Dancing With The Vortex: The Story of Jacob Cockle (whirlpoolhitman)

[@holyheretic3185]

As someone also dyslexic, reading sentences wrong doesn't affect whether you should know if a whirlpool is deadly or not

[@froggyplatypus]

That bit seemed… really weird to me. completely unrelated. Like speculating if maybe the accident was caused by the fish he ate earlier forcing his body back towards the ocean.

[@dacypher22]

Okay I was thinking that sounded weird, but wasn't sure if I misunderstood dyslexia. "He had no concept of time". I have never heard of this being a part of dyslexia, and I think the fact that he was a surfer would immediately disprove that anyway, as big wave surfing requires impeccable timing.

[@whyjnot420]

@@dacypher22 "Concept of time" or more precisely time keeping here would be how you can tell if 15 min or 60 min or 180 min have passed. For an example of temporary loss of your concept of time, all you need do is look at any activity that felt like it took 5 min but was actually an hour or two, such as getting lost in a video game or a book. This has nothing to do with the timing of precise movements such as are needed when surfing, only the amount of time one spends surfing. That said, I have been around learning disorders (which is what dyslexia is) all of my life (over 40 years), dyslexia can effect the ability to keep time mentally. I have seen multiple explanations for exactly why this is, the following are possibilities afaik. It can cause people to simply act forgetful due to the brain not really connecting external stimuli with internal concepts, it might be an issue with a dyslexics penchant for non-linear thinking as time keeping requires good linear thought as it is a linear idea/concept itself, it might even be that a dyslexic relies more heavily on the limbic system rather than the logic center of the brain. These are simplified explanations and as I said possible reasons afaik, I am no doctor, I simply have my own learning disabilities (notably extremely severe ADHD) and have been in and amongst people with all sorts of disorders and conditions and whatnot since before I can remember (I was diagnosed with ADHD at 4, a full 2 years earlier than the early end of the range most people are diagnosed at, a result of early development of skills such as the ability to read combined with the severity of the disorder) If you want more information about dyslexia, this is readily available online. It is a fascinating subject, as are most well documented learning disabilities. edit: Just to point something out for clarity. For time keeping, it doesn't have to simply be minutes or hours, this also includes things such as the number of days that have past or the number of days until something. It is all about the ability or lack thereof to do this mentally. Personally I have enough trouble doing that with my brain alone to the point where I essentially force myself to memorize things related to time (i.e. it takes this long to go from here to there, it takes this long to do this and that activity, etc. etc.), and must utilize time pieces in order to do this with with any semblance of accuracy. When I do not have a clock, what a lot of people perceive as me actually being good at keeping time (in fact simply me remembering and seeing numbers and doing a little math in my head) goes right out the window. However things such as playing instruments in time, even changing time signatures mid song, were never an issue, what was an issue was forcing myself to actually do physical acts of keeping time (in the sense of playing music) such as tapping my toes. Also to note is that many of the precise movements we use for things ranging from playing video games, to playing an instrument to surfing, are about muscle memory as much if not more then they are about consciously making a specific action. (basically it is all about practice making perfect). Like I said, I have ADHD, not dyslexia, but there is a fair amount of overlap between the symptoms of ADHD and dyslexia. still the edit/addendum: I was thinking about how this might have had an impact on the outcome here and one thought popped into my head. Perhaps for him, without looking at a clock or simply when distractions such as having fun are present, his ability to keep time mentally was impacted about as severely as possible, thus making it so planning to swim down for a brief time, perhaps just a few seconds, caused him to swim down for much longer (relatively speaking), thus causing him to swim too deeply for his wetsuit to help.

[@theplayeralsoknownasmousecop]

Dyslexia apparently has an effect on the concept of time. I just looked it up. You won't know 20 minutes go by at all

[@whyjnot420]

@@theplayeralsoknownasmousecop "Can". Can have an effect. It is a possibility not a certainty.

[@rekunta]

As someone hit with cancer at 21 who battled it intermittently until the age of 37, I cried for his sister. What a remarkably strong and brave young woman. RIP.

[@CharlieApples]

I can’t imagine being that young and going through so many surgeries and treatments and being told you have a new brain tumor three different times. The brain is the only organ which can’t be transplanted. It must have been so hard for her and her family. It’s also incredible that you managed to recover. I hope you’re living the best life possible.

