[WayneS]

But then he slipped and fell as many as 500 feet to his death.

I can't put my finger on exactly why, but something bothers me about the use of "as many as" in this context.

[Malsua]

I can't put my finger on exactly why, but something bothers me about the use of "as many as" in this context.

I thought I read recently that a lot of these local news stations are having stories being written by news bots. While the grammar is correct, it's not common to write it that way. A bot wouldn't know the difference.

There is also the fact that depending on the spot on that beach, the top of the cliff is between 200 and 500 feet from the sand. Maybe she's coming off a hard drunk and mailed the story in.

[Kickass Conservative]

It’s that last Millimeter that kills you, unless you have a Heart Attack on the way down.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Lazy reporting. That means he could have fallen 10 feet or 500 feet. Ms. Anthony needs to actually do a little investigative reporting and get an answer to how high the cliff is before she submits the story.