In old books there is an urban legend that a drowning person goes down 3 times. "He was going down for the third time when the brave seaman dived down into the waters and pulled him to the surface, where .... etc."
How did this myth originate?
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HippieChick58
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Apr 20, 2020
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Interesting. Good article. But it brings up a fresh point;-
In 10% of drownings the victim's lungs have no water in them "In perhaps 10 percent of all cases, the victim does not actually breathe in any water, but instead dies of asphyxiation due to laryngospasm, or reflex closing of the vocal cords."
So why have no crime fiction writers used this to indicate the victim did drown, despite the lack of water in the lungs?
Any budding Agatha Christies on this site?
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