A man who fell from a 100ft cliff got up and ran away before anyone could help.
The mystery man, who was reportedly drunk, couldn't be found despite an intensive search involving a police helicopter.
The alleged boozer took a tumble off Hengistbury Head cliff, Dorset, at about 4:15pm on Monday.
Southbourne Coastguard were called to the scene after receiving several reports of “an intoxicated male over the cliff”.
Many members of the public had seen the incident and reported it to the emergency services. However, despite rushing to the scene with a police helicopter, the man was nowhere to be found.
Despite his potentially deadly fall, Dorset Police confirmed to Dorset Live that the man had "self recovered and departed the scene" before the coastguard's arrival.
Southbourne Coastguard took to Facebook to say: "Tasked at 1616 hours by the joint rescue coordination centre to reports of what appeared to be an intoxicated male over the cliff at Hengistbury Head.
"As we arrived on scene we liaised with units from Dorset Police who confirmed that the casualty had self recovered and had departed scene.
"With a quick check of the cliff face from Double Dykes with binoculars to see if any other casualties were in difficulties and with the NPAS helicopter now above nothing was found. Several members of the public approached us regarding this incident and safety advice and thanks were passed on."
A number of people have been victims of cliff falls at Hengistbury Head in recent years, including a 14-year-old boy in 2018 and a woman in her 20s last year.
In 2015 a woman fell 100ft from a cliff in the area and survived, but was left with with life-changing injuries.
The area attracts a sizeable number of visitors, especially wildlife fans. The various habitats on the Head provide a home for many plants, birds and insects, some of them rare and critically endangered.
In 1910 Hengistbury Head was also the site of the UK’s first fatal air crash, when aviation pioneer Charles Rolls, co-founder of Rolls-Royce, was thrown from his plane
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