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This is the hilarious moment a determined drinker races to rescue his beer from a “dust devil” that swept through the car park of a Pembrokeshire pub.
CCTV footage captured the moment a swirling cloud of dust headed towards The Begelly Arms in the village of Begelly on Sunday.
Seeing the approaching whirlwind, two drinkers rushed inside, but one punter had other priorities.
The man, heading towards his car, immediately turns around and runs to save his freshly poured pint.
The images were shared by the pub on Facebook with the caption “our own mini tornado in Begelly today”.
However, the Met Office says the phenomenon was not a tornado, but rather a “dust devil”, also known as a “willy willy”.
The man can be seen running towards his pint on the bench as the dust devil heads towards it (pictured).
Other customers ran towards the pub for shelter (pictured)
The Met Office says the phenomenon is known as a “dust devil” or “willy willy.”
People were quick to comment on the man who rushed to save his pint, joking about his “priorities” and referring to him as a “legend.”
One said: “I love how that man had his mind set on his pint.”
Another wrote: ‘He did the Morecambe and Wise dance as he ran through the tornado to save his pint!
“That legend came there to save his drink.” added another.
The Met Office describes a dust devil as an “upwardly spiraling, dust-filled vortex of air which can vary in height from a few feet to more than 1,000”.
Officials say a dust devil forms from the ground, while a tornado forms from the clouds and grows toward the ground.
Dust devils typically occur in the desert, last only a few minutes, and are much less powerful or destructive than a tornado.
But the sight of one outside The Begelly Arms, near the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, spooked customers.
Pub owner Peter Adams, 66, said the dust devil “came out of nowhere” on a calm, sunny day and lasted about 30 seconds.
‘My wife and I were sitting outside talking to one of our customers. “We were sitting there and having a drink quietly under the canopy,” she said.
“Then we heard a car alarm go off, we looked around and (the dust devil) was the first thing we saw.”
He added: “We didn’t know what to expect… we all quickly got ready and put our hands on the top of the drinks.”
“It hit the spot where we were sitting and I think it must have stopped it in its tracks.”
He explained that they first thought it was a funnel-shaped cloud, which forms in the sky and turns into tornadoes if they reach the ground, since they had previously been sighted a couple of times in the area.
He added: ‘I’ve never seen one like that before. Every once in a while you see gusts of wind, but I’ve never seen one crossing the car park like that, moving like it’s controlled by radio… It was quite strange to see.’
