British man captures scary footage of massive cliff collapse

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Sam Haysom
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LONDON – If you ever need an incentive not to stand too close to the edge of a cliff, just remind yourself of what happens in the video below.

Sam Haskins, 24, shared the following unnerving footage of a chunk of cliff breaking off the UK's Isle of Portland on his Facebook page on Wednesday.

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Yikes.

At the start of the video, you can see how unstable the cliff looks.

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The collapse starts with a small trickle of rubble.

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Then the whole thing suddenly gives way.

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Luckily, no one was on the beach below.

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Mashable has reached out to Sam Haskins for comment and we will update if we receive a response.

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