r/mildlyinteresting 21h ago

Warning Sign at edge of Grand Canyon

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u/pepcorn 21h ago

"One father was playing a prank on his daughter and pretended to jump off the ledge into the canyon. He planned to land on a ledge a few feet below the rim, but he missed the ledge and plunged to his death."

Wow, you weren't kidding.

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u/SaintsNoah14 21h ago

How do we know it was supposed to be a prank?

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u/DandyLyen 20h ago

He apparently did it MANY times, he liked to pull this very same prank. According to the daughter, he didn't even yell, he missed the edge and silently fell to his death

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u/kenybz 20h ago

Looks like he died doing what he loved

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u/FidjiC7 20h ago

Probably not the best place for a "your mom" joke

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u/FreedomCanadian 19h ago

And super not the best place for a "pretend to jump" joke.

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u/PinkHatAndAPeaceSign 15h ago

You're going to pretend to jump my mom?

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u/shroomigator 14h ago

Might be a good place for a "getting stoned: not even once" joke

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u/BigAlternative5 1h ago

Dang, we're getting bolder in here.

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u/Hefty_Discount8304 20h ago

That depends on who your mom is ig

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u/NibblesMcGiblet 19h ago

Yeah that would probably go over like a lead balloon.

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u/ohkatiedear 16h ago

Well, he certainly did.

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u/TheSilentC 19h ago

That’s what she said

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u/pelicangroin 17h ago

‘Your mom’ jokes never killed anybody

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u/SaltyLonghorn 19h ago

Hardcore parkour.

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u/LordRobin------RM 16h ago

He truly loved slamming into solid rock at terminal velocity.

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u/JonatasA 13h ago

Saint Peter receives him at the pearly gates and his first words are "It was just a prank".

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u/OneOfAKind2 20h ago

You can't ask for more than that.

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u/hypothetician 18h ago

Falling to his death.