everyone wants to get away from time to
time but you usually expect to come back
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
craziest ways tourists have died on
vacation before we begin we publish new
videos every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’ll be looking
at strange and downright insane stories
of vacations that ended in fatal tragedy
number 10 drowned at Disneyland the
Magic Kingdom isn’t all magic
unfortunately in 1973 18-year old Boggs
and Ella rotten his 10 year old brother
were visiting Disneyland from Brooklyn
after stopping off on Tom Sawyer Island
with the rest of the crowd they jumped a
fence and hid in an off-limits area
until the attractions closing time they
successfully avoided detection but were
left with no way off the island
apart from swimming unfortunately the
younger dela rot didn’t know how and had
to be carried by Bogdan they made it
about halfway before Bogdan went down
and didn’t come back up his brother
managed to stay afloat until he was
rescued and Bobby’s body wasn’t found
until the next morning
number 9 indirectly struck by lightning
with no responsibilities in the freedom
to travel the world gap years can be an
incredible opportunity for fun and
self-discovery
unfortunately for American tourists Sam
Beatty catastrophe cut it short while
the 24 year old was camping with
girlfriend Michelle Cigala in New South
Wales on the ominously named Mount
Warning during a storm lightning
seemingly struck near the couple’s tent
the shock came into contact with baby’s
feet allegedly killing him instantly two
hikers in the area tried to resuscitate
baby but it was too late
Cigala had to sit by his body for hours
before emergency services came lightning
from the powerful storm struck another
man north of Sydney who survived did I
ever tell you I was struck by lightning
seven times
number eight hit by a coconut when it
comes to death by coconut the oft-cited
figure is 150 fatalities per year but
this has largely been discredited that
statistic was first suggested by
marketing director Brent Escott of the
British travel insurance firm Club
direct who erroneously interpreted data
from the 1984 publication injuries due
to falling coconuts while the real
numbers are likely lower the author of
the study dr. Peter bars warns that
coconuts still pose a serious threat in
2012 a female tourist died after being
struck by coconut while hiking in French
Polynesia Queensland and Australia has
removed coconut trees from their beaches
while other areas around the world have
put up signs warning tourists of the
danger of this killer fruit number 7
dropped by broken gondola at Six Flags
in st. Louis in 1978 disaster struck for
an uncle and his three nieces as they
were riding the Skyway the ride had
visitors traversed the park in small
gondolas that could reach as high as 200
feet above the ground a support arm on
one of the towers broke and the gondola
holding the for family members fell
straight down killing the uncle and two
of the nieces the remaining niece was
critically injured the ride was
immediately stopped and up to 100 people
were stuck in the air for hours while
firefighters came to the rescue
despite popular belief to the contrary
it seems that rollercoasters aren’t the
only accident-prone rides out there
number 6
attacked by a shark
try
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what’s there to fear at the beach
well if coconuts aren’t enough for you
there are always sharks to consider the
highest number of shark attacks occur in
Australia and the United States but
they’ve been known to happen around
Africa and Asia to the 2010 Sharm
el-sheikh attacks in Egypt resulted in
severe injuries for three Russians and a
Ukrainian and the death of a German
woman while kicking the bucket this way
is horrifying to say the least it’s also
important to remember that the odds of
being attacked by a shark are very low
in the US it’s 1 in 11 and a half
million and for that attack to prove
fatal it’s less than 1 in 264 million
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number five death by selfie just like
your mother always said that phone will
be the death of you
many people take photos on top of Machu
Picchu in Peru but one German tourists
51 year old Oliver Park tried for one
that involves jumping in the air and
fell off the mountain in the same week
to the north a South Korean tourist fell
off the gocta waterfall dropping over
1600 feet to his death in 2015 a selfie
distracted Japanese tourists met his
demise by falling down the stairs in the
Taj Mahal which is coincidentally a tomb
the epidemic isn’t just contained two
tourists either so check your
surroundings next time you take out that
phone but first let me take a selfie
number four attacked by an alligator
Florida is known for their alligators
and while they generally haven’t caused
a large number of fatalities those
visiting should be mindful sadly this
even applies to the place where dreams
come true Disney World in 2016
two-year-old Nebraska native Laine
graves stood at the edge of the water at
