What Really Happened on Batman the Ride at Six Flags over Georgia June 28th 2008? 

By creating an easy to access, poorly labeled danger zone, six flags is completely blame free.🤦

@@ricky-sanchez they had fences, the kids climbed over the fences, they had signs, kids ignored them. The park is not at fault. Darwinism is a real thing.

@@ricky-sanchez the kid was 17 you dunce. He clearly understood not to do something like that

@@ricky-sanchez I think a fence is enough of an indication to let you know to keep out. If you need more than that then you’re honestly an idiot.

idk why anyone would walk under a rollercoaster and expect everything to be ok😭😭 esp a 17 yr old! id understand a toddler but cmon…

Can confirm. Can‘t recall any signs like that from European parks and no barbed wire, as well. What‘s wrong with people outside the US. I think even Coster Studios was amazed that some rides in Europe have no fencing at all but only a small ledge or some water to separate the ride.

@@UwePieper no offense but you have to be pretty thick in the head to walk under an active ride. I think European parks trust their guests to do the right thing. You never hear about people getting struck in Europe.

i mean.. not in this case but in a lot of coaster accident cases( ride ops should have a little responsibility, esp when it comes to like amputees getting on a ride or oversized piggies. who would actually want to ride a death machine if you dont fit in the absolute only thing keeping you alive, suppose your right… people R idiotic.

@@djsugarc1075 For sure. That's really bad for a ride op and at some point just tend to give in to end the discussion / fight. There should be no discussion to begin with. Even if you lost both your legs fighting for your country. This thing is designed for two legs to keep you safe.

Morons

Even though I know the alarm doesn't go off unless it's armed (like at the end of the day) and it's 3 doors shorter to go out the emergency exit at my office and everyone else does it, it still feels so wrong to do it.

I feel like it’s a self fulfilling prophecy type of thing. So many people have never had to face any real consequences for their actions, and so they go through life assuming someone will always be there to make sure nothing happens to them when they make bad decisions. They don’t expect to face any consequences for their actions and eventually they develop this idea that nothing bad could ever be allowed to actually happen to them. Unfortunately for this kid (because it is unfortunate, a fact which the edge-lords or legitimate psychopaths in this thread can’t seem to understand as they seem unable to realize that situations can be multiple things at once; they can be both an example of extreme carelessness and stupidity resulting in death as well as being a tragic and unfortunate accident. No sense in unnecessarily shitting on someone who was a real living human being with friends and family who unfortunately made a very serious and preventable mistake), the consequences he faced were so severe that he didn’t have the opportunity to learn from his mistakes.

I'll believe anything Americans will be "clever" enough to do. Absolutely anything.

Not the same thing; but after working retail I learned that a huge portion of the population can't be bothered to read signs (and other paperwork). We'd take the extra steps to place sale signs right below an item on sale and place those items at eye level and I'd still have people on the daily insisting that sign was for something else. I'd have angry customers stomp back to my department and demand I show them the sign so I COULD SEE I was wrong and they were right. The customer was never right.

💯💯💯 We have huge, aggressive saltwater crocs where I live & there are signs everywhere - some of them even have little icons of a crocodile with a person in its mouth. The situation could not be clearer. People still go in the water though. It’s hard to understand tbh.

Even without the barbed wire though, it should be common sense not to go near an active roller-coaster. 🤷🏻‍♀️

@@SleepyKwee I mean, it is common sense. Problem is that common sense is a misnomer, because it's not really so common.

@@VestedUTuber it's really not, sadly. 😂

@@VestedUTuber Teenage boys are not particularly known for Common Sense. And sadly the local teens in the communities around Six Flags over Georgia seem to hold the very concept of common sense in sharp disdain.

Thanks for sharing that.

Well, I would be sad, but not guilt ridden. You can't fix stupid sometimes.

I don’t think it could’ve been a person hitting him. It’s more likely the train hit him because the train extends further past the bodies of the riders and it would have to be hard enough with enough force to decapitate someone

​@@rylantapp1178the witness statements say he was struck by an actual rider. But who knows it probably happened so fast and was hard to see.

A lot of people just act without thinking rationally about the deadly consequences. This case, unfortunate as it is, proves that.

I think they didn’t realize that the ride would even be able to touch them, that’s my only guess. I wonder why they split up though. I know the one took off running after being the other was hit, but from the reports it doesn’t sound like they were side by side.

I don't know if this is the same incident or not, but there was one where a boy lost his hat when he was on the ride and he hopped the fence to get it afterward and was also killed.

@@theTruthSeekerishere That's the same incident.

