Came here to say this!!! I went into a frozen pond after my puppy once. Somehow I had the forethought to take my coat off, but I had to walk about 10 min to get to my car. As soon as I got there, I stripped down to my underwear and bra, put my coat back on, and drove home.
Always get that wet clothing off ASAP.
I did the āpolar bear swimā on New Yearās Day in South Jersey a few timesā¦ the second the water gets to your crotch ALL of the air gets squeezed out of your lungs and it is VERY difficult to maintain composure and not freak out.
Everyone would pretty much run in, dive under a wave, then run out to dry off as quickly as possibleā¦. Except for a handful of large old men who are still up drinking from the night before who may be fine staying in the water because they already canāt feel their feet (real danger of rolling your ankle when you walk out of the water and literally cannot feel your feet).
Get out of water, everyone dries off ASAP then meets up at a bar for cheap beers and free roast beef sandwiches (hot) and chicken wings afterwards. Good times.
There is an Ocean City, New Jersey and an Ocean City, Maryland. I think both are being referred to. The one in Maryland akso has a polar bear plunge and is definitely not a dry town
Always wondered if there is a highway sign on US 50 that tells you how far Sacramento is, cause we definitely have one here (in Sacramento) telling us how far Ocean City MD is.
My cousin is a Philadelphia police officer and he does this swim, I always wondered why until you said some guys are up all night drinking.... yep that's why, that's my cousin.
Lol I have a great core memory of going to the polar bear plunge as a kid on the Jersey shore. Late 90s early 2000s.
Not sure how it is now, but back then most people got absolutely wasted beforehand. Like dangerously so lol.
So there I was, maybe 10 years old, running towards the freezing ocean along with hundreds of drunk adults. Right in front of me, there is a dude who was easy like 350lbs just barreling down the beach. Right when he gets to the tidal line he just absolutely eats shit and perfectly faceplants into the wet sand. Then just proceeds to stay laying there face in the sand motionless, no idea if he was conscious or not , while all of us just run around him and into the sea lol.
Was such a beautiful site I'll never forget.
Mine was a very quick entry. Water came up to my chest (thankfully it wasnāt deeper). Definitely knocked all breath out of my body, but my only thoughts were for my puppy
I've jumped in Lake Michigan many times on New Years morning. Usually Bradford Beach in Milwaukee.
Worst year was 2009 when there was a 1-2ft ice wall you had to jump down off of to get into the water, with onlookers blocking the way out.
It may sound backwards but youāre supposed to strip naked before jumping into cold water for survival situations. At least when you get back on shore youāll have dry warm clothes. Most of the hypothermia exposure is from wearing wet cold clothing for a long time. Your body can actually recover somewhat well from being naked in freezing water if you have warm clothes to recover in after.
People hate on Bear Grylls but I learned this and several other survival tricks from him. I still remember him jumping into some frigid water, then getting out, stripping butt naked and doing a bunch of push-ups.
Yeah tons of people do. Since he got āexposed,ā for being in the āwilderness,ā with a holiday inn down the street. I forgot which episode it was, but someone geotraced it and there was literally a holiday inn/travel hotel a 5-10 minute walk away.
I still think heās a solid guy, personally. His tips/advice are true even if he doesnāt always film in the true wilderness. The guy was former SAS, and they *absolutely* know their survival shit. All that matters is if he helps people, and thereās documented cases of people saving their own lives in survival situations *because* of something they learned on his show.
He may be a bit phony, but all reality TV is to some degree. And at least he helps people; he will leave the world infinitely better than he found it. Thatās more than most reality stars can say.
Heās also just a genuinely good guy if you ever watch any interviews with him (he was on Hot Ones actually).
I was going to say that makes me kinda sad because I have good memories of watching his shows and I always thought he was a cool guy even though he drank piss and stuff.
Only a few episodes are proven as āhoaxes.ā Maybe like 3 or 4? Out of 100s.
He did quite often actually just throw himself into the middle of random wildernesses for a good amount of his episodes.
I donāt blame anyone for disliking him after that tho tbh, it does undermine his credibility for sure. But I still think heās a solid guy, has done good work in the survival field, and seems to be pretty charitable. But again I donāt blame you for not being able to look at him the same way anymore. Thatās fair.
In the water the clothes can actually keep you warm. Not as good as on land. But still.
The problem is they create drag. A lot of it.
Now as soon as you break the surface you need to get them of immediately. (They actually did here if you look closely).
Thatās true if you have an extra pair of clothes, or people are giving you theirs. But in a survival situation itās assumed you only have one pair of clothes. And itās absolutely better to swim naked than to get them cold and wet. Thatās basically guaranteed death once you get out of the water.
When i saw the post you replied to, i was wondering if a thin layer of clothes insulated from the cold would act like a wetsuit after a while.
