--- title: Man Drops and Loses Ring After Proposing at a Waterfall description: A Maryland man proposed to his girlfriend at a beautiful waterfall, only to drop and lose the ring in the water below. canonical: https://time.com/4624200/waterfall-proposal-fail/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-05T21:54:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:39:56.518Z og:title: This Man's Waterfall Proposal Ended in an Epic Fail og:description: He lost the ring, but still got the girl og:url: https://time.com/4624200/waterfall-proposal-fail/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Man's Waterfall Proposal Ended in an Epic Fail twitter:description: He lost the ring, but still got the girl twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch a Man's Beautiful Waterfall Proposal End in Disaster  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 5, 2017 9:54 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 5, 2017 9:54 PM UTC Nature can be beautiful and romantic, but [it’s also wild and unpredictable](http://time.com/4608006/ice-golfing-fail/), as evidenced by this cautionary tale of a Maryland man’s waterfall [proposal](http://time.com/4486877/beyonce-surprise-proposal-dancer-concert/) that ended in an epic fail. According to [_Inside Edition_](http://www.insideedition.com/headlines/20789-water-fail-man-botches-marriage-proposal-as-he-drops-ring-into-water), Isaiah Adams proposed to his girlfriend Grace during a hike in Cunningham Falls State Park in Thurmont, Maryland. At a picturesque waterfall, Adams dropped to one knee and asked Grace to marry him (which she said yes to,) but as fate would have it, the ring fell into the water, never to be found again. For better or for worse, the entire proposal and ring debacle was being filmed. In an interview with _Inside Edition_, Grace reveals that she was “crying with happiness but then I was crying with fear all at the same time.” Same, Grace. Same. Watch the full proposal below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4624200/waterfall-proposal-fail/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4624200/waterfall-proposal-fail/"},"headline":"Watch a Man's Beautiful Waterfall Proposal End in Disaster","datePublished":"2017-01-05T21:54:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:39:56.518Z","description":"He lost the ring, but still got the girl","url":"https://time.com/4624200/waterfall-proposal-fail/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Humor","Funny","Weird News","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4624200/waterfall-proposal-fail/","name":"Watch a Man's Beautiful Waterfall Proposal End in Disaster"}}]}] ```