The same happens with pump jacks (the big seesaw looking machines that pump crude oil). They put huge fences and tons of signs on them warning people to stay away because they start and stop randomly without notice and have a massive swinging counterweight but people still hop the fences and climb on top of them for pictures. Some people just don't realize how dangerous large machinery is. Even if it's moving slowly, the force required to make something that big move at all is lethal and even if you know where the Estop button is, it still takes time for heavy machines to stop moving.

I thought that too lol.

technically the word that he placed the word "batman" after, was the word: building. the word "man," was much earlier in the sentence. In english, whatever is mentioned in these symbols ( ) refers to the word that it is after. So the statement was clearly referencing the building being the batman ride / attraction.

Batman: Tresspasser! (Ass whooping commences)

@@discipleoftheLordJesusChrist in English: when some one says they think about something it means that while they may recognize the standard rules of reality, for the time being, they may choose to suspend such rules in order to freely brainstorm funny (or intriguing) ideas.

Instantly “Na na na na na na na na Batman” went off in my head

Due to a surge of misbehaving (and sometimes violent) teenagers, Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, CA now REQUIRES an adult to be with a group of minors AT ALL TIMES, and there has to be a 4:1 ratio of minor to adult. If a minor separates from the adult, they risk being removed from the park. I think ALL amusement parks should follow this policy.

@@ralphvarela2457 And how often do they actually ENFORCE this policy, and what do they classify as "separating" from an adult. This policy is not what I'd prefer, there are numerous reasons someone might HAVE to separate. Maybe there's a minor injury that needs the first aid station, and then the child laying down (i.e. they have a headache and just need some time laying down) should the other children be FORCED to wait in the station for the other child? What about a child having to sit out a ride for whatever reason. I, personally, cannot go on roller coasters (particularly those that go more than maybe 50 MPH, but as a general rule they're all outlawed for me) so I have to sit those out. Not all parks let the non-riders of a group wait in the station. When I went to six flags over maryland in 2012ish with a school trip, me and the other girl who couldn't/wouldn't go on coasters just waited by a ride, sitting either on a bench or the ground out of the way. Should I have been kicked out of the park for being UNABLE, due to a heart condition, to ride certain ride types and not being allowed to wait in the station? What about times when a ride fills up with only part of a group? Outside of the obvious argument I know you're gonna say of "the park should train staff better on not breaking up groups" it's not that simple. I will occassionally call for a single rider if I have one seat, but i'm not gonna ask for 2, 3, 4, or more riders because "you can't break up a group" that just pisses people off and makes them yell about allowing people to cut in line. But I digress, should the child(ren) who's left in line be kicked out of the park because the rest of the group's waiting near the ride, but not right at the exit (a safety hazard) for them? What about a kid who has special dietary concerns and thus must go to a specific restaurant/eatery in the park, after everyone else is eating (this also happened on our trip) should they be kicked out? You see how this policy is a HORRIBLE idea?

Having been to both BGW and SFOG many many time throughout my life I can tell you from long experience that the clientele at BGW is most definitely a cut above what you will find at SFOG. This especially evident in the under 18 age group where SFOG seems to be viewed as a daycare center for all of the greater Atlanta area. The difference between the two parks in maintenance, ride ops, cleanliness, theming and guest is so remarkable that I was shocked by first trip to SFOG at the age of 22 and then was shocked again when I went back to BGW when I was closer to 30. So if you feel like the minors at BGW are unruly or disruptive I can tell you that it is infinitely worse at SFOG.

@@ashleighelizabeth5916 Understood. My point being, though, WHERE WERE THE ADULTS! These kids were obviously immature, to put it nicely. They didn't know that "a big fence" generally means "do not go here" so they apparently needed an adult to supervise them. Yet no adult was around. Likely because these were teenagers and everyone always assumes they can handle themselves. They can't.

@@katherynedarrah4245 What do you think about just banning group trips, period. Go with your own parents or wait till you’re 18. Maybe a radical view.. but especially given how immature & driven to fight authority teens are nowadays, as opposed to even my own generation (born 1990), you just can’t trust them at all.

Unfortunately seeing in this situation wouldn’t have helped if you watched the video until the end. The e-stop couldn’t do anything because it was a free run section. There was no break available in that section. Cameras wouldn’t have made a difference.

It’s a damn shame that you have to babysit people who refuse to follow safety rules and try to enter restricted areas.

Even though that person who jumped the fence was stupid, you saved their life, and yourself and the guests from a potentially traumatic tragedy.

