A couple trying to take a selfie at a popular tourist spot in Portugal plunged nearly 100 feet to their deaths, authorities said.
Australian Michael Kearns, 33, and his British girlfriend Louise Benson, 37, were standing on a wall overlooking the picturesque Praia dos Pescadores beach in Ericeira early Tuesday, when their phone slipped, Perth Now reported.?Everything seems to indicate that the fall happened when they were trying to take a selfie,? said Ruis Pereira da Terra, the head of the rescue service in Cascais port near Lisbon. ?It seems they dropped their mobile phone and fell down while leaning over to retrieve it,? he added.
Fishermen in the area thought the pair was simply sleeping on the beach but discovered a ?horror scene? when they approached, describing the couple?s bodies as ?shattered? to local paper Journal de Noticias.
Tourists have plunged from the wall before and locals have asked for security measures to be implemented, according to the Telegraph UK.