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A Stray Parachuter Lands In My Neighbor’s Yard In Lakeland Florida

October 11th, 2009 Mike Leave a comment Go to comments

Today we had some friends over watching the football Game. Tracey was out back and she yelled in the house ” Hey, there’s someone up in the sky on a parachute “.

We live in Lakeland, Florida, so this isn’t a normal occurrence. At first I thought she was crazy, but I grabbed my camera and ran out side. Here are the photos (and a couple of videos):

This is what we saw first. A Parachute

This is what we saw first. A Parachute

There is no airport in North Lakeland

There isn't an airport in North Lakeland

I noticed he had a fan motor on

I noticed he had a fan motor on

Then we realized he was landing in my neighbors yard:


This is a photo of him after he landed. He packed up and started walking away very fast…like within 20 or 30 seconds and started walking down the street, I should of offered him a beer:

He landed and packed up quickly

He landed an packed up quick

PS: I live on West Campbell Rd In Lakeland Florida

Categories: Lakeland In The News Tags: parachuter
  1. April
    October 11th, 2009 at 18:18 | #1

    I used to live off Duff Road and I saw that guy several times on a Sunday. I never saw he landed before though.

  2. October 11th, 2009 at 18:36 | #2

    It was funny to us because he landed right next to us. I’m curious why the sheriff went after him?

  3. Bon
    October 11th, 2009 at 18:38 | #3

    I want to party with that guy! What a smooth landing

  4. Melissa
    October 13th, 2009 at 18:12 | #4

    That’s my hubby!

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