Heart-stopping video footage shows the moment a Florida man plummets 60 feet into a creek after a branch he was standing on broke beneath him.
Christopher James Sikes Smalley was enjoying a day at Crystal Springs, a popular swimming spot in Vernon, when a branch he was climbing on snapped.
He said he originally climbed the tree with the intention of jumping off on his own volition, but the plan did not go accordingly.
A clip shows Smalley hanging on to a branch above him with one hand and balancing on top of another.
Suddenly, the branch below Smalley gave way, causing him to fall and hitting other branches before landing in the water.
Christopher James Sikes Smalley was enjoying a day at Crystal Springs, a popular swimming spot in Vernon, when a branch beneath him snapped
The incident, caught on camera, shows Smalley hanging on to a branch above him with one hand and balancing on top of another. Suddenly, the branch below Smalley gave way, causing him to fall and hitting other branches before landing in the water.
'It was wild! I heard the crack and knew things were getting real, real fast,' Smalley told Storyful.
'This was my first time jumping from that high up. Usually I just use the lower branch.'
Despite the dramatic fall, Smalley didn't break a single bone, and walked away with only some leg and foot bruising.
