Deadly Zorb (313)

You know those big plastic bubble things that people can actually get into and roll around in? Zorbs? They’re used in the winter Olympics and for recreation. im pretty sure that zorbs are used for recreation in a bunch of places and they look pretty fun. I mean unless you get sick. But its basically a huge human hamster ball that’s protected. What could possibly beunsafe or go wrong??

In Russia, 2 men crawled into one of these balls at a ski mountain just for fun. Their friend shoots a video on their phone of the men getting inside the ball, pushed down the slope, and then suddenly veering off course into a gorge. It was fatal for one of the men and the other is still hospitalized.

Officials are still investigating who was responsible for the accident. Rules for zorbs are that it can only be released down a gentle slope with fences on either side. Also, there has to be an area where the ball can slow to a safe stop.

The zorb was invented in the 1990s and is usually rolled down grassy slopes. It has also been set as the symbol for the 2014 winter Olympics which will be in Russia.

I have seen pictures and videos and whatnot of zorbs before that make them look like a fun recreational thing. Im pretty sure, if it’s the same thing, that they can go on water too and ive always thought that they look super fun. Its kinda like zipp lining or water-jet packing or something. You cant really do it everywhere but it’s a cool tourist opportunity. I havnt seen water-jet packing disasters but zipplining has its own careless moments too.  I think it might have been a bit stupid to not have fences but its not like it’s a dangerous thing if the right precautions are made.