He once survived a near-fatal fall. In 1997, Dibnah was almost killed when a 2,500-ton concrete chimney on Canvey Island collapsed prematurely. He tripped while running from the falling structure, but luckily, the chimney corrected itself and fell in the opposite direction
His wikipedia page is worth reading for that, and other details:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Dibnah
Definitely one of a kind.
Oddly, the Dibnah near-death experience I most remember giving me the willies was when he dropped his cap in a puddle just after scratching his bonce. Having wrung his cap out he put it straight back on. The water had a dead pigeon in it though and so he ended up catching a virus which started spreading through his head via the cap and the cut. It got quite serious out of nowhere.
How do you not notice a dead pigeon in your cap?
Here’s the tale, told by the man himself:
https://www.tiktok.com/@uandyesterday/video/7349637646760561...
Chimneys feared him