I can’t help but think this event is very much like the crocodile dude, Steve Irwin.
From the very first time I saw him handling animals and getting up close and personal, I thought “This guy is breaking every rule in the book!”
He seemed to be way too carefree and flippant dealing with critters, having more faith in his own knowledge and experience than belief that the animal could lash out way faster then he could respond.
He never should have been diving that close to the bottom in an area that was infested with the deadly rays.
He should have known better.
Whether it’s tornadoes or dangerous animals, it’s just human nature for long familiarity to dull a sense of fear and self-preservation.
A guy measures risks, and at some point...begins to trim risks by his own thought process. He will eventually get to a point where a sure-fire 99-percent risk....is only one-percent. It’s our mortal sense of acceptance. It’s how mankind walked over the ice-bridge to Alaska. It’s how Columbus gambled on some land at the end of the trip. It’s how man landed on the moon....acceptance of risks.
He seemed to be way too carefree and flippant dealing with critters, having more faith in his own knowledge and experience than belief that the animal could lash out way faster then he could respond.I agree, and can only add "...having more faith in his own knowledge and experience than belief [in God]..."