Hilarious moment workers recreate Mission Impossible cable drop stunt by dangling colleague over pit of cow dung
Boss Graham Glover filmed as the worker was lowered over the pit to fetch polystyrene while another colleague operated the machinery
THIS is the hilarious moment a team of labourers recreated the iconic Mission Impossible cable drop stunt... by dangling one worker from a cherry picker to rescue an item from a field of cow poo.
Boss Graham Glover filmed his brave worker Mark Winnie as he was lowered over the pit to fetch a piece of polystyrene.
Another colleague operated the machinery while Mark clutches at the discarded polystyrene in a bid to rescue it.
At one point in the video Mark almost had his face pressed against the cow dung while boss Graham is busy singing the famous Mission Impossible theme song.
The well-humoured workforce were working on a private farm in Wales which is due to be converted into a site for renewable energy production.
Graham, 35, from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, said: "No-one fancied walking across all the cow s**t and urine to dig stuff out so this seemed like the easiest way to do it.
"We'd been working on the site for two weeks doing cladding and insulation work and this was the last day.
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"Obviously they don't want any rubbish in contamination the cow pat or it might affect the energy production. The polystyrene had just blown away in the wind.
"So Mark volunteered to be strapped to the cherry picker and do the dirty work. All the lads know what they're doing so we made sure he was strapped in properly.
"He had lanyards round his arms and his torso so there was no danger of him falling out. You've got to have a laugh.
"There were only two bits he needed to retrieve but he kept dropping them, which only made it go on for longer.
"At one point he almost had his face dunked in the cow-pat which I think he was doing his best to avoid. It really stank."
While they worked on the project in rural north Wales for a fortnight, Graham and his team lived in a caravan at the site.
Fearless worker Mark, 43, spent around seven minutes fishing out the polystyrene before returning to land and dusting himself down.
Graham said: "We had a great laugh watching him dangling in mid-air. I thought it went pretty perfectly to be honest.
"It's easy to get bored when you're away for long periods so we have to keep ourselves entertained. As far as I'm concerned it was a job well done so we're allowed a bit of fun.
"He was close to getting a mouthful of s**t but the lad on the machine is very comfortable using so he was able to just tease Mark a bit.
"He was floating in a sort of star jump position and the rest of us were literally crying with laughter.
"All the cows were watching probably wondering what on earth was going on. It was like something out of Mission Impossible."