"You and your friends are goofing off" inside a restricted area. FTFY.

@@triple7marc Dawg I didn’t know what else to call it. Yeah it was a restricted area and yeah they were stupid teens very much in the wrong but I’m pretty sure they didn’t deserve nor were they looking to see their friend’s head annihilated by a moving coaster.

@@ButchJoestar I mean, they didn’t “””deserve””” to see it, but they knowingly jumped into the restricted area of a roller coaster while it was running. It’s natural selection at work.

@@triple7marc tradgic that it happened truly, and entirely preventable if they had just waited

@@ButchJoestar He didn't deserve to die but he put himself in a ludicrous amount of danger for no reason. Hard to feel sorry for him.

Yea I remember going years later when I was old enough and my cousin told me about it when I first went to the park. Sent chills down my spine.

I was also at the ride that day. Saw the church group leaders crying. Later on the radio that day I heard it was a dude trying to get a hat. Glad I finally heard the full story.

Yep

Exactly cars are a 1000 times worse.

To be fair, in the modern day you HAVE to ride in a car at some point, especially depending on where you live.

ok but there are more cars in the world than rides

THAT is the real tragedy to me. Innocent people that had done nothing wrong have to deal with trauma that impacts them for years because of the stupidity of somebody they don't even know.

bruh

@danwolfe238 dude trauma is a real thing, sounds, smells, certain items, etc can all bring back vivid memories of an incident. Making you relive the event.

@@ANTH0NY.VII. trauma is very real but also can be overcome. Let me hear those stories, not your trauma.

@@DevoGaming93 well it's clear you have no idea what trauma is actually like.

Have friends who were there that day. Awful accident. Feel so bad for her family and the witnesses there that day.

She couldn't wait 20 minutes because she needed her phone asap, now she can suffer for the next 20 damn years..🤡

@@natesface why would you feel bad about someone else’s stupidity, I would feel bad for the ppl who had to witness that stupidity that day

@@MonnieGoCrazy you have poor reading comprehension.

@@MonnieGoCrazy I would feel bad for your stupidity, but according to you, why would I? You feel bad for the person, not for how dumb they are. I would say I feel bad for you, but that would be lying 😂

The information I provided comes directly from the official accident report. The hat story was made up by local news.

I was there that day, and I also heard there was a youth group and one kid went to retrieve his hat. This is the first I'm hearing this story.

Raptor at Cedar Point had an incident where a man was killed trying to retrieve either a hat or cellphone several years ago. He also scaled fencing and ignored all the danger signs.

@@ayanadixon4763 this kid was also said to have done this

@@WickedlyMe328 this is the one that I thought it was going to be about but I didn't know about that half

Typical to gloss over(or outright lie) in order to cover up someone's stupidity.

@@southwest.air.luvflyer and yet everywhere you look that is the one that comes up…from 2008. 2002 there was a similar incident

Especially rules placed for their own safety.

I believe the hat story was started by a local news station at the time and spread around since. Would be interesting to find the original source. I believed that story up until reading the report.

@@CoasterCollege In a way, the fact that he wasn't trying to retrieve a hat actually makes it less acceptable for him to have been there in the first place. Not that it was acceptable to begin with, but with this story, he seemingly had no reason to be there at all.

@@CoasterCollege I read the news articles from the time of the accident, and it looks like the lost hat story was something witnesses told the police during their investigation, which was relayed to an AP reporter and thus spread across most news sources. June 28, 2008 article from NBC News via the AP. "Authorities were investigating reports from witnesses who said the teenager jumped the fences to retrieve a hat he lost while riding the Batman roller coaster, said Cobb County police Sgt. Dana Pierce."

@@ZachAttackIsBack dang great detective work, good to know

I was there that day, and several people said it was to retreive his hat. I have teenagers, and as a youth leader at my church I've witnessed (and got on to) the teen boys jumping lines just for fun, I would imagine there was some sort of dare or something, teenagers do some crazy things. I was only 19 when this happened.

The 50 mph isn’t bad when you compare it to rides like Goliath, which gets up to 70 mph, but Batman twists so much and so tightly that it seems a lot faster. Ya know? The footprint of the entire track is pretty small because of it. It also gets pretty close to the ground (obviously). It’s always been one of my favorite rides.

He was stupid, but at 17 so is everyone else. Its kinda disturbing to see so many ppl act like he deserved it or that it wasnt tragic (not you but its a common theme in other comments) but like. I dont think stupid should make the death more or less acceptable or okay.

@@mothiieehave you ever been THAT stupid tho?

