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Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

MAN’S HEAD PUMMELED BY POWERFUL WATER CANNON – ON PURPOSE! #WeirdDarkness #BonusBite

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.64.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2023

⏱️ 3 minutes

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IN THIS EPISODE: A Swiss man ended up in the hospital after reportedly putting his head into the Jet D’Eau, a giant water fountain on Lake Geneva, and being thrown several meters into the air.

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0:49.0

From Oddity Central.com, man puts his head into one of the world's most powerful water

0:54.8

fountains. A Swiss man ended up in the hospital after reportedly putting his

1:00.6

head into the jidoo, a giant water fountain on Lake Geneva, and being thrown several meters into the air.

1:07.0

According to eyewitness reports, the 20-something man whose name has not been revealed somehow breached the security perimeter around Geneva's famous

1:15.1

Jadu water fountain and put his head into the nozzle of what is essentially an extremely powerful

1:21.2

water cannon. The Jadu pumps out 500 liters of water per second,

1:26.3

at a speed of 200 kilometers per hour

1:28.8

to a height of 140 meters or about 460 feet into the air.

1:33.8

When the water sprouted out of the fountain, the young daredevil was catapulted backward

1:38.0

by the force, which was actually a lucky outcome considering the alternatives. However, this was only his first attempt.

1:46.5

Seemingly not one to be content with having survived a giant water cannon shot to the

1:50.9

head, the Swiss man once again climbed the jedue, this time in an apparent

1:55.8

attempt to embrace it.

1:57.9

When the powerful jet of water shot out of the fountain, it sent the man flying several

2:02.3

meters into the air from where he crashed

2:04.8

onto the cement platform around the should do. The man managed to get up from

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