[@ColbyMoonwalker]

Wish more people like you would talk to people like me who’s currently where you were. Once I’ve been in remission long enough (especially if I turn 37) I’m going to be the mentor I needed at 21 with cancer too

[@pblockstudios9023]

​@@ColbyMoonwalkerGODBLESS and PRAYERS sent ur way..I pray u live a long life free of anymore illness..🙏‼

[@teenanance8691]

God bless you dear! I pray you stay Cancer Free!🙏😇

[@joeshumo9457]

As a retired big wave surfer here in Hawaii, there comes a time when it doesn’t feel right anymore. After hundreds of near death experiences over thirty years, I finally rode one last one in. There are old surfers and there are bold surfers, but there are no old bold surfers. No more bombing hills. No more crazy jumps. No more motorcycle stunts. Nothing but normal. I’m going for my pilots license and just cruise. No regrets.

[@CharlieApples]

Which island? My family lives on Hawai’i near Na’alehu

[@Jordan__Sloan]

Hahaha they same the same thing about rock climbers

[@xXRealTalkXx]

"I’m going for my pilots license and just cruise." famous last words of a man who dies in a single engine plane crash lmao

[@First-Name_Last-Name]

"Going for my pilot license and just cruise" I ain't a surfer, nor a pilot, and certainly not an adrenaline junkie, but I think your next decision is still in the "old and bold" category.

[@23jdizo]

@@xXRealTalkXx you sound extra stupid. Your mom did a good job I see.

[@pattywieder3268]

His parents lost two children and the second one was preventable. My heart breaks for them.

[@Menstral]

They gave birth to at least one reckless nitwit. I'm not feeling much sympathy at all.

[@mistypuffs]

Oh my gosh yes :( Their poor, poor parents ❤

[@0037kevin]

Maybe if he was thinking of his parents instead of....whatever it was he was doing, then he would've thought; "maybe my parents have been through enough, it would be a shame if they were all alone in this world, from having lost another child to an easily preventable mistake." But I mean, like and subscribe is an important part of life too, right?

[@mistypuffs]

@@0037kevin I think he may have been so laser focused on living for his sibling’s memory, that his parents didn’t really factor in at all. Incredibly sad, my heart breaks for them too :(

[@CommentThink]

​@@0037kevin dont see how your parents should be relevant in your life choices....

[@pax6833]

Don't understand how you could do that and not have any kind of safety fall back, even just a rope.

[@goPROproductions100]

natural selection at its finest.

[@fuspz]

Just grow up where we do..

[@blahbleh5671]

Low iq

[@heliosdelsol]

God I feel so bad for his parents. To lose two children only a few years apart and both in tragic circumstances. No parent should have to go through that. 😢

[@houseofsolomon2440]

Especially the part when he said he 'was a horse. Gonna make love to a whirlpool. No parent should have to know about that kind of bizarre $+++.

[@Alaryicjude]

Two of four but it's still absolutely exceptionally tragic.

[@MakerInMotion]

Its maybe a failing of the english language that "tragic" is a word applied to both. The sister wasn't doing anything risky. Just living her life and got cancer. Her life ended when it was really just getting started. Clearly tragic. The brother was flirting with death on purpose. Definitely sad, but I think of tragedy as something that comes out of nowhere and strikes down people who were minding their business.

[@Alaryicjude]

@@MakerInMotion, in the literary definition of the word it's something you bring upon yourself, usually through karma (not the western way of thinking of karma. Karma is: you plant a seed and it grows.) but not always. "What is Tragedy? Tragedy is a genre of story in which a hero is brought down by their own flaws, usually by ordinary human flaws - flaws like greed, over-ambition, or even an excess of love, honor, or loyalty."

[@dukebaloof2540]

DO NOT have sympathy for parents who lose children, they brought them into this horrendous world out of pure narcissism without any forethought.

[@candlewickt.candlewick2616]

I can’t believe my eyes seeing this video. I used to watch this guys videos religiously cause I was OBSESSED with vortexes when I was younger and whirlpoolhitman was just about the only guy on KZbin making the type of content he did- until he up and vanished one day. Rest In Peace you absolute legend.

[@thamadtroll9981]

Legend, this guy wasn't a legend he was an idiot who threw his life away for fame

[@somewhereinspace2166]

Absolute legend? This guy was obviously severely mentally ill, child-like and had hardly any sense of danger. I wish we would stop romanticizing people slowly destroying themselves until they finally win their Darwin award.

[@JoesCaribbeanVanLife]

I believe ya, bro. 😂

[@zromo8994]

OBSESSED with vortexes?? - I can't understand what this means, hopefully the video will sort it out for me...

[@zromo8994]

I now understand what the words mean, but I'm still thoroughly confused...

[@nickie7874]

I notice all too often in these stories of doom that the person always decides to the thing they're doing one more time and ... it's the one that gets them! I always think, "why didn't they leave well enough alone?"

