What lies beneath THE STRID? I lower a camera down to find out!

I sent a camera down as deep as i could in The Strid at Bolton Abbey today to see what the most dangerous river in the world looks like below.

[MattEvans]

So is anyone else's mind completely blown by the fact that because of these videos, those of use who've watched them have now seen a part of the planet that literally no other humans have ever seen? Cheers from Oklahoma, bro! Thanks for posting these, they are legitimately crazy interesting!

[TheDiplococcus]

The most frightening thing there is the bubbles at 25-30m. It shows just how powerful the downwards current is at that point. If it can take air that far down (and further) then it's easy to see why a person falling in or being swept into that section is not coming up again!

[LesSharp]

Dude, as a diver, I cannot imagine anything more terrifying than seeing air bubbles contstrained in current at that depth, that came from the surface vs. a diver's exhaust gas. It takes a huge amount of energy to drag air down there. And if that's cavitation... well, just look up how pressure that requires! I'm honestly amazed you got your camera back!

[TheCiderDrinker]

This should be shown in classrooms about the dangers surrounding water, and why you should NEVER underestimate it. When you were pulling the camera up, it actually felt like I was someone desperately struggling to try to free themselves from the torrent. You can see why this place has a 100% mortality rate, truly scary stuff!

[MrHistorian]

Interesting to think that there was infinitely more film footage of the surface of Mars than the bottom of the Strid until now.

[Totalinternalreflection]

The fact the bubbles haven’t been about to rise all the way down at 30 meters is terrifying, that downward current is so strong.

[BoundingBeast]

I remember thinking "well, that's terrifying" after seeing Tom Scott's video on The Strid...your videos have caused me to upgrade that assessment to "that's pants-shittingly terrifying" (and also fascinating)

[ElderFoxDocumentaries]

You have a bright future on YouTube. Keep it up and try not to get discouraged at any point. But please please invest in a life jacket 🙏

[rafaelaugusto]

Jack, i cannot thank you enough for making these videos. You're satisfying the curiosity of a lot of people like me, who will never be able to go there and make these experiments. Thanks, you've made a brazilian guy happy today.

[markpinther]

What an awesome video! This is EXACTLY what I have wanted to see in the Strid. With the survival rates being so low, if it were me, I would be wearing a roofing harness and or have myself tied off to something very solid up and away from the edge. You could easily fall while doing this lad.

[danb]

This was fascinating, and made it immediately clear why this river is so deadly. The uk is full of tiny rivers and streams that on the surface look quite similar, but are often waist deep or much less, only rarely getting to depths of about 6 feet. The current in here was clearly insanely powerful, and anyone unlucky enough to fall in would essentially be dragged into a narrow canyon filled with currents pulling them down… fascinating but deadly.

[lxathu]

Among all the shocking images, there's the creepy thought about how quickly that water must have descended to still contain that vast amount of bubbles in that depth.

[xFENRISx]

Thanks for putting yourself on the front line to find out more about this mystery, Jack. Please be careful. Much appreciated from downunder ✌️

[HinoTony]

Great investigation, I do some underwater filming and find that a wide angle torch is much better at showing the surrounding areas. Narrower pencil beams tend to overexpose a hot spot and make the rest of the screen much darker. Probably wouldn’t want to drop an expensive video light into the Strid tho. Keep up the good work.

[maninahole]

I almost drowned in a river as a child. I fell in head first and remember the whitewater and bubbles before it turned copper, brown and then dark. I don't know what happend next, I have no memory of being pulled out of the water. The next thing I do remember is sitting on the side of the riverbank with my family and lots of strangers wearing some man's Ralph Lauren t-shirt. That was roughly 25 years ago. This video reminded me of that moment.

[kyledouglass]

I actually love that you just left it as the sounds of the camera rather than running commentary, it made it feel more like we were actually there. Awesome video man!

[joshbridges]

Jack, as an engineering student, is it possible that due to the high concentration of bubbles around some parts of the Strid, your sonar is giving false readings? The speed of sound in air is about 1 fifth that of water, and so the higher the proportion of air, the slower the return of the wave, and the deeper the Sonar will report.

[detrafurlow]

I actually watched a video explaining that this beautiful body of water is a canyon, which makes sense to me. I reside in Arizona and we have the Grand Canyon which is amazing. I am blown away by the viewpoints of his camera. Simply stunning as well as breathtaking. Please be safe. I enjoy your work and bravery.

[soundseeker]

I used to visit here as a kid and still do occasionally. Even as child, I could tell there was something different about this water - For the most part it appears quite calm on the surface, but when you look closer you can see it is actually swirling in all manner of directions not consistant with the prevaling downstream current.
Another thing some visitors including myself notice is that the rock banks actually tremble in places, several feet back from the waters edge. This points to large quantities of water flowing unseen either through passages or under large overhangs beneath the banks . It IS a beautiful place but to anyone paying attention (even without the signage) there are subtle clues that there is MUCH more to this "little stream" than meets the eye and it should be met with great caution. Although we couldn't see a great deal due to how dark and peat stained the water is, this footage definitely confirmed what the legends say - The waters are deep, powerful, and dangerous! Well, it is basically the whole River Wharfe flipped on its side!

You don't understand how satisfying these videos are to me. Ever since I first heard about this river from Tom Scott's video, I was super curious for more information, but like you said in your first video there isn't much info available online. You are answering the questions I really wished I could answer myself so thank you so much for this!! Liked and Subbed!