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When arriving to his barn one morning, a Polish farmer, who has cared for horses for more than a decade, discovered one of his mares had broken through her fence and found herself in a frustrating predicament. The covering of a hole in the garage floor, meant for use while working on cars, crumbled under her weight leaving her trapped.

It just so happened that her body and her legs fit perfectly into the hole, leaving very little room to spare.

The farmer attempted to fill the space with enough hay to hopefully give her a boost out, but it sadly didn’t do that trick.

The next morning, he called on the assistance of his local fire department.

They had the idea to run fire hoses underneath her in an attempt to hoist her out.

After a few attempts, the anxious mare couldn’t help but sit down in exhaustion.

Completely drained, the farmer says he attempted to life her spirits by petting her and repeating “Don’t die, don’t die…”

Soon, her spirits raised again as a veterinarian arrived to lend his expertise to the efforts.

They slowly managed to get one hoof free…

Then the other, also adding in more and more hay as they went along.

Wrapping her rump with one of the hoses, they were finally successful in freeing the poor mare.

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Virtual reality in its sense-blocking, headset-wearing form was never a huge breakthrough, although it did pave the way for other wearable technology like Google Glass and the GoPro that allow us to experience the world through different perspectives. It raises a lot of possibilities, as well as a lot of questions about perception. If we perceive the world through the eyes of someone else, are we still ourselves?

Farid’s living space for four weeks will be in a London gallery with a bed, toilet and shower.
Those are the questions that performance artist Mark Farid will be pondering in his 28-day social experiment, Seeing-I. For the duration of the four weeks, Farid will be sequestered in a gallery in London. He’ll have a bed, toilet and shower, and no human interaction. He’ll be wearing a specially-designed headset at all times that will show him someone else’s reality; a partner called “the Other” will be recording his life and the information, audio and visual, will be fed into Farid’s headset. With only the other person as his window to the world, Farid’s identity may essentially be subsumed by the Other’s. Or, he may simply remain a voyeur. His team describes the possible outcomes:
“Over the course of the project, it will become apparent whether [Farid] will begin to lose his own sense of self, and start to inhabit the reality of the Other. With no one to talk to, and no one to validate any of [Farid’s] thoughts, will his only source of validation–the Other’s life–become the life which makes sense to [Farid]? Equally, this may not happen: he may entirely retain his sense of self and exist in a strange no man’s land between his own identity and the Other’s.”

The headset will remain attached to Farid even while he sleeps.
The so-called Other will wear a pair of glasses that will record audio and visual information, which will be fed directly into Farid’s headset. Though he’ll remain in the gallery, he’ll be living vicariously through the Other. The glasses are inconspicuous, and so no one but the Other and the Other’s partner will be aware of what’s going on. Currently, there are no takers for the part of the Other, which is not too surprising considering that person will have someone watching their every move for a month, including their most intimate moments. The requirements for the Other include being a heterosexual male in a relationship and living with their partner, which might seem a bit at odds with the concept of being an “other.”

Farid will be fed by the on-site staff, but will not have any other interaction with anyone else. His only access to other humans will be via the Other.
When the Other is asleep, Farid will be evaluated by a psychologist with neuroscience training. While visitors can check in on Farid in the London gallery, they will be asked to leave during the evaluation. Farid, trapped in his virtual reality, will not be aware of them. Due to the risky nature of the project, health-wise, medical professionals will be on staff at all times. Should the medical staff find that the experiment is taking an unnecessary toll on Farid, they will shut down the project.
The experiment, which blends performance art and science, will culminate in a documentary and possibly some insight into the psychology of identity, connectedness and privacy. That depends, of course, on whether an Other is ever found. The experiment is currently accepting donations on Kickstarter.

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If you’re going out with friends, getting locked inside of a room with puzzles being the only way out is certainly a change of pace.

Imagine going out with your friends… and then getting trapped inside of a room. There are clues written all over the walls and scattered about the room. It’s not obvious what you’re supposed to do or how you’re supposed to get out. You’re trapped.
You weren’t kidnapped. You’re playing one of the newest and coolest games that is popping up all over the world. It’s called Escape The Room.

Guests pay Escape The Room to put them in a locked room, filled with clues. They have 1 hour to escape.

You choose the setting: an office, a home or an agency.

The success rate of Escape The Room is about 15%… but they weren’t designed to be easy. You have to figure out the puzzles inside of the room to get out.

The first real-life escape room opened in Japan in 2007. These rooms were inspired by online games like Empty White Room and The Room. Video games like The Legend of Zelda, Resident Evil, Final Fantasy and Portal have all incorporated “puzzle” aspects to the gameplay. Now, companies like Escape The Room are letting you act out these puzzles in real-life.
This escape room is located in New York City, but there may be more cropping up all over the country soon. Would you try your hand at escaping? Share this awesome new idea with others by clicking the button below.

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A possum trapped in a plastic ring came to one guy’s house. It was still breathing

The guy cut it off.

Then the possum sat up, motionless for about a half hour.

About thirty minutes after cutting the plastic off, it walked down the steps and into the woods.

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