News · moment 11 of 22
The Zipline Death Story
from #297 - The Lodge From Hell | The Tim Dillon Show · #297
3 min
News
Tim reads a real news article about a man who died and his wife who survived after a zipline malfunction at a nearby jungle canopy tour, describing witness accounts of the horrifying scream.
- Widow of zipline death victim sues company for millions after husband plunges from harness in Far North Queensland rainforest.
- Witnesses describe the moment the empty zipline came back up making an awful twang, followed by silence, then the wife's blood-curdling scream from the jungle floor.
- Tim explains they visited one of the most remote locations in the world at Cape Tribulation, where the beach exists like a Platonic ideal.
- They spotted local wildlife including a pelican and a monotreme porcupine that lays eggs.
- The beautiful beach can't be swum in due to crocodiles and box jellyfish, plus wild boars at night and armed hobos living in the woods.
- The prehistoric, crocodile-infested landscape is cool precisely because it's deadly.