the seven seas Lagoon and Disney’s Grand
Floridian Resort and was promptly pulled
in by an alligator
his parents jumped in to try to save him
but it was too late and there was
nothing they could do to stop the seven
to eight foot alligator as it retreated
into the water with their son lanes body
was found the next day number three
under mysterious circumstances but
peepee islands in Thailand have seen a
boom in tourism in recent years but with
that there have also been more tourist
deaths some of which have occurred under
mysterious circumstances
back in 2012 two québécois sisters
were found dead in their hotel room
covered in vomit with blueish
fingernails and toenails theories
abounded blaming everything from drugs
to food poisoning
eventually investigations revealed that
they most likely died from the deadly
pesticide aluminum phosphide the deaths
of a Norwegian and American tourists on
the island three years prior along with
four people in northern Thailand have
also been linked to pesticide poisoning
number two fell into a volcano in 2010
on the beautiful island of Bali in
Indonesia a 25 year old Swedish tourist
and two of his friends were walking on
the rim of Mount Bachelor an active
volcano the path they were taking with
deemed safe but the unlucky Swede fell
into the volcano
to his death don’t blame selfies for
this one authorities say the slippery
rocks were the cause of the fall he
wasn’t killed by lava as the crater is
currently dry but death by jagged rocks
isn’t much better
while fortune wasn’t on the sweet side
it certainly was for an American who
fell over 1,500 feet into mount st.
helens and survived the incident number
1 dissolved at Yellowstone while at
Yellowstone National Park looking for a
place to hotpot which means to illegally
go swimming in one of the parks hot
springs
23 year old Oregon native Collin Scott
and a sister sable went into a
prohibited area what happened next is
straight out of a horror movie
Collin slipped and fell into one of the
springs and didn’t come back up
authorities could see his head upper
torso and hands but couldn’t recover
them right away when they came back the
next day he had been totally dissolved
by the extreme heat and acidic nature of
the spring all that was left were his
flip-flops and his wallet it all just
kind of makes us never want to go on
vacation again he slipped and fell into
the geyser which can reach up to 200
degrees do you agree with our picks
check out these other great clips from
watch mojo and subscribe for new videos
every day
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time but you usually expect to come back
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
craziest ways tourists have died on
vacation before we begin we publish new
videos every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’ll be looking
at strange and downright insane stories
of vacations that ended in fatal tragedy
number 10 drowned at Disneyland the
Magic Kingdom isn’t all magic
unfortunately in 1973 18-year old Boggs
and Ella rotten his 10 year old brother
were visiting Disneyland from Brooklyn
after stopping off on Tom Sawyer Island
with the rest of the crowd they jumped a
fence and hid in an off-limits area
until the attractions closing time they
successfully avoided detection but were
left with no way off the island
apart from swimming unfortunately the
younger dela rot didn’t know how and had
to be carried by Bogdan they made it
about halfway before Bogdan went down
and didn’t come back up his brother
managed to stay afloat until he was
rescued and Bobby’s body wasn’t found
until the next morning
number 9 indirectly struck by lightning
with no responsibilities in the freedom
to travel the world gap years can be an
incredible opportunity for fun and
self-discovery
unfortunately for American tourists Sam
Beatty catastrophe cut it short while
the 24 year old was camping with
girlfriend Michelle Cigala in New South
Wales on the ominously named Mount
Warning during a storm lightning
seemingly struck near the couple’s tent
the shock came into contact with baby’s
feet allegedly killing him instantly two
hikers in the area tried to resuscitate
baby but it was too late
Cigala had to sit by his body for hours
before emergency services came lightning
from the powerful storm struck another
man north of Sydney who survived did I
ever tell you I was struck by lightning
seven times
number eight hit by a coconut when it
comes to death by coconut the oft-cited
figure is 150 fatalities per year but
this has largely been discredited that
statistic was first suggested by
marketing director Brent Escott of the
British travel insurance firm Club
direct who erroneously interpreted data
from the 1984 publication injuries due
to falling coconuts while the real
numbers are likely lower the author of
the study dr. Peter bars warns that
coconuts still pose a serious threat in
2012 a female tourist died after being
struck by coconut while hiking in French
Polynesia Queensland and Australia has
removed coconut trees from their beaches
