'Foolish' man rescues dog by crawling over frozen river
A man wearing just his pants has crawled across a frozen
river to rescue his trapped dog, but has been told off by firefighters.
The man apparently fell into the River Stour in Essex but managed to climb out with the dog.
The incident has been described as a "foolish act of bravery" and an Essex Fire Service spokesman said it was "extremely dangerous".
Another dog-walker said: "We couldn't believe what we were seeing."
"He stripped down to his pants
and started crawling across the ice," he added. "He fell in but managed to get
hold of the dog and put it on the ice."
Don't try this at home: the man
attempts to crawl across the ice. No one's told us why he was only wearing
pants. Daft doggie daredevil danger?
A spokesman from Essex Fire
Service warned people against trying to walk or crawl on ice.
"Even though this ice appears
to be strong it can be eggshell thin and anyone who falls through into the water
below could get trapped under the ice and would only be able to survive for
minutes in the freezing water," he said.
"It isn't worth the risk. Dogs
will normally make it safely off the ice and back to the shore - the same cannot
be said for people."
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