Kinda weird but cool thing I saw
Posted by 74KA on October 19, 2024 at 22:05:25
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I'm visiting my mom this weekend. She lives in a small town on a big lake and in the summer its kind of a major tourist spot, but this time of year its pretty quiet. Main street runs right along the lake and at least during the summer there's lot of swimming beaches, places to fish, boat rental places and stuff. This morning my mom had to get a haircut in town so I went too, and I got a coffee and sat outside to wait. I was watching the water and just relaxing while I waited. Its been unusually warm here for this time of year but definitely not hot enough for swimming. For example I thought its too cold for shorts, and lots of people are wearing sweatshirts or light jackets out. But anyway the spot I was sitting at is across from this small wooden deck that overlooks the water. Its just a small spot with a couple benches and a railing around it. People sometimes fish from that spot. But today there was this kid standing there, I guess he was maybe 18 or so and he kind of stood out for a couple reasons. First off he was wearing jeans shorts, and I don't remember the last time I saw someone wearing "jorts." He was also barefoot which I thought was kind of weird and plus I thought it was maybe kind of cold out to not be wearing shoes. He was also wearing a long sleeve t-shirt. He was kind of slouching on the railing around the deck, looked like he was just chilling and watching the water. I thought maybe he was a stoner or something but whatever, he was just chilling out and not bothering me or anyone else. But then a few minutes later two other guys about his age showed up. I couldn't hear what they were saying to each other, but they talked for a few seconds and then one of the guys took off his shoes, and he and the first guy started emptying their pockets. That got me interested in what was about to happen. The third guy pulls out his phone and starts filming them. Again I couldn't hear what they were saying but the two barefoot guys stood side by side facing the camera guy and said something for the camera, then turned around, jumped up onto the railing then dove into the lake. I lost sight of them but could hear them yelling from the water. The camera guy walked over and pointed his phone at them and seemed to be narrating but I couldn't make out what he was saying. The two guys pretty quickly swam to shore and climbed back up to where the camera guy was. The water had to be freezing and the two guys were obviously cold and shivering. They talked for a few seconds for the camera then the camera guy stopped filming and tossed them some towels from his backpack. Meanwhile some people were out walking and jogging on the sidewalk while this was happening and seemed to give the teenagers some confused looks, but also some laughs. I was gearing up to just go ask them what they were doing, because whatever it was I thought it was pretty cool, but they pretty quickly left and got in a car that just parked nearby and drove off. Can't blame them, the two guys that jumped in the lake had to be absolutely freezing.
No idea who they were or what they were doing. Maybe the two guys lost a bet? Or maybe they're social media "influencers" or whatever and trying to get some "likes" or whatever those guys do? Afaik there's not another ice bucket challenge or something going on, is there? Whatever it was, it looked like a pretty awesome way to start the weekend.
- Re: Kinda weird but cool thing I saw Allwet 18:27:39 10/21/2024
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