@@gilbertnatal855 ngl i dont know. I did do quite a bit of stupid shit, but i dont actually think i ever knew if there was a decapitation risk, which i think is likely the same for this kid. Probably though it was the same danger level as jaywalking or some shit when it really wasnt

The kid was going to get a hat that someone had lost earlier while riding the ride. Nothing flashy or dramatic, just a kid who wanted a free hat.

I heard the person had their leg shattered from the incident

@@sean_2455 God, that makes it even worse.

@@sean_2455 that was what I was wondering that wasn't mentioned in the video. If somebody got hit so hard it decapitated him what about the poor bastard that hit him?

I'm sure it's worst on the friend who came out with the idea.

It was a Darwin award winning decision to ignore the fence and restricted signs. Only a brilliant mind would think to jump over the fence and get close to the roller coaster. Foolish minds die to remind others not be foolish.

@@aetank_yyteawu3436 he was a kid with a lapse in judgement. It’s crazy it goes that low. Most no trespassing signs don’t mean you’ll die if you’re in the area. I think it makes people feel better to blame him, but it’s still a senseless tragic loss of life. Also social darwinism is a disgusting excuse. I’m sure you’ve made equally stupid decisions. I know I have.

That girl is the one I truly feel sorry for. Burns me up when the family tries to blame the park for their own child's rank stupidity. They should be forced to pay the legal fees that Six Flags incurs defending themselves against such a bullshit lawsuit.

The lines still get long since then

@@ciaragilbert9643 oh wow, really? I guess I always just get lucky hahaha

Yea I’ve waited 2 hours before to ride Batman prob like 6 or 7 years ago. Went the other day actually it and still got up to an hour wait

2 Batman, Afterburn/Top Gun (twice, gladly one of them still alive), Raptor, Katun We should started calling B&M invert a "Face Smasher" or "Decapitator"

@@bocahdongo7769 Honestly I'm slightly surprised that they didn't retrofit a front row foot protector/decapitation preventer given that at least two of those incidents resulted in decapitation (and one in an injury to a passenger's foot irrc). Like, I'm not saying it would prevent death, but "he died from head trauma" is far less dramatic sounding than "he was decapitated", and probably better for PR.

@@Ellie-rx3jt there's no point of that anyway It's already the level of mortal Kombat 's finishing move at this point

Flight deck happened TWICE, like WTF? And also Katun on Mirabilandia, another Invert. Why aren't coaster enthusiasts not started calling B&M Invert a "Face smasher" or "Decapitator" yet

​@@bocahdongo7769 because old school SLC's took that title a long time ago... At least they feel like it.

@@Sir1188 Face smasher? SLC for sure!

And a person was hit by a non suspended coaster just recently and currently in hospital

@@the1barbarian781 oh good lord. Name of ride?

I am guessing Six Flags did the bare minimum of what the state and their insurance mandated.

It's a big and wide ride They only supposedly install the camera to check on the track if the train prematurely stop on the middle of the track (Remember Smiler Accident). Even if that's the case, you can't just stop the train prematurely anyway TLDR you can't please idiot people

@@Jadentheman true. I know at Darien lake has cameras in some of the coaster stations. I know superman has cameras in the station building.

I'm guessing that has changed since this happened...

That was the voice of a friend who could be described as "a sleeveless mullet Nascar guy" lol

Very well said The NTSB also operates that way under the assumption that if no blame is a signed, then everybody involved in the incident will be forthcoming so that the said incident can definitely be prevented. You are smart to bring that up… That’s a model that should be followed by many people

Assign blame in private. Have parents punish kids for doing stupid shit like this. If you don't provide consequences for poor choices people are going to think poor choices have no consequences.

Exactly. The lack of compassion in this comment section scares me. Maybe this is why society nowadays is so individualistic... There's no sympathy for people who are seen as less than or "stupid".

@@funnylittlecreature Agreed

I was there this day, I was 19, and many witnesses said that was the reason he was inside the fence. The story is still going around about the hat.

hi coastoons

Thanks! Never imagined this channel would ever get close to that.

There is no new Riddler ride at SFOG. There is a coaster there named Mindbender that has been rethemed and renamed to The Riddler Mindbender but that coaster has been in the park since the mid 70s.

There was a similar incident at a different park involving a man retrieving a hat. The story is he did not speak english, but it should be obvious that climbing a tall fence to get under a roller coaster is a terrible idea

It also happened to Flight Deck at California's Great America lol

@@triple7marc You'd think people would learn. When a sign specifically says "Do Not Enter" you do not enter that area!

Thanks!