Miami Man Injured by Falling Iguana During Outdoor Yoga Class

[marmar]

For 14 years, yoga instructor Anamargret Sanchez has taught a free community class at Legion Park in Miami's Upper Eastside neighborhood. It started with 20 people and grew over time, to the point where attendance can easily top 100 and regulars have braved hurricane watches and COVID-19 lockdowns to meet under the oak trees on Saturday mornings. Sanchez livestreams the sessions so those who can't make it in person can participate on Instagram.

The first Saturday of 2023 drew an especially large crowd — the weather was lovely, and only seven days into the new year, resolutions still glinted with potential.

"It was a really beautiful day," Sanchez remembers. "I kept saying, 'Don't forget to look up at the beautiful trees and the beautiful sky.'"

Trigger warning: You won't believe what happened next.

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It was then that a series of noises — tree branches rustling, a loud thud, a cacophony of gasps — ensued.

"Guys, I think we are going to close the class," Sanchez can be heard saying on the Instagram Live video recording. "I'm going to take care of someone who just got an iguana dropped on his face." ..............(more)

https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/florida-man-struck-by-falling-iguana-16149545

[The Magistrate]

1. Time To Retire The Trophy, Sir

Not sure which one, but there's got to be one this clears for good and all....

[GreenWave]

2. In South America, this happens a lot in city parks.

Iguanas resting high up in trees, drift off to sleep and lose their balance and plummet 25 feet or more, often to their deaths. And here come the scavengers.

[packman]

3. Reminds me of the falling coconut incident in the Bahamas

On a vacation at a newly opened resort. Beautiful tropical evening on an outdoor patio that had coconut trees, not those palm trees but actual coconut trees with coconuts at the top. Drinks, music in background, waves lapping at the beach a few yards away then - WHAM. A coconut falls on a table next to us shattering its glass top.

Needless to say, we moved to another table and the management fell all over themselves apologizing - free dinner BTW.

Next day, area was cordoned off, tables removed and we were told the coconut trees were going to be replaced.