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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Talonflame@lemmy.cafe to c/askuk@feddit.uk

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.cafe/post/35239389

If you're pushed in it'll be no different to being pushed into one of those kid's pools. Are all these people being pushed in and drowning less than 3 feet tall so they can't touch the bottom?

If someone said "watch out, there's a canal pusher about", I'd say "yeah, my brand new Levis would totally drown in that dirty, elongated kiddy pool. The canal pusher is a murderer alright, murdering perfectly good clothes."

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[–] yakko@feddit.uk 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I read a story in a local Bedford paper a few years ago about a guy whose healthy, twenty year old son died after falling into the river. He went into shock as soon as he hit the water and sank like a rock. I'd take a canal pusher seriously, me.

[–] Talonflame@lemmy.cafe 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Went into shock, in what way? How deep was the river?

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 0 points 4 months ago

Like, shock. It's a circulatory condition. The river is like half a metre deep most of the time.

I'd be less worried in good weather, but it's still a risk. It can get cold though, out that way.