A dramatic video captures the moment a Florida man fell 60 feet into a creek after the branch he was standing on broke.
Christopher James Sikes Smalley was at Crystal Springs, a popular swimming spot in Vernon, Florida when the incident occurred. The footage shows Smalley holding onto an overhead branch with one hand while balancing on another branch below.
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Suddenly, the branch beneath him snapped, causing Smalley to plummet, hitting several branches on his way down before landing in the water. "It was wild! I heard the crack and knew things were getting real, real fast," Smalley told Storyful.
He added, "This was my first time jumping from that high up. Usually, I just use the lower branch." Despite the harrowing fall, Smalley escaped without any broken bones, sustaining only bruises to his legs and feet.
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