sábado, 6 de febrero de 2021

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Girl escapes car's cliff plunge

Source: BBC News

An 11-year-old girl escaped from a car just before it rolled down a cliff, crashing into rocks and the sea. A Royal National Lifeboat Institution spokesman said the girl was in the car listening to music on Saturday when she accidentally knocked the handbrake off.

Two drums and a cymbal falling off a cliff

Source: theridiculant.metro.co.uk

Have you heard the joke about two drums and a cymbal falling off a cliff? Bah-dum tsch! But is this accurate? What noise do two drums and a cymbal falling off a cliff really make?

Depressed mule 'jumps off cliff'

Source: metro.co.uk

A depressed mule hurled itself off a cliff to its death, apparently to 'avoid facing any more hard labour' hauling rocks in a quarry.

I'm a retired truck driver. I hauled steel from the Chicago area through Canada to the Buffalo, New York area. When I approached Hamilton, Ontario from the west, I went down a long grade. The grade was several miles long. I was going down an escarpment or cliff.

Parents Rescued After Sons Temper Tantrum

Source: Metronews

A mother and father had to be winched up a steep hillside in Glendale last night after trying to retrieve their sons teddy bear which he threw over a cliff after having a temper tantrum. The Glendale Fire department went out the scene on Nolan Avenue about nine p.m.

Man Who Drove Off Cliff Was Accused Of Sex Assault

Source: thedenverchannel.com

A newspaper reports that a man who park officials said was trying to kill himself when he drove off a cliff in Colorado National Monument is accused of sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl.

Italian Job conundrum is 'solved'

Source: BBC News

The Royal Society of Chemistry has announced the winner of a competition to solve the conundrum at the end of the iconic UK film The Italian Job.

Dog winched to safety after cliff fall

Source: Telegraph

A dog trapped on a cliff edge was winched to safety by a 20-strong team of rescuers after it bounded away from its owners during a walk in Cornwall.

Video of Girl, 3, Shows Close Call Atop Cliff

Source: KATU.com

A Kodak moment almost turned into tragedy recently at a popular Oregon coast viewpoint when a small child nearly tumbled over a towering cliff as she posed for a family photo. The whole incident was captured on video.

'House' discovered in cliff side

Source: BBC News

A "house" in a cliff side has been discovered by lifeboat crews responding to an emergency call in Angus. The Arbroath RNLI team was investigating reports of cries for help coming from local caves on Tuesday.

Jimmy's quest for high-rise honey

Source: BBC News

We were on a mission to film a honey bee so colossal it can survive at incredible altitudes in the Himalayas. To make things more difficult, these bees have a sting to match, and they build their huge three-metre-long nests high on sheer cliff faces.

The dog who waited three days for rescue.

Source: the Mail online

For three cold, rain-lashed days and nights Diff the dog shivered on a narrow mountain ledge, faithfully waiting for his owner to rescue him.

Cow plunges off cliff onto moving minivan

Source: Reuters

Washington (Reuters) - A cow plunged from a 200-foot (61-metre) cliff onto the hood of a minivan on a highway in central Washington state, according to police.

Golfer Dies After Cart Plunges Off Cliff

Source: local6.com

...A golf cart crash in California killed a man when the vehicle plunged 75 feet off a cliff and crashed onto a road below....The victim, a recently retired real estate agent from Irvine, Calif., was ejected shortly before the cart hit the road beneath the cliff and died on impac …

Cliff climber survives 15m fall

Source: Australian News Network

The man, believed to be aged in his 40s, was climbing with his son and friends in the Morialta Conservation Park when he slipped and fell about 11am (CST) today, police said.

George Bush is cranky and "ticked off big-time"

Source: americablog.blogspot.com

The President is mad, really, really mad according to the NY Daily News. He and Laura thought things were going well after they exploited "September the 11th" again.