When Selfies Go Wrong: 13 Deadly Selfies

Caliser dot com ^ | 2 Nov 2014 | Nophar and Guy

[Rummyfan]

There are moments in life that are so monumentally significant and yet you don’t even know it until they’re past. It happens a lot, and then the moment is lost to the annals of our memory. But when you have a smartphone, and a finger quick to draw, you can find yourself documenting the most unbelievable moments: Such as your last moments of life.

[Rummyfan]

James Crowlett, 34, was on his honeymoon, and hours away from flying back home when the ocean called to him. He just wanted to go for a quick dip, take a selfie underwater and show off to his friends. The photo was uploaded to his Facebook page automatically, and unfortunately that shark was real. As you can see in the photo the shark is ready to strike, and it did just a moment later. It tore of Crowlett’s leg off before lifeguards managed to get to him. He died on the way to the hospital after losing massive quantities of blood.

[C. Edmund Wright]

OHHHH SH_____T!!!!!!

That’s chilling

[thackney]

A fake news story with the headline, “Man Takes Selfie Moments Before Deadly Shark Attack,” hit the web late last week identifying Pete as James Crowlett, a 34-year-old insurance salesman from Oregon who had tragically died in a freak shark attack after capturing the epic, underwater selfie.

The article was accompanied with Pete's real underwater selfie photoshopped on top of a terrifying shark pic—an image that was circulating around Tumblr last year.

http://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/pete-wentz-s-fake-shark-attack-selfie-goes-viral-so-we-ve-created-6-more-celeb-shark-selfies-obvi-41646

[Sawdring]

Come on, do a little research before you fall for something badly photo shopped.

[thackney]

Also fake

[Crazieman]

Shark pic is photoshopped.

[Berlin_Freeper]

.

[VanDeKoik]

Several photos on that story are fakes or dubious.

But it’s meant for click-farming, so I’m not surprised.

[House Atreides]

As fake as John Boehner’s and the Chamber of Commerce’s conservatism.

[C. Edmund Wright]

well that’s always a possibility - but didn’t they give the guys name and age? I guess that can be verified.

[thackney]

Many are not selfies either, but pictures of people taken by other people.

[thackney]

See post #3 above.

[IncPen]

[dennisw]

Shark chomping yikes!!!!

I predict there will soon be a selfie subset of the Darwin Awards

[IronJack]

Not just drivel but FAKE drivel. Don’t waste your time.

[al_c]

First pic was a fake … stopped right there.

[angcat]

Recently my 19 year old was telling me about this picture she thought is was real. I had to LOL and she got mad at me. We had such fun back in the day with The Tourist Guy. Needless to say she was not amused.

[MrB]

Tourist guy wasn’t as much fun as “All Your Base”

[OldSmaj]

That site SUCKS!

My adware/malware killer is still going crazy!

Why do people design sites like that?

Once I hit one, it makes me wary about all the other ones, so I'm sure there are some legit sites that don't get any views by me or people like me.

You'd think the industry would self-police.

[OKC Patriot]

Indeed... “All Your Base” was series and hugh too..
Been around for a while haven’t we?