VIDEO: Extraordinary footage of huge cliff-fall in Cornwall

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Friday, October 07, 2011
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The very moment hundreds of tonnes of Cornish cliff fell into the sea has been captured on film.

Uploaded by user 'utubecamborne' to YouTube, they describe it as "Active coastal erosion in Cornwall.

"Very lucky to witness 1000's of tonnes of rock falling into the Atlantic!"

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    by filmguru

    Monday, October 10 2011, 7:30AM

    “Great video! I would have loved to capture that.

    There would have been cracking and minor falls beforehand to draw the attention of the film-maker. Well done to them for waiting though as it could have been ages before the major falls. I would go with Hells Mouth area given the Camborne reference in the username.”

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    by youngcornwall

    Sunday, October 09 2011, 4:05PM

    “by josdave

    Yes josdave, it seems very strange that the camera was not directed to the foot of the cliff where dust was clearly visible at the beginning of the video, but the camera kept focused on the top of the cliff where nothing was happening at that time, very strange.”

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    by josdave

    Sunday, October 09 2011, 12:53PM

    “The only suspicious bit is that the camera was focussing on a bare cliff with nothing to attract the attention for 13 seconds and I would not take a video of a bit of rock for that long.”

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    by Jonny2010

    Friday, October 07 2011, 7:18PM

    “by youngcornwall
    "Something not just right there, does not look like natural erosion to me, more like man made.??"

    ^ The voice of wisdom speaks. *yawn*...”

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    by youngcornwall

    Friday, October 07 2011, 4:01PM

    “Something not just right there, does not look like natural erosion to me, more like man made.??”

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    by l4rdj

    Friday, October 07 2011, 3:32PM

    “Is that honestly people in the far distance running towards the cliff edge where the fall is occuring ??? - unbelievable”

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    by ggj2x

    Friday, October 07 2011, 2:34PM

    “Gwithian?”

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    by Antbod

    Friday, October 07 2011, 1:35PM

    “"Very lucky to witness 1000's of tonnes of rock falling into the Atlantic!"

    Like getting great delight out of filming a head-on car crash, may look really cool but that's Cornwall disappearing into the sea!”

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    by Jo_Wood

    Friday, October 07 2011, 11:38AM

    “I've contacted the video uploader and am waiting to hear back - more as soon as I have it..”

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    by crgee

    Friday, October 07 2011, 11:29AM

    “Very dramatic.. does anyone know where and when this happened ?”

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