Claims extracted
26
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
4%
1 of 26 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Publisher signals
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A fight between a father and a walker over boogie boarding in the sea during Storm Austen's 80mph winds was 'tourist-on-tourist' locals have said as new footage emerges.
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footage → say → tourist
Footage shows a dad leading his family all dressed in wetsuits on to Polzeath Beach in Cornwall and heading towards the sea with boogie boards on Friday, October 23.
But they were stopped by an unidentified man on a walk, who a witness believed, urged the dad not to take his family into the sea during the strong storm.
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witness → show → storm
During the confrontation the father punched the man once after approaching him in a crab-like fighting stance, which has since been mocked for its peculiarity.
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which → punch → peculiarity
A surf shop worker who saw footage of the fight said: 'I was working on Friday but we closed around 11am because of the storm and most of the businesses shut around that time.
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most → see → time
From what I know it was tourist-on-tourist, none of the traders I’ve spoken to
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I → know → traders
'I’ve seen worse fights in primary school playgrounds though, people on Instagram are joking that he fights like a crab.'
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he → see → crab
New footage of the fight shows the father approaching the walker side-on while crouching like a crab before striking him once.
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father → show → him
Seconds before the dad in the red and black wet suit lands a punch on the man speaking to him
One local, who saw the fight, said: 'They were the only people on the beach at the time because it was closed due to Storm Austen.
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it → land → Austen
I don’t know what was said before but it wasn’t much of a punch, you can see in the video the guy didn’t even stumble backwards.
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guy → know → video
It’s weird behaviour with obvious aggression but it wasn’t a big fight.
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it → ’ → aggression
I’m wondering what type of approach the victim made to get that reaction.
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victim → wonder → reaction
After the guy hit out his wife also gave her two penneth worth.
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wife → hit → worth
Lifeguards spoke to the guy afterwards and he was difficult but not aggressive
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he → speak → guy
Another witness told Cornwall Live: 'We were sat having a coffee and watched the family with very young-looking kids heading down to the water's edge, battling with their boogie boards.
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family → tell → boards
We thought they must be crazy going in as the swell and sea state was so rough, not to mention the 50mph winds.
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swell → think → ?
After a couple of minutes of being in the water, a passer-by walked to the water's edge.
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by → walk → edge
We assumed they were suggesting it wasn't safe.
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it → assume → ?
After throwing the punch the father is asked to leave the beach with his family by the RNLI
Port Gaverne beach a few miles from Polzeath Beach in Cornwall which was battered by storms
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which → throw → storms
Before long, the dad in the water sprinted out and started confronting the passer-by, who was obviously concerned for the family's safety.
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who → sprint → safety
'The dad then got very close to the passer-by and put his fists up.
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dad → get → fists
Before we could start recording, he punched him.
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he → start → him
The passer-by didn't seem to take the bait and shrugged it off.'
A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police confirmed the incident was not reported to them.
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incident → seem → them
The footage which was posted onto Facebook has been watched thousands of times.
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which → post → times
Jason Davison, who watched the footage, said: 'The passerby saved them from a possible headline in a newspaper.
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passerby → watch → newspaper
I’m just confused the parent wanted to fight the man who was giving them safety advice?'
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who → ’m → advice
Roger Gorst added: 'If you enter the sea in these conditions, not only are you putting yourself but also rescuers' lives at risk.'
Do you know anyone involved? Email cameron.charters@mailonsunday.co.uk
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you → add → cameron.charters@mailonsunday.co.uk
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