The Devil's Pool is possibly the world's most
dangerous pool as it is situated on top of Victoria
Falls. Located in southern Africa on the Zambezi River between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe, Africa, there are
also various hippos and crocodiles inhabiting the Zambezi River that forms the
Victoria Falls. The Devil's Pool is known in aboriginal legend to be cursed by
a female spirit looking for her former lover. The locals believe that her calls
can still be heard and are the causes of the deaths that occur there. Since
1959, there have been 17 victims from the Devil's Pool.
David Livingstone, the Scottish
missionary and explorer, is believed to have been the first European to view
the Victoria Falls — which he did from what is now known as 'Livingstone
Island' in Zambia, the only land accessible in the middle of the falls. David Livingstone gave the falls the
name 'Victoria Falls' in honor of his Queen.
It is neither the highest nor the widest
waterfall in the world, it is claimed to be the largest. This claim is based on
a width of 1,708 meters (5,604 ft) and
height of 108 meters (354 ft), forming the largest sheet of falling water
in the world.
The Devil’s Pool on
the Zambia side of Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River has both the illusion of danger and the cold-reality-of-imminent-death
danger if something goes wrong. Perched on the edge of the 360-foot torrent,
the pool is a deep depression in the rock just upriver of the lip. In
high-water months, it’s suicide, but from September to December the water is
low enough to turn it into the world’s sketchiest jacuzzi.
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