The Most Dangerous Stretch of Water in the World: The Strid at Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire
Tom Scott1 HN recommender · recommended in 1 month, 2016–2023
explainer · general · evergreen · 2016–2023 on HN
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.
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3 comments from Hacker News
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
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
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.