Hello Top Tenners!
How are you doing today?
I am Rebecca Felgate and we’re getting deep as we talk about the Top 10 Scary Things Found
in a Swimming Pool.
Yikes.
Let’s start things off simply at number 10 - its scary, but we all know it is there
and we kind of ignore it….. we have Pee.
Nobody wants a golden shower in the pool, but 1 in 5 people have peed in the pool in
their adult lives.
That is not to mention how often kids accidentally pee in bodies of water!
On average a Olympic sized pool has around 830 thousand litres of water – and a rest
test of water quality showed that usually 75 litres of that is pure pee.
Not so much, when you think about it… but still…
pee!
It has also been claimed that, when your eyes go itchy in the pool, it is as a result of
the chemical reaction between urine and water.
Ew.
Ew, to moo….at number 9, we have a Cow.
I don’t know about you but I would be pretty concerned if I saw an unexpected cow in my
pool….
To be fair…who keeps an expected cow there.
Cows and swimming pools should not go together.
It has happens more often that you would expect….there have been several stories of cows falling
into pools.
Most recently a cow was mooved out of a pool in Oklahoma City in January 2017.
The owner heard a snorting in their back garden only to find a cow had torn a hole in the
pool cover and was trapped inside.
It was eventually rescued by fire crews.
It isn’t just America where this happens either, similar stories have emerged of Cows
infiltrating back yards somehow and getting in the pool…of course they don’t really
understand steps so then it is hard for them to get out.
8 - Car Can you imagine hearing a crash and running
out into your garden to find a CAR in your pool?
This is exactly what happened for Leighanna Brownlee when a teenager lost control of his
Dodge Charger in 2014 and smashed through a fence into her pool in Cypress, Texas.
It happens.
Recently – just this summer, a woman drove into a pool in Colorado Spings.
7 - Crocodile Ah, the
classic Croc in the pool…for those of you that live in the Sunshine State of Florida,
you’ll be all too aware of this one.
Because there are a lot of crocs in Florida, it is pretty common that they seek a cool
body of water to chill in.
Honestly there are countless tales of crocs in pools it’s hard to pick one!
It’s not just Florida too…it’s everywhere there’s crocs and water in the same vicinity.
There is a crazy piece of CCTV footage from Zimbabwe that shows a couple in a pool and
a croc sneaking up on them and attacking!
Luckily they’re okay… but….
Hello there sneaky night vision croc!
What could be scarier than a croc in a pool…for me a bear!
And a bear is who we have here at number 6!
Footage emerged of a bear taking a dip in a family’s swimming pool in North Vancouver.
The bear seems to at first take a casual dip in the main pool, then moves on over to the
hot tub area to further chill out.
Sounds like a lovely afternoon at the spa!
The pool owners, Mr and Mrs Diering, said they were afraid as their neighbourhood has
a lot of small kids running around and they did not want the bear getting used to the
area.
Coming in at number 5, we have Snakes!
Get those mother flipping snakes outta that mother flipping pool!
Again, in hot areas with a lot of wild life, its very common for snakes to slither in to
pools.
So common, in fact, there are many internet how to’s when it comes to removing snakes.
A video on Youtube with over 7 million views shows three kids in a pool with a snake that
emerges from the filter vent.
Initially the hids thought it was harmless, but after they realise it was actually a deadly
snake.
That is the kid of scary pool surprise I do not need.
Another scary pool surprise at number 4 – Poo So, according to a news article, humans have
around 15 grams of faecal matter on them or around them even after wiping…so even if
there isn’t a great bog obvious turd waiting for you in the pool…which by the way has
also been known to be found on occasion, there will be faecal matter in the water.
Recently, The CDC collected samples from public pool filters and found that 58% tested positive
for E. Coli, which is usually found in feces…so…yeah…scary.
3 - Dead People A lot of people are found face down in pools,
usually from drink or drugs.
I can’t imagine the fear of finding a body in a pool….There are so many incidents,
it is hard to pick.
If you google “found in pool…all the top results are bodies.
Many people drown in public pools, and recently, a 4 year old made the news after they called
911 when their sitter was found face down in the pool.
Large bodies of water are serious matters and when playing in pools there should always
be supervision.
When people die in pools…perhaps they leave more than just their bodies behind with them,
coming in to number two, we have ghosts!
There have been a number of reports of haunted swimming pools… and we all know what happened
to Barb in Stranger Things.
There is an old pool in the Rave in Milwaukee in an abandoned fitness club and legend has
it a person once drowned there, leaving behind their spirit.
Band, Outerspaceallstar made a video about their break in to the place…and it was creepy.
Get that ghost out of the pool!
Finally, at number one, the scariest and most likely thing on this list that you will find
in a pool…we have Disease . Pools need to be cleaned regularly.
A dirty pool with a lack of chlorine can be a huge issue, but even clean pools carry nasty
germs.
A lot of people don’t shower before entering pool… a recent survey says that 48% of American’s
do not shower before swimming…which is kind of cross.
Not only can you pick up verrucas and ear infections from pools, you can get worms.
Pinworm eggs can survive in chlorine and crypto germs can live in hot tubs for up to ten days.
Recently, a Texas man died after swimming with a fresh tattoo….he came into contact
with flesh eating bacteria and went to septic shock…so.. be careful.
Ironically, the tattoo said Jesus is my life.
So that was the top ten scary things found in pools… but don’t be sad…I know this
list was scary…but here is some footage of dogs having a pool party!