107.9 The River » acton beale http://theriver1079.com Casper's Real Rock Variety Sat, 25 May 2013 04:52:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Online 'Planking' Craze Leads to Death http://theriver1079.com/online-planking-craze-leads-to-death/ http://theriver1079.com/online-planking-craze-leads-to-death/#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 08:30:28 +0000 Jon Michaels http://theriver1079.com/?p=5120 The Internet photo sensation called "planking," which can be best described as extreme lying down, led to a 20-year-old Australian man plunging to his death while partaking in the fad this weekend, police said.

Queensland police said the man fell several stories from a Brisbane high-rise early Sunday morning while engaging in the activity, in which the planker lies flat on their stomach in various environments while onlookers capture photos. Those photos are then uploaded to various social media sites.

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