Camber Sands

[clippedgull]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say these are illegal immigrants. My reasoning is that police were originally called to one person in the sea. Whilst they were there two more bodies were pulled out. Then a further two this evening. Of course just speculation on my part.

 

[studio150]

Crazy to see this going on at Camber, I know the odd tragedy is going to happen at beaches every now and again but 5/6 people in a day, what on earth happened?

I know that jellyfish was mentioned but I could've sworn that either the bbc or argus article said that they weren't the cause. Then again, at this stage no-one's likely to have a clue I guess.

Jellyfish dismissed, as reported the type we get here the sting is milder than a stinging nettle one

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

This makes no sense. The sea was flat calm. High tide late pm. Camber has no undertow, and although the tide goes out a long way, the sands are gentle and there is no rip. I have been there countless times. I hesitate to suggest, but could it be the case that sauce was involved?

 

[clippedgull]

taken from an online national newspaper just now

Eyewitnesses said that strangely the men were fully clothed and did not appear to have any family or friends on the beach with them.

The led to speculation that the victims could be illegal immigrants.

However, a Sussex Police source said last night: “We’ve been advised that there is currently nothing to suggest the men were migrants.”

 

[LamieRobertson]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say these are illegal immigrants. My reasoning is that police were originally called to one person in the sea. Whilst they were there two more bodies were pulled out. Then a further two this evening. Of course just speculation on my part.

How you reckon they know one is missing?

 

[Albumen]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say these are illegal immigrants. My reasoning is that police were originally called to one person in the sea. Whilst they were there two more bodies were pulled out. Then a further two this evening. Of course just speculation on my part.

taken from an online national newspaper just now

Wild speculation or you've just read a newspapers wild speculation?

 

[clippedgull]

Wild speculation or you've just read a newspapers wild speculation?

As said speculation, which I posted before I read the article.

 

[clippedgull]

How you reckon they know one is missing?

Just guessing. Maybe a body was spotted and disappeared?

 

[Bry Nylon]

How you reckon they know one is missing?

A member of the public walking on the beach this evening discovered a further 2 bodies washed up on the sand and reported another body in the sea. They alerted the emergency services who recovered two casualties and are attempting to locate the third.

Hopefully this is the full extent of it but I shouldn't be surprised if daybreak reveals further casualties.

 

[jamie the seagull]

How you reckon they know one is missing?

Sky reporting that a missing person call hs been received by the police.

 

[Mr Putdown]

I used to regularly go shrimping there with my cousins back in the 70/80's. Even working our nets waste deep it was one of the safest beaches imaginable.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Send a message,float them back. Let nature take its course.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Reports coming in that they were fully-clothed and of Asian appearance. Suggests that they were would-be illegals, dropped off-shore and attempting to swim to land.

Utterly implausible that 5-6 holiday-makers would or could drown off Camber Sands within minutes of each other on a flat, balmy day in August.

Camber Sands,FFS flat as a mill pond. Your post has some sense in it.

 

[Gwylan]

Even working our nets waste deep

Near a sewage works?

 

[Bry Nylon]

Camber Sands,FFS flat as a mill pond. Your post has some sense in it.

On a typical summers day 25'000 people enjoy the sea at Camber Sands without incident. But today 3 fully-clothed men wash-up on the beach within minutes of each other, in perfect bathing conditions - followed by a further two at dusk plus another (yet to be recovered) spotted floating in the surf.

This wasn't a jolly day at the sea-side gone tragically wrong.

 

[perseus]

Would appear not jelly fish, I'm guessing some kind of riptide.

Camber Beach is known for its rip tides (a current)

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Locatio...ds_Centre-Camber_Rye_East_Sussex_England.html

Watch out for calm bits when a breeze is blowing and there are breaking waves elsewhere.

 

[carlzeiss]

Now being reported that 5 bodies have been recovered .

 

[Dirk Lehmann's Python]

Quite a lot of speculation of washed up immigrants

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[mikeyjh]

So sad that 5 PEOPLE have lost their lives - Almost as sad that the pejorative use of 'illegal immigrants' has so casually slipped in to the vernacular, and thus the tragedy is downgraded a level or 2 with the addition of 2 small words.

 

[cjd]

So sad that 5 PEOPLE have lost their lives - Almost as sad that the pejorative use of 'illegal immigrants' has so casually slipped in to the vernacular, and thus the tragedy is downgraded a level or 2 with the addition of 2 small words.

Oh do f**k off !

It matters whether they were just day trippers/ tourists enjoying a day at the seaside or illegal immigrants.

Camber Sands as has been stated can be used by thousands of holiday makers. The local community economy depends on it. If the deaths were the result of illegal immigrants being off-loaded then thousands of parents etc etc will continue to use Camber Sands. Nobody relishes people dying....prick.