Tom Scott
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2:17 · 7.8M views · May 9, 2016
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.
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
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.
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]