Haunting Video Shows The Scary Moment Skydiver Jumps Out Of A Plane Without A Parachute, Says His Final Heartbreaking Words

What a really, really sad end...

Maryjane

• Published in Weird
• July 21, 2023

It goes without saying that many Americans now partake in extreme sports like skydiving in order to feel the rush. Despite how enjoyable it might seem, there are people who wouldn't be eager to do it.

Due to the natural hormones that skydiving causes your brain to create, it is one of the most joyful and engaging activities you can engage in. The brain produces endorphins, adrenaline, and serotonin, which are known as feel-good chemicals because they essentially make people feel incredibly pleased.

Although leaping off a plane might seem risky, there are undoubtedly fewer risks today. The parachute is obviously the most crucial item, but regrettably, one skydiver during a jump back in the 1980s disregarded it entirely.

Ivan Lester McGuire was shooting a parachuting lesson in April 1988 at a height of 10,500 feet while a student and a trainer from the Franklin County Sport Parachute Center participated. However, as seen in the video, McGuire grabbed his camera and dived out of the plane without a parachute.

Just a few seconds before the instructor and the student, the skydiver leaped out and captured their jump on camera. McGuire panicked when he noticed his parachute was missing as he fell to the ground.

His video shows the eerie seconds just before impact. "Oh my god, no!" were McGuire's last words heard on the recording.

McGuire grabbed his camera and dove out of the plane without a parachute

Nancy Fayard, the wife of Paul Fayard, the proprietor of the parachute center, was quoted at the time, according to the AP, as saying:

"No one was aware that he got on the plane without a parachute. Of course no one knew or they would have stopped him."

The skydiver had over 800 successful jumps under his belt, making the occurrence all the more startling, and officials speculated that he may have been weary or distracted. FAA inspector Walter Rigsbee said at the time:

"We haven’t gotten all the facts yet. But there is a regulation, No. 105, that states that the pilot must check - well, no one may jump unless the pilot checks the parachutes.”

"No one was aware that he got on the plane without a parachute," wife of the proprietor of the parachute center says

While officials promptly disqualified suicide from their probe, pilot Mark Luman was even questioned about the occurrence. In what was ultimately determined to be a tragic and unfortunate situation, it was determined that McGuire had simply forgotten his parachute and that his death was an accident.

According to the AP, McGuire passed away at the age of 35, just as he was beginning to pursue a career as a skydiving photographer. Between one and one and a half kilometers from the airfield where the plane took off, the skydiver's body was discovered. 

Watch the scary moment when Ivan Lester McGuire realized his mistake

One of the most amazing experiences life has to offer is skydiving. It's definitely enjoyable, but it's also inspiring, difficult, terrifying, and exhilarating.

But then, you've got to be really careful and prepared if you're going on that journey. We're sad the skydiver's life was cut short, and we hope not to see such news again.

Maryjane