What makes it the most dangerous stretch of water in the world?
forgot_my_useragain on
Just looked it up because I’ve never heard of it before. The River Wharfe in Yorkshire, England is a normal river about 30 feet wide in most places. However, in this area known as The Strid it passes between 2 banks of mossy boulders and becomes about 5 feet wide, but very deep. Some estimates I could find put it at over 200 feet deep. The deceptive depth combined with the powerful current has led to a number of fatalities, with many of the bodies never being recovered.
The stuff of nightmares.
Winnertony on
…and the banks are super slick with moss and you slide right in and disappear!
Ruben_001 on
Wrong.
The most dangerous stretch of water in the world is my bathroom after I’ve taken a shower.
skymoods on
if it were in america, kids would have a tik tok trend of jumping the 5ft gap to the other side of the mossy rocks.
SwissMyCheeseYet on
Shoutout to my fellow former Cracked readers who just had a bunch of memories unlocked by this post
hoodytwin on
Why did you have to post a pic? This place fills me with fear, and I’m sitting comfortably on the Midwest US.
StrangeGiggles on
Why dont tbey build a dam and redirect the water to someplace else?
paigezero on
Went there for days out as a kid, with no idea how dangerous it was. Though my parents might well have known, we never got close or played around near the water.
i_am_the_soulman on
My mother’s hysterics when I got close to it make more sense when you know the danger
Tramkrad on
I’ve been there a few times. It’s a lovely place, rather peaceful and serene. When you’re there it really doesn’t seem dangerous because you can’t tell how deep it is at all because of how turbid the water is. In fact, I had no idea just how dangerous it was until I watched Tom Scott’s video on it!
ShutYourMouthTeddy on
Are signs, or at least a sign, unreasonable? Understand it’s nature but surely something basic can be put up. Or maybe there is one and it’s just not visible here.
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What makes it the most dangerous stretch of water in the world?
Just looked it up because I’ve never heard of it before. The River Wharfe in Yorkshire, England is a normal river about 30 feet wide in most places. However, in this area known as The Strid it passes between 2 banks of mossy boulders and becomes about 5 feet wide, but very deep. Some estimates I could find put it at over 200 feet deep. The deceptive depth combined with the powerful current has led to a number of fatalities, with many of the bodies never being recovered.
The stuff of nightmares.
…and the banks are super slick with moss and you slide right in and disappear!
Wrong.
The most dangerous stretch of water in the world is my bathroom after I’ve taken a shower.
if it were in america, kids would have a tik tok trend of jumping the 5ft gap to the other side of the mossy rocks.
Shoutout to my fellow former Cracked readers who just had a bunch of memories unlocked by this post
Why did you have to post a pic? This place fills me with fear, and I’m sitting comfortably on the Midwest US.
Why dont tbey build a dam and redirect the water to someplace else?
Went there for days out as a kid, with no idea how dangerous it was. Though my parents might well have known, we never got close or played around near the water.
My mother’s hysterics when I got close to it make more sense when you know the danger
I’ve been there a few times. It’s a lovely place, rather peaceful and serene. When you’re there it really doesn’t seem dangerous because you can’t tell how deep it is at all because of how turbid the water is. In fact, I had no idea just how dangerous it was until I watched Tom Scott’s video on it!
Are signs, or at least a sign, unreasonable? Understand it’s nature but surely something basic can be put up. Or maybe there is one and it’s just not visible here.
And I did call you Shirley
I was looking for the basket. Wrong sub…
Tom Scott did a great [video](https://youtu.be/mCSUmwP02T8?si=k6hXYDDQFuaewIan) on this, for anyone curious.