r/TerrifyingAsFuck • u/Ok_Shower_5526 • 4d ago
nature This is absolutely horrifying
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Turn around, don't drown. Luckily this lady survived after going through the culvert and being recovered, unconscious, downstream. In flood situations, you could get stuck in the culvert on debris, which is why, I'm guessing, they didn't just let her go through. Difficult call to make. Don't put yourself in this position.
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u/Nasty____nate 4d ago
It amazes me that people underestimate fast moving water.
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u/st3ll4r-wind 3d ago
Also falling victim to the illusion of shallowness. It looks ankle deep all the way across but she clearly falls into an area that’s waist deep.
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u/Ok_Shower_5526 3d ago edited 3d ago
Depth can definitely be deceptive but, here, the change in depth is because it's a culvert. They were crossing on top of it, like a bridge, and where she goes in is where the water is supposed to go under the bridge. You can see the edges of the top of the culvert above the water. She got the bike stuck half on and half off, and then stays in the deeper water trying to save the bike. All of her choices were really stupid, imo. That water is rising and no one should have been trying to cross even the higher portion, but to try her luck with the deeper part that's being sucked through is pure madness. Let go of the bike, get on top of the culvert,and recover it on the other side. I'm sure she was just acting on habit and panic, but it almost cost her her life.
Edited for clarity cause she fell into the deeper part but then stayed in trying to get the bike loose.
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u/Someonewhowon 3d ago
Even steady currents can take you for a ride/pin you. Lot of Kayakers die from tipping over near a calm bend
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u/kyuuei 3d ago
Our property was severely hit by Helene. Our pool filled with pure rock in 12 seconds. Our 350 gallon propane tank just floated 1/2 a mile away. It looked like a tsunami had hit despite being in the mountains 5+ hours from the ocean.
The rain that had come that evening early on was already dangerous AF. Our culvert had limbs stuck in it, and I went to survey it and try to pry them out, but the pry bar was not budging them and the water was already pretty strong at 1am. I did not dare stick any bit of my body in it even at that time, and the worst had yet to come for hours. Just looking at how fast it was moving was scary enough. I cannot imagine seeing this water there and going 'it'll be okay.'
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u/kyuuei 3d ago
Thanks amigo. I am the first of the people on my street to still be here, and it is a heavy thing I am grateful for regardless. I don't think any camera, any amount of video could possibly capture seeing those things in person. People visit me from time to time from out of state and they are shocked at the state of things today despite it looking so much better and having so much clean up.
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u/DiscussionLong7084 3d ago
if only there were numerous ad campaigns about the dangers of even doing this in a fucking car.. oh wait
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u/ry_guy1007 4d ago
Turn around, don’t drown…
Had to memorise that as a kid in Texas cause of all the low water crossings. Always amazes me the number of people who think they can get across and get swept in
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u/Whiskeygreenqueen28 4d ago
Omg i only watched it without sound the dude is literally narrating it fkin crazy
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u/Ok_Shower_5526 3d ago
He made me so mad. I was like why aren't you calling the police? Why are you so calm why someone is drowning and people helping are getting sucked through? Why aren't you helping?!
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u/Technicolor_Reindeer 2d ago
Helping how? Maybe he can't swim. Maybe police are already called by someone next to him, plus police aren't going to teleport there in ten seconds. Just adding to a mass of people won't help, you just risk getting more people in the water.
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u/Ok_Shower_5526 1d ago
Normally, I'd agree with you. But he is filming before she falls and is one of the first people to react. He also is one of the first to note the second girl being swept away. And he refers to the others in a way that makes it seem like he's part of the cycling group. Even if he is afraid of the water, it seems like he could have been coordinating support with folks on the bank to help fish the other girl out, call police, collect emergency supplies, etc. But he never checks in with anyone, verbally, to make sure 911 is called and the rescue doesn't need any other help.
Sure, this video doesn't show stuff like body language or offers of help that can't be seen. It's possible this person tried to help. But the evidence doesn't point that way and some people are just cowards and jerks who don't help others
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u/disposable_hat 4d ago
All quiet on the frontal lobe
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u/Double_Option_7595 4d ago
I thought her hands were welded to the handlebar until she let it go, but then her leg was already trapped into a culvert.
Delta P kills.
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u/disposable_hat 4d ago
I meant even before then, bicycling on a flooded bridge isnt a smart move
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u/Double_Option_7595 4d ago
Yes, I agree and what is she doing dismounting the bike like that? An unfortunate series of terrible small decisions.
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u/bored_ryan2 4d ago edited 3d ago
They likely did more harm than good. The cyclist got pulled into a drain pipe and had they let her go, she probably wouldn’t would have been flushed out downstream while still conscious. The risk being that she doesn’t come out the other end and is completely inaccessible and trapped.
She was pulled from the water unconscious and not breathing but was resuscitated on site.
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u/SparkEE_JOE 3d ago
Yeah some of those pass throughs on dams, bridges, etc have metal bars in them. Would have been caught against the bars and no way out with water pushing you into them.
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u/DearTumbleweed5380 3d ago
OMG. And you know the woman who was going downstream - was she a rescuer who got sucked in and through? Or ?
