita forest as being like 'swimming through a sea of a thousand pitchforks' due to the thorny, dense vegetation
- When a branch snapped and they fell, the candidate immediately heard threatening sounds and movement behind them in the forest
- The candidate initially misidentified the approaching animals as bears, hearing 'massive crushing of the manzanita vines' which suggested a large predator
- Faced with what seemed like an imminent bear attack, the candidate used their rucksack as a shield and began 'sprinting like a madman' through the thorny vegetation
- Rather than risk being caught by what they thought were bears, the candidate chose to throw themselves off a cliff, reasoning they wouldn't 'get eaten by a freaking bear while trying to go through selection'
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Transcript
[0:00] I heard you had a incident with a bear. >> I had to get up this mountain and I ended up in a manzania forest. So, it's like swimming through a sea of a thousand pitchforks. I tried to get up a little bit higher to see if I could spot which direction I should go to. Got up a couple of branches high. Right as I'm reaching for this next one, that thing snapped. I fell. And then I heard this noise behind me. I saw this thing coming at me and I instantly thought that's a baby bear. Then I heard the massive crushing of the manzania vines behind [0:30] it. Picked up my rucks sack, used…
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