[@danmaddox2849]

Well you wouldnt hear about those times

[@ripwednesdayadams]

I watch a lot of aviation, mountaineering, maritime disaster and diving videos. I’ve learned you should never utter the words “one last trip/dive/last summit attempt/etc.” because you will die.

[@flash_flood_area]

kind of like finding the item you were looking for in the last place that you looked?

[@michaelbarker6732]

ya its always one last time because they die. They couldn’t die on the second to last attempt

[@colinjohnson5515]

I solve the finding problem by continuing to search after I find the thing.

[@ripwednesdayadams]

wow, i just realized that i have watched a couple of his whirlpool videos years ago. he was a really good photographer. the photo he took inside the wave is particularly beautiful. it’s sad that his life was cut short- he was really talented.

[@thamadtroll9981]

He was an idiot

[@oliviasukamto947]

It’s himself who cut himself short .

[@dickjohnson9582]

He died of natural causes (for a whirlpool surfer)

[@KorokHaze93]

Dyslexic or not I feel like "Big, wet, spinny death hole" means the same thing to everyone.

[@FinnishLapphund]

A video about a man who thinks he's learnt how to handle whirlpools, what could possibly go wrong. I'm guessing this will end the same as the sad case with the Krafft volcanologist couple who thought they had learnt to read volcanos.

[@ScottLovenberg]

Any time you think you're a match for nature, you're going to have a bad time. Treat it with respect; stronger and smarter people have tried and failed.

[@attention_shopping]

it's a great humanizing video, no need to reduce his story down to your least common denominator point

[@Syclone0044]

@@attention_shopping well stated

[@melodiefrances3898]

The Krafts knew exactly how dangerous what they were doing was. They chose to do it anyway. It was almost inevitable that they would get killed. But they absolutely knew what the risks were.

[@thamadtroll9981]

​@@attention_shopping Just hush, you sound like 1 of those people who defends someone who died climbing mountains

[@NoetherPoint]

First rule of whirlpools: 1. Stay away from whirlpools.

[@GrandDawggy]

Don't do whirlpools kids

[@fuspz]

Do whatever you want

[@robjones-qj2jj]

Not if you're a braindead internet clown that just begs for attention

[@BlenderRender1]

@@fuspz sure, if you don't care about dying.

[@fuspz]

@@BlenderRender1 obviously

[@CharlieApples]

As someone who’s lost more than one loved one to preventable _and_ non-preventable circumstances, they’re both very different forms of grief. When it’s an unpredictable cause like cancer, it’s an agonizingly slow process through which you feel so hopeless that you’re almost relieved when their suffering is over. But those who go through that rollercoaster of not knowing whether they’ll live or die, from hope to no hope, damages the people around the dying person over time. People who have gone through that kind of grief often go through a period of semi-suicidal recklessness, because it makes them feel like they have some control over an uncontrollable world. Grief never helps anyone. It changes people. It makes you value your own life less, because you’ve already been exposed to death, and now it doesn’t seem so scary. And yet that fearlessness is often, paradoxically, what keeps you alive. Or it fails you when you least expect it.

[@bitters879]

Oh man, a nightmare for any surfer... or any swimmer. Thanks for covering this one, as well as all the other content l!

[@urdadshusband781]

Obviously not any if he deliberately sought them out ? What

[@Channel53official]

It’s always that “one more time” whether it’s a motorcade jump, a high wire walk. A skate trick etc.

[@divinita6012]

The only thing I can say about this one is that it seemed like he liked to play with Lady luck and ended up losing their little game that day.

[@ashkebora7262]

Everybody loses some gambles. That's why it's important not to go all in. Of course, poor people are often FORCED to go all in, which sucks on so many levels.

[@BunnyQueen97]

If you’re nervous to do something upon first approach, but those nerves dull as you continue to test the boundaries, DONT TRUST THEM. That is the epitome of becoming a frog in water.

[@TheGhostFart]

There's a fine line between bravery and stupidity, what he was doing fell into the latter

[@FactoryFugitive]

I can relate to losing a sister to cancer. My sister died of myoblastoma of the frontal lobe October 31st 2004 at 18 years old (I was 12 years old). She even had the first tumor removed, went into remission & went on to culinary school (things were looking good) She started getting the headaches again but worse. Later that year she was diagnosed again but this time it was in a high risk area area of the brain and the "droplets" of said tumor had traveled to her spinal cord by then. Operating to remove the tumor could cost her, her life or cause life altering damage (loss of sight, smell, motor skill, etc). She decided to stop undergoing chemo and left the hospital to go home (where she received hospice care). Unfortunately she passed away 6 months later. It changed who I was and the trajectory of My life. Rest up Jacob and Danielle.

