Taking a selfie can be dangerous. A 2018 study of news reports showed that between October 2011 to November 2017, there were 259 selfie deaths in 137 incidents reported globally, with the highest occurrences in India followed by Russia, United States, and Pakistan.
Five passengers aboard a sightseeing helicopter (with doors off) drowned after a passenger allegedly tried to take a 'shoe selfie', leading to the passenger's safety tether getting caught in the emergency fuel shutoff lever. A shoe selfie is when the person's shoes can be seen while looking out of the open doorway of a helicopter.
An Indian couple fell to their deaths from Taft Point at Yosemite National Park.
In Italy, A 22-year-old YouTuber from Denmark died after falling 200 meters from Forcella di Pana while he was recording for his channel.
A California woman slipped and fell to her death while taking selfies at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on Michigan's Upper Peninsula, according to National Park Service officials.
Multiple tourists in Yellowstone National Park have been gored by bison when they’ve gotten too close for a photo.
And that, my followers, is why I don’t do selfies. (That and because I’m ugly.) Of course, there's all the people arrested after taking selfies inside the capital on January 6.
Five passengers aboard a sightseeing helicopter (with doors off) drowned after a passenger allegedly tried to take a 'shoe selfie', leading to the passenger's safety tether getting caught in the emergency fuel shutoff lever. A shoe selfie is when the person's shoes can be seen while looking out of the open doorway of a helicopter.
An Indian couple fell to their deaths from Taft Point at Yosemite National Park.
In Italy, A 22-year-old YouTuber from Denmark died after falling 200 meters from Forcella di Pana while he was recording for his channel.
A California woman slipped and fell to her death while taking selfies at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on Michigan's Upper Peninsula, according to National Park Service officials.
Multiple tourists in Yellowstone National Park have been gored by bison when they’ve gotten too close for a photo.
And that, my followers, is why I don’t do selfies. (That and because I’m ugly.) Of course, there's all the people arrested after taking selfies inside the capital on January 6.
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