Paraglider crashes into fence due to dust devil in Austria. Watch scary video
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A paraglider crashed into a fence and even a tree due to a dust devil in a scary video from Austria.
In a spine-chilling video from Austria, a paraglider was swept away by a dust devil while preparing for his flight. The incident happened in Stubenberg, Steiermark on March 21 and the clip was posted on YouTube by ViralHog.
In the 20-second video, the man can be seen getting ready for this flight. He was wearing his parachute when suddenly a dust devil swept him away into the air. The man then rammed into a fence and then fell to the ground. Moments later, he was hoisted again and then dangerously crashed into a tree. In fact, some branches also fell due to the impact.
“I was preparing to launch with my paraglider when a dust devil plucked me up and smashed me into the fence, then into a tree. I did not get hurt during this incident,” reads the caption of the post on YouTube.
Watch the video here:
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“First, the wind caught it, and then the tree, too! If it hadn't been for that tree, that thing would have been long gone,” a user wrote.
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