[@debbierowley8833]

I’m so sorry for your loss, cancer has ravaged my family too, it’s an evil thing. Stay strong. ❤️

[@jasssssssful]

finally. i was waiting for someone to do a story about this. The original video was posted without much context. thank you!

[@anthonyp6755]

Wait a minute, dyslexic is a learning disability mostly associated with letters/numbers. Some call it being word blind. It has nothing to do with bad decisions making,rationalizing high risk behavior,or ketamine use! He was a thrill seeker and died doing what he loved.

[@amosonyoutube]

yeah i think the drugs had more to do with it then being dyslexic lol

[@jonaswhite5842]

Some people only feel alive while staring death in the face

[@PaulRudd1941]

I believe the term is known as Adrenaline junkies. And life is boring. Best to have a couple hundred stories to tell right?

[@Baskerville22]

If so, they are seriously, mentally ill.

[@pietro4772]

@@PaulRudd1941 No. Best to survive, lead a "boring" life, get married, have ten children and help Whıte Western people survive. The way we are going, in another 2 or 3 generations our Whıte Western bloodline will be done which is exactly what the pagan màrxıst hordes want.

[@huzcer]

He could have been a bit more considerate to his parents with his continuous swimming in human sized plug holes given what happened to his sister

[@cephalonplant4087]

​@@PaulRudd1941 Whose he telling now with his stories? If life is boring that just means the person is boring lol

[@Syclone0044]

Really liked this video, a great change of pace from all the mountain avalanche/slip fall stories that were starting to blend together in my head. I am shocked it’s even possible to swim anywhere near a vortex like that, much less do it repeatedly for 20 minutes. I would’ve thought that power of moving water would render you entirely powerless to fight the downward force on the very first try. To his credit, the video describes him wisely approaching it a little at a time, testing the waters showed his exercise of judgment and awareness of safety and the risks.

[@lisavalentine8877]

I know that when I used to go white water rafting, if you fell out sometimes you'd get caught up in whirlpools or holes in the river. You learned to always hang onto your oar because that could help you free yourself. I was hoping that the camera on the stick might have been able to do the same.

[@jelly434]

There's no wise way to launch yourself into a whirlpool.

[@CoIoneIPanic]

This one would have been about 85% more morbid if his final dive he had been wearing the horse mask

[@huzcer]

Don't be a neigh-sayer.

[@mr.makedonija2627]

Lol

[@coloradohikertrash9958]

well you can lead a horse to water...

[@TrineDaely]

... but you can't make it sink.

[@MW-ic7lr]

I get it. But this really isn't a joke. Quit seahorsing around.

[@railbaker]

What a channnel im hooked on Midnight....Stay up all night watching these videos!!!

[@efolson]

He was creative in his pursuits, however if you do unnecessarily foolish and dangerous things, sometimes you wind up dead.

[@thatdude3977]

Yup horse mask and ketamine so creative 😂 🤡

[@J-tt1lu]

@@thatdude3977yeah he was really dumb for that

[@melonsloceswain8630]

Wow best thumbnail so far! Video is great too

[@Mike-Ham]

A friend of my brother was sucked through a culvert as they approached a bridge under construction while tubing down a river. The culvert couldn’t be seen since the water level of the river was higher than normal. As he was sucked under, his arms flew above his head and the metal culvert sliced him from elbow to waist on both sides. Over 170 stitches total. He’s very lucky to be alive! Moral of the story… ALLWAYS be aware of your surroundings!

[@nottechytutorials]

Apparently those can get clogged up with debris. I saw a video of a dog sucked under one and appeared again a few seconds later a few feet away. Comments said don't test fate, its always possible you won't resurface again. And then there's the bodycam footage of a police officer and another man who got sucked into a pipe and 30 seconds later got spit back out somewhere else. Its amazing they lived.

[@GoblinSlayer61792]

thats horrifying

[@IrishTechnicalThinker]

Whirlpools are just tornadoes in the water. Don't run into tornadoes, don't swim into whirlpools.

[@counterfit5]

10:45 how many takes did you need to not burst into laughter for this?

[@leddmask]

Fr that was funny as hell

[@Cinerary]

I cried during this, most beautiful and ethereally poignant moment in our entire history of intelligent humanity. It touched the hem of heaven we only peer in our brightest, sun washed dreams

[@djohnson9083]

You do a really good job of telling about Jacob. I’ve seen a video about him that only sensationalizes his death. You let us see the whole person.

[@arthurmcgonnell1179]

He was a lovely Guy & had great vision , thank you for putting this together ..very thoughtful , Cheers my Ansum ..now lets get the Traitor King ! ..& no more Pirates ...

