This is the horrifying “Dead Man Walking” Tornado, and some facts about this freak of nature.

“Dead Man Walking” - Probably The Scariest Photo of a Tornado that Exists

This is one of the most infamous tornadoes in history, the Jarrell, Texas F-5 of May 27, 1997. F-5 is the highest rating on the now retired Fujita Scale, which is based on the wind speed and damage a tornado produced. This tornado is most well known for the image above, titled “Dead Man Walking.”

At a max width of about 3/4 of a mile wide, with wind speeds up to 260mph, this tornado claimed the lives of 27 people, and all 38 homes in the Double-Creek neighborhood were 100% destroyed.

If you look at these pictures of the aftermath, there’s really nothing to see because there’s nothing left. The Jarrell tornado was so slow-moving and violent it literally became a 3/4 mile blender. When police arrived they were uncertain anything was actually there.

Most of the houses’ remains were never found, nor were some of the cars, but most were thrown 1/2 a mile away. But what’s even more unsettling is that most of the victims were never found either. Rescue crews couldn’t tell the difference between human remains and the remains of the some 300 cattle that were killed.

The tornado was so slow and violent it also acted as a drill at some points, digging into the soil as far as 18 inches.

Here is a slab of concrete where a house used to be. Who even knows where it went?