There's a second danger besides the whirlpools, prominently visible here: Water that appears white from air bubbles will not provide enough buoyancy for swimming. You *will* sink. Aeration pools in water treatment plants carry the same danger. And it's also the reason jacuzi's are shallow.
Irrigation canal weirs common in the western US appear inviting on a hot day and your last thought looking at one is "danger". But the innocent looking little man made waterfalls will kill you. I jumped in one as a kid and it terrorized me for a long time. You can't see anything but air bubbles so you don't even know you're sinking. And between the bubbles and swirling water you can't tell which way is up. You try to swim and feel no resistance on your hands.I happened to hit bottom and pushed off as hard as I could, surfaced, then stroked like crazy and managed to get out and head down stream . It was over 50 years ago and I still wake up to it at night. Same thing happens under waterfalls. People die every year in the pools below falls from the same thing. Funny. Not the water that kills you but the air in it.
That's why guys like you and me are still alive!! Cave diving is great....diving in is easy....but getting out against a sudden torrent of water might be quite different. But then....knowing you f...ed up, and this is it...what a way to go?
As a proud Yorkshire man that's visited the strid many times it still scares me to death. Wouldn't believe how many people risk it getting close to the edge for a insta photo or something. Absolutely brain-dead
The river seems too long for barriers and barriers don't keep people out....Idiots climb over them. There are other videos of drownings where there were barriers and lots of warning signs. The problem is that people don't think when they see signs and barriers
There are places 'close by' where it's possible to get a close up photograph of the torrent flowing through The Strid, but you shouldn't even stand too close, just in case - That's why cameras have zoom lenses!
My Dad was fishing near those stepping stones when a flash flood swept through . He said the water went from ankle to calf deep in about half a minute which alerted him to roaring and an awareness that the river was rising fast. By the time we got to the river bank it was way up his legs and he was ready to drop his fishing rod to speed his exit up the bank . Doing that was a big deal . He cared about his fishing rods.
I've never been there, am fascinated by the strid at bolton abbey. I need an intelligent English man to answer a question for me. Would you be able to survive the strid wearing a good snug life jacket, or what you guys call a lead.
It's not a diver with a diving stick, but a diviner with a divining stick/rod. A diviner is a person who finds water, ghosts, etc - and in this case attempts to find bodies - using a divining rod.
Went there with my wife last year i walked right to the edge and slipped nearly fell in. we threw two sticks in to see what happened and if they would float and they both sank straight down and never popped up again, never seen that before in my life!
We used to go to Bolton Abbey every saturday when I was a kid. I used to throw little sticks into the strid just in front of the waterfall. They never got sucked under. They just floated down while spinning clockwise. Twigs probably had less density than the water they were thrown into
I have read it is exceptionally deceptive because the water on the surface flows slower than in the depth; it creates swirls of great force that won't let anybody get out. Looks peaceful on the surface with ferocious powers beneath. The river there is very narrow but very deep, imagine the whole force of the whole river squeezed into a narrow passage. Shudder. One of the scariest bodies of water on the Planet
cherrytomato6139 It is described as the river turning on its side as it goes through that narrow channel so it gives you a clue as to how deep it might be and how strong the current. My family are all from the North Riding of Yorkshire so I have been there; though a long time ago, and I recall it looking very pretty with the waterfalls and surrounding woods. Having since been to Niagara Falls whose power you can both see and feel, the Strid looks fairly harmless and that is what is so very dangerous about it because it is tricky and deceptive, prone to flash flooding where the water can rise significantly in a minute!
Why not send down something small but heavy? Like an ROV OR temporarily dam off that sections and create a bypass so the level goes. To nothing. No telling what might be found.
There's one in Australia very similar and very dangerous. It has areas like a acumen amd parts they call the washing machine. It's basically the same. Looks more inviting though. Aborigines also have a story about a lover who fell in and forever after beckons young men. There must be more in other countries too. The ine in Aus has a very similar action.
@@AHD2105 I think I saw something on RUclips not that long ago about the place you are referring to. I believe the event took place a while ago, where a group of students had gone walking up there and one of them went under the barriers and into one of the pools because they were good swimmers. Sadly he got sucked under and was dragged over all the rocks etc with the current and his body was recovered a few days later? All very tragic :(
Ive learned in my 44 years on earth that water doesn't have to look particularly innocent or inviting or calm- regardless of how it appears, there are people who will get in it anyway. I live on the coast of Florida and every year people drown here because they get in the water when it is rough- and it looks rough. We even have a color coded flag warning system and people will just ignore a double red flag with big crashing waves. Some of these are people who aren't even used to swimming in the ocean (well, gulf of Mexico anyway) but decide theyre not going to let dangerous surf conditions keep them from getting in the water on their vacation. Youd think the fact that the beach is almost completely deserted in high tourist season would tip people off but every year, there are a few just in my area whose families go home not with wonderful vacation memoties but with crushing grief and one less family member.
It’s been a bad year for y’all. Hope the tourons eventually figure out the danger (probably won’t). I’ve always been fond of Destin and was always surprised when I found strong currents (and good surf!) stay safe
Same every year, even at the small (but treacherous) baltic sea. Every year some tourist would unfortunately die during the summer in the tiny town where my parents lived 😭😭😭
idiots are always drowning. here in oz a lot of tourists die at bondi beach. I think nearly every day people almost drown so many that they have a yt channel to show how crazy it is especially at Christmas because it's summer here.
I bet the name strid comes from Norse and not stride, as in stride over. There are places in yorkshire called force or Foss which is Norse also meaning waterfall
I was a paramedic and was involved in the search for Liz and Barry, it appears that they were washed away by a flash flood, the turbulent water In the strid are hyper aerated these bubbles make objects sink fast to the bottom. I often think about them both. RIP.
