California stuntman crashes to the ground as human cannonball act goes horribly wrong, video shows

Terrifying bystander footage shows the moment an experienced stuntman’s act went awry in front of a shocked crowd of onlookers at a California fair earlier this month. 

Chachi Valencia, whose stage name is The Rocketman Valencia, was performing his death-defying human cannonball act at the Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival in Indigo when a strong gust of wind blew him off course on March 2. 

"Taking it day by day with my faithful pup by his side," David Valencia wrote in an update to Chachi’s GoFundMe page.