Swim spot LURES people in then KILLS them | James Bennett's story

When there's a bunch of signs telling you not to swim, then don't swim. The signs are there for a reason.

I always thought the still spots were safe...

“Be-THRONED”?😂

I was there in December after cyclone Jasper. THe place was flooded and the water was rushing*** it was beautiful.

their boots crunching on the gravel?

Soy was the 1st to go under the rail who would name their kid Soy sauce

How hard is it to obay a damn rule, that's put up to prevent your death...........😤 Tragic and unnecessary. RIP

No dudu, no devils, no siming in rapids, or caves, no parachuttes, no climbing. It's easy guys.

Yeah the problem with warning signs they put them everywhere where it's actually safe

james bennett is my uncles name

Once again something that seems ordinary in Australia tries to kill everyone.

There is also the strid in England...looks like small stream but underneath those rockey platform it's a meat shredder..

I’ve somehow become hooked on watching all these, even though this are terrifying and it’s nighttime, and I need to sleep. I don’t make good choices, but I know I will never cave dive.

Devils Pool Walk is an SCP

On the thumbnail, that cave system looks thicc.

Enjoyed [if that's the appropriate word] and subbed too.
Too bad these types of events arent gifted with the knowledge of their potential Darwin Awards if their daring mistakes go sideways.
Tragic for all familiar with the victim

I feel like every swim class should also contain a small session about swimming in a flow canal. The water in the swimming pool looks quite calm even with the flow canal switched on, but once you're in the canal there's not that much you can do other then going fully through it. Definitely some sort of knowledge that might've saved one life here.

The Aussie Strid. Big nope.

Place reminds me of the Strid in England.

If an Aussie says it's dangerous - it's F*&KING DANGEROUS.

i couldn't help but laugh when you were talking about what it takes and such to be a mine sweeper then said something about intelligence and how it was perfect for james then you also keep showing his pic and I go why am I not shocked to hear this? toss a stick or leaves or something in that floats and see what it does or what happens at least. i know it may not always be a good gauge on safety but its better than jumping in when there are 500 sighns saying don't or just do what the signs say?

Ya

You think him being in the military would make him smarter. Just because you're in the military and so on doesn't make you a smart individual.

I found a spot like this in Bidwell Park in Chico CA many many years ago when I was young, reckless, and willing to try a dangerous stunt.
There is a creek running through the upper part of Bidwell Park, with a lot of volcanic rock formations. One spot, popularly called Bear Hole has as its name suggests, a "hole" in the creek's area, a spot that widens and deepens into a pool with quite the current. This place is quite popular. The depth at the bottom varies with the season but I've seen it about 8 to 10 feet deep (say 3 meters or so). The lava rock is worn smooth by the water action and part of it underwater has a slot formed in it which the water runs through. I was nuts enough to swim down, turn over upside down and swim through the slot (with the strong current) and manage to slide out the other end, still well under the surface. Had I gotten stuck, well, no one would have noticed for way too long I'm sure.
Not but maybe a year or two later some guy did the same after a few beers. His friends were on towels on the rocks passed out as he tried the slot swim. He was a big guy and apparently he got in and couldn't get through the outlet. The current held him there unable to get out and it was quite a while before his friends came out of their stupor and realized he was missing. Then one of them finally swam down and saw his feet halfway down in that slot. Very bad situation. I don't know if they did anything to the rock formations, but folks have drowned in that location nearly every year! I haven't been back there since 1991 but I've heard stories of drownings and near-misses.

Hey all these danger signs? Yeah we should ignore them :)

"we are not going into the water" ... also: "lets jump in the water of the forbidden area"

Just imagine that some of those rocks probably would of being twice that size back when the Aborigines started to settle there first and over millennia the water eroded them down to what we see today.Crazy when You think about it.

Wow.. even the creeks will kill you in Australia

why are there mines in their coast?

i see what you did with that thumbnail. Nice.

no normal people would do this that appreciates their life.

A search for "babinda" gets a lot of hits. I'd never heard the word until today, hence the search. I'm glad I'm too old for that sort of thing. Years ago it would have been irresistible. Thanks for the vid. Keep well m8. 😀

Some places shine unto you, some places have bad memories that try to keep repeating the same tradgey over and over again.

Would you believe that The Strid in North Yorkshire is even worse.
If you go in you dont come out that is 100% proved by history

Every time I see stories like this I sit...mouth agape...just dumbstruck. This park had everything except flashing lights and an audible "hey dummy....don't even think it" messages playing whenever someone crosses a threshold. And yet, people cross that threshold all the same. I want to know why seeing others testing the limits is a reason to do the same. Believe me, I understand the bravado of being young but there are simply places on this planet humans can't go without a serious risk of dying. We have to pick and choose these battles...when we are willing to take a risk and when it just isn't worth. I feel so sorry for the guys that lived because they have to carry the guilt that they all made that decision together.

F'd around and found out!

When I was a kid, my younger brother and I were at the beach, pretty far out in the water. All of a sudden, we got sucked into what I later figured out was a riptide.

I desperately clung to my brother's arm as I paddled as hard as I could. I remember seeing where the sand dropped, and the vast blue ocean darkly welcoming us into its gaping maw.

I think we lucked out as eventually we stopped being sucked in (I assume I was swimming diagonally since I only had one free arm) and were able to safely go back to shore.

My brother denies this ever happening (he had the brain of a squirrel) and my mom has no idea and would deny it anyway. And it's so crazy how quick stuff can happen and how silent it can be.

he couldnt have been THAT smart if he joined the defence force and ignored so many blatant warning signs when he had literally no experience.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE RISK THEIR LIVES IN PLACES LIKE THIS AND RISK THE LIVES OF THE RESCUERS. IT'S VERY SIMPLE . . . DON'T GO IN, STAY AWAY.

So they're blaming the kids for making them think it was safe to swim?

The signs couldn't be more clear. DON'T SWIM THERE

I’m just gonna say it this right here is natural selection at its finest

Reminds me of the Bolton strid- looks calm but right under the surface it’s fucked

Is there nothing in Oz that can't kill you

Is there nothing in Oz that can't kill you

swimming scares the crap out of me plenty of people day every day trying to swim in rivers

If it's called 'Devil's Pool' then don't get lured in.