There is a river near me that is also notably dangerous. It looks very calm on the top but the current is strong and there are undertows everywhere. My father saw a log taller than him (6ft) get sucked in and never resurface.
Reminds me of a place called Rainbow Falls in Hilo, Hawaii. Lots of Hawaiian legends surround it. People fall in and don't get found for days. Never underestimate the power of water
As a kid I used to swim in boiling pots before it got blocked off. We knew where was safe and where the currents and underwater lava tubes were. So crazy to hear how many lives it took including experienced swimmers and locals. RIP
I have to laugh at the description of the Bolton Strid as appearing "calm and shallow enough for swimming". Just about every picture shown looks treacherous!
It looks like a pretty stream to me. I would definitely swim in it if I didn't know it was dangerous. Im in Australia and have swam in creeks that look similar
That's so awful. 🥺 My sister was your age when our brother drowned (he was 2.5 and I was just six months old). I don't remember anything of course, but I'm pretty sure I have carried my mother's grief with me. I can't even really imagine.. 😔 How old are you now? I hope you have found some sense of peace.
Around 10 years ago at very very low water levels I swam up the strid. The water was moving very slowly and there was no swirling currents to speak of. However, what i discovered were a number of thin vertical rock fins like shak fins sticking out vertically like mini walls into the channel. Each had been worn smooth like large flat ship propellor blades and I half used these underwater features to progress up the channel. I concluded that, at normal water levels or higher, these blade-like obstructions would cause hugely powerful eddies that would munch any part of your body against these sharp edged rock fins leaving me in doubt why the Strid is so lethal. P.s. as a now retired Geologist I suspect the straight and deep channel feature that is the Strid to be caused by a faultline which has been etched deep by the river and the abrasive pebbles it carries! It is truly a wolf in sheep's clothing....the Strid has big teeth!
The sheer number of animals alone that drowned there is beyond calculating and then factor in all the various tribes, troops and travelers who made the mistake of getting into the water over thousands of years….
We have a section of river here in Hawaii that is somewhat similar. Its called boiling pots. They call it that due to the water looking like it is boiling. Lots of people have died in this stretch.
Eventually I plan on going to HI but from what I know of it, the water is dangerous. My HI friend and his buddy almost died after being dragged out to sea but they swam and swam and made it back to shore. They were in high school. I will go stand in the edge of water maybe just for a second but otherwise I will stay on land. I’m not a strong swimmer. I appreciate the beauty of the water and will respect it. From my understanding, one is never supposed to turn their back on the water. I will keep that close to my heart when I visit.
Great video! One thing to clear up, when it is said by the narrator that the Bolton Strid struck again in 1952 with the drowning of Baron de Rommily; this event took place in 1154 according to a quick google search, me being confused that William Wordsworth commemorated him when he died 100 years before 1952. That silly insignificant error out of the way, the video was fantastic and would love more like this!
yeah and he used a picture that he said was Rommily (which was spelled wrong) which couldn't have been Rommily, I don't know what was up with that error.
I have a number of childhood memories of having a church picnic at Bolton Abby and walking up to the Strid and being absolutely terrified by it. I've got kids now and whilst I dont mind paddling further downstream we don't go up the Strid.
Obviously this isn't possible, but imagine if you could search the bottom with a metal detector, there could be ancient stuff down there, coins, swords, etc
@@alison4316 I would have to tie myself to a nearby tree, considering how slippery the rocks are and how you would be constantly dropping a heavy magnet and dragging it back up it would only be a matter of time before you slipped on your arse and slid into the water - in the one river you really don't want to slide into.
I recall an old yellow paperback on my father's shelf as a child called 'Haunted Yorkshire'. There's photo of The Strid inside with the caption.... 'a milk white horse appears on May Day and presages death'. That was enough for me.
Visited this a few years ago. perfect place for just walking about. You'd never know it's that dangerous. My mum lived nearer to the abbey and played around there all the time.
I live in the north of England and my cousin is right on the doorstep of Bolton Abbey - it was one of her father’s favourite places. I don’t think I’ve heard her mention the Strid, although I’ve been to Bolton Abbey and the surrounding trails with her. I found this really interesting.
I was there a month ago with my 84 year Mum. I love the fact that among all the dark wonders of the world.The Strid is up there- only in Yorkshire! Its so beautiful and we saw a massive brown trout jump by the stepping stones.Well worth a visit.
The word ”strid” comes directly from the Norse, meaning torrent, rapid. And that stretch of the river is definitely torrential and rapid. I doubt that it has anything to do with ”stride”.
I've been here many times, it's very near Bolton Abbey which is a nice day out for kids/families in the north. The typical walking route goes right by the strid, there's the odd sign warning of danger of death but you would never expect the sheer force and danger of the water just by looking at it from above. I always got an eery feeling when looking at it and taking care on the slippy rocks!
Back in the 60's I used to live not to far away from the Strid and as kids we knew it had a reputation as dangerous and even fatal and as such would be treated with respect.
I grew up in Skipton and spent many days at Bolton Abbey. The Strid had a reputation for danger and we were always warned off. However, we'd frequently go across those stepping stones at Bolton Abbey and often fall in! While caution should be taken, not every area of the river is so dangerous.
Yea, it definitely looks like it has an extreme current and the extreme depth makes that even worse. A big water trap/drowning machine. Any river/creek with a strong currents and depth is dangerous. I've stood on the banks of the Mississippi , and you can sense how dangerous it is(or should).
I was there last week. Lovely place. The strid looks innocent enough but you can tell there is some serious currant squeezing through that tiny looking gap, when you stand right beside it.
