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Moment terrified female tourist is forced into 260ft canyon leap by staff who kick her legs in front of laughing husband - as video sparks probe

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Stewart, W. (2026, September 28). Moment terrified female tourist is forced into 260ft canyon leap by staff who kick her legs in front of laughing husband - as video sparks probe. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16166883/Moment-terrified-female-tourist-forced-260ft-canyon-leap-staff-kick-legs-laughing-husband-video-sparks-probe.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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Daily Mail · collected 2026-09-28 · by Will Stewart

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A video from Russia shows a female tourist at the Noh'o tourist hub in Dagestan who was forced to leap 260 feet into a canyon despite pleading not to be pushed. The woman, wearing a seated harness for the pendulum jump, is kicked by staff as her husband films and laughs. An official probe has been initiated due to safety concerns raised by this incident and similar cases where female tourists have felt pressured to participate against their will.
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In Dagestan, a female tourist was forced to leap from a 260-foot height into a canyon at the Noh'o tourist hub on the Sulak River, despite her clear reluctance. Staff ignored her pleas and physically kicked her legs out to push her over the edge, while her husband filmed the ordeal. The incident sparked an official probe by the Russian Investigative Committee. In a similar case, another woman from Moscow was also forced into jumping against her will. Videos show the terrified woman pleading with instructors who mocked her fear before kicking her legs and making her jump. She survived but expressed anger at being coerced.

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Topics

Dagestan Daily Mail Noh'o Russia The Russian Investigative Committee

Subjects

Russia GPE · 2× Yegor PERSON · 2× Anastasia ORG · 1× Dagestan GPE · 1× Daily Mail ORG · 1× Moscow GPE · 1× Noh'o GPE · 1× Sonya PERSON · 1× The Russian Investigative Committee ORG · 1×

Narrative

The panic-stricken woman had plainly changed her mind and was desperately seeking to avoid being tipped over the edge at the Noh'o tourist hub on the Sulak River in mountainous Dagestan region. 'While she was panicking in her harness, they dragged her to the edge, kicked her leg and sent her plunging down,' said one account.
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🔮 An official probe has been launched into the plunge into a cliff-lined abyss in Russia The female jumper thankfully survived the fall In an earlier case, a woman tourist from Moscow, Anastasia, 41, said she was forced by the staff to jump against her will.

Claims (31 extracted, 0 hedged)

- See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source A terrified female tourist pleaded not to leap 260ft into a canyon before being forced to make the jump by smirking staff who kicked her legs at the daredevil attraction. asserted
who → see → attraction
An official probe has been launched into the plunge into a cliff-lined abyss in Russia. asserted
probe → launch → Russia
The panic-stricken woman had plainly changed her mind and was desperately seeking to avoid being tipped over the edge at the Noh'o tourist hub on the Sulak River in mountainous Dagestan region. 'While she was panicking in her harness, they dragged her to the edge, kicked her leg and sent her plunging down,' said one account. asserted
account → stricken → leg
'Her husband filmed his wife being subjected to this nightmare - and laughed. asserted
wife → film → nightmare
Footage makes clear how the victim pleads not to be pushed over the edge. But the instructors ignore her and are proud of overcoming the jumper's 'fears'. asserted
instructors → make → fears
Her husband, Yegor, delights in her trauma, it appears. asserted
it → delight → trauma
A terrifying holiday video shows a woman tourist pleading not to leap 260ft into a canyon – but being forced to make the jump She was strapped into a seated harness for the canyon pendulum leap which is unlike a conventional bungee jump asserted
which → show → jump
No, don't!' begs the female tourist. asserted
tourist → beg → ?
She is strapped into a seated harness for the canyon pendulum leap which is unlike a conventional bungee jump. asserted
which → strap → jump
As the instructors hold her, she demands: 'No! asserted
she → hold → her
Let me go, let me go! asserted
me → let → ?
She begs her husband in vain: 'Please, Yegor! asserted
She → beg → vain
I'm begging you!' asserted
I → beg → you
At one point she is kicked to get into position for the terrifying 260ft plunge. asserted
she → kick → plunge
'I'm scared.' She demands: 'Let me go, let me go! asserted
me → demand → ?
Let me go!' asserted
me → let → ?
The female jumper survived the fall. asserted
jumper → survive → fall
But she was fuming when she was levered back to the platform. asserted
she → fume → platform
'After the jump, the woman silently walked away,' said a report. asserted
report → walk → jump
In fact, she was seen after being hoisted back to the platform high above the river. asserted
she → see → river
A staff member taunted her: 'One more time?' asserted
member → taunt → her
She replied: 'No, no, no! asserted
She → reply → ?
I said "no"! asserted
I → say → ?
Let me go, let me go! asserted
me → let → ?
Separate footage – showing another jumper – highlights the terrifying pendulum jump. asserted
footage → show → jump
The Russian Investigative Committee is probing this nightmare case, and others where women jumpers felt pressured to be tipped over the edge. asserted
jumpers → probe → edge
An official probe has been launched into the plunge into a cliff-lined abyss in Russia The female jumper thankfully survived the fall In an earlier case, a woman tourist from Moscow, Anastasia, 41, said she was forced by the staff to jump against her will. asserted
she → launch → will
She was diagnosed with a 'spinal cord contusion', reports say. asserted
reports → diagnose → contusion
Another tourist, Sonya, suffered 'a sprain after a rope wrapped around her leg'. asserted
tourist → suffer → leg
She claimed the instructors had 'not properly briefed her beforehand and then blamed her for jumping incorrectly'. asserted
instructors → claim → her
Reports say the attraction has passed local safety inspections. asserted
attraction → say → inspections
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