‘Not some eejit with a parachute’: Organisers say man filmed jumping off 200ft bonfire is a professional

Man parachutes off 200ft bonfire

Christopher Leebody

Bonfire builders have said a man recorded parachuting off a bonfire in Larne, Northern Ireland, on Monday evening was a professional base jumper.

The video, shared widely on social media, shows the individual jumping off the more than 200ft pyre before quickly opening a parachute and gliding to the ground while people gathered around the bonfire look on.