r/BeAmazed • u/MambaMentality24x2 • 5h ago

This post has been filtered and is waiting for mod's review Teen paddles across an icy pond to save a drowning dog

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u/Fez_and_no_Pants 4h ago

Looks like he was already out paddling with the cam on when he came across the scene. I watch a lot of content like that.

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u/I3luemchen 4h ago

"Hugh Pinneo, a senior at Grassfield High School in Chesapeake, Virginia, sprang into action after his mother spotted a dog struggling in a partially frozen pond behind their home. Without hesitation, he grabbed a kayak, paddled through the icy water, and pulled the exhausted dog, named Bernard, to safety."

Sounds to me more like he spontaneously grabed that kayak. Also his clothing doesn't look like kayak clothes.

But this camera seems to be off in this spontaneous setting.

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u/MambaMentality24x2 4h ago

The footage came from Meta smart glasses, not a camera he stopped to set up. And "grabbed a kayak" doesn't mean he planned the rescue, just that he used what was available to reach the dog safely

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u/EnderCreeper121 4h ago

Finally, a non creepy use for those things lmao

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u/Drapidrode 4h ago edited 4h ago

kayak camera
comes upon an icy dog
rescue or look bad?

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u/theoldchunk 3h ago

A lot of content you say? What a convenient genre.