Caught In The Mechanism - Woman Lifted 7ft In the Air By Shop Shutters
A startling moment captured as a woman finds herself hoisted 7ft in the air after being caught in shop shutters during opening.
Anne Hughes didn’t plan on becoming a local legend, but one morning outside a South Wales shop turned into a full-on, upside-down retail incident. The kind of thing that usually happens to cartoon characters, not a 71-year-old waiting politely for the shutters to open.
She was just leaning there with her shopping trolley when the shop’s shutters lifted and caught her coat in the mechanism. Suddenly, Anne was suspended in the air, dangling upside down, and the shopkeeper initially couldn’t hear her cries. Even when he finally spotted her once the shutters were fully open, it was still a race against the moment.
And yes, the moment was captured on CCTV, because of course it was.
That’s when Anne’s coat, her trolley, and the shop shutters all teamed up to turn a normal wait into a 7-foot mystery.
A woman has found unlikely fame and has been dubbed 'SuperAnne' in her village after she was caught in a shop's shutters and lifted into the air.
Anne Hughes had been standing outside a local shop waiting for it to open when the shutters lifted, only to realize that her coat had become caught in the mechanism.
While residents rushed in to help, the shopkeeper was trying to get the shutters fully open before he even realized SuperAnne was hanging there.
Still clutching onto her shopping trolley, the 71-year-old found herself suspended in mid-air as she remained ensnared in the shutters.
Leaning against the shutter while awaiting the shop's opening, her coat inadvertently hooked onto the shutter mechanism. Consequently, as the shopkeeper initiated the morning routine of opening the shutters, Anne was left dangling upside down.
Fortunately, it didn't take long for Anne to be noticed. Residents swiftly came to her aid, with one person bringing her back down to safety while another lowered the shutter to solid ground.
"I was just standing there when my coat got caught, and up I went. I thought, 'Flipping heck!'" Anne recounted of the unusual retail mishap.
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Once the Best One store posted the CCTV clip with that “staff are on the rise, not the prices” line, Anne’s “flipping heck” moment became internet gold.
"People often say it could happen to anyone, but honestly, it could only happen to me! Good thing I've got a solid sense of humor.
"Luckily, my coat held up; I really didn't fancy landing face-first again."
Initially, the shopkeeper couldn't hear her cries as she was lifted off the ground, but once the shutter was fully open, he spotted her.
Anne remembered urgently telling him to 'just grab my head' as she feared a potential fall.
The Best One store in the South Wales village shared CCTV footage of the incident online with a playful message: "Don't linger like Anne, swing by Best One for top deals!!! Our staff are on the rise, not the prices!!"
Now, with nearly two million views and neighbors never letting her live it down, Anne’s stuck balancing her newfound fame with one very memorable coat.</p>
The clip has garnered nearly two million views since it was shared online, thrusting the grandmother into an unexpected spotlight. Despite grappling with her newfound fame, she's resigned to the fact that she'll "never hear the end of it."
Though initially rattled by the incident, she has since found humor in the situation, with friends teasing her about her sudden viral stardom.
"Last night, we were belting out 'Fame' in all my messenger groups, and they found it absolutely hysterical," she quipped, reassuring her newfound fans that they shouldn't expect a repeat performance.
"I'll have to embrace the fame, always keep my makeup on. I'll never tangle with those shutters again. Never. Lesson learned."
SuperAnne might have been lifted by the shutters, but the viral spotlight is the thing that really won’t let go.
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