CATACLYSMIC EVENT IN ITALY

Monday October 1st 2007

A once in a century event was captured on film by a papparazzi (italian photographer) on Monday 1st October 2007 in the Mediterranean off the coast of Positano. A bikini clad female was recorded swimming in the sea for the first time in known memory. The event coincided with a small volanic eruption at a local hill called Vesuvius. Thousands of tourists are now cancelling trips to the pub in Pompeii which was rather badly damaged in the eruption and are booking swim watch cruises in the hope of seeing if the swim event will be repeated. The photographs below, show the local town of Pompeii completely deserted, the pubs closed and even the famous local theatre with only one patron on Tuesday. All boat companies on the West coast of Italy have reported full bookings for the rest of October.