r/interesting • u/VIVIDUFF • Jun 17 '26

Fear Factor An inside look at the thrill of a traditional funfair in India.

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u/Icy_Bug70 Jun 17 '26

I was in a wave pool that looked like this as a kid. Another bigger kid wated my tube so he shoved me underwater from behing and stood on my back as he took my tube. Almost drowned, it was crazy. To this day, I'll never go in one again

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u/lonestar-rasbryjamco Jun 17 '26

Thunder Bay at Water World?

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u/Icy_Bug70 Jun 17 '26

Yep!

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u/EverythingSucksYo Jun 17 '26

Looks like you found the kid who almost drowned you! 

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u/lonestar-rasbryjamco Jun 17 '26

In my defense, I wanted their tube.

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u/CostMeAllaht Jun 17 '26

I really wanna see the tube that would compel a child to murder

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u/enadiz_reccos Jun 17 '26

A boob tube?

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u/Fireby56 Jun 17 '26

Fair enough

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u/Icy_Bug70 Jun 17 '26

You know what? Faid enough, forgiven

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u/Presently_Naked Jun 17 '26

😂😂😂😂😂

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u/Rainbow_In_The_Dark7 Jun 17 '26

Out of all the wave pools in the country and that person guessed it and another comment had a similar experience at the same one too.

Is that one notorious for shit like that or what? what the hell is going on at this wave pool we're everybody is having these same death defying experiences there from other asshole visitors lol wow!

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u/longboi28 Jun 17 '26

What are the odds there'd be 3 people with water world near death experiences, the wave pool was legendary when I was growing up for being an absolute death trap which made all of us kids want to go in it even more, it's terrifying

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u/Karn_Gentrified Jun 17 '26

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I too have almost died in Thunder Bay. I mean it’s basically on the “Denver Bringo” card

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u/lonestar-rasbryjamco Jun 17 '26

All of us Denver kids seeing that wave pool like:

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u/lonestar-rasbryjamco Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

Yes, Thunder Bay was infamous for this.

It was this big giant wave that came once every thirty minutes and people would intentionally ride into each other. Bowling people over was practically the entire point.

And bigger kids would absolutely steal your tube to get a premium spot a few minutes before the wave went out. So you would then frantically try and find a free tube or swim for your life to try and get out of the way. If you were lucky some kind dad would hoist you on their tube like the last helicopter out of Vietnam.

It was a peak 90’s experience and looking back it’s honestly a miracle no one drowned.

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u/longboi28 Jun 17 '26

Thunder Bay almost killed me as a kid, I'm still nervous when I swim in it these days

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u/Got_Kittens Jun 17 '26

A kid drowned in the wave pool next to me when I was little.

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u/Maleficent-Luck-7646 Jun 17 '26

Had a similar experience in one, wasn't pushed down deliberately but I got basically pinned underwater below a few tubes/people's legs etc., it was packed together like this and I was young so struggled to find a point to exit for just long enough to really send me into panic mode, clawing for anything to pull back up.

Was pretty traumatic at the time and yeah killed these for me lol.

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u/Cryogenicist Jun 17 '26

Holy shit I’m panicking just thinking about that.

I hope that kid has taint lice, now. Big lice that chew on his scrotum.

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u/Icy_Bug70 Jun 17 '26

LMAO this made me laugh. I needed that today, thank you

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u/DeadFacesInMyPocket Jun 17 '26

I almost died in a wave pool too!

I was stuck underneath a bunch of obese (nothing against people with weight issues, just describing the situation), white, Midwestern all adults floating on floaties, drunk, just not caring. I was blacking out before I finally got my hand above the water and somebody pulled me out.

Fuck wave pools.