All Xiao Chen wanted to do was go for a swim.  Thinking it’d be fun, the 25-year-old Chinese man headed toward what he thought was the river.  As it turns out, it was just silt, and it wasn’t long before he found himself waist-deep in mud, and sinking!  Now most people, their life on the line, would’ve used their mobile phones to call for help.  Chen, despite having a phone, was too embarrassed to call for help.

After struggling to free himself for four hours, Chen finally gave up and asked two passing fishermen for help.  They called the fire department, who then spent another SEVEN hours trying to drag the man to safety!  The situation would’ve been easier had Chen just taken off his pants, but he was too embarrassed to even do that!  Even after firefighters stripped down to their undies, Chen’s modesty prevented him from doing the same, even though it would’ve probably allowed him to escape before 12 hours had passed.

He was probably just afraid of giant mud bugs.   (Really, who could blame him?)  Just imagine, if he’d called for help, he’d have never gotten this international attention.  Now the whole world is snickering at him!

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