Watch a paraglider have a terrifying encounter with a dust devil

One paraglider got the unexpected ride of a lifetime when he got caught up in a dust devil and was flung around a clear, blue sky. 

The incident happened in Manilla, Australia. The dust devil whipped by a group of paragliders at Mount Borah and caught the man, spinning him around while his wife helplessly filmed the whole thing.

The good news is that the man came out of the encounter no worse for wear, according to Australia’s ABC, though the dust devil did cause a little bit of additional havoc which you can see in the video, as other paragliders rush about to keep their stuff from being flung helter-skelter by the wind.  Read more…

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