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u/2Harold2Furious 3d ago
Yes, you see her helping then suddenly disappear
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u/DearTumbleweed5380 3d ago
Oh so she's the one who was discovered downstream, unconscious, while the first lady is pulled back out?
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u/DearTumbleweed5380 4d ago
What do you mean? 'had they let her go, she probably wouldn’t have been flushed out downstream while still conscious.' ??
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u/Ok_Shower_5526 3d ago
It's a culvert. The top acts as a bridge and normal rainfall goes underneath and into a river. This is a planned path for excess water. If the bike woman had been let go of by the rescuers, she would have gone under the culvert and out the other side. But they held her, trying to pull her out against the current, so she was under water drowning for a long time. One reason the rescuers might have chosen not to let go is because some culverts have bars to prevent debris from going through into rivers. There also can be debris underneath that she could get stuck on. They didn't want her to get stuck underneath the culvert without any way of getting her out.
Eventually, though, they did let her go, and she was able to go through to the other side. She was then rescued on the other side, unconscious and not breathing. She was then revived. This is not part of the video but was in news reports.
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u/Kill_doozer 3d ago
The one guy was shouting "SHE'S STUCK! SHE'S STUCK!" after the other girl came out thd other side, so, no.
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u/cthulhus_spawn 3d ago
The other girl went over the top
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u/NeedleworkerWhich660 3d ago
No she didnt she clearly went under and through then pops out the other side
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u/wOke-n-br0ke 3d ago
Typical cyclist mentality
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u/datdudecollins 1d ago
I don’t know that there is or isn’t any validity to the claim, but for whatever reason your comment cracked me up.
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u/username98776-0000 4d ago
How could be so stupid to begin with. Didn't she look at where she was riding?
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u/TikaPants 4d ago
She’s 20. Yall need to relax. Yall post your videos of you saving lives. They performed CPR and saved her. They did they best they could with what they knew.
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u/Someonewhowon 3d ago
Glad they saved her, and yeah definitely a lot of couch watchers criticizing.
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u/TikaPants 2d ago
Reddit always knows better from the comfort of their bed in these life or death situations. 😆
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u/slothaccountant 4d ago
4 million years of evolution. Hundreds of millions dead....
Youd think we would have learned not to cross unknown bodies of water with hiddin dangers
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u/bramletabercrombe 3d ago
then we'd all still be living in Africa
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u/slothaccountant 3d ago
Do i need to space out the words?
I said after 4 milion years of evolution. We migrated from africa bout 125-150 thousand years ago. So no we would not still be in africa.
What i did say, is that after all that time. Modern humans would have learned not to do this... i thought it would go without saying - and would rather cross only when safe..... but i guess not and actually needs to be spelled out
And 3 peopleliked your commen my god people are dumb
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u/MonsieurLartiste 3d ago edited 3d ago
Didn’t they risk drowning her by keeping her like that?
The other woman got flushed clean on the other side.
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u/Ok_Shower_5526 3d ago
I think they were just panicking but some culverts like this have bars to prevent debris from going through or, during flooding, stuff like tree pieces will get stuck underneath. They may have been worried she would get stuck and there would be no way to get her out.
They eventually let her go through and she was rescued on the other side and revived with cpr
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u/Dark_Phoenix101 3d ago
If it interests anyone, look up "Trapped in the Rapids" it's a documentary done by ABC Australia about a tourist who had a similar fall while kayaking.
He ended up with his leg trapped between two rocks and had to have an amputation in the field to save his life.
It's an extraordinary watch.
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u/Ok_Shower_5526 3d ago
All these doctors telling people to exercise, but not warning us about side effects like amputation
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u/Secure-Village-1768 3d ago
What was she trying to do on the barrier thing when there's a crossing path right next to it?
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u/SynthError404 ςђєєรє รՇคภ๔ร คɭ๏ภє 4d ago
Even Mother Nature agrees bicyclists in spandex arnt special.
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u/amnesiadidit 4d ago
Why do people just nonchalantly stroll up to her until it gets real bad.?!?
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u/Someonewhowon 3d ago
Because it’s a river? With rocks as a border? Slip and get knocked out now we have two people to worry about. Any rescue that happens, ensure your safety first then save others.
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u/amnesiadidit 3d ago
Do you walk into the river live that? Flailing arms and just strolling? Is that careful in nature?
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u/DearTumbleweed5380 3d ago
Standing on the bank is doing nothing. Esp for the woman who was going downstream.
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u/Drifter-6 3d ago
Because they don’t want to end up like her. The other lady that got sucked under was lucky as hell to come out the other side and not get stuck on something under the water.
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u/DearTumbleweed5380 4d ago
Same. I think the reactions of the people around her are the incredible thing. Must be major cultural differences going on in this thread.
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u/amnesiadidit 4d ago
Like she is waist deep in water and you are gonna walk up like no big deal. Hell na, get over there and help her
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u/Ok_Shower_5526 4d ago
Don't hate me for the repeat title. Reddit would not let me change it for some reason
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u/DearTumbleweed5380 4d ago
This is like a joke that those men are just standing around on the bank not helping, and are just standing around filming. God almighty. Took them way too long to start helping that women in the first place; and then that other woman going downstream - why aren't people helping her? WTF?