while other areas around the world have
put up signs warning tourists of the
danger of this killer fruit number 7
dropped by broken gondola at Six Flags
in st. Louis in 1978 disaster struck for
an uncle and his three nieces as they
were riding the Skyway the ride had
visitors traversed the park in small
gondolas that could reach as high as 200
feet above the ground a support arm on
one of the towers broke and the gondola
holding the for family members fell
straight down killing the uncle and two
of the nieces the remaining niece was
critically injured the ride was
immediately stopped and up to 100 people
were stuck in the air for hours while
firefighters came to the rescue
despite popular belief to the contrary
it seems that rollercoasters aren’t the
only accident-prone rides out there
number 6
attacked by a shark
try
[Music]
what’s there to fear at the beach
well if coconuts aren’t enough for you
there are always sharks to consider the
highest number of shark attacks occur in
Australia and the United States but
they’ve been known to happen around
Africa and Asia to the 2010 Sharm
el-sheikh attacks in Egypt resulted in
severe injuries for three Russians and a
Ukrainian and the death of a German
woman while kicking the bucket this way
is horrifying to say the least it’s also
important to remember that the odds of
being attacked by a shark are very low
in the US it’s 1 in 11 and a half
million and for that attack to prove
fatal it’s less than 1 in 264 million
[Music]
number five death by selfie just like
your mother always said that phone will
be the death of you
many people take photos on top of Machu
Picchu in Peru but one German tourists
51 year old Oliver Park tried for one
that involves jumping in the air and
fell off the mountain in the same week
to the north a South Korean tourist fell
off the gocta waterfall dropping over
1600 feet to his death in 2015 a selfie
distracted Japanese tourists met his
demise by falling down the stairs in the
Taj Mahal which is coincidentally a tomb
the epidemic isn’t just contained two
tourists either so check your
surroundings next time you take out that
phone but first let me take a selfie
number four attacked by an alligator
Florida is known for their alligators
and while they generally haven’t caused
a large number of fatalities those
visiting should be mindful sadly this
even applies to the place where dreams
come true Disney World in 2016
two-year-old Nebraska native Laine
graves stood at the edge of the water at
the seven seas Lagoon and Disney’s Grand
Floridian Resort and was promptly pulled
in by an alligator
his parents jumped in to try to save him
but it was too late and there was
nothing they could do to stop the seven
to eight foot alligator as it retreated
into the water with their son lanes body
was found the next day number three
under mysterious circumstances but
peepee islands in Thailand have seen a
boom in tourism in recent years but with
that there have also been more tourist
deaths some of which have occurred under
mysterious circumstances
back in 2012 two québécois sisters
were found dead in their hotel room
covered in vomit with blueish
fingernails and toenails theories
abounded blaming everything from drugs
to food poisoning
eventually investigations revealed that
they most likely died from the deadly
pesticide aluminum phosphide the deaths
of a Norwegian and American tourists on
the island three years prior along with
four people in northern Thailand have
also been linked to pesticide poisoning
number two fell into a volcano in 2010
on the beautiful island of Bali in
Indonesia a 25 year old Swedish tourist
and two of his friends were walking on
the rim of Mount Bachelor an active
volcano the path they were taking with
deemed safe but the unlucky Swede fell
into the volcano
to his death don’t blame selfies for
this one authorities say the slippery
rocks were the cause of the fall he
wasn’t killed by lava as the crater is
currently dry but death by jagged rocks
isn’t much better
while fortune wasn’t on the sweet side
it certainly was for an American who
fell over 1,500 feet into mount st.
helens and survived the incident number
1 dissolved at Yellowstone while at
Yellowstone National Park looking for a
place to hotpot which means to illegally
go swimming in one of the parks hot
springs
23 year old Oregon native Collin Scott
and a sister sable went into a
prohibited area what happened next is
straight out of a horror movie
Collin slipped and fell into one of the
springs and didn’t come back up
authorities could see his head upper
torso and hands but couldn’t recover
them right away when they came back the
next day he had been totally dissolved
by the extreme heat and acidic nature of
the spring all that was left were his
flip-flops and his wallet it all just
kind of makes us never want to go on
vacation again he slipped and fell into
the geyser which can reach up to 200
degrees do you agree with our picks
check out these other great clips from
watch mojo and subscribe for new videos
every day
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