If you ever needed a reason to think before you shoot, look no further than Instagram page Influencers In The Wild. With over 5.3 million followers, it’s a place where “the creators are the content”. A wicked wall of posts from people who spotted others posing in weird, funny, silly and sometimes dangerous positions. Bored Panda has put together our all time favorites from the page. Keep scrolling, upvote your faves and let us know what you think these influencers were thinking. Selfies can be deadly. You’re actually more likely to die taking a selfie than from a shark bite. That’s if the statistics from a 2021 study are anything to go by. According to the study, published in the Journal of Travel Medicine, there were at least 379 selfie-related deaths worldwide between 2008 and 2021. In comparison, 90 people died in shark attacks during the same period. They warned against wreckless behavior when trying to get a great shot for social media. “In this era of experiential travel and the urge to take a selfie that outdoes the rest, travellers are taking dangerous risks that cannot be justified in terms of the number of Instagram followers that they might gain in the process.” Rescue workers struggled to get to her, and described the conditions as “treacherous”. “She fell on the hard, slippery patch of rocks around 300 ft into the valley and couldn’t be spotted initially,” said one of the rescuers. “She was sent up using a stretcher attached to rappelling ropes. Six rescuers climbed down the hill, while another 50 assisted atop the hillock.” Kamdar was taken to hospital after the 6-hour rescue mission. But died shortly after being admitted. Police said the man’s tour guide grabbed Abhishek Bhatia’s leg but “because of the victim’s body weight” they could not hold on and the man fell to the bottom of the cliff. His body was retrieved later that evening. “The travel and mobile phone industries should reinforce these health promotion messages. Future research should offer greater insights into selfie-taking behaviour among travellers.” “Emergency medicine practitioners may have a role to play in the primary and secondary prevention of selfie incidents, including delivering opportunistic behaviour change messaging to those who are at risk of being injured or killed in a selfie-related incident, particularly young (14–25 years) males.” Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Please use high-res photos without watermarks Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB.
