In Red Dead Redemption, you have the chance to hunt a herd of Buffalo which so happen to be the last remaining buffaloes in all the land. There are 20 buffalo total to hunt and on this day, I was hunting the very last buffalo, #20. I had killed the first 19 on the previous day so #20 was my “Moby Dick.”

I had been searching for the last one the previous night as it did not want to respawn each time I went looking for it so I gave up. Well, this morning I decided to try one more time before work and finally found him! He was about 500 ft from me so I pulled out my Rolling Block sniper rifle and lined up my sights. I followed him for a few feet and just as I was about to pull the trigger, A MOTHER [F-BOMB] TRAIN HITS ME! A TRAIN! It kills both me and my horse I was riding on. Seems that as I was looking down my scope, my horse decided to stumble onto the tracks and just stop there. I had no idea he had done that as when you are looking down the scope, you can not see what is going on around you. I also couldn’t hear the train coming as I did not have the volume set high enough as this was supposed to be just a quick in-and-out game to get the “Manifest Destiny” achievement.

I had to reload the save. Thank god the buffalo appeared again and this time I made sure to stay off the tracks. I did finally kill the last buffalo and get the achievement but opted not to save the game at that point. I figured I’d let the last buffalo the great plains run  free and wild, especially for providing me with an huge EPIC FAIL moment.