There is, she is called Ginny Greenteeth. Shes usually described at the far side of the jump enticing people (young men) to jump. Sometimes shes said to be the young woman from the first story or a nature spirit with a dislike of men.
There's one in Australia of a similar mechanism. Looks fine from the top, but underneath it's all caves amd funnels and tunnels that people get sucked down under into. They are death traps.
"The Strid" sounds dangerous and terrifying just in name alone. I imagine that a sci-fi movie with a race of killer creatures or aliens would make them immediately scary just by calling them "The Strid".
I've visited a similarly innocuous but dangerous area in Australia. It has a {relatively safe} swimming hole and then goes off into bouldery territory with waterfalls and sometimes just trickles of water. It's quite beautiful, and looks very inviting to walk around. But due to the water/valley's layout it can be prone to massive and extremely rapid flash floods/washouts. The boulders just make that worse by battering anyone caught in it. It's had at least one major fatal incident, probably morre. In some of the edge areas there are sirens, and they basically say 'exit ASAP if you hear this, you have minutes or less'. Only other places I've ever been with similar ominous signs everywhere vibes is a town that is within the evacuation area of a semi-nearby nuclear power plant. Oh and I guess some of the more rough areas of Alaska I've been to warn you not to leave town unarmed. Not as harshly true as it is actually in the Artic.
Yep, that's it! Although I think I may have confused the sirens from the Barren Falls/Gorge area. Not 100%. I took surprisingly many pictures of signs basically saying "this water can kill you, now you know, have a good day", lol. Crocodile warnings, jellies, rip currents, etc.
5:04 "...the river that heartlessly snuffed out their lives." Eh? As opposed to - what? The warm and fuzzy river which bakes cookies for the neighborhood kids?
We have a similar, but not so famous river here in Central Ohio called the Kokosing. People wade and fish and canoe there on a regular basis. In most places you can see the sandy bottom as you step from boulder to boulder. The way it meanders and the nature of its banks are deceptive as it is full of potholes. It may be "up" but it rarely looks in flood. A half dozen years back we had a 15yo up from Columbus visiting his grandparents who lost his footing and was pulled down into a pothole. His body was recovered two weeks later and some 60+miles away where the Kokosing joins into the Muskingum River. The elevation differential for my home to the river is several hundred feet and 6 miles. But from where I live to the lowest elevation in the county is almost 1000', some 20 miles east. We have beautiful rolling hill and open fields and many wooded areas and a couple properly dammed streams including the Kokosing. It is rare to hear of a death on rhe river anymore. But it still happens.
I did learn this the hard way in a place with small cascades. Jumped in and sank to the bottom immediately. Used my hands to pull myself downstream grabbing on the river bed floor. Got out. Never again.
@@konstantinNeo what did it feel like when you were down there and you realised you were being pulled? What went through your head, if you don’t mind? I imagine it was pretty traumatising so appreciate if you don’t want to talk about it
@@lilbeanbop Was a while ago. When I was young and stupid. Not young anymore. I guess there was a bit of panic but the ordeal lasted mere seconds. I wasnt drowning, as soon as I hit the bottom and felt the rocks I instinctively propelled myself by grabbing on the river bed rocks, down the stream where buoyancy helped me to rise above.
@konstantinNeo Your account of propelling yourself downstream using the rocks on the riverbed is the stuff of nightmares for me 😱 I have a very healthy respect (fear!) of water, and I felt my stomach twitch in terror just at the thought of what you described. So glad you made it out safely! 🙏
Jack a snacks videos were SUPER interesting and full of info!! I watched 2 of them like a year ago so I barely remember lol but I remember seeing the inside with a GoPro 😂
This is one place I don't object to the signs. Honestly, it annoys me to see other beautiful vistas ruined by warning signs for minor or obvious hazzards. There is one lovely two lane road that follows a river near my home, and it is visually vandalized by yellow signs informing drivers that the road curves. Well, yes, indeedy, it does follow the river bank.
Greetings from Skipton in Craven, which is mentioned here and only a few miles from The Strid. I knew about the lovers falling in, but I didn’t know it was such a big deal. Will walk by more carefully next time I’m there!
This place holds a strange fascination for me. I spent a week in the Leeds area about 15 years ago and wanted to go visit the spot, but my schedule never allowed me to get there. Maybe someday… (I’d really like to see Bolton Abbey, too. I’m similarly fascinated by the decommissioned monasteries and spent an entire day at Glastonbury Abbey on a different trip to Somerset.)
@@jimlahey3919surrounding area is one small village and lots of fields and woodlands, nothing for gangs to do there unless they want souvenirs and a nice walk
That young man featured a few times who was looking like he was about to jump freaked me out. He looks a little like my son. I was thinking, "Get away from there!"
People are just idiots to go too near such a dangerous place. It's like they're playing Russian Roulette or dancing with death with their life on the line by going wayyyyy to near the Strid! The warnings are there for a reason! People deciding to even jump across had me faceplanting! 😓
They say even looking at videos of it for too long can be harmful. 😰 Jack-a-snacks the RUclipsr subsequently revised his depth findings due to the difficulties of measuring and inconsistent data. He has a great channel on this river.
Rivers in general r so extremely dangerous. They have a habit of having such peaceful, slow flowing looking surfaces but directly underneath the current is deadly. Imagine being stuck in a giant washing machine full of rocks.
I used to go regularly with my dogs who would love to swim, we kept well away from the Strid, every knows that but the clever youths of today know better don't they? Strange never heard that American tale before regarding the couple before The Strid never murdered anyone, it is pure stupidity that kills them..
