Sometimes it seems like luck just isn't on our side, but when the unthinkable happens, you'd be amazed to discover just how fortunate some people can be.

From nauseating free falls to freak weather accidents, here are some of the luckiest people who survived the impossible.

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Number 10.

Natalia Pasternak.

One summer's afternoon in June 2015, 55-year-old Natalia Pastornak and her 80-year-old friend

Valentina Gora Descaya were walking through the Siberian forest collecting birch saps,

unaware that this was a trip they might never have returned from.

The pair had unknowingly crossed into the path of a huge brown bear, which made an initial beeline for Valentina's dog,

before turning its attention to the mother of two, Natalia. After attempting to separate the wild animal from her friend by hitting it with a stick,

Valentina ran to find help, leaving Natalia to face the jaws of death.

During the hour-long ordeal, the bear assumed that its now mauled prey was finally dead

and began burying Natalia with earth and leaves in order to eat her later.

Eventually, police arrived on the scene and noticed that the part-exposed woman was still breathing,

and with no other options, they shot the bear and unearthed Natalia, who later fully recovered

in hospital.

Despite being buried alive and intended as a brown bear's next meal, Natalia Pasternak lived

to tell the terrifying tale

and even posted an update on her social media with the caption,

Life is Beautiful.

Number nine, Phineas Gage.

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