Niagara Falls- Ontario (various news sources)
A (silly) naked man who jumped into the icy Niagara waters before plunging 180 feet (55 meters) down the falls, quite astonishingly survived! The (silly) man then resisted all attempts to rescue him before he was eventually pulled to safety against his will.
The (silly) man believed to be in his late 30's was semiconscious when he was transported to a local hospital. He suffered a head injury (before or after?!) & hypothermia due to the near-freezing water temperature.
A witness stated he had observed the (OK- we've established he's quite silly) man climb over a retaining wall, jumping into the rapids just above the Horseshoe Falls. Shortly thereafter the man was spotted at the base. The (most uncooperative) man was in the water for about 45 minutes before he was rescued.
The last known person (another silly man) to survive a plunge over the falls occurred in October of 2003. He was depressed & had been drinking (Obviously!!). At least 17 people- not including suicide attempts- are known to have gone over the falls. There are 3 waterfalls that make up the Niagara Falls- the American, horseshoe & the bridal veil. That last one I think speaks for itself! :-)
Dude there's other ways to get attention. Gerrrrrrrrrrrrronimoooooooooooooooo!
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I think he was trying to end his life...
Or he really wanted to experience nature at its best.
Ya think?! :-)
Well, he was naked so that's also a possibility Stefany. If it were me & I survived, (screw loose or not) I'd write a book & reap MILLIONS!
OH, that's why you said, "Ya think?!" I didn't read the last paragraph... I just heard this on the radio and you kept calling him, "silly."
Okay, the WV is funny:
butheda
har, har
Don't they arrest people who do this kind of thing? Provided they survive, that is?
Sometimes Cate. Perhaps it was a female cop. ;^)
I hope (& they probably did) take him to be evaluated somewhere. If they turn out to be relatively sane, they usually only have to pay a fine &/or some type of service, community or otherwise.
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