Just before I sat down, my oldest cousin taught me how you can trick safety systems to sneak in extra “air time” by lifting your knees or sitting on your hand or something. I don’t see how that would work, I just didn’t bother being too nervous despite I love air time! As soon as I sat down I was feeling more uneasy because like you said, there were no seat belts or overhead bars. Kinda reminds me of those looping coasters that run without OTSRs and yet nobody falls out.

It works because by lifting your knees or sitting on your hands, you are holding the restraints further from your body. When the coaster clerk comes around to check the restraints, they don’t force them down.. they just make sure they are locked. When you subsequently remove your hands/lower your knees, there is now extra space between you and the restraint. At the peak of a hill, this little amount of space allows you to lift off the bottom of the seat and can greatly increase the effect of feeling “weightless” for a short period of time.

I did behemoth with my cousins in august. I felt so nervous waiting in line I nearly cried while my oldest cousin (who’s ridden it before) was trying to tell me “its ok”. I was dead determined not to chicken out. I even told myself to MAKE SURE TO SCREAM if i get too scared because not just does it get the adrenaline rushing but it keeps you from passing out.

Just before I sat down, my oldest cousin taught me how you can trick safety systems to sneak in extra “air time” by lifting your knees or sitting on your hand or something. I don’t see how that would work, I just didn’t bother being too nervous despite I love air time! As soon as I sat down I was feeling more uneasy because like you said, there were no seat belts or overhead bars. Kinda reminds me of those looping coasters that run without OTSRs and yet nobody falls out.

During the lift hill, I literally had to do “meditation” to keep myself calm. I crossed my arms, closed my eyes, but I couldn’t cross my legs. I was like “its ok…happy thoughts happy thoughts!” and then suddenly ohnofirstdrop 230feet straight down!!!! I immediately started screaming so hard that halfway down the drop, I just somehow put my arms behind my back and all that screaming turned into uncontrollable giggling (thanks to the freedom B&M hypercoaster seats provide). I just ended up laughing hysterically the rest of the whole ride and everything went numb. Had an adrenaline high. It actually lasted 2 days, I was hyper and wide awake and jumping on things uncontrollably. I came up with the term “PBS” to refer to that condition. Post Behemoth Syndrome.