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Daily Mirror
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Andy Shipley

Teen girls risk death for 'TikTok dance video' on castle ruins

Two people took their lives into their hands when they danced on castle ruins 60 foot above the ground.

The youngsters, thought to be teenagers, were filmed running along the crumbling ledge of Ravenscraig Castle in Kirkcaldy, Scotland.

Once at the end of the wall, they begin dancing together, The Daily Record reported.

A worried neighbour of the castle, who filmed the dancing duo from his window, speculating that they were filming a video for social media platform TikTok.

“It looked like they were doing a Tiktok dance challenge - they were doing the same dance ten times,” said the 32-year-old.

The youngsters ran to the end of the ledge (Daily Record WS)

“It was like they were trying to perfectly synchronise the dance - they were an hour and fifteen minutes up on that ledge.”

As the teenagers bopped away dozens of walkers walked below them.

The neighbour added: “They didn’t shout for them to get down either because they didn’t care or they didn’t want to frighten them and cause them to slip.

They stood 60 foot above the floor (Daily Record WS)

“I didn’t call the police because it’d be sod’s law they’d be gone by the time they got here.”

Police urged kids to steer clear of the castle five years ago after a 14-year-old suffered a ruptured spleen and broken pelvis in a fall.

“People are up there all the time enjoying the view but they shouldn’t even be doing that let alone running backwards and forwards,” said the neighbour.

The person who filmed them said they seemed to be doing a TikTok dance (Daily Record WS)

“It’s stupid behaviour at a time when emergency services are already being stretched.”

And the neighbour said the girls could easily have been killed had they fallen off the wall.

“I know they’re only wee girls but they looked old enough to have common sense - what would their parents say if they’d been there?” he added.

“It’s 30 feet down to the bridge and another 30 feet into the ravine - they could easily have died if they fell.”

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