When he was just standing there and filming, I was internally screaming at him to run.

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When he started running, I was internally screaming at him to start filming because I couldn't see shit.

I don't think any reasonable person would expect that volume of water coming down the river.

Curiosity is human nature. Sure, it looks stupid, but people often want to see strange and crazy things, until the survival instinct clicks in that is.

Made me think of my wife who likes to stand in the front porch to "look for the tornado" when the sirens are going off. Nevermind the fact that she has only like 120 degrees of view from the porch at most, as the tornado comes up from behind. I love that woman. She's incredibly intelligent, but also way too confident that a disaster can't happen to her.

I think knowing what stupid looks like was an important part of the video