Pictured: Dutch man, 38, who was dragged from his tent by a polar bear and mauled to death on Norwegian island Johan Jacobus Kootte was killed in a campsite near Longyearbyen on Friday This is the sixth fatal polar bear attack in almost 50 years in Norway’s Svalbard The bear was later found dead in a … Read more
Height of stupidity! Daredevil camper is slammed by the coastguard after pitching his tent on the edge of 200ft cliff as Cornwall was battered by 70mph winds during Storm Francis Camper set up his flimsy canvas tent inches from edge of cliff at Portreath Coastguard slammed ‘utter stupidity’ and said lives of rescue teams put … Read more
MIDGE-AGEDDON! Horrified camper films from inside his tent after being trapped by swarm of flying critters that thrived over the hot and wet summer Alex Nail, 33, intended to photograph sunset in the Highlands but was unable to The photographer was trapped in his tent by a swarm of millions of midges He recorded the … Read more
A hiker shared shared skin-crawling footage showing the ‘worst swarm of midges he has seen in 20 years’. Dr Alan Mackie, from Edinburgh, was camping at Gleann an t-Slugain, Aberdeenshire, when he was set upon by the mass of midges. The footage, taken on Friday morning shows Alan’s tent besieged by thousands of the blood-sucking mites. … Read more
Out-of-control car skids off 20ft cliff onto beach tent at Newquay – just moments after lucky holidaymakers went for a paddle An out-of-control car drove 20ft over a cliff on to Mawgan Porth beach, Newquay The driver had failed to navigate a corner and lost control of the car on August 6 The car landed … Read more
Seattle’s ‘occupied’ CHOP zone features a fleet of tents, a street renamed after George Floyd, an abandoned police building covered in Black Lives Matter slogans – and an armed man carrying a coffee cup. The encampment known as the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest is hailed by its supporters as an ‘ideal society’ where people help … Read more
Land Rover has marketed its all-new Defender as the rugged, go-anywhere, SUV and now you can sleep overnight wherever you plan to take it. The car maker has co-developed a bespoke roof tent for the new Defender 110 model – which starts from £45,240 – that pops out of a roof box and can sleep … Read more
Homeless people on the streets of San Francisco have been pictured gathering dangerously close together amid the coronavirus pandemic. Images show how the community on the city’s Tenderloin Street are struggling to social distance after the COVID-19 outbreak, with many tents crowded together in spots and people even grouping together to drink and take drugs … Read more
California doctor shares heartbreaking photos of his makeshift home in his garage where he has moved to protect his wife and children from coronavirus while he treats patients Dr. Timmy Cheng treats patients with COVID-19 so he’s taking steps to protect his family from the virus that has killed tens of thousands worldwide The pulmonary … Read more
The wacky glamping experience for city slickers who don’t want to get their shoes dirty: Hotel installs a luxury tent on its 16th floor, with stays costing from $5.5k a night The Gwen in downtown Chicago has installed a tent on its roof for a special glamping experience Guests can get food ordered to the tent … Read more