Moment tourist LEAPS off 200ft waterfall in Hawaii 1769449156Y7dygv4s
A 21-year old man was visiting Hawaii when he stumbled upon Wailua Falls on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
The waterfall looked picturesque in the sunshine, even creating its own rainbow.
Overwhelmed by the stunning sight, Shiloh Shahan decided to take a leap of faith and dive into the water below.
He took the plunge as his friend filmed the footage.
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But disaster struck when the fall to the water knocked Shiloh unconscious.
He was rescued by two tourists who swam to his aid at the bottom.
His friend, who was filming, pans the camera around the water in search of him.
"Hey! Wake up," his friend can be heard yelling.
Explaining his bold decision to jump, Shiloh explained: ““I decided, ‘I want to jump off of this’.
“It was at a really pivotal point in my life. Everything was changing, and it felt like the right thing to do.”
The height of the jump is up for debate. Some websites claim the falls are 870 feet high.
Others say they’re 173 feet high.
Shiloh’s horrific fall has gone viral online.
Posted to YouTube, it’s been viewed over 171,000 times. Many users were shocked at Shiloh’s decision to jump as the area is reportedly protected. This is protected land and you jump off into it. Dumb tourists. Know nothing of Hawaii or it's culture.”
Another said: “You realise that this is a special/sacred spot, correct?”
This story comes after a bikini girl jumped from a boat and suffered a wardrobe malfunction.