In July of 2000 a day trip to Blackpool pleasure beach with friends turned into a gruesome nightmare for Christopher Sherratt as he managed to slip out of his car half way through riding one of the parks most popular attractions, the Space Invader. To add to the horror, the ride in question was submerged in darkness which made it near impossible to tell exactly what was going on. This is the infamous story of the Space Invader Disaster.