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colemanSILVER Member
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Location: lunn dunn, yoo kay, United Kingdom


Posted:
Man bursts into flames during illegal bungee jump

A man is being treated in hospital for serious burns after a bungee stunt from a bridge went wrong.

Police were called to the 245ft high Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol on Sunday afternoon after witnesses saw the man leap from the bridge - and burst into flames.

He then cut himself free from the rope before plunging into the River Avon below, police said.

He was taken to Bristol Royal Infirmary suffering severe burns and was later transferred to a specialist unit at the city's Frenchay Hospital, where he is undergoing treatment.

North Bristol NHS Trust has described his condition as stable.

Avon and Somerset police say they are investigating the incident and stress that jumping off the bridge is illegal. Bridgemaster John Mitchell said the incident had been seen by visitors and a member of staff.

He added: "Jumping and parachuting from the bridge is contrary to the bridge by-laws and by its very nature is an extremely dangerous activity.

"We understand one of the people involved in this incident is in hospital suffering from burns and we hope he will make a full recovery."

Clifton Suspension Bridge was the location of the first-ever bungee jump in 1979. It was undertaken by Oxford University's Dangerous Sports Club.

Story filed: 15:35 Monday 19th January 2004
Source: ananova

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Tao StarPooh-Bah
1,662 posts
Location: Bristol


Posted:
i still don't understand how he got on fire confused confused

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DeepSoulSheepGOLD Member
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2,617 posts
Location: Berlin, Ireland


Posted:
Yea, 'fraid I don't get it either ubbtickled

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Astarmember
1,591 posts
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada.


Posted:
Yeah I like how the article nonchalantly neglects the most dramatic part, THE BURSTING INTO FLAMES FOR NO REASON.


onewheeldaveGOLD Member
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3,252 posts
Location: sheffield, United Kingdom


Posted:
Quote:

i still don't understand how he got on fire confused confused



Todays 'Sheffield Star' provides the answer- apparently the bloke was from Sheffield and his idea was to douse himself in petrol, set himself alight, then do a bungee jump and end up in the river which would put him out.

Unfortunately, he had problems cutting the rope and ended up in hospital with burns.

The police may prosecute him, and the Star quotes him as saying he expected to "get done' and that he regreted the incident.

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Astarmember
1,591 posts
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada.


Posted:
I don't know what's funnier, him being so stupid or the original story completly neglecting how he got on fire.

general spinmember
52 posts
Location: England


Posted:
what posesses a man to douse himself in petrol, set himself on fire and throw himself off a bridge ??? he obviously wasnt trying to kill himself so there must be some reason however strange, surely no one could actually be so remarkably stupid...I mean... does he not regard his head as a precious object or what ??? hes a Darwin award just waiting to happen isnt he ???

Its just plain absurd... he must have been making a vid. You dont do that without filming it do you ?? Can you imagine what Tommy Vance would say ???
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i just wish I could ask the guy a few questions,
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ImmortalAngelSILVER Member
Scientist!
578 posts
Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada


Posted:
HMmmm I like the sounds of this...
*goes to get his jug of petrol and his bunge cords*
I'll tell you guys how it goes...

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DuncGOLD Member
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7,263 posts
Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom


Posted:
My Girlf lives about 5 minutes from there so I've been quite a few times, don't know if anyone else has stood on it but it's a damn high bridge (and the first Suspension Bridge ever built!). I certainly wouldnt fancy jumping off it whilst on fire!

If anyone ever goes there, there's a great place to poi on a lookout point on the Clifton Village side of the bridge that in this pic would be just up to the right hand side above the main tower.

In fact if anyone wants to meet up there for a spin at a weekend, or meet my girlf in the week (no shennanigans tho!!) drop me a PM cuz it's great either day or night with beautiful views. And at night they light the bridge up. It looks most beautiful from above it tho.




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borismcnorrisprofessional pedant
137 posts
Location: Bristol


Posted:
hehehe. this was funny. the knife he was planning to use to cut the rope broke so he was hanging on the end of the rope, on fire, for 26 seconds before he managed to get out a spare and cut himself free. Apparently his mate was filming it all so hopefully it will appear on the net sometime soon!

what an idiot spank

though it would have looked cool if he'd got it right
person 1: "wow! there's a guy jumping off the bridge"
person 2: "it's ok, he's got a bungee rope"
person 1: "oh no! now he's on fire!"
person 2: "wait! he's cut the rope"
*splash* *hiss of steam*
person 1: "cooool!"
person 2: "sweeeet"

or something

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general spinmember
52 posts
Location: England


Posted:
Yeh, im beginning to see it, hes still mad though ubbloco The video is a must. Itll probably earn him a fortune. rolleyes

GottaLoveItSponge
883 posts
Location: Stevenage


Posted:
Quote:



person 1: "wow! there's a guy jumping off the bridge"
person 2: "it's ok, he's got a bungee rope"
person 1: "oh no! now he's on fire!"
person 2: "wait! he's cut the rope"
*splash* *hiss of steam*
person 1: "cooool!"
person 2: "sweeeet"

or something




Must be comforting to know you can always make money out of writing scripts for clips from fosters adverts or you've been framed

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borismcnorrisprofessional pedant
137 posts
Location: Bristol


Posted:
you've been framed ubblove

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anyway, i don't know what you mean. i have conversations like that all the time ubbtickled

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GottaLoveItSponge
883 posts
Location: Stevenage


Posted:
ubblol like ya do ubblol

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Pink...?BRONZE Member
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6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom


Posted:
That is insane! ubblol

What i want to know is how he came up with the idea...? ubbangel

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Azrellemember
34 posts
Location: Glasgow, Scotland


Posted:
i would hazard a guess that the culprit was:

a) alcohol
b) a bet
c) a bet while drunk on alcohol, or
d) an overly elaborate cry for help

the mind gap.old hand
829 posts
Location: Brigadoon


Posted:
His name's Jim and he lives just round the corner from me - that's why it was in the Sheffield Star. He is a bit of a nutter but he's the sort of person you just can't help liking. General Spin's right. He was making a video with some mates (you should see their last one eek).
One of the things they seem to doing is setting themselves on fire and jumping off cliffs or bridges into water. I guess Jim was just trying it differently. They always wear a fireproof suit when they do it but as Boris said, his knife broke.
I don't think they've got around to selling their last video yet (I assume they plan to sell it to Channel 4 or something) but I could ask him when he gets back to Sheffield if anyone's interested.

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general spinmember
52 posts
Location: England


Posted:
count me in smile why not, if hes willing to do that im up for a vid confused


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