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:
The video prompted several reactions from netizens and they flooded the comments section with their opinions.
“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.
