Dois bloggers indianos, Vishnu Viswanath (29 anos) e Meenakshi Moorthy (30 anos), morreram após caírem de um penhasco, no parque de Yosemite, quando tentavam tirar uma selfie. Casados há quatro anos, eram residentes nos Estados Unidos da América e tinham um blog sobre viagens no qual partilhavam imagens das suas aventuras pelo país.

Recentemente, passou a publicar na sua conta de Instagram fotografias que os obrigavam a aceder a locais de perigosos. Na tentativa mais recente de tentar captar momentos únicos, em locais remotos de grande altitude, a situação terminou da pior forma possível para o casal.

Mais de 250 pessoas em todo o mundo morreram a tentar tirar uma ‘selfie’

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A BBC avança que os guardas florestais do parque não apuraram ainda uma causa para a morte dos bloggers, embora Jishnu Viswanath, irmão de Vishnu, tenha afirmado à imprensa indiana que o casal caiu do precipício enquanto tirava uma selfie. O irmão da vítima acrescentou ainda que o funeral será nos Estados Unidos.

Na sua conta de Instagram, com 14 mil seguidores, o casal tinha publicado em março deste ano uma mensagem para avisar os seus seguidores para o perigo de tirar fotos nestes locais: ”

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CHASING SUNSETS or CHASING LIKES ??? ? … Sooo today on #socialmediabadasstribe we are talking about limits of #doitforthegram.?Yeah sure it can be limitless but guys, we reaaaallly need to have boundaries(this is handy as life lessons too but we will revisit that later?) A lot of us including yours truly is a fan of daredevilry attempts of standing at the edge of cliffs ⛰and skyscrapers?, but did you know that wind gusts can be FATAL??? ☠️ Is our life just worth one photo? … When we squirm at another selfie attempt gone south ? from a skyscraper, let’s remember to save that in our core memory ? and not the memory dump ?(I am still on the Inside Out ? train y'all ?) Same applies when we get our knickers in a twist and hog a spot till we get the perfect shot? I know I know, I am guilty as charged for all of this ?‍♀️ and if I didn’t have Mr. Two Goody Shoes, Vishnu ? with me, I am not even sure if I would have written this post. … Let us all try to be responsible digital citizens and use our “numbers” to be transparent and honest, shall we?? None of us is perfect and the more we accept it and share our flaws as much as our wins, we are one step closer to creating a sane social media without the scary brouhahas.?✨ … Still there?? Woohoo, a backflip is in order, or wait maybe a pizza? ? What about a unicorn ice-cream ? ? with some Disney-approved cotton candy ?? and pixie dust infused sprinkles ?‍♀️ if…..IF you could tell me the one time you were effin’ proud of being candid and real AF in social media? ? … PS – Not sponsored but sweatshirt is from @radearthsupply • • • #grandcanyonnps #northrim #instagramaz #visitarizona #travelarizona #shotzdelight #discovertheroad #usaroadtrip #visittheusa #outdoorsusa #exploretheusa #womenwhoexplore #iamtb #radparks #thediscoverer #gtgi #sheisnotlost #wearetravelgirls #hikemore #radgirlslife #travelreality #dreamscape @womenwhoexplore @visit_arizona @visittheusa @shotzdelight

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