The Missouri River is big, muddy and ugly. I worked at a sand plant on the river for a college summer job and the plant supervisor said to never go near the bank. He said he watched a refrigerator circling in an eddy for three days. The current underneath is lethal
I live ½ a mile away from The Strid. I've witnessed people who have had very close calls to falling in. It's shape and course cause the water to turn on It's side.
Sounds like very similar conditions to Devils Pool Queensland Australia many people have drowned there too and it also has smoothe beautiful rocks with underwater caves from erosion that send water going round and round trapping bodies. One part of the stream is called the washing machine its that turbulent it sends you round and round to your death. Some boddies were never found again.
Honestly arthur probably tested the river everyday to see if it was his time or not. Very common in both vets from World War I&II to test death on the daily after surviving. He knew the risks, i wouldnt say he was careless though.
There's a second danger besides the whirlpools, prominently visible here:
Water that appears white from air bubbles will not provide enough buoyancy for swimming. You *will* sink.
Aeration pools in water treatment plants carry the same danger. And it's also the reason jacuzi's are shallow.
Aren’t jacuzzis shallow because they are meant to be sat in?
Same thing happens in the ocean when waves break and it’s foamy and hard to stay afloat.
Irrigation canal weirs common in the western US appear inviting on a hot day and your last thought looking at one is "danger". But the innocent looking little man made waterfalls will kill you. I jumped in one as a kid and it terrorized me for a long time. You can't see anything but air bubbles so you don't even know you're sinking. And between the bubbles and swirling water you can't tell which way is up. You try to swim and feel no resistance on your hands.I happened to hit bottom and pushed off as hard as I could, surfaced, then stroked like crazy and managed to get out and head down stream . It was over 50 years ago and I still wake up to it at night. Same thing happens under waterfalls. People die every year in the pools below falls from the same thing. Funny. Not the water that kills you but the air in it.
I didn’t know about the air bubbles = no buoyancy. Thanks for the info.
I had no idea! Thank you for that information!!!
As a technical diver, it seems like a fantastic challenge.
But as a human with lungs, I'll pass.
That's why guys like you and me are still alive!!
Cave diving is great....diving in is easy....but getting out against a sudden torrent of water might be quite different.
But then....knowing you f...ed up, and this is it...what a way to go?
@jodo: good call.
I admire divers because they have big ones!! Not everyone would like to be a diver.
As a proud Yorkshire man that's visited the strid many times it still scares me to death. Wouldn't believe how many people risk it getting close to the edge for a insta photo or something. Absolutely brain-dead
Brains die more and more every time you selfi
Why not put up barriers or barricades to prevent people from going that close ?
The river seems too long for barriers and barriers don't keep people out....Idiots climb over them. There are other videos of drownings where there were barriers and lots of warning signs. The problem is that people don't think when they see signs and barriers
Natural selection i guess @narcowake
There are places 'close by' where it's possible to get a close up photograph of the torrent flowing through The Strid, but you shouldn't even stand too close, just in case - That's why cameras have zoom lenses!
My Dad was fishing near those stepping stones when a flash flood swept through . He said the water went from ankle to calf deep in about half a minute which alerted him to roaring and an awareness that the river was rising fast.
By the time we got to the river bank it was way up his legs and he was ready to drop his fishing rod to speed his exit up the bank .
Doing that was a big deal . He cared about his fishing rods.
Wow. Glad he made it out okay!
that happened to my dads sisters friends cousins mums aunties uncles great great mothers great great great grandsons son :)
@@drkarats6147Same!! 😮
I've never been there, am fascinated by the strid at bolton abbey. I need an intelligent English man to answer a question for me. Would you be able to survive the strid wearing a good snug life jacket, or what you guys call a lead.
It's not a diver with a diving stick, but a diviner with a divining stick/rod. A diviner is a person who finds water, ghosts, etc - and in this case attempts to find bodies - using a divining rod.
Took me a moment to figure out what he was trying to say at that part, lol
Had a little chuckle when it clicked 😂
Dowser with dowsing sticks
@@AIRrrrrrrrrrrr Ahhhh, we were wondering,….. 😆
What is a diving rod?
Don't even look at the strid, it will eat you
First rule of the strid. Don't talk about the strid
You do not recognize the bodies in the water.
😂😂😂😂
But it's so pretty
I know I could take a dip in the narrow Strid by wearing a life jacket fortified by nylon rope that’s tied to a Jack pipe and my scuba tank ❤!!!!
Went there with my wife last year i walked right to the edge and slipped nearly fell in. we threw two sticks in to see what happened and if they would float and they both sank straight down and never popped up again, never seen that before in my life!
Oh gosh, WHYYYY would you go near it?! 😅😅😅 glad you’re alive though 😊
Oh god, I could never
That goes to show what the other commenter said about air mixed with water. It’s not buoyant
So your the famous Strid stick murderer?
We used to go to Bolton Abbey every saturday when I was a kid. I used to throw little sticks into the strid just in front of the waterfall. They never got sucked under. They just floated down while spinning clockwise. Twigs probably had less density than the water they were thrown into
I have read it is exceptionally deceptive because the water on the surface flows slower than in the depth; it creates swirls of great force that won't let anybody get out. Looks peaceful on the surface with ferocious powers beneath. The river there is very narrow but very deep, imagine the whole force of the whole river squeezed into a narrow passage. Shudder. One of the scariest bodies of water on the Planet
Yep yep
cherrytomato6139 It is described as the river turning on its side as it goes through that narrow channel so it gives you a clue as to how deep it might be and how strong the current. My family are all from the North Riding of Yorkshire so I have been there; though a long time ago, and I recall it looking very pretty with the waterfalls and surrounding woods. Having since been to Niagara Falls whose power you can both see and feel, the Strid looks fairly harmless and that is what is so very dangerous about it because it is tricky and deceptive, prone to flash flooding where the water can rise significantly in a minute!