[@weaksause6878]

I've played in whirlpools before. The Halls of Carma is a pool on the New River in West Virginia that creates whirlpools. We were wearing life jackets. Every 5th vortex was considerably stronger. It was fun to let the smaller vortexes spin you around. The stronger one would slowly pull you down until you made any effort and it spit you out. I was a chicken and would wuss out at about 10' depth every time. Guy with me had the gaul to allow it to take him. He was under 57 seconds (someone was timing). He said at a certain depth he tried to chicken out but it took him anyways. He went deep enough that he couldn't see light. Good times: would recommend. Wear a pfd.

[@birdup657]

I have heard this story from several sources but this chockablock full of details I'd never heard before. 👍

[@felixcat9318]

He was a fatality looking for a location...

[@LilyKittyCatto]

im sorry but i laughed when you did the funny voice at 10:45 ive only ever heard you in serious mode so that caught me way off guard

[@nickie7874]

I thought that was Jacob's voice!

[@jonnypondwater7818]

Yo, what’s the background picture on the Morbid Midnight opening screen? I’ve been trying to figure it out, I flipped it upside down and it looks like a pile of leaves in some dirt in like a park or something. Please tell me. Another great vid.

[@pozzee2809]

Their daughter’s death was not preventable, but Jacob’s was! People who risk their lives needlessly are so selfish. No thoughts about the heartaches of those you will leave behind. A simple canister of air and/or rope to save your life, doesn’t make what you do any less exciting. Just a senseless tragedy of someone whose artistry was so beautiful. 😢

[@VirginiaBronson]

It's not always selfish. Sometimes people are just broken.

[@jimjohnson6944]

​@@VirginiaBronsonit's selfish. His parents lost a DAUGHTER. Way harder than losing a sister. They managed not to go throw their lives away for Internet fame afterwards. He could've done the same

[@VirginiaBronson]

@@jimjohnson6944 I don't think it's right to compare the depths of grief between losing a daughter and a sister. Secondly, not burdening family and society anymore with your own set of problems can at times be selfless, not selfish.

[@dimebagdave77]

What the Hayle was he thinking?..RIP and THNX

[@markas91]

I think Tyson and Beiber could take a whirlpool in a fight if they worked together.

[@stykytte]

Tyson could use Beiber as a club.

[@johnr797]

But could they defeat half girl half snake?

[@Cinerary]

@@stykytteTyson would take out his big black D and split Bieber like lumber, filling him up with coom til it spilled out his mouth and nose. Read more about it in my fanfic I’m writing

[@DiegoRooks]

A whirlpool. Pulled me one time 10 feet down luckily I had air and didn’t hit anything .

[@luke9911]

10 feet? The whirlpools we get on big tides in the north west of Australia are huge. I’d say it pushes you down 15-20m. We use to jump into them from the rocks. You could jump into the centre and not touch water for up to 5m. However the current was so strong it would just spit you out downriver 50m or so. Actually those were crocodile infested water also. Makes me cringe when I think back.

[@thesleekgreek]

It is kind of ironic that ketamine (a horse tranquilliser) was in his system and he died pretending to be a horse in the water.

[@GoblinSlayer61792]

just noticed that he went to far he was teasing death

[@hhuodod2209]

I live in penzance and know hayle well. Tbh the guy was a utter fool. Once you in the water when the water is going through the tunnels death is a certainty. Its amazing he lived as long as his did. The water flow depends on how high the tide was. This place has killed quite a few people. He was the only one to go in deliberately. It has changed since he died. The flow is now much faster. You can hear the water being sucked through. Its all fenced of now. Was always scared of being near it as a kid. Looking at it from above was enough x

[@dollinterrupted]

Such an interesting video because I had never heard about this at all before. I'm curious though where you got your information about dyslexia causing poor decision making? As far as I can tell, it is exclusively a reading/writing disorder, so I would love to know your sources on that since I can't find anything to back up what you said at the end there. Is it possible you meant to say ADHD?

[@MorbidMidnight]

The coroner's report specifically noted it; I'm no dyslexia expert but I do know that there have been cases where there have been gray matter density disparities between 'regular' people and people with dyslexia. My thought is that because his case of dyslexia was noted as a severe one, perhaps there was something regarding the density of the gray matter in his prefrontal cortex region that would lead them to that conclusion. How they reached it was not specifically noted in the report so that is just my speculation, but since it was in the official report I felt it necessary to include in the video.

[@dollinterrupted]

@@MorbidMidnight thank you!

[@holyheretic3185]

I have dyslexia, and no my reading sentences wrong doesn't affect my ability to assess whether I'm about to do something really dumb and deadly or not

[@Thejoshrandall]

​@@holyheretic3185 if a person had the condition they would likely not know they had it huh?

