Category: WTF
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‘Daddy went swimming’: Girl, 3, found alone on boat on Lake Granbury
A 32-year-old father who went missing Thursday at Granbury Lake has been found dead, officials said. Rescue crews recovered his body where he was last seen by his 3-year-old daughter in their boat. The girl was found sleeping alone inside the boat Friday morning, officials said. Hood County Sheriff Roger Deeds said the 32-year-old father…
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Missing swimmer hoax: Man wanted in two states after three-day South Coast search
The report of a missing swimmer on the South Coast, which sparked a three-day search costing almost $1 million, has turned out to be a hoax. Police were alerted to a report of a missing man at Gillards Beach near Tathra about 5.30pm Wednesday. The “missing” swimmer was reported by a 42-year-old Victorian man, who…
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Wake Sends Multiple Beachgoers To The Hospital After Ship Gets Too Close To Shore
The highways and waterways authority Rijkswaterstaat has lodged a complaint against the captain of a ship that caused a tidal wave off the coast of Vlissingen. engulfing seven people. The agency said the Bonny River, a 160 metre-long sand dredger, passed the beach at Boulevard Bankert at a speed of 13.5 knots on Sunday evening.…
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Big wave washes away swimmers in northern China
A giant wave injured 44 people at a water park in Longjing, China https://youtu.be/SMafHR2btDU
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Two Teenagers Hospitalized With Kidney Damage After Squatting Competition Gets Out Of Hand
Xiao Tang, a 19-year-old sophomore at a college in Chongqing, China, was not used to exercise. This, combined with an apparent competitive streak, led to her being hospitalized when she got into an exercise fight on a video chat with an equally competitive friend. “This is too embarrassing to say. I was chatting with [my friend]…
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Father accused of throwing 5-year-old into Atlantic Ocean, yelling at him to swim
A terrifying swimming lesson led to child abuse charges against a father in Florida. Katie Johnston reports.
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French Locals to Counter Burkini Protest with Nude Swimming
Following an announcement by a group to hold a second “burkini†protest at a pool in the French city of Grenoble, counter-protesters have called on locals to swim in the pool wearing nothing at all. Last Sunday, a group of around a dozen women belonging to the Alliance Citoyenne (Citizens’ Alliance) protested at a pool…
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German tourists run over, killed at Washington swimming hole
Two German tourists visiting family in nearby Portland, Oregon, were run over and killed by a local man as they sunbathed by a swimming hole, police in Washington state said Wednesday. Police arrested David E. Croswell, 71, of Washougal, Washington, and held him on suspicion of vehicular homicide while driving under the influence of intoxicants…