Why not send down something small but heavy? Like an ROV OR temporarily dam off that sections and create a bypass so the level goes. To nothing. No telling what might be found.
There's one in Australia very similar and very dangerous. It has areas like a acumen amd parts they call the washing machine. It's basically the same. Looks more inviting though. Aborigines also have a story about a lover who fell in and forever after beckons young men. There must be more in other countries too. The ine in Aus has a very similar action.
@@AHD2105 I think I saw something on RUclips not that long ago about the place you are referring to. I believe the event took place a while ago, where a group of students had gone walking up there and one of them went under the barriers and into one of the pools because they were good swimmers. Sadly he got sucked under and was dragged over all the rocks etc with the current and his body was recovered a few days later? All very tragic :(
Ive learned in my 44 years on earth that water doesn't have to look particularly innocent or inviting or calm- regardless of how it appears, there are people who will get in it anyway. I live on the coast of Florida and every year people drown here because they get in the water when it is rough- and it looks rough. We even have a color coded flag warning system and people will just ignore a double red flag with big crashing waves. Some of these are people who aren't even used to swimming in the ocean (well, gulf of Mexico anyway) but decide theyre not going to let dangerous surf conditions keep them from getting in the water on their vacation. Youd think the fact that the beach is almost completely deserted in high tourist season would tip people off but every year, there are a few just in my area whose families go home not with wonderful vacation memoties but with crushing grief and one less family member.
It’s been a bad year for y’all. Hope the tourons eventually figure out the danger (probably won’t). I’ve always been fond of Destin and was always surprised when I found strong currents (and good surf!) stay safe
Same every year, even at the small (but treacherous) baltic sea. Every year some tourist would unfortunately die during the summer in the tiny town where my parents lived 😭😭😭
idiots are always drowning. here in oz a lot of tourists die at bondi beach. I think nearly every day people almost drown so many that they have a yt channel to show how crazy it is especially at Christmas because it's summer here.
Isn't there a law against swimming during red flags?
Certain people just can't seem to nut this out! This isn't bad luck. It's Stupidity
damn id be offended if i drowned in a river & the towns people cremated me threw me back in the river that killed me
My thoughts exactly!
Yeah, as someone with a fear of water I'd be mortified to know my ashes would be thrown in the one place I hated.
That may have been what he wished.
Right?
People who make the mistake of going in are rarely found again.
In swedish, a "strid ström" is a powerful/violent stream. So I find the name very apt...
Oh, thank you for that cool bit of info! 🥰
We have a fair bit of Viking settlements around here so I wouldn’t be surprised if the name is Norse in origin.
@@chunkyfecalbreakfastexactly
I guess that’s the origin of the word strident.
I bet the name strid comes from Norse and not stride, as in stride over. There are places in yorkshire called force or Foss which is Norse also meaning waterfall
I was a paramedic and was involved in the search for Liz and Barry, it appears that they were washed away by a flash flood, the turbulent water In the strid are hyper aerated these bubbles make objects sink fast to the bottom. I often think about them both. RIP.
Thank you for your work.
@jimjoelliejack Thank you for devoting your career to helping and saving lives.
Thank you for your work leaving realistic sounding comments on random RUclips videos.
There is a river near me that is also notably dangerous. It looks very calm on the top but the current is strong and there are undertows everywhere. My father saw a log taller than him (6ft) get sucked in and never resurface.
Nature certainly is terrifying.
Mother in law's can do crazy things
name of the river ?
@@ShadeTree_RC I commented with the name of the river but in case it's not showing up for you it is the Snake River in Idaho, US.
@ignochomp9980 cant argue with that!
Reminds me of a place called Rainbow Falls in Hilo, Hawaii. Lots of Hawaiian legends surround it. People fall in and don't get found for days. Never underestimate the power of water
Rainbow Falls is super pretty. I love Hawaii so much.
As a kid I used to swim in boiling pots before it got blocked off. We knew where was safe and where the currents and underwater lava tubes were. So crazy to hear how many lives it took including experienced swimmers and locals. RIP
Arthur: *thumbs nose at strid*
Strid: And I took that personally
Never assume that it will not happen to you. The only thing worse than under estimating danger is over estimating your ability to deal with it.
@arthurmorgan8978
@arthurmorgan8978 lol
If I never go near that river, it won’t happen to me (in that river at least), that, I’m sure of.
5:09. William de Romilly died in 1152 not 1952. Just 8 centuries off 😊
I have to laugh at the description of the Bolton Strid as appearing "calm and shallow enough for swimming". Just about every picture shown looks treacherous!
It looks like a pretty stream to me. I would definitely swim in it if I didn't know it was dangerous.
Im in Australia and have swam in creeks that look similar
I'm a simple man, i see a thumbnail of the Strid, i click. I've watched a bunch of your videos Deified, cool to be featured in one!
Thanks man! I watched your videos to research the strid and I enjoyed them a lot!
I just filmed the Strid on my walking channel. It's a powerful river that's for sure, you can hear it in the footage.
This reminds me of the accident that took the life of my 8 yo sister when I was 10 yo
I’m so so sorry for your loss and what your family went through - I can’t imagine. That’s awful 😢 Sending love and strength to you 💓
So sorry , that must have been traumatic xxx
Sorry for your less
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That's so awful. 🥺 My sister was your age when our brother drowned (he was 2.5 and I was just six months old). I don't remember anything of course, but I'm pretty sure I have carried my mother's grief with me. I can't even really imagine.. 😔 How old are you now? I hope you have found some sense of peace.
