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'Watch This!" Man Injured In Waterfall Jump (Hold my beer alert)
WSBTV ^ | April 19, 2006

Posted on 04/19/2006 4:38:26 PM PDT by Colorado Doug

FORT PAYNE, Ala. -- A Georgia man was hospitalized after jumping from the side of Alabama's DeSoto Falls and plunging 150 feet before hitting the water.

The leap wasn't a suicide attempt since several witnesses reported that prior to the plunge, the man yelled, "Watch this."

(Excerpt) Read more at wsbtv.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: holdbeer; watchthis
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Pretty place

1 posted on 04/19/2006 4:38:32 PM PDT by Colorado Doug
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To: Colorado Doug

He made it.


2 posted on 04/19/2006 4:39:31 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: CindyDawg

Do it ag'in!!


3 posted on 04/19/2006 4:41:06 PM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: Colorado Doug

I have to ask...did he, in fact, hand an open beer over to one of his boys before he jumped?


4 posted on 04/19/2006 4:41:53 PM PDT by RichInOC (...Phi Kappa Sigma, Beta Rho '87...My liver is evil. I must punish it.)
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To: Colorado Doug
Another photo:


5 posted on 04/19/2006 4:42:07 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Freedom isn't free, but the men and women of the military will pay most of your share)
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To: Colorado Doug

CANNONBAAAAAAAAAAALLLLL!


6 posted on 04/19/2006 4:42:33 PM PDT by SquirrelKing
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To: theDentist

Your turn :')


7 posted on 04/19/2006 4:42:45 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: CindyDawg

Darwin honorable mention.


8 posted on 04/19/2006 4:43:58 PM PDT by GAD
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To: Colorado Doug
NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario (AP) -- A man who went over Niagara Falls with only the clothes on his back and survived will be charged with illegally performing a stunt, park police said Tuesday.

LINK

9 posted on 04/19/2006 4:46:57 PM PDT by Conservative Firster
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To: aculeus; dighton; martin_fierro; Tijeras_Slim; Lijahsbubbe; Charles Henrickson
FORT PAYNE, Ala...

Oh so close.

10 posted on 04/19/2006 4:47:17 PM PDT by Thinkin' Gal (As it was in the days of NO...)
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To: Colorado Doug

Uh, look bore you leap....yeah, that's the one!

That musta hurt.


11 posted on 04/19/2006 4:47:20 PM PDT by wizr (wiz - Sound on prairie, made by buffalo.)
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To: Colorado Doug
(ambulance door shuts)

"Where's my beer?"

12 posted on 04/19/2006 4:47:39 PM PDT by manwiththehands (I'm a single issue voter this year: illegal immigration.)
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To: GAD

A Darwin wannabe.


13 posted on 04/19/2006 4:48:24 PM PDT by mtbopfuyn
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To: Thinkin' Gal

Fort Pain?


14 posted on 04/19/2006 4:53:53 PM PDT by umgud (12 gauge, the original pepper spray)
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To: Colorado Doug
Got Barrel?


15 posted on 04/19/2006 4:55:47 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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To: RichInOC
I have to ask...

You need not ask... ;-)

16 posted on 04/19/2006 4:56:13 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Colorado Doug
Canada: 9.6
Great Britain: 9.8
Germany: 9.5
FRance: 0.9
USA: 10.0
17 posted on 04/19/2006 5:00:21 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: Colorado Doug

Many divers do this every day in Acapulco.


18 posted on 04/19/2006 5:01:00 PM PDT by Doe Eyes
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To: Colorado Doug

Shrinkage, Jerry!


19 posted on 04/19/2006 5:01:21 PM PDT by TADSLOS (Right Wing Infidel since 1954)
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To: Thinkin' Gal; aculeus
Oh so close.

You'd think he could have found something here.

20 posted on 04/19/2006 5:01:27 PM PDT by dighton
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