[@ChuckThree]

I think the inclusion is appropriate. I’m diagnosed (3 times, for school accommodations) with dyslexia and ADHD. I would have a hard time attributing the dyslexia to any decisions immediately leading to his death. However, wether causal or correlative, many ‘neurodivergent’ (god I hate that word) people also suffer from chronic or periodic chemical imbalances (aka bipolar, anxiety, etc) which is more likely to cause irrational behavior. Plus the more of our whacky brains they can study, the better our scientific understanding will be.

[@OrangeCopperTop]

Cornwall is such a beautiful place.

[@ImmortalTreknique]

For the algorithm 😁👍💪👊🍻

[@hblackburn5580]

Always glad to get a new channel on my feed!

[@jasmine0354]

Any loss of life is tragic...even if it is the result of poor judgement. RIP Jacob

[@Menstral]

Sure, Ted Bundy's loss of life was tragic.

[@davidgray1515]

No, stupid people are not a loss.

[@Cinerary]

@@Menstralit was. More women deserved the Bundy treatment. I’m sure we all know one ex we wish met a Ted Bundy after they were done fucking with our lives

[@zeus5968]

yea it was@@Menstral

[@lorileew2337]

​@@MenstralWell everyone BUT sociopathic murderer's like Ted Bundy and other's..

[@jlemaire9418]

I dig your channel. Good luck to yall.

[@hamilcross]

it's hard for me to feel bad for people that are this reckless, but i do feel for his family and his sister. nature isn't one to be fucked with. respect it for what it is: a beautiful beast.

[@user-us7vf2yc6o]

Cringe

[@melanin_666]

and that's why water has no enemies

[@fuhlahp9247]

His mom said “he never feared danger” Maybe if he did he wouldn’t have drowned.

[@vipboyrockywilliams6577]

That really sucks he lost his sister may she rest in peace but I he didn't properly grieve and needed help or someone to talk to RIP to him as well I hope meet his sister up there ❤❤❤

[@notorious647]

Courage is a helluva drug.

[@fullmetaljackalope8408]

Never knew the backstory. It’s really sad now that I know about him.

[@fuspz]

I was with him the night before at a party.. never said goodbye properly. 😢 Carrying his coffin was a surreal rollercoaster! rest easy yak x see ya on the flipside

[@JayJay-ki4mi]

Is it true he was high while in the water?

[@jmwjrsmom]

​@JayJay-ki4mi did you not listen to or watch the video??

[@lucaskook9440]

10:45 deep, hard hitting words.

[@Cinerary]

When whites complain about losing their women to blacks & other non whites, this is the clip to play.

[@serenitynow66]

Good man you nailed it!

[@GG-eg6kn]

Where’s the footage of him taking his final breath?

[@grapeshot]

I remember hearing about a whirlpool known as Old Sow.

[@dookieboy2106]

Maine i think . Huge one

[@ShiningPulls]

Love this channel

[@whodatking26]

As someone who has played assassin's creed from the very first game, i really am hoping for the new mirage game to bring back the quality that was assassin's Creed

[@lucktyluke5580]

Hey man, love your content, had a strange question. What is the song you always play in the background of your videos?

[@ubahfly5409]

Yeah sick beat, right? It's also Track 7 from "The Roll" soundtrack: Erüdeda - "Andstørmsa" kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIvVdat6Zb-Ub6s

[@vahgeuvje10]

It’s always that ...ONE LAST DIVE that seems to get you.

[@melodiefrances3898]

Well, you can't do another dive if you die, so yes ...

[@gnarthdarkanen7464]

Yup... Folks sure have a weird habit of dying doing the last thing they're ever going to do... ;o)

[@Chichilovee]

It's like finding the keys in the last place you'd look....cause why the fuqq would you keep looking 🤔😐

[@OrdellRob]

Sometimes it’s the thing you do after that thing you died doing, which really kills you.

[@rufunninme]

Wearing that horsehead puts an incredibly eerie, weird spin on this.

[@johnmike121]

I'd psychically stop a friend from doing that

[@leon6777]

Is English your first language man

[@NoetherPoint]

@@leon6777 I’d pay to watch him try. Haha…

[@tritium1998]

Man is Charles Xavier.

[@johnhafner1001]

And just to be clear. The other guy filming him was just standing there, while jacob was nowhere to be seen?

[@GoblinSlayer61792]

death is very patient it doesnt matter how stong or old you are it comes for all of us

[@jamesmoran5662]

My younger sister passed away of the exact same thing it was word for word exactly the same thing and the same way 😢

[@GrandDawggy]

She died while wearing a horse mask on Ketamine in a whirlpool? Huh small world.

[@red4666]

The thumbnail is hilarious though.