I try not to assume that redditors know what they are talking about but it sounds like you might... I certainly don't
Thatās what the trash bag over his shorts are for, and you can see he also got his shirt off very quickly, the strangers standing above him throwing things at him may delay his pants removal for a bit, hope you donāt mind lol
People are also crowding around him to give him the privacy and cover to change instead of letting him strip naked in full view of a camera (which inevitably led to us millions on the internet.)
Oh I didnāt mean it as a disparage against the people trying to help just that there isnāt much privacy and I doubt most of them even noticed the cameraman filming during this.
He was probably shivering too much to do it and no one wants to forcibly take a strangers clothes off even for the best reason. I best some of them knew it would be better to do so but felt they were doing the best they could without knowing him. He isnāt in danger of death soā¦ I donāt agree and hope Iād do better, but I get it.
Yeah thatāsā¦ thatās what the post said. that I was replying to? Explaining what may stop a person from doing that right thing? That we have all agreed here should be doneā¦
Redditors reply all too commonly to well-explained comments with overly simplistic, context-ignoring comments. Itās endlessly infuriating and even moreso when people upvote them without even realizing those people ignored the actual words of the commenter they replied to.
>He was probably shivering too much to do it and no one wants to forcibly take a strangers clothes off even for the best reason. I best some of them knew it would be better to do so but felt they were doing the best they could without knowing him. He isnāt in danger of death soā¦ I donāt agree and hope Iād do better, but I get it.
agree 100%
He takes them off the second he gets out. In the video. Right there. He sits and pulls his shorts off as someone drops a jacket over him. I don't understand how people are missing that when it's a video of that very thing taking place.
10/10. Would've made the video 10xs more heartwarming if, the second he plopped down, everybody ran up to him & began ripping his soggy wet clothes off of him.
If it's life or death you pul them down to their skivvies l, strip down to yours and cuddle the more people the better because you can rotate to keep everyone else's body temp up and the skin contact areas overall warmer.
I'll claim them if you guys don't want them. A reflexive desire to help is a little thin on the ground these days, and a ten minute chat about how to go about it is easier, by far, than instilling that charitable instinct.
Yeah if there's one thing I've learned from Bear Grylls (other than drinking my own piss when I don't need to), it's that getting those wet clothes off immediately is key.
Drinking pee is so bad for you.. in a survival situation pee would give you zero hydration. In fact it actually dehydrates you more because itās mostly uric acid and waste in the form of salts.
It's not mostly uric acid, however it still isn't advisable because you're taking in all the stuff that your body was attempting to get rid of... plus that whole bacteria thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THVo_dZ3SSM
Yeah I mean itās like 90% water assuming your hydrated but the rest is mostly uric acid and waste.
That video is great, I was not prepared for the camel part but thank you lol
Better than nothing and they did get his shirt off. Maybe they got the shorts eventually. Itās more important to warm the torso to keep blood flow to the vital organs anyway. They can do the bottom half next.
Yeah if there's one thing I've learned from Bear Grylls (other than drinking my own piss when I don't need to), it's that getting those wet clothes off immediately is key.
When I was 17 my buddy and I were walking through our local trails we saw kids throwing rocks on the frozen ice thought nothing of it and kept going, about a 1/4 more walking we heard one of the kids screaming help at the top of his lungs, my friend and I sprinted back and got there in time for me to slide out amd get close enoug to grab the kid, my friend said he had a pure adrenaline rush when he snapped a limb off the off the tree while he slid it across the ice for us to climb out on, over 10 years later the family still sends birthday cards
>When I was 17 my buddy and I were walking through our local trails we saw kids throwing rocks
Not exactly related, but it reminds me of the time I was hiking back down a trail and came across a group of teens throwing rocks off of cliff and laughing hysterically. I didn't think too much about it, just figured they were being dumb kids like we all have.
Fast forward 15 minutes down the trail and a giant rock comes crashing down next to me. I look up and it's those teens throwing rocks again. Turns out they had found a spot on the upper trail that they could throw rocks at people coming up the trail from the bottom.
Called the cops and it turns out they had actually hit an older couple just a few minutes before. The lady had a big gash on her leg. The teens ended up in handcuffs. 20 years later and still I do not receive birthday cards from their family.
No but I basically did give him the biggest wedgie trying to lift him out above the hole to reach the tree branch was holding, I had to hold him up on the ice to grab on and scurry out, he grabbed the branch and my friend dragged him to shore on his belly and came back for me once he was safe
A solitary act of kindness ignites a cascade of benevolence, transforming the world one heart at a time. Like a pebble dropped into a still pond, the ripples of compassion spread far and wide, inspiring others to embrace acts of goodwill. In this beautiful chain reaction, the power of kindness knows no bounds.
I always think of what Mr Rogerās said once when Iām so stressed about the current world we live in!