Just knowing that things exists gives me the creeps!
I’m in North America and that’s not far enough away from The Strid 💯💯😱
Try living 10 miles away like I do. Gives me chills driving past it and there are warning signs at the side of the road telling you to not go near it.
Around 10 years ago at very very low water levels I swam up the strid. The water was moving very slowly and there was no swirling currents to speak of. However, what i discovered were a number of thin vertical rock fins like shak fins sticking out vertically like mini walls into the channel. Each had been worn smooth like large flat ship propellor blades and I half used these underwater features to progress up the channel.
I concluded that, at normal water levels or higher, these blade-like obstructions would cause hugely powerful eddies that would munch any part of your body against these sharp edged rock fins leaving me in doubt why the Strid is so lethal.
P.s. as a now retired Geologist I suspect the straight and deep channel feature that is the Strid to be caused by a faultline which has been etched deep by the river and the abrasive pebbles it carries! It is truly a wolf in sheep's clothing....the Strid has big teeth!
Thanks for this, i was wondering how it was formed.
The sheer number of animals alone that drowned there is beyond calculating and then factor in all the various tribes, troops and travelers who made the mistake of getting into the water over thousands of years….
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We have a section of river here in Hawaii that is somewhat similar. Its called boiling pots. They call it that due to the water looking like it is boiling. Lots of people have died in this stretch.
Is it those crescent pools that fill and empty quickly with water like in Hana as the waves go in and out?
Eventually I plan on going to HI but from what I know of it, the water is dangerous. My HI friend and his buddy almost died after being dragged out to sea but they swam and swam and made it back to shore. They were in high school. I will go stand in the edge of water maybe just for a second but otherwise I will stay on land. I’m not a strong swimmer. I appreciate the beauty of the water and will respect it. From my understanding, one is never supposed to turn their back on the water. I will keep that close to my heart when I visit.
Great video! One thing to clear up, when it is said by the narrator that the Bolton Strid struck again in 1952 with the drowning of Baron de Rommily; this event took place in 1154 according to a quick google search, me being confused that William Wordsworth commemorated him when he died 100 years before 1952. That silly insignificant error out of the way, the video was fantastic and would love more like this!
yeah and he used a picture that he said was Rommily (which was spelled wrong) which couldn't have been Rommily, I don't know what was up with that error.
I have a number of childhood memories of having a church picnic at Bolton Abby and walking up to the Strid and being absolutely terrified by it. I've got kids now and whilst I dont mind paddling further downstream we don't go up the Strid.
I was at the Strid yesterday and it's been raining for weeks so it was quite a sight, very aerated water, no buoyancy and so deep, it's a scary place
Obviously this isn't possible, but imagine if you could search the bottom with a metal detector, there could be ancient stuff down there, coins, swords, etc
Or "magnet fish" the bottom?? That'd be so cool lol. Need a lot of rope....... 😅
Holy grail
@@alison4316 I would have to tie myself to a nearby tree, considering how slippery the rocks are and how you would be constantly dropping a heavy magnet and dragging it back up it would only be a matter of time before you slipped on your arse and slid into the water - in the one river you really don't want to slide into.
I recall an old yellow paperback on my father's shelf as a child called 'Haunted Yorkshire'. There's photo of The Strid inside with the caption.... 'a milk white horse appears on May Day and presages death'. That was enough for me.
Must be some Christian thing, 'cause "May Day", aka Beltane, is actually quite a lovely Pagan holy-day not associated at all with death.
Time to send a rubber ducky on the ultimate mission
Never underestimate nature, especially the Strid
Or the std
Visited this a few years ago. perfect place for just walking about. You'd never know it's that dangerous. My mum lived nearer to the abbey and played around there all the time.
I live in the north of England and my cousin is right on the doorstep of Bolton Abbey - it was one of her father’s favourite places. I don’t think I’ve heard her mention the Strid, although I’ve been to Bolton Abbey and the surrounding trails with her. I found this really interesting.
Yeah a case in England. You rock man 🏴🇬🇧👑
Awesome, let’s go!
I was there a month ago with my 84 year Mum. I love the fact that among all the dark wonders of the world.The Strid is up there- only in Yorkshire! Its so beautiful and we saw a massive brown trout jump by the stepping stones.Well worth a visit.
The word ”strid” comes directly from the Norse, meaning torrent, rapid. And that stretch of the river is definitely torrential and rapid. I doubt that it has anything to do with ”stride”.
Actually from Old English "Stryth" meaning 'turmoil' but both probably have the same root.
I've been here many times, it's very near Bolton Abbey which is a nice day out for kids/families in the north. The typical walking route goes right by the strid, there's the odd sign warning of danger of death but you would never expect the sheer force and danger of the water just by looking at it from above. I always got an eery feeling when looking at it and taking care on the slippy rocks!
It depends on how much water is coming down the Wharfe: when it's full, it's obvious how strong the flow is.
Back in the 60's I used to live not to far away from the Strid and as kids we knew it had a reputation as dangerous and even fatal and as such would be treated with respect.
I grew up in Skipton and spent many days at Bolton Abbey. The Strid had a reputation for danger and we were always warned off. However, we'd frequently go across those stepping stones at Bolton Abbey and often fall in! While caution should be taken, not every area of the river is so dangerous.
Yea, it definitely looks like it has an extreme current and the extreme depth makes that even worse. A big water trap/drowning machine. Any river/creek with a strong currents and depth is dangerous.
I've stood on the banks of the Mississippi , and you can sense how dangerous it is(or should).
