A woman has had a miracle escape after surviving a 40ft horror fall at a Scottish beauty spot. Emergency services and a mountain rescue team were called to Finnich Glen, known as the Devils Pulpit, in Stirlingshire on Monday morning.
The hiker had plunged down an embankment into the gorge at around 8am. Miraculously, she was left virtually uninjured by the fall but was unable to get back out the glen, with the river just below.
Waters at the Devil's Pulpit are renowned for being unpredictable and the slippy conditions made the terrain particularly difficult and unstable due to recent rainfall. The rescue required multiple specialists to be called to the scene, including specialist rope and water rescue teams from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and the Lomond Mountain Rescue Team.