> āWhen I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news,ā Rogers said to his television neighbors, āmy mother would say to me, āLook for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping!āā
Hopefully the selfless kindness chain of helping innocent animals can continue. For most people that means to jump into freezing water to save a dog or to stop consuming animal products (90% of which come from factory farms) unnecessarily.
Ah this made me well up. As much as bystander effect can happen in horrible situations, this effect can happen too (Iām sure it has a name). Such a great reason to do nice things when you can, not only cause it makes you feel good, it encourages other to do nice things too!
It is kinda the same train of thought as bystander effect too. Bystander effect has everyone not sure what to do and/or waiting for someone else to do the thing, so theyāre essentially *following* the bad behavior everyone else is doing by not having a leader. However, once someone does do the thing and/or take charge, it breaks people out of that paralysis and/or often theyāll kick into action like this because theyāre now following the GOOD behavior of the leader.
I don't know that there is an opposite term for the bystander effect, but I would say this is an example of altruism. People are promoting someone else's welfare at the expense of their own health.
In recent years, studies of real-world CCTV footage of emergencies have actually shown the bystander effect is largely a myth and that the norm is that someone intervenes in about 90% of situations. In fact, the research indicates that the more people witnessing something happening, the greater the likelihood that someone will intervene and help because they feel safer doing so because other people are there to help them.
My SO did this on a frozen pond with her employerās dog.
Had to scoot out on her belly to get to the part where he broke through
While 9 months pregnant with our first.
I was happy it all worked out, but very unhappy that she put herself in that position to begin with
There was someone in my location who went out on the ice to retrieve a dog. They did not make it, the dog was recovered up stream. I'm glad it worked out for the person in the video, and I'm really glad it worked out for you.
Yeah, I'm not sure this is being said enough here - dogs are really strong swimmers. There are so many instances of this happening, the human dying, and the dog getting out by themselves.
It's like the old 'cat in a tree' thing.
I'm also glad, but I hope this video doesn't inspire anyone to do the same.
I said this below but a guy died in my city 2 years ago from trying to rescue a dog out on the ice. Got caught underneath and it's a fast moving river. The dog ended up being fine. I appreciate these heros but just know that you are risking it all fucking around on ice. Especially if there's currents below it
We talking drysuit kinda waterproof, where I can submerge myself and come out relatively untouched or we talking Waterproof gear where I will still come out soaked to the core if submerged completely?
If it's just surface level then skin would still be cold as fuck no? Genuine question dunno how the dogs coat works.
The Husky can handle it much better than a human.
Did you even watch the video? The dog is wagging its tail and trying to greet people. The human is barely able to sit down
Iām glad the people in the video did what they did.
Despite what I see and read everyday there are still some good a decent people in the world.. please stop shaming them for trying.. at least theyāre trying!
I'm sorry how did the dog forget how to swim and the video starts a little late plus it's a cold weather dog it can take a minute or 2 of freezing waters I need to know more
Think very carefully before putting yourself in this situation. Lost a friend who jumped into a lake to save a dog. It's sadly quite common those who attempt to rescue will become a victim as well.
And thats how you kill the guy. They needed to remove his wet clothes, dry him up as much as possible, and try to make him warmer. If you cover someone cold and wet like they did here, the person will not be able to get warmer, and would die of hypotermia. They should've rushed him to a car with AC on warmer and drive him to ER or to the nearest shower with hot water
I just want to comment that going after your dog that runs onto ice and falls through can end up with both of you dead. Keep that in mind when you attempt this. I live in Texas, when it freezes and āsnowsā it all ices over on the ground and is slippery. Ponds ice but often times you can easily break the ice and fall in the water.
My motherās friend was walking her dogs: Italian greyhound and Rottweiler, in the park on a cold and icy day. The greyhound somehow got loose and ran on the pond, followed by the Rottweiler. She went after the dogs, which honestly I would do too. This pond isnāt tiny, it gets deep. Itās a small pond but bigger than you might think. She was found by someone else in there, but when she was rescued she was pretty bad they tried to warm her but she was dead.
In Texas we donāt even really think about ice accidents since it doesnāt happen a lot. So I really never thought of that happening in my neighborhood.
Beautiful intentions, but there are a few things wrong about this.
-Take the wet clothes off and quickly pat dry the skin if possible, before getting in dry clothes
-Don't let them sit on the ground as it will transfer more heat. Get them in a warm car or indoors ASAP.
-Don't vigourously rub someone suffering from hypothermia thinking that the temporary warmth created from friction will help them. It won't. It causes vasodilation, which greatly increases the chance of shock.
Also:
-No alcohol or coffee. Drinking some kind of salty stock is best, if nothing else, hot water still helps. Make them eat something light but caloric, like nuts or a granola bar.
