Man drops GoPro beneath ‘the most dangerous river in the world’ and people are freaking out at what lies below
A man dropped his GoPro beneath “the most dangerous river in the world” and it’s got people freaking out about what lies below.
Jack Harding documented the experiment for his YouTube channel, @jackasnacks, where he filmed himself lowering a camera into the water.
The Strid is a stretch of water in the River Wharfe, in Yorkshire, England.
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The limestone rock formation in the Strid flips the river on its side, turning it from a calm stream into one of the most dangerous stretches of water in the world.
Harding was keen to find out for himself what exactly is hiding under the surface and dropped a GoPro into the river to uncover answers. Although, the truth has got a lot of people “terrified”.
In the video description, it read: “I sent a camera down as deep as I could in The Strid at Bolton Abbey today to see what the most dangerous river in the world looks like below.”
Lowering his camera down, Harding let it drop 30 meters deep before it became stuck in the rocks.
But there was one particular discovery of a “waterfall” under the Strid which Harding described as the spot that is “most deadly”.
Viewers of the footage were shocked by how many air bubbles could be found so deep below the surface, with some commenting on how powerful the currents must be.
Taking to the YouTube comment section to share their reactions, one user wrote: “Dude, as a diver, I cannot imagine anything more terrifying than seeing air bubbles constrained in current at that depth, that came from the surface vs. a diver's exhaust gas. It takes a huge amount of energy to drag air down there.
“And if that's cavitation... Well, just look up how much pressure that requires! I'm honestly amazed you got your camera back!”
Another said: “The most frightening thing there is the bubbles at 25-30m. It shows just how powerful the downwards current is at that point. If it can take air that far down (and further) then it's easy to see why a person falling in or being swept into that section is not coming up again!”
And a third person added: “This should be shown in classrooms about the dangers surrounding water, and why you should NEVER underestimate it. When you were pulling the camera up, it actually felt like I was someone desperately struggling to try to free themselves from the torrent. You can see why this place has a 100% mortality rate, truly scary stuff!”