He wasn't a diver but a diviner
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I was there last week. Lovely place. The strid looks innocent enough but you can tell there is some serious currant squeezing through that tiny looking gap, when you stand right beside it.
Looking at it on u-tube is as close as i want to get. If i went to look at it, knowing my clumsy self i would fall in
I am surprised that there is no myth of the "Monster of Strid", pulling its unexpecting victims to their death.
There is, she is called Ginny Greenteeth. Shes usually described at the far side of the jump enticing people (young men) to jump. Sometimes shes said to be the young woman from the first story or a nature spirit with a dislike of men.
@@WitchofSeacroft thx! Very interesting!
I was just about to say Ginny green teeth always around dangerous water 💧
There's one in Australia of a similar mechanism. Looks fine from the top, but underneath it's all caves amd funnels and tunnels that people get sucked down under into. They are death traps.
What’s it called?
It's called devils pool qnd it's in Queensland
"Like many men his age, he may have thought he was more agile and physically fit than he actually was."
... I feel called out.
This guy who found the body with 2 sticks? He was called a "diver"? Not a " dowser"? Sounds like a dowser to me.
Diviner with divining rods.
Never even heard of this murder puddle. Liked and subbed
"The Strid" sounds dangerous and terrifying just in name alone. I imagine that a sci-fi movie with a race of killer creatures or aliens would make them immediately scary just by calling them "The Strid".
Wasn’t that a Doctor Who episode? “Rose get back, The Strid are coming!”
When I lived in Bolton I never knew of the Strid. It looks a nice walk.
That's because it's not in Bolton.
It's in North Yorkshire.
@@poppedweasel that would explain why I never heard of that walk!
Its just a 10 minute drive from skipton on the A59.
I've visited a similarly innocuous but dangerous area in Australia. It has a {relatively safe} swimming hole and then goes off into bouldery territory with waterfalls and sometimes just trickles of water. It's quite beautiful, and looks very inviting to walk around. But due to the water/valley's layout it can be prone to massive and extremely rapid flash floods/washouts. The boulders just make that worse by battering anyone caught in it. It's had at least one major fatal incident, probably morre. In some of the edge areas there are sirens, and they basically say 'exit ASAP if you hear this, you have minutes or less'. Only other places I've ever been with similar ominous signs everywhere vibes is a town that is within the evacuation area of a semi-nearby nuclear power plant. Oh and I guess some of the more rough areas of Alaska I've been to warn you not to leave town unarmed. Not as harshly true as it is actually in the Artic.
Is this it? I made a video on something similar. ruclips.net/video/QZKexASEsv8/видео.html
Yep, that's it! Although I think I may have confused the sirens from the Barren Falls/Gorge area. Not 100%. I took surprisingly many pictures of signs basically saying "this water can kill you, now you know, have a good day", lol. Crocodile warnings, jellies, rip currents, etc.
5:04 "...the river that heartlessly snuffed out their lives." Eh? As opposed to - what? The warm and fuzzy river which bakes cookies for the neighborhood kids?
We have a similar, but not so famous river here in Central Ohio called the Kokosing. People wade and fish and canoe there on a regular basis. In most places you can see the sandy bottom as you step from boulder to boulder. The way it meanders and the nature of its banks are deceptive as it is full of potholes. It may be "up" but it rarely looks in flood. A half dozen years back we had a 15yo up from Columbus visiting his grandparents who lost his footing and was pulled down into a pothole. His body was recovered two weeks later and some 60+miles away where the Kokosing joins into the Muskingum River. The elevation differential for my home to the river is several hundred feet and 6 miles. But from where I live to the lowest elevation in the county is almost 1000', some 20 miles east. We have beautiful rolling hill and open fields and many wooded areas and a couple properly dammed streams including the Kokosing. It is rare to hear of a death on rhe river anymore. But it still happens.
Stuff off nightmares.
Stay WELL CLEAR
The strid is especially beautiful from my spot at home whilst wrapped up in my blanket
The water is so aerated that no matter what you cannot float you'll just sink to the bottom. It's like almost being in the air but slightly denser.
I did learn this the hard way in a place with small cascades. Jumped in and sank to the bottom immediately. Used my hands to pull myself downstream grabbing on the river bed floor. Got out. Never again.
@@konstantinNeo what did it feel like when you were down there and you realised you were being pulled? What went through your head, if you don’t mind? I imagine it was pretty traumatising so appreciate if you don’t want to talk about it
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Was a while ago. When I was young and stupid. Not young anymore.
I guess there was a bit of panic but the ordeal lasted mere seconds.
I wasnt drowning, as soon as I hit the bottom and felt the rocks I instinctively propelled myself by grabbing on the river bed rocks, down the stream where buoyancy helped me to rise above.
@konstantinNeo Your account of propelling yourself downstream using the rocks on the riverbed is the stuff of nightmares for me 😱 I have a very healthy respect (fear!) of water, and I felt my stomach twitch in terror just at the thought of what you described. So glad you made it out safely! 🙏
@konstantinNeo wow, that's scary. Glad you're ok.
Ah yes Bolton strid and Bolton abbey, which confusingly aren't actually in Bolton but Skipton Yorkshire.
Wow. The research is sooo good. Absolutely enjoyed this!! Thank youuu
Jack a snacks videos were SUPER interesting and full of info!! I watched 2 of them like a year ago so I barely remember lol but I remember seeing the inside with a GoPro 😂
No way would I visit with my dog, he'd be straight in! 😢
Yeah, I was just discussing that. I wonder how many folks have lost dogs in there.
Wow, when I was a child I went on a school trip to the stride and a couple of the lads did jump across! No wonder the teacher with us went crazy!!