[@laurakelseymusic]

Wow what a unique obsession! RIP

[@booboomagoo1305]

Literally the definition of fk around and find out .......

[@RatRacer]

This could have been a 3 minute video

[@lefthandcigg4253]

Its usually that "one last shot" that gets you

[@0037kevin]

He died from drowning?!?! While swimming in a whirlpool?!?! Crazy. Well at least he had a rubber horse mask to help with breathing, and no safety rope but I'm sure that 70 year old cameraman was definitely helpful in the long run. Darwin award accomplished.

[@slavbrav69]

Yeah and still managed to accomplish way more than you

[@impulse_xs]

@@slavbrav69 what exactly did he accomplish besides drowning and looking like a clown while doing it?

[@0037kevin]

If by accomplishment, you mean diverting emergency services from doing actual work to help someone who probably was only thinking of himself and his "internet clout" (as the young people like to say), but yeah I'm sure he's still out there now being "more successful than me"...since you know me so well.

[@j2bigd590]

@@0037kevinit’s still a human being dying man. If that was your son or brother how would you feel? Where is the sympathy for another man who did a silly thing? Acting like your shit doesn’t smell. You’ve absolutely made a life risking decision at least several times in your life. You’ve definitely also made mistakes in your life. This man had done what he did several times beforehand and been fine. Have some sympathy for someone else’s death and be a courteous respectful person for the sake of the family.

[@j2bigd590]

@@impulse_xswhy be so disrespectful about the death of another man? We all are quick to judge people’s decisions when we don’t even know the person at all. That’s a human being just like you who did something silly and irresponsible. I’m sure you’ve done some silly and irresponsible and potentially life threatening things in your youth.

[@autumn_rain]

"described as bright" :D:D:D

[@brettnipps7205]

Always respectful.

[@martynilsson4731]

I feel pissed, I had to fight for my life against cancer, when I was just 17, and such fuck ups are blessed with health and throw it all away.

[@NoetherPoint]

Pretty sweet being a cancer survivor, no? Do you ever use your smart phone, while driving your car?

[@philipsmi-lenguyen8155]

Lol. Like me,I'm healthy but i used drugz. Lol.

[@clinch4402]

That really does suck man, but you are now able to appreciate the value of your life in a way many others aren't. Not saying it was worth it, but that you're looking down on someone who lacks the knowledge and experience you have.

[@chrimony]

Darwin claims another.

[@DiegoRooks]

You jump into the center and you can go all the way down .

[@brianmonroe488]

The best thing to do, when experiencing severe headaches, is to ignore them as long as possible.

[@ElementofKindness]

Linked video has the final dive completely edited out.

[@stephenwest6738]

File this next to Timothy Treadwell and the "I repeatedly tempt fate with my life and the lives of those entrusted to me around the most dangerous land animal currently alive" and also with the guys that free solo the most dangerous rock faces on earth. Find a world class free solo rock climber over the age of 45

[@chewy2804]

Who’s Tim Tredwell?

[@pieterveenders9793]

@@chewy2804 A guy who spent a lot of time living among Alaskan grizzly bears, thinking he was one of them, accepted by them, and could safely live with them. Untill he was brutally confronted by reality and got mauled by an overly aggressive specimen who torn him and his girlfriend apart and partially ate both of them, at least one of them while still alive.

[@jjtr77]

File it next to Andrew McAuley too .. dude tried to kayak across the tasman sea alone, knowing he had a wife and young child back home

[@gangoffour6690]

So ends the dynasty of Mr. Ed. I remember this from years ago. I'm glad I bought a Trunk Monkey today. It could save your life.

[@danielstokes6934]

"He enjoyed catching sun" 😂 He's a ginger!

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

The wetsuit compression is not a bad theory. It looks to me like there is a fair amount of buoyancy in that suit, he is head and shoulders out of the water at the surface. I’m guessing it’s a 5mm from the looks of it. He could clearly dive down without too much exertion but I still think you have to go pretty deep, like 7-10 msw for a suit like that to go neutral without weights, unless it was old and squashed. But add to that perhaps a strong downward pull and that might overcome some remaining buoyancy. I think, for me personally, weighted properly at some 5 kgs of lead - I’d go neutral in a 5mm at around 5 msw, but I have more body fat than he probably did, so take away 3 kgs of weight from that and it would probably be roughly the same for him. I’d say 2kgs would probably do it for a guy his size. He didn’t look weighted to me, however which is why I am speculating 7-10 metres for that extra bit of compression -, but add to that the down current and he could get in trouble shallower than that. These are very loose numbers and estimates and I have no idea how strong that whirlpool would be in terms of downward pull, or perhaps rather how strong the current would be along the bottom once down there. If the current had carved a trench, which it more than likely would, the current through there would have to be very strong to create a surface whirlpool like that, and the mass of moving water would be something else in that direction of travel. I know divers who got in trouble on drift dives at at serious depth in narrow straits for that very reason. Just to say, yeah not inconveiable on the whole.