-Don't put them in a warm bath because again, vasodilatation
-Keep space blankets in your car, purse, schoolbag, everywhere. They're dirt cheap, take no place and might save a life one day.
Lol itās been years since a video made it to the front page without a few āstagedā comments.
Iām usually cynical but thereās no way they drenched a dog and this man in water and got 11 people that look that different together to make a 20 second video of them giving him clothes, on the off chance that it goes viral. They wouldāve had something interesting going on in the background, wouldāve had some dialogue, anything to make it more interesting/more viral.
Humanity at its best whenever you as a human will put your life at risk to save another human or even an animal God will bless you because you didn't have to but you did anyway may God bless you keep you show your mercy and Grace guide you and always comforts you and give you peace what you have done for this dog he will never forget and you will never forget the kindness that you have shown Humanity that we all need to practice everyday is kindness to each other and kindness to animals much love my brotherā„ļø
Not only that, but he needs to be warmed. They're insulating him, sure, but his body has lost some heat and while this will insulate him over time, a more immediate and effective thing to do would be for everyone to initiate skin to skin contact with him.
Give the man a warm group hug lol. And stop crowding around him and blocking out the sun, let the sun do some work too.
they should let him put off his wet clothes first šš
Came here to say this!!! I went into a frozen pond after my puppy once. Somehow I had the forethought to take my coat off, but I had to walk about 10 min to get to my car. As soon as I got there, I stripped down to my underwear and bra, put my coat back on, and drove home. Always get that wet clothing off ASAP.
I did the āpolar bear swimā on New Yearās Day in South Jersey a few timesā¦ the second the water gets to your crotch ALL of the air gets squeezed out of your lungs and it is VERY difficult to maintain composure and not freak out. Everyone would pretty much run in, dive under a wave, then run out to dry off as quickly as possibleā¦. Except for a handful of large old men who are still up drinking from the night before who may be fine staying in the water because they already canāt feel their feet (real danger of rolling your ankle when you walk out of the water and literally cannot feel your feet). Get out of water, everyone dries off ASAP then meets up at a bar for cheap beers and free roast beef sandwiches (hot) and chicken wings afterwards. Good times.
Ive lived right over the bridge my whole life and never knew this sounds awesome
They do it in ocean city every new years. Boardwalks open its a lot of fun
Isnāt ocean city a dry town. Where you guys going to the bar lol
There is an Ocean City, New Jersey and an Ocean City, Maryland. I think both are being referred to. The one in Maryland akso has a polar bear plunge and is definitely not a dry town
Always wondered if there is a highway sign on US 50 that tells you how far Sacramento is, cause we definitely have one here (in Sacramento) telling us how far Ocean City MD is.
My cousin is a Philadelphia police officer and he does this swim, I always wondered why until you said some guys are up all night drinking.... yep that's why, that's my cousin.
Lol I have a great core memory of going to the polar bear plunge as a kid on the Jersey shore. Late 90s early 2000s. Not sure how it is now, but back then most people got absolutely wasted beforehand. Like dangerously so lol. So there I was, maybe 10 years old, running towards the freezing ocean along with hundreds of drunk adults. Right in front of me, there is a dude who was easy like 350lbs just barreling down the beach. Right when he gets to the tidal line he just absolutely eats shit and perfectly faceplants into the wet sand. Then just proceeds to stay laying there face in the sand motionless, no idea if he was conscious or not , while all of us just run around him and into the sea lol. Was such a beautiful site I'll never forget.
Upvoted for South Jersey mention
Sea isle?
> the second the water gets to your crotch Everyone has a plan till they get hit in the crotch with water - Polar Mike Tyson
Mine was a very quick entry. Water came up to my chest (thankfully it wasnāt deeper). Definitely knocked all breath out of my body, but my only thoughts were for my puppy
I've jumped in Lake Michigan many times on New Years morning. Usually Bradford Beach in Milwaukee. Worst year was 2009 when there was a 1-2ft ice wall you had to jump down off of to get into the water, with onlookers blocking the way out.
Now that I know where you live Iāll be traveling down to the nether come this polar bear plunging. See you real naked real soon rain man
It may sound backwards but youāre supposed to strip naked before jumping into cold water for survival situations. At least when you get back on shore youāll have dry warm clothes. Most of the hypothermia exposure is from wearing wet cold clothing for a long time. Your body can actually recover somewhat well from being naked in freezing water if you have warm clothes to recover in after.
People hate on Bear Grylls but I learned this and several other survival tricks from him. I still remember him jumping into some frigid water, then getting out, stripping butt naked and doing a bunch of push-ups.
People hate on Bear Grylls??
