THIS is the hilarious moment a drunk Benidorm holidaymaker was sent flying by the weight of two towels – now he’s recognised at the shops.
Scott Pemberton, 36, from Wigan, was heading back to his apartment when he swung a beach bag stuffed with two wet beach towels over his head.
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But the weight of the bag swept Scott backwards off his feet – leaving his brother Kieron, 38, in stitches.
Scott stumbled to his feet and was soon drinking again, but woke up the next morning with a sore neck.
He said: “It all happened so quickly that I wondered what happened.
“I slipped on the tiles and then my hands and the bag probably supported my head.
“We’d had a good few drinks that day so I felt the pain the next day in my back and the top of my neck.
“I feel lucky not to have been in hospital. If the bag was full of bottles or cans and not wet towels it could have been a lot worse.
“Or if the bag had landed differently. I’m glad it was caught on camera because it probably made the holiday.
“People were talking about it and it made people laugh.
“I find it funny now and people have recognised me at the shops in Wigan.
“I’m quite a Jack-the-lad anyway. I won’t be doing that again and I won’t be going to Benidorm again.”
The hilarious clip even ended up being shown to punters on screens at some of the bars the brothers visited in Benidorm.
Kieron joked that Scott was only bowled over because of his slim eight-stone weight.
He said: “That’s how skinny he is. That a couple of towels could do that to him.
“He’s only light and the bag was pretty heavy. It had to be at least a stone with soaking wet beach towels.
“He thought he could swing it over because he was messing around but when he did that it just took his feet.
“I can’t believe I had the phone at the right time. I’m glad the bag was there because it could have done damage to his head and then it wouldn’t have been funny.
“I was in two minds between checking he was alright and laughing but the laughing took over.”
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