I’m afraid the splash never comes… instead there’s a sound like a cross between a smack and a slap, and then some cracking noises as this unfortunate guy’s spine fractures into a thousand pieces.

OK, so maybe not that last part, as thankfully the guy seems to have survived his ordeal physically intact. He may never live the shame down though, especially now that the video is doing the round on the InterWebs.

This was a really stupid stunt to try. Even if the ice had cracked enough to let him enter the water, the shards could have cut him very badly. Or he could have had a bad reaction to the extreme temperature and passed out never to be seen again.

This is why the Darwin Awards have new entrants every year… because people never learn.