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Man’s video of a building demolition gets ruined by a surprise photobomber

Published May 9th, 2016 5:30PM EDT
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Over the weekend, officials in Glassgow, Scottland rigged a 24-story building with explosives in an effort to safely demolish it. And seeing as how building demolitions don’t come around all that frequently, photographer Garry Cornes set out to video tape the entire event.

Picking out the perfect spot from across the street, Cornes set up his video camera to get an all-encompassing wide shot of the controlled explosion. Everything was seemingly in order as the first round of explosives went off, that is, until the entire video was ruined by an unsuspecting photobomber.

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In a video that’s equal parts hilarious and frustrating (okay, it’s more hilarious than anything else), Cornes’ shot was obscured by a passing bus that took up residence in front of the camera at the exact moment the building started to collapse.

As you can see in the video below, the bus driver takes a few seconds to take in the demolition himself, only to get out of the shot once the building had already been reduced to a pile of rubble and smoke.

According to The Telegraph, the demolished building was part of a broader demolition plan to bring down a number of building towers set to be replaced by a $34 million “housing development of 200 homes.”

Yoni Heisler Contributing Writer

Yoni Heisler has been writing about Apple and the tech industry at large with over 15 years of experience. A life long expert Mac user and Apple expert, his writing has appeared in Edible Apple, Network World, MacLife, Macworld UK, and TUAW.

When not analyzing the latest happenings with Apple, Yoni enjoys catching Improv shows in Chicago, playing soccer, and cultivating new TV show addictions.