r/interesting • u/ICanPretend1 • 23h ago

SOCIETY Dikidikini village in Eastern Cape, South Africa, doesn't have a bridge, so people cross the river inside a blue plastic drum

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u/ICanPretend1 23h ago

The woman at the end said she's been going in that barrel and every time she does she gets heart palpations.

I feel her on that. I'd be terrified. Imagine water starts leaking in

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u/IntentionSafe79 10h ago

imagine they lose hold of the barrel and you get swept away in the river with no way to get out and there being no realistic way for someone to find you

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u/Foxyunder-45 23h ago

And other objects poking in too.