Crazy to take children there in the first place!
This is one place I don't object to the signs. Honestly, it annoys me to see other beautiful vistas ruined by warning signs for minor or obvious hazzards. There is one lovely two lane road that follows a river near my home, and it is visually vandalized by yellow signs informing drivers that the road curves. Well, yes, indeedy, it does follow the river bank.
my sister fell into the Wharfe just up from this when we were kids, some hikers helped me dad get her out, I'd never seen my dad scared before.
Oh my. Welcome beck Defied. I was worried you were stuck in a cave somewhere.
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Greetings from Skipton in Craven, which is mentioned here and only a few miles from The Strid. I knew about the lovers falling in, but I didn’t know it was such a big deal. Will walk by more carefully next time I’m there!
This place holds a strange fascination for me. I spent a week in the Leeds area about 15 years ago and wanted to go visit the spot, but my schedule never allowed me to get there. Maybe someday… (I’d really like to see Bolton Abbey, too. I’m similarly fascinated by the decommissioned monasteries and spent an entire day at Glastonbury Abbey on a different trip to Somerset.)
Nice.
Happy someone covered this.
Can't help but wonder how many gangster executions happened by simply tossing people into the Strid.
Probably none becauee of its location, access to it, and no guarantee that anything will be lost forever
No gangs anywhere near there. I grew up near by and thought gangs were myths in films not real things
You realize you’re only one generation old, right? Just because you don’t know of any gangs now, doesn’t mean they never existed in the area
@@jimlahey3919surrounding area is one small village and lots of fields and woodlands, nothing for gangs to do there unless they want souvenirs and a nice walk
@@jimlahey3919 are you from the area?
Great to see how you showed Jack a snacks during this, as I am subbed to both of your channels👍
Absolutely well told good sir. Really what I needed for a boost of (what a great day it is!)
My, central England is not a place where I would expect killing country. Even looking at this beautiful stream, I would not expect it to be so lethal
That young man featured a few times who was looking like he was about to jump freaked me out. He looks a little like my son. I was thinking, "Get away from there!"
My thoughts exactly! 😱
I mean, as in 'Get away from the edge!', as I don't know what your son looks like 😂
Ahh the making of a future Grand Canyon 👍
Lost a maternal grandparent to the strid
People are just idiots to go too near such a dangerous place. It's like they're playing Russian Roulette or dancing with death with their life on the line by going wayyyyy to near the Strid! The warnings are there for a reason! People deciding to even jump across had me faceplanting! 😓
10:22 "A love that seemed destined to last a lifetime."
Well, that part came true... Ironically enough.
Excellent video my friend, very well done and thank you.
Scary place to be treated with the utmost care and respect.
I think you are a better writer than most RUclips content creators. Your use of language is exemplary.
They say even looking at videos of it for too long can be harmful. 😰 Jack-a-snacks the RUclipsr subsequently revised his depth findings due to the difficulties of measuring and inconsistent data. He has a great channel on this river.
Harmful how
I've never heard of The Strid. Good cautionary tale.
It’s an absolutely beautiful walk up the valley through the woods. We go there a lot. You can see how inviting it is to try the jump.
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Awesome!
thats a wholesome lookin monster I didn't know about o-o
The water’s static pressure actually decreases as the velocity increases through the narrower passage. It’s called the Venturi Effect
What does that mean? Static pressure? But it's a flowimg, moving river.
Rivers in general r so extremely dangerous. They have a habit of having such peaceful, slow flowing looking surfaces but directly underneath the current is deadly. Imagine being stuck in a giant washing machine full of rocks.
Don't forget the raw sewage threat 💩😿
I have always been terrified of rivers. In the past, I had regular nightmares about rivers. They look sinister.
Ive had nightmares after learning about the strid.
I used to go regularly with my dogs who would love to swim, we kept well away from the Strid, every knows that but the clever youths of today know better don't they? Strange never heard that American tale before regarding the couple before The Strid never murdered anyone, it is pure stupidity that kills them..
Defending a known murderer eh? How do you sleep at night? Don't you think it should be punished for it's crimes??
Another excellent episode Sir, thank you!!!🙏👌👻❣️
The Missouri River is big, muddy and ugly. I worked at a sand plant on the river for a college summer job and the plant supervisor said to never go near the bank. He said he watched a refrigerator circling in an eddy for three days. The current underneath is lethal
that river is dangerous AND picturesque. Looking at that "worse spot" id hate to be tossed around in that
Heard of this before it’s scary I never wanna go there
Come on it will be fun 😀
Appletreewick is pronounced Apptrick. Very interesting video but scary. I’m originally from Yorkshire (York) but I’ve never been to The Strid.
I live ½ a mile away from The Strid. I've witnessed people who have had very close calls to falling in. It's shape and course cause the water to turn on It's side.
Sounds like very similar conditions to Devils Pool Queensland Australia many people have drowned there too and it also has smoothe beautiful rocks with underwater caves from erosion that send water going round and round trapping bodies. One part of the stream is called the washing machine its that turbulent it sends you round and round to your death. Some boddies were never found again.
So very sad that it keeps happening. RIP.
Walked past this recently on the dales way and it is very deceiving, it looks perfectly safe.
Sounds like a great place to take my mother in law for a picnic! 😂
Really interesting video- I am from the UK but had never heard of The Strid.
Honestly arthur probably tested the river everyday to see if it was his time or not. Very common in both vets from World War I&II to test death on the daily after surviving. He knew the risks, i wouldnt say he was careless though.
Yes even in the early 70’s they were getting into fights in pubs and those guys could fight
Me: I'm just gonna get my toes wet.
Bolton Strid: Welcome to hell.