The Most Dangerous Stretch of Water in the World: The Strid at Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire on HackerTube: recommended by 1 Hacker News commenter across 1 month, 2016–2023.
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Tom Scott visits the Strid at Bolton Abbey in Yorkshire, a deceptively narrow stretch of river with dangerous currents. He covers its reputation and the 12th-century legend of the Boy of Egremont.
HN links it as the original, interesting video behind the 'deadliest river' stories and as an extreme river example.
“The original video is pretty interesting”
3 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
And by "reportedly," they mean "we heard it from a guy on YouTube who said immediately afterwards that it's unprovable." The original video is pretty interesting, and the link should probably go directly to there instead of a tabloid retelling. ▶ this video
in “An innocent-looking river in Yorkshire reportedly has a 100% fatality rate” · View on HN
How about The Strid from the River Wharfe? While your river isn't likely that extreme, crossing unknown water is not on my top list of things to do. Tom Scott - ▶ this video The Most Dangerous River in THE WORLD is HOW DEEP?! - [link] [link]
in “‘That Girl Is Going to Get Herself Killed’” · View on HN
Thank you, I was wondering where I knew this guy from: ▶ this video To be sorta on topic, I lived in many countries and I had to get used to people mangling my name in the most creative ways. As long as there is some form of ID or customer reference, I don't care.
in “My name still causes SQL errors” · View on HN