re: Three hunters dead after attempting to rescue trapped dog

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because of exhaustion from treading water and eventually drowning?

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...that makes no sense.

Unless the water was under 60 degrees or so.

Even then you'd have hours before hypothermia gets you.


Edit. Hydrogen sulfide. They probably went to sleep and didn't feel it.

Is there a photo of what they fell/jumped into?

I am confused AF

Old cisterns are terrifying. In high school we went to explore this abandoned early 1800s mansion that was supposedly haunted. I almost fell into one of those, apparently it had 2 large cisterns that collected rainwater from the house and could be pumped through the house. House had running water in the early 1800s which was very rare. I remember I happened to look down right before I stepped in, it shook me up. Those things had to be 30 feet deep one was half full of water and the other dry. You could see dead critters floating in there.

Terrifying way to die trapped in something like that.

This was it



Cool house though



You can see the 2nd cistern in the yard here





Sadly it burned down. 2 ft thick brick walls, place was built like a fricking fortress. The hand carved moldings and stuff in that house was gorgeous, Shame it wasn’t kept up

Pet culture is to blame for this

Lots of people in So Louisiana know that going into closed spaces like cisterns, manholes, storage tanks and even compartments in ships is suicide without the right safety gear and ventilation. There may be no oxygen or something deadly like H2S. Many tragedies happen when people try to rescue the 1st guy.

I can't understand this, I need a picture.

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wonder how difficult it was to get the bodies out

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Just fill in the hole and put up 3 headstones

I love dogs as much as the next person. But I'm not going to kill myself trying to save one.

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said they were trespassing and had been run off another piece of property nearby.

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Well I wouldn’t wish injury or death in anyone doing this, none of these folks families better stoop so low as to try and sue the landowner over this

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You never put human life on the line trying to save an animal

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Where does it say that?

Just curious because I’ve never come across that rule.

I’m not agreeing with what they did, because it seems they didn’t have a well thought out planned rescue of the dog before jumping in. The reason 3 people and the dog died.

Personally I’m going in after my dog. I’m going to die eventually, rather it be trying to rescue something, not shitting myself on the couch at 86. Everyone’s different though.