Nothing like that ever happened when I lived down there-just the usual smuggling and stuff.
Funniest thing that did happen I will relate-this is a true story-I know as I was there..........
I used to live at Hayle, right on the beach, and was part of the lifesaving team that worked the beach. Anyway saturday night about 10.30 we are all having a quiet pint-to follow the several noisy ones we had already had..........
Announcement over the PA asking the lifeguards to come to the office, over we troop to be met by the local bobby. He asked us to get our stretcher as someone had fallen over the cliff and needed to be recovered from the beach. Now you can imagine there are 4 of us, all p1ssed as parrots stumbling about in the dark down a steep path to the beach. I should point out that the cliff is only 30-40 ft high and isn't sheer, but it's very steep. Anyway we recover said person from the beach and get him back to the top to put in an ambulance which has by now arrived. The funny bit is how he came to be there-holiday maker arrived that day with his girlfriend (who raised the alarm) they were indulging in a little horizontal jogging in the open air, when they finished he rolled off-------------------wait for it--------------straight over the cliff-oh how we laughed-once we knew he was ok of course. Nothing broken, just badly bruised-good job he landed on his back really..........................
John