World of the Bizarre

Woman walks off pier while glued to phone

By T.K. Randall
December 19, 2013

Image: AI-generated (Midjourney) Those who spend a great deal of time browsing the web or sending messages on their mobiles may find themselves losing track of the outside world once in a while, but in an incident in Australia this week one tourist succeeded in taking this to a whole new level.

The woman had been walking along St Kilda's pier in Melbourne when, utterly engrossed with her mobile, she failed to see the edge and simply walked straight off the pier and in to the sea below.By the time rescue services managed to retrieve her the woman had been in the water for close to 20 minutes. When she was pulled out rescuers found that she was still clutching her phone.

"She had a mobile phone in one of her hands and when we brought her onboard one of the first things she did was apologise and say sorry," said Senior Constable Dean Kelly.

She was later taken to hospital for a check-up but seemed to be no worse for wear despite her ordeal.

Source: Sky News

Tags: Mobile Phone, Facebook