How can people be so stupid?
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JVB66 replied on 19/03/2019 10:11
SteveL replied on 19/03/2019 10:47
brue replied on 19/03/2019 11:23
Posted on 19/03/2019 11:23
Steve. It's an ongoing local battle to keep people away from the cliffs, the problem extends from West Bay to Hive Beach in Burton Bradstock. The beach walk when the tide is low is very tempting but you need to be a long way out to avoid rock falls. The same on the cliff tops where the NT has to keep moving the footpath signage.
My photos shows Hive Beach where there has sadly been loss of life under a cliff collapse.
In summer people sunbathe under the cliffs, it's hard to believe but they appear to ignore all the warning signs and notices.
These are very dangerous cliffs to be admired from a distance and care needs to be taken in the water too. The beach shelves steeply near the cliffs with strong undercurrents. So it's an area to treat with respect.
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Navigateur replied on 19/03/2019 12:46
replied on 19/03/2019 17:40
JVB66 replied on 19/03/2019 17:46
Posted on 19/03/2019 17:40 byI was a member of coast watch when that person died near the Hive. A few days later I was running a watch at the Hive when a family of five, mother, farther, and three young kids, started to walk along the fenced off beach under the cliff. I warned them of the danger and was told go forth and multiply. The only way we could stop them was to threaten to take the kids into protective custody and get social services involved. Apparently I spend a lot of time copulating and my mother was not married to my farther .
Takethedogalong replied on 19/03/2019 18:48
Posted on 19/03/2019 12:46 by NavigateurVery remis of society to try to block natural selection from taking place.
Posted on 19/03/2019 18:48
My thoughts entirely I’m sad to say. The never ending urge to get that one special photo, to be famous for doing something stupid or drive to be a Zed level celebrity, is certainly becoming an all too easy way to die. It’s the ones left to clean up after that I feel sorry for, especially if they are put into danger.
Wherenext replied on 19/03/2019 20:52
Posted on 19/03/2019 12:46 by NavigateurVery remis of society to try to block natural selection from taking place.
Posted on 19/03/2019 20:52
There is a Darwin award each year for the most stupid way of getting yourself killed. This looks like a good contender, if only....
A few years ago we were walking along the cliff path between Saundersfoot and Tenby. An elderly lady and her daughter were coming the other way and before anyone could say anything the elderly lady stepped back and fell off the cliff. Horrified, I looked over the edge of the 200' drop. 10 feet below me and stuck in an outward growing Gorse bush was the woman. Before I could even think straight I scrambled down. She was shocked and cut as I was. Somehow I managed to push her to a position where Mrs WN and the womans daughter, who were lying on their stomachs, could reach over and grab both of her hands and pull her up. I, very gingerly and carefully, found my own way back up. Both women were extremely shaken but apart from some cuts the elderly lady was unhurt. She thanked me, then proceeded to step back again to let me pass!!! Fortunately I was close enough to grab her coat and haul her away from the edge.
My reward? A real ticking off from Mrs WN for going over the cliff edge to help her. She was right. I should have just phoned for professional help. So I was stupid as well but hopefully in a different kind of way. I still get the wobbles thinking about now.
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Rocky 2 buckets replied on 20/03/2019 07:44
Cornersteady replied on 20/03/2019 09:51
Posted on 19/03/2019 20:52 by WherenextThere is a Darwin award each year for the most stupid way of getting yourself killed. This looks like a good contender, if only....
A few years ago we were walking along the cliff path between Saundersfoot and Tenby. An elderly lady and her daughter were coming the other way and before anyone could say anything the elderly lady stepped back and fell off the cliff. Horrified, I looked over the edge of the 200' drop. 10 feet below me and stuck in an outward growing Gorse bush was the woman. Before I could even think straight I scrambled down. She was shocked and cut as I was. Somehow I managed to push her to a position where Mrs WN and the womans daughter, who were lying on their stomachs, could reach over and grab both of her hands and pull her up. I, very gingerly and carefully, found my own way back up. Both women were extremely shaken but apart from some cuts the elderly lady was unhurt. She thanked me, then proceeded to step back again to let me pass!!! Fortunately I was close enough to grab her coat and haul her away from the edge.
My reward? A real ticking off from Mrs WN for going over the cliff edge to help her. She was right. I should have just phoned for professional help. So I was stupid as well but hopefully in a different kind of way. I still get the wobbles thinking about now.
Posted on 20/03/2019 09:51
Well I think you should have got a medal for that, seriously - you thought of just helping and never mind the risk to yourself, well done Sir!
btw the Darwin award is for taking oneself out out of the gene pool, not necessarily by getting killed. I think my visits to an AS and possible visit to a CL could well qualify me for an award?
SteveL
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