- A glass-bottomed footpath appeared to crack at over 3,800 feet high in China
- A tour guide crawled on the walkway as he thought the special effects were real
- The scary feature is supposed to be a new draw on the East Taiheng Mountains
China’s passion for glass-bottomed walkways has reached a new level as one scenic spot is deliberately making the see-through panels crack at over 3,800 feet high.
With the help of sensors and special effects, the glass floor would appear to shatter as the tourists walk on them to make the visitors’ journey more exciting.
Not every one knows it’s a trick though, as footage has emerged showing one terrified tour guide wobbling and crawling on the walk way as soon as he sees cracks on the glass.
A tour guide walked on a glass-bottomed walk way on north China’s Taiheng Mountain (left). The glasses were installed with special effects to make cracks along with sound effect (right)
People’s Daily Online posted the 10-second-long video on Twitter today, showing the tour guide yelling as he looked down the transparent walk way bottom on Taiheng Mountain.
Tourists who followed behind stopped at the covered glass walk as the man screamed.
East Taiheng Mountain Scenic Spot mentioned the video in a post on Wechat on October 9 claiming the incident to be taken at the last section of glass walk where special effect has been installed.
He started to wobble as crack marks appeared on his every step (left). The frightened tour guide had had to kneel down and walk carefully (right)
The man could not stand up and cried for help as he looked down the transparent glass (left). An infrared sensor was installed to detect movement to show cracks on glass (right)
Located at Hebei Province, the East Taiheng Glasswalk measures 266 metres (872 ft) long and 2 metres (6.6 ft) wide.
It’s built at 1180 metres (3871 ft) high above sea level, along the mountain cliff.
The cracks on the walkway is one of the features of the attraction, along with surround sound effect and light decorations.
There are infrared sensor installed near the end of the walkway to detect any human movement in order to present the cracking effect on the glass.
‘The cracks will follow your steps wherever you go. You will hear the cracking sound even you walk blindfolded,’ stated in the post.