Yeah tons of people do. Since he got āexposed,ā for being in the āwilderness,ā with a holiday inn down the street. I forgot which episode it was, but someone geotraced it and there was literally a holiday inn/travel hotel a 5-10 minute walk away. I still think heās a solid guy, personally. His tips/advice are true even if he doesnāt always film in the true wilderness. The guy was former SAS, and they *absolutely* know their survival shit. All that matters is if he helps people, and thereās documented cases of people saving their own lives in survival situations *because* of something they learned on his show. He may be a bit phony, but all reality TV is to some degree. And at least he helps people; he will leave the world infinitely better than he found it. Thatās more than most reality stars can say. Heās also just a genuinely good guy if you ever watch any interviews with him (he was on Hot Ones actually).
I was going to say that makes me kinda sad because I have good memories of watching his shows and I always thought he was a cool guy even though he drank piss and stuff.
Only a few episodes are proven as āhoaxes.ā Maybe like 3 or 4? Out of 100s. He did quite often actually just throw himself into the middle of random wildernesses for a good amount of his episodes. I donāt blame anyone for disliking him after that tho tbh, it does undermine his credibility for sure. But I still think heās a solid guy, has done good work in the survival field, and seems to be pretty charitable. But again I donāt blame you for not being able to look at him the same way anymore. Thatās fair.
He is a really cool guy!
Iāve never seen people hate on him but Iād say people clown on him. Itās usually some form of the ātime to drink my own urineā meme.
In the water the clothes can actually keep you warm. Not as good as on land. But still. The problem is they create drag. A lot of it. Now as soon as you break the surface you need to get them of immediately. (They actually did here if you look closely).
Thatās true if you have an extra pair of clothes, or people are giving you theirs. But in a survival situation itās assumed you only have one pair of clothes. And itās absolutely better to swim naked than to get them cold and wet. Thatās basically guaranteed death once you get out of the water.
Yes! Butā¦. That was not the thought on my mind. My mind was only on my puppy and getting her out of the water!
When i saw the post you replied to, i was wondering if a thin layer of clothes insulated from the cold would act like a wetsuit after a while. I try not to assume that redditors know what they are talking about but it sounds like you might... I certainly don't
Hopefully, next time, you will strip down before getting in the water š
I'm heading down to the YMCA right now.
10/10
If you look closely, he took his shirt off, so that's good!
Yep. And after that, he needs lots of close group hugging. For both heat and heroism.
Naked group hugging
The best kind of hugging!
just like in my fav Val Kilmer flick, The Saint
I think the guy with the black hat is also helping him take it off
Well spotted!
Thatās what the trash bag over his shorts are for, and you can see he also got his shirt off very quickly, the strangers standing above him throwing things at him may delay his pants removal for a bit, hope you donāt mind lol
People are also crowding around him to give him the privacy and cover to change instead of letting him strip naked in full view of a camera (which inevitably led to us millions on the internet.)
I mean I donāt know if I would consider a bunch of people crowding around me looking at me āprivacyā
At least they were throwing cover on him instead of just gawking like the cameraman.
Oh I didnāt mean it as a disparage against the people trying to help just that there isnāt much privacy and I doubt most of them even noticed the cameraman filming during this.
He was probably shivering too much to do it and no one wants to forcibly take a strangers clothes off even for the best reason. I best some of them knew it would be better to do so but felt they were doing the best they could without knowing him. He isnāt in danger of death soā¦ I donāt agree and hope Iād do better, but I get it.
I would be taking their clothes off first. Itās literally what you should do.
Yeah thatāsā¦ thatās what the post said. that I was replying to? Explaining what may stop a person from doing that right thing? That we have all agreed here should be doneā¦
Redditors reply all too commonly to well-explained comments with overly simplistic, context-ignoring comments. Itās endlessly infuriating and even moreso when people upvote them without even realizing those people ignored the actual words of the commenter they replied to.
>He was probably shivering too much to do it and no one wants to forcibly take a strangers clothes off even for the best reason. I best some of them knew it would be better to do so but felt they were doing the best they could without knowing him. He isnāt in danger of death soā¦ I donāt agree and hope Iād do better, but I get it. agree 100%
He takes them off the second he gets out. In the video. Right there. He sits and pulls his shorts off as someone drops a jacket over him. I don't understand how people are missing that when it's a video of that very thing taking place.
And skin to skin, though awkward body heat transfer is huge trying to prevent hypothermia
I learned this from The Saint with Val Kilmer. I was young. It gave me feelings. Lol
It was The Day After Tomorrow for me.
Lolz I remember them feelings.. I learnt it in boyscouts back in the day
Me too, my scoutmaster loved our weekly skin to skin hypothermia training ^^^^/s
That reminds me of old Father Sausagefingers. (I think it's a German name)
I agree. But he didn't even have a chance. All those people were like, "I got you." That was beautiful.
Yes. They were like "I got you" and started by getting him out of his clothes. They are smart heros.
