Taking a Selfie turns deadly

[old steel]

http://myzone.verticallabs.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/shark-selfie-460x307.png

James Crowlett, 34, was on his honeymoon, and hours away from flying back home when the ocean called to him. He just wanted to go for a quick dip, take a selfie underwater and show off to his friends. The photo was uploaded to his Facebook page automatically, and unfortunately that shark was real. As you can see in the photo the shark is ready to strike, and it did just a moment later. It tore of Crowlett’s leg off before lifeguards managed to get to him. He died on the way to the hospital after losing massive quantities of blood.

http://caliser.com/when-selfies-go-wrong-deadly-selfies/

[JohnQPublic]

Is there any qualified information about this? Looks real. I cannot find "James Crowlett" on FB. His family may have removed the page.

[old steel]

Oh it gets better JQP.

http://myzone.verticallabs.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Hawaiian-Drift.jpg



This selfie portrays a golden moment for all conspiracy theorists. This man was in that plane in the background when it crashed into the ocean off Hawaii’s coast. There was one fatality, and guess who it was! None other than Loretta Fuddy, the health director who released US President Barack Obama’s birth certificate.


http://caliser.com/when-selfies-go-wrong-deadly-selfies/8/

[crimethink]

Is there any qualified information about this? Looks real. I cannot find "James Crowlett" on FB. His family may have removed the page.

It's fake:

http://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/pete-wentz-s-fake-shark-attack-selfie-goes-viral-so-we-ve-created-6-more-celeb-shark-selfies-obvi-41646

A fake news story with the headline, "Man Takes Selfie Moments Before Deadly Shark Attack," hit the web late last week identifying Pete as James Crowlett, a 34-year-old insurance salesman from Oregon who had tragically died in a freak shark attack after capturing the epic, underwater selfie.

[steyr_m]

It's fake:

http://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/pete-wentz-s-fake-shark-attack-selfie-goes-viral-so-we-ve-created-6-more-celeb-shark-selfies-obvi-41646

A fake news story with the headline, "Man Takes Selfie Moments Before Deadly Shark Attack," hit the web late last week identifying Pete as James Crowlett, a 34-year-old insurance salesman from Oregon who had tragically died in a freak shark attack after capturing the epic, underwater selfie.

Good call... The first thing I thought of was "hoax". 1. who would immerse their phones? I don't own one, so not sure how water-proof they are. 2. It's "too good to be true".

[midnight rambler]

Samsung's Galaxy S5 is waterproof and capable of underwater selfies -


https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3Cb56vQp6ck#t=0

[steyr_m]

Samsung's Galaxy S5 is waterproof and capable of underwater selfies

Like I said, I don't own a "personal tracking device that also makes calls/texts" [I think someone here said that one], but not sure if that older phone was waterproof like the s5