[@pieterveenders9793]

I'm pretty sure the bit in front of the quay is 8 to 10, perhaps even 12 meters deep. So that sounds about right. He was definitely at least 5 or 6 meters deep when his buyoancy was overcome by the whirlpool because you can see how deep he is in the original KZbin video.

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

​@@pieterveenders9793 I agree - sometimes in murky water vids it’s a little harder to gauge, and also there is the matter of what lense was used but …

[@deadstock82]

what happened to the divers you know on those drift dives?

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

@@deadstock82 Got carried along the bottom at 40+, ended up kinda stuck in a corner carved by the current, then had to surface unassisted through green water and ultimately went to the pressure chamber. As I recall they did develop some DCS symptoms but had no lasting effects. But that’s just luck. This was an experienced C-MAS instructor and a student. I am assuming 2-stars since they went fairly deep on that dive. I don’t know the dive specifics except it was in a cold water strait with fairly steep slopes and probably 3-7m viz, which is often used for deep dives or drift dives.

[@deadstock82]

@@whynottalklikeapirat sounds pretty bad. They should have ascended slowly and done their safety stop as usual even though it had strong current. Luckily nothing worse happened.

[@matthewpitre8159]

Crazy one minute you're in a horse mask laughing joking living it up and a boat to go home as well swimming around in a whirlpool and the next minute you're gone

[@oonmm]

I stopped being a speed demon and adrenaline junkie after realizing that the thrill ain't worth it that one time it all goes wrong. I sold my super bike, threw away my wingsuit, and got rid of my bungie chord and board. I believe my family shouldn't have to pay if something goes wrong in my endaviours. I'm focusing my efforts on TCG:s (Magic) and free solo rock climbing now.

[@orange25i]

Wow!

[@mr.makedonija2627]

He died doing what killed him

[@ohioguy215]

Yup...just like surviving a flight all the way to the crash site.

[@mr.makedonija2627]

@Gary O I gotta be real. I stole this comment lol.

[@ohioguy215]

@@mr.makedonija2627 Haha...I did too! Welcome to the club!

[@amosonyoutube]

Yeah i hate it when people say he died doing what he loved. He just died tragically. Bad judgement.

[@ODA-392]

Darwin Award winner right there with a vengeance.

[@johnellisonarmadilloconstr7966]

What’s a nthcoper nthsmelter nth?

[@nunyatd]

Lmfao😅

[@FmTrini]

Imagine jumping into a flushed toilet thinking you won’t get sucked down into the whole smdh rip Jacob

[@rich7787]

I don’t know, he doesn’t sound that bright to me

[@Zoo-Wee-Mama-Sq]

Narrator sounds like me after I'm crossfaded on like 3 different downers

[@jamiemetcalfe7945]

Jacob led his best life and achieved his dream. He died doing what he loved the most. A short life but an honorable and well lived one.

[@cephalonplant4087]

Honorable how?

[@jamiemetcalfe7945]

@@cephalonplant4087 he was true to himself. And his loved ones. Sucks for his parents, but that's life. You have to let your kids live on their own terms. I had two childhood friends like this guy. Long gone now.

[@foxyalchemist8271]

I like this perspective. Unfortunate, yes. But he died being himself.

[@MrJohnlennon007]

@@jamiemetcalfe7945 I wouldn’t say live on their own terms is a good thing especially if it endangers others (not this video but in general)

[@jamiemetcalfe7945]

@@MrJohnlennon007 endangering others is a good caveat. No one I mentioned did that.

[@Repoocn]

how does dyslexia correlate with not realizing time?

[@andrewg3196]

Nice video! Ignore the haters. As a swimmer I will say even experienced swimmers underestimate the strength of water.

[@inappropriatejohnson]

The Donner Party might be old news, but they still deserve a deep dive from this wonderful channel.

[@Syclone0044]

Odd choice of words given this particular video, heh

[@robinhood3926]

How does a ' bright ' man end up dead like this ? He s no hero

[@kai990]

what causes these whirlpools in the first place?

[@MorbidMidnight]

The culverts that connect the main harbor to Carnsew pool. At high tide so much water is being pushed into the culverts that the whirlpools are formed as a result.

[@kai990]

@@MorbidMidnight Thank you, i just learned what a culvert is.

[@chasecharron4546]

That man was screaming for help if ive ever seen it.... "adventuring" my ass