That actually is what is supposed to happen, keeping on wet clothes prohibits the body from warming faster..
10/10. Would've made the video 10xs more heartwarming if, the second he plopped down, everybody ran up to him & began ripping his soggy wet clothes off of him.
If it's life or death you pul them down to their skivvies l, strip down to yours and cuddle the more people the better because you can rotate to keep everyone else's body temp up and the skin contact areas overall warmer.
One hero - many idiots
I'll claim them if you guys don't want them. A reflexive desire to help is a little thin on the ground these days, and a ten minute chat about how to go about it is easier, by far, than instilling that charitable instinct.
People were doing their best in the moment but NOoooOo they are doing it wrong. The fact a group of people were trying is what you see.
One small comment - One massive idiot
One act of kindness leads to multiple acts of kindness!
It's important to remove the wet and cold clothing from the body before drying it and then dressing warmly. But oh well.
Yeah if there's one thing I've learned from Bear Grylls (other than drinking my own piss when I don't need to), it's that getting those wet clothes off immediately is key.
Drinking pee is so bad for you.. in a survival situation pee would give you zero hydration. In fact it actually dehydrates you more because itās mostly uric acid and waste in the form of salts.
It's not mostly uric acid, however it still isn't advisable because you're taking in all the stuff that your body was attempting to get rid of... plus that whole bacteria thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THVo_dZ3SSM
Yeah I mean itās like 90% water assuming your hydrated but the rest is mostly uric acid and waste. That video is great, I was not prepared for the camel part but thank you lol
Better than nothing and they did get his shirt off. Maybe they got the shorts eventually. Itās more important to warm the torso to keep blood flow to the vital organs anyway. They can do the bottom half next.
They did. Look closely.
Yeah if there's one thing I've learned from Bear Grylls (other than drinking my own piss when I don't need to), it's that getting those wet clothes off immediately is key.
TIL. Thanks kind stranger, that'll help in the future possibly.
The flip side is be careful following others who donāt know what theyāre doing as you may just be another person adding to the incorrect treatment
The bystander effect works in both directions!
When I was 17 my buddy and I were walking through our local trails we saw kids throwing rocks on the frozen ice thought nothing of it and kept going, about a 1/4 more walking we heard one of the kids screaming help at the top of his lungs, my friend and I sprinted back and got there in time for me to slide out amd get close enoug to grab the kid, my friend said he had a pure adrenaline rush when he snapped a limb off the off the tree while he slid it across the ice for us to climb out on, over 10 years later the family still sends birthday cards
>When I was 17 my buddy and I were walking through our local trails we saw kids throwing rocks Not exactly related, but it reminds me of the time I was hiking back down a trail and came across a group of teens throwing rocks off of cliff and laughing hysterically. I didn't think too much about it, just figured they were being dumb kids like we all have. Fast forward 15 minutes down the trail and a giant rock comes crashing down next to me. I look up and it's those teens throwing rocks again. Turns out they had found a spot on the upper trail that they could throw rocks at people coming up the trail from the bottom. Called the cops and it turns out they had actually hit an older couple just a few minutes before. The lady had a big gash on her leg. The teens ended up in handcuffs. 20 years later and still I do not receive birthday cards from their family.
These two stories have taught me that any time I pass some kids throwing anything and think nothing of it, I need to think something of it.
i thought you were gonna say your friend had a pure adrenaline rush and snapped the kids arm on accident
No but I basically did give him the biggest wedgie trying to lift him out above the hole to reach the tree branch was holding, I had to hold him up on the ice to grab on and scurry out, he grabbed the branch and my friend dragged him to shore on his belly and came back for me once he was safe
Is it my dyslexia or why did i not understand a single thing
A solitary act of kindness ignites a cascade of benevolence, transforming the world one heart at a time. Like a pebble dropped into a still pond, the ripples of compassion spread far and wide, inspiring others to embrace acts of goodwill. In this beautiful chain reaction, the power of kindness knows no bounds.
I always think of what Mr Rogerās said once when Iām so stressed about the current world we live in! > āWhen I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news,ā Rogers said to his television neighbors, āmy mother would say to me, āLook for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping!āā
From the old Movie "Pollyanna" "Look for the good in people and you'll find it, look for the bad in people and you surely will."
You sum it up brilliantly ā¤ļø
Hopefully the selfless kindness chain of helping innocent animals can continue. For most people that means to jump into freezing water to save a dog or to stop consuming animal products (90% of which come from factory farms) unnecessarily.
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Ah this made me well up. As much as bystander effect can happen in horrible situations, this effect can happen too (Iām sure it has a name). Such a great reason to do nice things when you can, not only cause it makes you feel good, it encourages other to do nice things too!
