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It has happen in March (first week) a few years ago. My friends went site-seeing. They have reached a lake that stil was in most part covered with a thic layer of ice, occasionaly with pieces of ice floating through places without ice. My friend was courious how small piece of ice could stand his weight. He juped from one to another (always choosing a smaller piece of ice). After a while of jumping he found one that couldn't held his weight... He got into water with temperature nearly the frezing point (2Celcius degrees). He couldn't swimm because of all the ice blocks in the water. So he decided to catch the taffle of ice witch had connetction with dry land. As it was March and the ice was thick he couldn't crawl onto ice. Whenever he tried the ice broke under his weight. In such movement, he got to the dry land, where he stripped and was covered in blanket with full car-heating on. Try to imagine a car in March (few Celcius degres outside) with naked passanger, that is moving very fast to a hospital. This men did survive thanks to his brain (he is a member of mensa comunity ;-).

Submitted on 05/26/2005

Submitted by: Wohtek
Reference: authentic, i know the guy

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Daniel said:
Definitely Toss: Lacks Excellence
Without spell check, I cannot make head or tail of this story.

Kelly said:
Neutral: Other
I'm not sure what to do with this. this needs a better write up. I can't tell if you witnessed the guy fall into the ice or just heard someone else tell you about it.

Jack said:
Neutral: Personal Account
As a former member of Mensa, I must say that this story is quite creditable and - once again - points out the truth in the old saying that having a high IQ does not necessarily mean having common sense.

Charles said:
Neutral: Personal Account
The problem with trying to find the smallest block of ice that will support your weight is that when you find the next one in the series, you do get wet. OUr Mensa member should have seen the inevitable consequences and been better prepared... perhaps with a rope that his friend could use to pull him ashore.

Tracy said:
Neutral: Personal Account
Not a bad story - but needs a good write-up. Even Mensa members should have realised that his actions would lead to a wet dunk

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