Dangling Beetle: BC Parks' Daring Rescue

0:00It's April 3rd. Welcome to Vancouver News Today, powered by AI. BC Park's face is a tough job pulling a hollowed out red Volkswagen Beetle off a cliff called the Papuce near Shannon Falls. The car's dangling high above highway 99 and power lines spotted on March 30th. They're rushing a removal plan, but it's going to cost a bundle and tie up resources from other park work. The whole area is shut down until it's gone. This looks like an old UBC engineering student prank, but no one's owning up yet. Officials say the spots too risky with active roads and wires below so they can delay. A local climber checked it out up close on March 31st and called the setup straight up sloppy. That climber, Ryan Block, who's built routes there for years, saw weak rigging with just a few bad anchor points and old nylon straps. One cable was holding all the way on a single boat, and they even drilled new holes in the rock that wrecked it for climbers. He wouldn't even stand under it. Squamish nation leaders are furious, calling it disrespectful to their sacred land and

1:03dangerous for everyone. Meanwhile, BC Parks and RCMP are digging into who did it, eyeing charges like mischief, or worse if someone gets hurt. Expect a plan any day now, but until that Beetle's down safe, the shutdown sticks around the key folks out of harm's way.