Watch a paraglider have a terrifying encounter with a dust devil

Quite a whirlwind ride.
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Watch a paraglider have a terrifying encounter with a dust devil
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One paraglider got the unexpected ride of a lifetime when he got caught up in a dust devil and was flung around a clear, blue sky.

The incident happened in Manilla, Australia. The dust devil whipped by a group of paragliders at Mount Borah and caught the man, spinning him around while his wife helplessly filmed the whole thing.

The good news is that the man came out of the encounter no worse for wear, according to Australia's ABC, though the dust devil did cause a little bit of additional havoc which you can see in the video, as other paragliders rush about to keep their stuff from being flung helter-skelter by the wind.

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Marcus Gilmer

Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.


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