Another day, another selfie-death from falling
A professional gymnast plunged to her death while taking a selfie near the castle that inspired Disney’s Sleeping Beauty.
On August 15, gymnast Natalie Stichova fell almost 262 feet down Tegelberg Mountain in Bavaria, Germany while taking a photo during a visit to picturesque Neuschwanstein Castle.
The 23-year-old professional athlete, who was from the Czech Republic, was declared dead six days after the fall.
Neuschwanstein Castle is one of the most popular castles in Europe. The iconic building is believed to have been the inspiration behind the Sleeping Beauty Castle in Disneyland.
Stichova had reportedly been visiting Neuschwanstein Castle with her boyfriend David and two friends.
According to the Metro, Stichova’s friend says that the gymnast had been setting up the shot for a photo in front of the Neuschwanstein castle and was standing very close to the edge of Tegelberg mountain when she slipped.
“She fell from a height of about 80 meters (262 feet),” Stichova’s friend, who wished to remain anonymous, tells reporters.
“We will never find out whether she slipped or whether a piece of the rock edge broke off.”
According to local media reports, Stichova initially survived the fall with serious injuries and the professional athlete was quickly airlifted to hospital by helicopter.
However, on Wednesday, Stichova’s family turned her life support off due to irreversible brain damage.
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | September 3, 2024 4:32 AM
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First song on her phone playlist:
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | September 1, 2024 6:16 PM
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Tom Petty also had missing toes
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | September 1, 2024 6:18 PM
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Damnit, wrong thread at r4
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | September 1, 2024 6:19 PM
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One by one, this generation is going to go down in history as dying at a young age - and not from war, illness or diseases.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | September 1, 2024 6:19 PM
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I wonder if she kept her camera focused on her face while she fell 262 feet to her (almost) death ? That's what I want to see. Did her parents keep the camera going while she was on life support ?
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | September 3, 2024 1:20 AM
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But did she get the selfie shot? That's the important thing.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | September 3, 2024 1:45 AM
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I’ve heard falling off the beam means a mandatory deduction, but seriously!
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | September 3, 2024 1:48 AM
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R6 it’s the stupidity, stupid
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | September 3, 2024 1:49 AM
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Wonder if she will have her funeral at Neuschwanstein Castle.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | September 3, 2024 1:53 AM
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Please note she fell in a country with excellent government medical emergency services.
Her family pulled that plug not because she was too expensive to keep as produce, but because she had additional brain damage from the fall.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | September 3, 2024 2:03 AM
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r17 You were hoping to offer something interesting
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | September 3, 2024 2:04 AM
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Her playlist has been retrieved. The top two songs: "Upside Down" by Diana Ross, and "I'm Goin' Down" by Springsteen.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | September 3, 2024 2:12 AM
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R17, we’re populating a database of selfie deaths. Follow up is just part of the deal. When we get a population of 500, you will want to know what percentage of grieving families pull a plug and which ones hold on, what percentage survive, what percentage has small, intermediate, and long term trauma related to the event.
We’re doing science doctor stuff here. Perhaps you could go look at something shiny.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | September 3, 2024 2:20 AM
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I think she fell because her pants were too tight.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | September 3, 2024 2:42 AM
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I've never taken a selfie. Why would I?
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | September 3, 2024 2:55 AM
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It’s a beautiful place to die.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | September 3, 2024 3:06 AM
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Death by selfie isn’t a crisis.
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | September 3, 2024 3:08 AM
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[quote]“We will never find out whether she slipped or whether a piece of the rock edge broke off.”
Oh rly? I thought forensics had developed to the point where it can tell whether a piece of rock had recently broken. (Even if the rock is on the fucking MOON.) This is a very strange comment to make.
Sadly, yet another case where they should have done an MRI for brain damage before, not after, the accident.
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | September 3, 2024 3:35 AM
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