Sofa, so lucky! Moment man is almost flattened by runaway couch as he rolls the three-seater out of his front yard
- The Iowa resident was trying to remove a sofa from his property by himself
- The dramatic footage was filmed on a CCTV camera mounted to his house
- The man said his 'cat-like' reflexes saved him from getting crushed by the sofa This is the moment a householder narrowly escaped being crushed by his old couch when he tried to roll it out onto the street.
The unidentified man in Dubaque, Iowa, made the ill-advised decision to stand in front of the three-seater as he rolled it down a grassy slope towards his pickup truck.
His security camera captured the moment gravity took control forcing the man to use his 'cat-like reflexes' to jump clear of the couch.
The unidentified man tried to move the three-seat sofa down a hill in front of his house in Dubaque, Iowa
Initially, the man thought standing downhill from the sofa would help him guide it to the sidewalk
Moments later, the man was in trouble as the sofa started to roll downhill on its own accord
For a split-second in the footage it looks as though the man has been knocked under the heavy sofa. But he soon dashes clear.
Commenting on his near-miss, the unidentified householder said: 'Like most people, I never know when to ask for help.
'When my wife and I replaced our furniture in our living room, we moved our old sofa out to the front yard.
'After a few weeks of it sitting out front, getting rained on and killing the lawn, I got home from work one day and decided I was tired of it sitting there. 'I decided to take matters into my own hands, and it didn't take long for me to realize I made a mistake. Unfortunately, it was too late.
'My feet slipped out from under me and the sofa came barreling down the hill towards me.
'Luckily my cat-like reflexes sprung into action and I was able to get out of the way with the only damage being to my pride and a scrape to my forearm.'
The incident took place in June 2020 but has recently been shared widely online.
The householder insisted it was only his 'cat-like reflexes' which prevented him from being crushed by the sofa
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