Hugh Garrett Carter was inspecting a bee sting on his arm when, suddenly, the sound and speed of the river he was fly fishing in changed. When the angler realized the water volume had increased in just a few seconds, he quickly began to try to get out of the river before a flash flood overtook him.
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“Pretty crazy footage . . . I get caught in a flash flood,” wrote Carter in his Instagram post sharing the footage from Tennessee. “I’m sitting there showing off my bee sting when all the sudden I notice the water start to get louder and faster. At 3200’ in elevation, those headwater floods can come in quick.”
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Carter’s footage shows him walking down river at a quick pace before crossing at the safest point he could find and getting back on land. Critics in the comments section say Carter should have exited sooner, but Carter said a rock wall would have blocked his way back if he’d exited on the wrong side of the river, so he walked downstream until he could cross.
Watch an angler caught up in a flash flood below (or see it here).
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