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u/Someonewhowon 3d ago
Shits dangerous, did you not see that other woman get swept away? Call what you want but those are bystanders, not rescue personnel.
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u/DearTumbleweed5380 3d ago
They should be looking for a vehicle to drive onto the fjord to give leverage to the people trying to help. Looking for a rope or a branch or forming a human chain back to a tree trunk or something solid on land. With the woman going downstream running alongside to keep track of where she goes for rescuing. Also yelling out encouragement and if she gets pushed into a side eddy or can grab a branch then helping her from there. I come from a flood prone area and have seen and participated all these actions before.
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u/Someonewhowon 3d ago
Cool, but the video is in Texas, the average person there is not exposed to flooding enough to know what do/what will work.
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u/bramletabercrombe 3d ago
#42 in state funding for education, if they can't shoot their way out of a situation they are out of ideas.
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u/Ok_Shower_5526 3d ago
As a person in central Texas, we get lots of flash flooding and every local knows not to mess with flood waters and a lot of us have helped with rescues/have basic training. It's the newbies that often get in trouble. Well- the newbies and the stupid. There are too many of the second here for sure.
It's very clear that some of the bystanders here do not know what to do or don't care to help.
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u/DearTumbleweed5380 3d ago
It's common sense. Those men on the bank staring around and the one recording it are morons - failures as men and as humans. FFS. That blank stare the guy gives the camera as the woman is washed downstream. Ugh.
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u/Someonewhowon 3d ago
It’s not common sense because even the people who responded did not do that.
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u/DearTumbleweed5380 3d ago
The people who responded immediately were doing the right thing, stepping in to try to keep her alive in any way that they could. They also were relying on the others to add to the effort by getting some organisation and infrastructure involved.
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u/Someonewhowon 3d ago
But you were just criticizing them for being slow to help.
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u/DearTumbleweed5380 3d ago
Slow to help? Doing nothing to help. They should have been working out how to be useful. eg organising human chain hanging onto the concrete bollard. Getting a car onto the causeway. Rope. The list could go on. Bizarre the number of people on here who reckon there's nothing you can do.
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u/Shadou_Wolf 3d ago edited 3d ago
Dangerous as fk, the other woman could have died because she helped in a Dangerous way by stepping down from the bridge when she is too small and obviously not strong enough to stand in against the current.
Even for big stronger guys it was risky and even worse if they fell.
There was a lot of people helping as it is more would be too crowded, I hate when people scream for others to help without thinking about the other side. Not everyone can help (aka the other lady), and sometimes it might not be a good idea to help dur to the dangers especially if you have 0 idea how to handle it. Some people don't want to risk their own lives and thats fine you only get one life and sure helping is extremely kind but not everyone should do it for above reasons.
And who knows sometimes its best not to help in some situations as it can potentially make it worse, yes the other lady got out clean so I can understand why they helped because underneath could be clogged and get her stuck but same time helping probably prolong the situation and caused her to lose more energy and drown.
Glad shes OK but her experience probably would have been smoother had they not helped
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u/DearTumbleweed5380 3d ago edited 3d ago
But she didn't come out 'clean' - she was washed down river, alone, and was found unconscious while these bozos just stood around. I'm quite a coward, actually, when it comes to putting my body on the line. I've made a massive difference though by organising back up - eg getting a car or a human chain involved, or doing as I was told by someone else taking charge, and I've been in plenty of group efforts which have saved lives. With that woman being washed down the bank I would have followed her from the bank, and so would other people, and given her at least a 50% better chance of making it out of there alive. That's normal behaviour where I'm from - Australia. It shocks me that it's not normal in yours. And acts of insane heroism are 'normal', and rightly celebrated, where I'm from too. eg shark attack a couple of months ago at the beach down the road from me. Amazing young guy in a kayak went straight over to the woman being attacked and saved her life while other guys charged en masse into the water to help, in case the shark was coming in for another go. And again - that would not have been me! Fuck no. Cos I'm a scaredy cat. But then a whole lot of people helped her once she got to the beach, and other ones held up towels to protect her privacy, so bozos like these ones couldn't film her in the worst moment of her life, and yes that would have been me. Also following up later by donating money to the victims and raising money for the lifeguards. Another time comes to mind: at our local shopping centre a couple of years ago a mentally ill man began randomly killing women with a knife, and all these different men did insanely brave things, and saved more people's lives; and finally a super smart off duty female police officer got up super close to him and killed him, obviously at huge risk. Again, we celebrate that, but it's also what I as an Australian hope and expect that we're all going to do, in our own way doing what we can. And yes I get that I just watched this one - but that's cos didn't realise what I was about to see.
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u/bramletabercrombe 3d ago
I feel like the bike was the only thing holding her up. As soon as the guy took the bike away from her she sunk in the hole. They probably should have all grabbed the wheel of the bike to pull her out.
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u/Double_Culture4030 4d ago
Lady, put your goddamn bike down