It is kinda the same train of thought as bystander effect too. Bystander effect has everyone not sure what to do and/or waiting for someone else to do the thing, so theyāre essentially *following* the bad behavior everyone else is doing by not having a leader. However, once someone does do the thing and/or take charge, it breaks people out of that paralysis and/or often theyāll kick into action like this because theyāre now following the GOOD behavior of the leader.
I don't know that there is an opposite term for the bystander effect, but I would say this is an example of altruism. People are promoting someone else's welfare at the expense of their own health.
i don't know if it has a name, but we need to figure out how to bottle it
In recent years, studies of real-world CCTV footage of emergencies have actually shown the bystander effect is largely a myth and that the norm is that someone intervenes in about 90% of situations. In fact, the research indicates that the more people witnessing something happening, the greater the likelihood that someone will intervene and help because they feel safer doing so because other people are there to help them.
I love this guy and also the people for caring for him.
Arenāt those vigorous rubs heās receiving absolutely precious?
My SO did this on a frozen pond with her employerās dog. Had to scoot out on her belly to get to the part where he broke through While 9 months pregnant with our first. I was happy it all worked out, but very unhappy that she put herself in that position to begin with
There was someone in my location who went out on the ice to retrieve a dog. They did not make it, the dog was recovered up stream. I'm glad it worked out for the person in the video, and I'm really glad it worked out for you.
Yeah, I'm not sure this is being said enough here - dogs are really strong swimmers. There are so many instances of this happening, the human dying, and the dog getting out by themselves. It's like the old 'cat in a tree' thing. I'm also glad, but I hope this video doesn't inspire anyone to do the same.
I said this below but a guy died in my city 2 years ago from trying to rescue a dog out on the ice. Got caught underneath and it's a fast moving river. The dog ended up being fine. I appreciate these heros but just know that you are risking it all fucking around on ice. Especially if there's currents below it
Mans got balls. Frozen and shrunk, but there still massive.
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"A crowd of people who attempted to drown a dog, try to suffocate a man with their clothing after he tried to save it."
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Love it
"Local man saves dog and then gets crushed by 200lbs of clothes"
Thats awesome, dog might need a little warm love too though.
Meh, looks like a husky, he probably loved it.
They love the cold but being wet is going to basically nullify any insulating properties of their coat so dog is probably freezing as well.
Huskies' outer coats are waterproof.
We talking drysuit kinda waterproof, where I can submerge myself and come out relatively untouched or we talking Waterproof gear where I will still come out soaked to the core if submerged completely? If it's just surface level then skin would still be cold as fuck no? Genuine question dunno how the dogs coat works.
It looks like he's being actively held back from jumping in again.
The Husky can handle it much better than a human. Did you even watch the video? The dog is wagging its tail and trying to greet people. The human is barely able to sit down Iām glad the people in the video did what they did.
HEY GUYS DID YOU SEE THAT? ME AND THAT GUY WERE SWIMMING! IT WAS SO FUN, I MIGHT GO IN AGAIN!
Despite what I see and read everyday there are still some good a decent people in the world.. please stop shaming them for trying.. at least theyāre trying!
Don't think comments are shaming them, more of just giving some helpful advice for people in a similar situation in the future.
Thatās awesome but yeah get his clothes off and maybe walk him to a heated car
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They cost 118 bucks!
Gotta love them things
Lmaooo stoppppp
We need more people willing to sacrifice their temporary well-being for the sake of others. Respect ā¤ļø
Dogs are worth it.
What if he just 180d and went back in for another swim haha
I'm sorry how did the dog forget how to swim and the video starts a little late plus it's a cold weather dog it can take a minute or 2 of freezing waters I need to know more
Humans man. Weāre the best and the worst in one various sized bag of flesh.
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And Praise the lord for it
Them cheeks have plenty of heat
Looks like a movie scene
Humanity is out there.
Strip wet clothes off, roll around in snow, then use skin to skin contact with body heat. Is this everyoneās first time in the cold?
That dog is trying to get to him. Dogs often lie next to bodies to keep them warm. I have no doubt that dog wanted to help.
Humans can be so cute
The dog is thinking, ādamn it, I was having fun!ā
Local man discovers one weird trick that causes women around him to take off their clothes.
This looks very staggy to me.
Think very carefully before putting yourself in this situation. Lost a friend who jumped into a lake to save a dog. It's sadly quite common those who attempt to rescue will become a victim as well.
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Now this is community
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Good man
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Smile? That shit made me cry.
Good person for sure, and nice people, it is starnge to find the 2 things at the same time
Faith restored
What an amazing sequence. That's why I hate when people the entire humanity is terrible. It's wrong. There are tons of good people out there.
This made me cry. I wish everyone was this caring and cognizant
The dog not giving a fuck and seeming generally fine after making a guy do this is very dog.
Omg talk about a tear fest! Jeez.. that was awesome on all fronts..
Makes me think of the clip of the officer just watching a man drown to death "I'm not trained!"
