Category: WTF
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Scientist Sits on a Whale Carcass to Photograph Great White Sharks Up Close
How far would you go for the perfect wildlife photo? Would you sit on a rotting whale carcass in the midst of great white shark feeding frenzy? Well, that’s exactly what one scientist photographer does in the clip above, which aired back in 2008 on the Discovery Channel. See PetaPixel Personally, I am not sure…
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Naked swimmer rescued after getting stuck on rising drawbridge
A naked man had to be rescued by firefighters in Florida after the drawbridge he was walking across began to rise. The swimmer was walking along the Florida East Coast Railway railroad bridge in Fort Lauderdale on Friday morning when it was raised up 100 feet and he got stuck at the top, Firehouse reports. He had been swimming…
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Wellington youth swim in train station floodwaters
Floodwaters may have shut down Wellington’s train stations, but a group of thrillseekers have found a fun but unsanitary way to take advantage. Heavy rain on Wednesday meant the stairwell at Porirua Train Station had completely filled up with water, prompting young locals to strip down and go for a swim. The footage shows a…
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Snorkeler discovers ‘skeleton tea party’ 40 feet under water
A snorkeler who thought he had found human remains in the Colorado River actually came across fake skeletons sitting in lawn chairs. One skeleton was holding a sign that indicated they were placed there in August 2014 in an area of the Cienega Springs boat launch in La Paz County. Sheriff’s deputies met with members…
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Diving World Series invader crashes 10m platform final in London
An intruder made an unwelcome splash when he invaded the final of the men’s 10m platform final, won by Tom Daley at the Diving World Series. The young man evaded security staff to make a dash for the diving boards at the London Acquatics Centre on Sunday night. He pulled off his tracksuit to strip…
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Ruff ride: Dog drives Dodge into swimming pool
A North Carolina couple’s black lab is in the doghouse after crashing a pickup truck into a swimming pool. The pooch didn’t have her paws on the steering wheel but she was pawing the pedal to the metal. Their pet named Caroline rarely left home without the couple, Mike and Ruth Smith. But when they…
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Mike Irvine, B.C. Masters Student, Defends Thesis Underwater
A University of Victoria student is making waves both on and off-shore after he became the first person in the world to defend his master’s thesis underwater. Mike Irvine, who studies education, live-streamed his exam on YouTube Monday from six metres (20 feet) below the surface. “It was a project that’s been evolving and growing…
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Swim coach says he was sexting wife from hotel pool, police say
The former coach of Michigan Lakeshore Aquatics told police he was sexting his wife when he was caught exposing himself at a hotel pool, police said. Troy Emmons, 53, was “completely naked” when Saugatuck-Douglas police showed up after being dispatched on a lewdness complaint at AmericInn in Douglas, Police Chief Ken Giles told a judge. “He said…
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Portland Police: Suspect jumps in river, can’t swim
On Sunday afternoon Portland Police responded to SE Water Ave., near the Tillikum Crossing bridge where a suspicious man was possibly stealing wire from an electrical box. The man has been identified as 39-year-old Randall Hartwell. Officers arrived in the area and tried to talk to Hartwell, but he gave a fake name to police…