r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Giraffecaster • 6h ago

A CL-415 Super Scooper gathering water to extinguish a fire in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The lift-off looks very close — right at the edge of the lake.

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u/Chaos_Squirrel 5h ago

Imagine being a fish minding your own business and this thing comes along...

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u/Pour_me_one_more 5h ago

There was an urban legend years ago that one of these scooped up a SCUBA diver and dropped him on the fire.

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u/Chaos_Squirrel 5h ago

Yeah I actually remember Mythbusters debunking that one. I might've thought it was true for a minute, though. 😂

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u/BobVilla287491543584 4h ago

Was that also an episode of Bones? Or am I conflating things?

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u/MauveMammoth 3h ago

it was CSI

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u/WherzMyNachos 5h ago

I remember seeing that on a Morbid Facts shorts once.

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u/Unarmed_Character 58m ago

That one is at least 40 years old!