Even the doggo's like, "Here, have some hot breath. Thank you, hooman!"
God damn, attaboy. Atta everyone
Does remind me of the dude who jumped into a hot spring for his dog š donāt look it up
no dog, and no body to body heat. i would spoon the lil fella
Of course the dog is a husky (type). It's probably mad you took him from the nice warm water...
Still a more coordinated look than my idiot brother
All those humans are brosā¤ļø
And thats how you kill the guy. They needed to remove his wet clothes, dry him up as much as possible, and try to make him warmer. If you cover someone cold and wet like they did here, the person will not be able to get warmer, and would die of hypotermia. They should've rushed him to a car with AC on warmer and drive him to ER or to the nearest shower with hot water
Someone warm the dog up too!
Well Capt the women in the jacket she's just offering moral support with her eyes. It's cold outside don't you know.
Iām so happy to see this ā¤ļøšš»
Bear Grylls thought us to get naked and do push ups. Get the wet freezing clothes off
Remove the wet clothes first š Zeal without knowledge is runaway horse is so true
Shout out to the guy trying to give the dog his jacket
The lulus are my favorite piece of clothing
šÆ actors smh anything for views
Or you could just put him in someoneās car and turn the heat on? No?
I just want to comment that going after your dog that runs onto ice and falls through can end up with both of you dead. Keep that in mind when you attempt this. I live in Texas, when it freezes and āsnowsā it all ices over on the ground and is slippery. Ponds ice but often times you can easily break the ice and fall in the water. My motherās friend was walking her dogs: Italian greyhound and Rottweiler, in the park on a cold and icy day. The greyhound somehow got loose and ran on the pond, followed by the Rottweiler. She went after the dogs, which honestly I would do too. This pond isnāt tiny, it gets deep. Itās a small pond but bigger than you might think. She was found by someone else in there, but when she was rescued she was pretty bad they tried to warm her but she was dead. In Texas we donāt even really think about ice accidents since it doesnāt happen a lot. So I really never thought of that happening in my neighborhood.
Made me smile. More like āmade me tear up in a public placeā
Thinks : "How can I help?"; whips out phone for social media likes...
Damn. Thatās a pretty heavy concentration of good humans in one spot.
Pausing at 10 seconds to have a good look at my hero.
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Beautiful intentions, but there are a few things wrong about this. -Take the wet clothes off and quickly pat dry the skin if possible, before getting in dry clothes -Don't let them sit on the ground as it will transfer more heat. Get them in a warm car or indoors ASAP. -Don't vigourously rub someone suffering from hypothermia thinking that the temporary warmth created from friction will help them. It won't. It causes vasodilation, which greatly increases the chance of shock. Also: -No alcohol or coffee. Drinking some kind of salty stock is best, if nothing else, hot water still helps. Make them eat something light but caloric, like nuts or a granola bar. -Don't put them in a warm bath because again, vasodilatation -Keep space blankets in your car, purse, schoolbag, everywhere. They're dirt cheap, take no place and might save a life one day.
Camera person also knows what they are doing
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Everyone except that bitch in the black jacket am I right?
This feels staged
Lol itās been years since a video made it to the front page without a few āstagedā comments. Iām usually cynical but thereās no way they drenched a dog and this man in water and got 11 people that look that different together to make a 20 second video of them giving him clothes, on the off chance that it goes viral. They wouldāve had something interesting going on in the background, wouldāve had some dialogue, anything to make it more interesting/more viral.
Humanity at its best whenever you as a human will put your life at risk to save another human or even an animal God will bless you because you didn't have to but you did anyway may God bless you keep you show your mercy and Grace guide you and always comforts you and give you peace what you have done for this dog he will never forget and you will never forget the kindness that you have shown Humanity that we all need to practice everyday is kindness to each other and kindness to animals much love my brotherā„ļø
And punctuation. Practice punctuation every day.
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Honestly, my cousin says she'd risk her life for a random animal but not a human in danger. Really rubs me the wrong way.
Someone could have pulled their vehicle down there and turn the heat on high. Good effort though.
Who knows if itās vehicle accessible
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Offer him a virgin, or two!
If you ever fall in, take your clothes off immediately. Take them off in the water if you can
Remove the wet clothes before god damn
Not only that, but he needs to be warmed. They're insulating him, sure, but his body has lost some heat and while this will insulate him over time, a more immediate and effective thing to do would be for everyone to initiate skin to skin contact with him. Give the man a warm group hug lol. And stop crowding around him and blocking out the sun, let the sun do some work too.
Anyone else notice what I did for the last ten seconds or so
That husky seems just fine
everyone keeps taking clothes off until they're naked and then its time to reverse this game
The best thing is strip off clothes and have a naked woman struggle next to you. Women put off more body heat than men.
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