What is going on in this picture? Is it:
a) An unfortunate burglar caught trying to escape through a hole in the roof?
b) Sculptors adding the final touches to Damien Hirst's new artwork, Big House Idiot?
c) An SAS training exercise interrupted by a team of builders?
d) A Batman stunt double being rescued after falling from the sky?
Answer: d) It was Batman, or almost. The figure in black is a stuntman for the latest Batman film, one of a group of five parachutists who leapt from a plane above Inverness-shire in Scotland for a scene from the forthcoming film, The Dark Knight Rises. The man, reported to be Christian Bale's stunt double, plummeted into the roof of the chalet at an outdoor activity centre in Kingussie after strong and unexpected winds sent him veering off course. Despite falling, as one witness put it, like a stone, the stuntman escaped with only minor injuries. Which, provided he can do a decent Joker impression, will at least give him a conversation starter: "Did I ever tell you how I got these scars?"
