A student left a camera on a picturesque mountaintop in Snowdonia in an experiment into human trust. Paul Bellis Jones, 24, left a note with the camera near the summit
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Camera left on mountain top is returned full of snaps of fellow hikers
A student left a camera on a picturesque mountaintop in Snowdonia in an experiment into human trust.
Paul Bellis Jones, 24, left a note with the camera near the summit of Mount Tryfan, instructing walkers to take a picture then leave it for the next person. He was keen to know if the camera would be returned to his home in Glan Conwy, near Llandudno, as per his instructions, of if it would be stolen instead. Thankfully for Mr Jones, over 30 ramblers took photographs of themselves at the beauty spot, which overlooks two large rocks near the summit. When the film ran out four days later, the camera was personally returned to his house by a National Park warden. The student, who left the camera and accompanying note in a sealed bag, launched the experiment in mid-May. He said: 'I was speaking to a friend who said you can't trust anyone, anywhere these days. 'I didn't want to believe that so I set up this experiment to found out what might happen and proved you can trust people.' 'I planned it that way. Tryfan is very popular and gets a lot of visitors, but not as many as Snowdon. 'The camera was one of the use-once type and was left in clear view near Adam and Eve, the two large rocks, right at the summit. 'I took the first photo of my friends and then left it. There was another group just behind us coming up to the summit and I saw they had found the camera and knew it was being used. But I didn't know then if I would see it again.' The camera was returned to Mr Jones by Ogwen Valley warden Brian Jones. He said: 'We find a lot of equipment on the hills during the year and we do our best to reunite it with their owners. 'I found the camera and thought it had been lost until I saw the note. 'I was passing his home and just dropped it off. I'm glad the photos came out fine.' Liberated from: Camera abandoned by student on mountain top is returned full with snaps of fellow walkers | Mail Online |
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Another cool post!
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Pretty cool but I'm sure that if that camera was anything more then a one time use, it would be gone and the guy would probably get his house robbed for leaving his address.
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Looks like it was one of those disposable cameras and not an $800 SLR. Perhaps if he was to use an expensive SLR, then he may have been disappointed in his little experiment.
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I was on a ski trip once and some chick left her camera on the table. About 5 of us stuck it down our pants and snapped shots then put it back, rofl.
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