Born Hunter 17,977 Posted November 5, 2018 Report Share Posted November 5, 2018 f***ing insane! Quote Gus Hutt, who was fishing at a beach near a holiday park in the Bay of Plenty region of the North Island, thought he was pulling a doll from the ocean before realising he had rescued a baby when the boy “let out a little squeak”. He said he was checking his lines at about 7.15am late last month when he spotted the baby float past. "His face looked like porcelain with his short hair wetted down," Mr Hutt told the Whakatāne Beacon. "But then he let out a little squeak and I thought, 'oh God, this is a baby and it's alive'. He was floating at a steady pace with a rip in the water. If I hadn't been there, or if I had just been a minute later I wouldn't have seen him.” https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/05/new-zealand-fisherman-pulls-18-month-old-baby-sea-alive-freakish/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,977 Posted November 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2018 4 minutes ago, W. Katchum said: Fcuking lucky, daft as it seems it’s one my worst nightmares is having any the kids up wandering about whilst I’m asleep, I’m just lucky I’m awake most the nights an my missus is a real light sleeper if I’m at work she jist don’t settle right Not something I've ever really considered but I guess it must be when I do. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 29,984 Posted November 5, 2018 Report Share Posted November 5, 2018 lukily a happy ending.....I know when we been camping with the kids when there toddlers its constently on your mind them wandering off ...you have to be real carful and on the ball...I can easily see how its happened... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dinosaurs 2,155 Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 My youngest daughter went sleep walking once on holiday when she was bout 4yrs old. She climbed out of her bed walked past her sleeping sister down stairs past my son sleeping on sofa bed unlocked the door & wondered off to the pool area. First we knew was security phoning us & when i went out to look for her she was by the pool!! She didnt know how she got there!! Scared the shit out of me & the wife. We had to barricade the door after that. Thankfully never done it since. Atb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 29,984 Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 10 hours ago, Dinosaurs said: My youngest daughter went sleep walking once on holiday when she was bout 4yrs old. She climbed out of her bed walked past her sleeping sister down stairs past my son sleeping on sofa bed unlocked the door & wondered off to the pool area. First we knew was security phoning us & when i went out to look for her she was by the pool!! She didnt know how she got there!! Scared the shit out of me & the wife. We had to barricade the door after that. Thankfully never done it since. Atb thankfully a happing ending mate....gives me the willys storys like that.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j j m 6,633 Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 a good ending Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jiggy 3,209 Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 It's amazing he stead afloat with mouth out of water. Lucky b*****d should be his nickname for life. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dytkos 18,122 Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 9 minutes ago, jiggy said: It's amazing he stead afloat with mouth out of water. Lucky b*****d should be his nickname for life. Float to Live! Cheers, D. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jiggy 3,209 Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 9 minutes ago, dytkos said: Float to Live! Cheers, D. FairPlay to the nipper I've heard stories of newborns floating but didnt know an 18 month old could paddle his own canoe. Probably just out doing the backstroke for cardio and some fcuker tangles him up in his fishing line. Fisherman was probably poaching too setting nightlines when the kid was trying to get his laps of the beach done. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman 11,607 Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 On 05/11/2018 at 15:52, W. Katchum said: Fcuking lucky, daft as it seems it’s one my worst nightmares is having any the kids up wandering about whilst I’m asleep, I’m just lucky I’m awake most the nights an my missus is a real light sleeper if I’m at work she jist don’t settle right When i lived in a horse drawn wagon i had a open lot type wagon which means the open end was just that open and i had a tarp you pulled down with a inner blanket to help keep the warm in.I had my eldest son living with me at the time who was around 18 months old and he once got up before me and wondered out the wagon as his bed was underneath mine and i just didn't hear him one morning,my old dog who was on a chain outside woke me up barking and my lad was just sat outside by the fire pit.From that day on i slept on the floor in that wagon so he'd have to climb over and wake me up me to get out but by feck my heart dropped when i first saw his empty bed that day... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 29,984 Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 11 minutes ago, fireman said: When i lived in a horse drawn wagon i had a open lot type wagon which means the open end was just that open and i had a tarp you pulled down with a inner blanket to help keep the warm in.I had my eldest son living with me at the time who was around 18 months old and he once got up before me and wondered out the wagon as his bed was underneath mine and i just didn't hear him one morning,my old dog who was on a chain outside woke me up barking and my lad was just sat outside by the fire pit.From that day on i slept on the floor in that wagon so he'd have to climb over and wake me up me to get out but by feck my heart dropped when i first saw his empty bed that day... another happy ending thank feck.....got any pics fireman...I used to love them pics your mate ooty used to put up when he lived the traveling life... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jiggy 3,209 Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 My daughter was 18 months and snuck out of house and waddled down the road about 500 yards. My neighbour ( the farmer I bought my site off) rang the door bell and said she was gone. I asked him why he didn't pick her up and put her in his car when he seen her and he said he didn't feel comfortable. I had to sprint the 500 yards and grab her before she got hit by a car. I don't know if he was more of a weirdo for leaving her there rather than pick her up. The child would of known him and I wouldn't of thought any bad of him throwing her in car out of danger. If I seen a child like that I'd pick it up crying or not and would hope my neighbour would understand that it was in the child's welfare to do so. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mushroom 14,293 Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 On 05/11/2018 at 17:12, TOMO said: lukily a happy ending.....I know when we been camping with the kids when there toddlers its constently on your mind them wandering off ...you have to be real carful and on the ball...I can easily see how its happened... I had the wandering off malarkey fully nailed on the head with mine. Fear is the key! I told my daughter that Dracula lived in the woods and would tear her arms and legs off before bleeding her out, then I ran off with her screaming daaaaad..... she was 3-4 at the oldest Incidentally I also had the ice cream van question sorted too.... I just told her when the man played the music, it meant he had run out of ice cream PMSL. I had her believing that one, until she was 7... she still hates me for it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman 11,607 Posted November 6, 2018 Report Share Posted November 6, 2018 3 hours ago, TOMO said: another happy ending thank feck.....got any pics fireman...I used to love them pics your mate ooty used to put up when he lived the traveling life... I haven't mate,my dark days took everything i owned or cared about i'm afraid.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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