There’s no feeling more unnerving for a parent than knowing something is wrong with your child and feeling or being rendered unable to provide assistance. Be it moments when they’ve got to tiptoe into the unknown (with you watching close by) to figure out a life lesson on their own or when a situation is entirely out of your hands, it sends parents into a fight or flight response.

So when a bus driver in Desoto County pulled over with a load of children on board, parents and loved ones were immediately thrown into a sense of instability because all they could hear were their children screaming and crying, and the bus driver was keeping them inside.

The video shared on TikTok comes from the Facebook account of a woman named Misty Grubbs, a parent of one of the children on the bus who received a call from her daughter letting her know that something wasn’t right.

“This woman has got my child locked on a bus and will not let them get off,” Misty’s video begins as she pans her camera around the bus with children looking panicked, screaming, crying, and in a state of disbelief.

As the children’s screams got louder, some of the other parents began knocking on the bus and trying to obtain any information at all from the bus driver. Despite their best efforts, she didn’t make a line of communication possible, leading to further panic and disarray.

Before we proceed, let’s clarify a few things: working with children can be a thankless job. Teachers, bus drivers, assistants, etc. — they see our children more than anyone in the world besides ourselves, and they don’t get enough credit. That being said, while their goal is to turn them from tiny humans into capable young people and successful adults, parents also entrust the safety of the people they love most.

Trust is the fundamental building block of every relationship we encounter, be it our closest loved ones to those we only know in passing and even down to something like the online orders we make and the decisions we move forward with on a day-to-day basis. We exist in a realm of trust that everything will be fine; we’re putting an inherent sense of trust into the universe that things will be okay.

The last thing any parents or children involved in this situation felt was trust. Without a clear response from the bus driver, we can assume she felt the same way — but no one can blame the parents for their reactions after hearing the screams of the children and seeing their tears and the fear in their eyes. While the video on TikTok highlights a portion of it, Grubbs’ video on Facebook is more in-depth and highlights the children walking to the camera in tears, some trying to rationalize what was going on while others tried to make it clear that they needed to get home.

As a parent of a child who is figuring out who they are, what life is, what boundaries are, and has many friends of all ages doing the same, this broke my heart to see. The fear in the eyes of the children was heartwrenching; it was hard to watch, and anyone who did probably wanted to reach out and hug them.

Besides the heavy emotional toll that anyone watching the video felt, another question was immediately posed — what about laws? What about regulations? The truth is, there is no clear-cut answer on whether or not a bus driver can keep children on a bus if they’ve arrived safely at their stop. Expert Law has a threat on the very question, but there are several responses that all point to one thing — it’s a district-by-district policy. The Desoto County School District has a website devoted to information about busses, safety, rules, and regulations — and a number provided welcomes questions and concerns about anything that has happened.

The website also contains a list of rules for the bus, some of which include being at the stop 5 minutes early, obeying the bus driver (in all caps), being nice and courteous, and not using electronic devices. That last one is important because it seems to be the catalyst for what began unfolding, and that is drawing in another set of mixed opinions.

There’s also an informational snippet shared regarding parent responsibilities, a few of which read as follows:

“Understand students may be disciplined for inappropriate behavior at or near a bus stop or on the bus, ensure your student understands the same DCS policies and procedures encourage them to comply, and support reasonable discipline efforts of the school administration.”

It goes without saying that discipline is necessary, and we have a feeling that all of the parents in the situation were well aware of that, but I’m not sure anyone could have watched that video and thought things were going well. The fear and upset of everyone involved, the tears in the eyes of the children, and the jumping from bus windows: control was most certainly lost at that point, but without a conversation, no one can make a judgment call on what to do next. No one could make sense of what happened in those chaotic moments.

In comments on the original video posted to Facebook, Grubbs says that her daughter explained the incident happened because a girl on board called her mom complaining that the driver was yelling at the children on the bus.

“My daughter calls crying, saying the bus driver said, ‘we can just sit here.’ Apparently, she was asking for the child’s phone and the little girl wasn’t giving up her phone so all I heard were kids crying and I didn’t know if they had been in a wreck or not so when I got to the scene, the woman wouldn’t even tell me what was wrong so then I lost it.”

Comments on Grubbs’ video ranged in everything from support of her anger and frustration to questioning if the police were called and sending tags to major news networks. This comment came from someone who experienced this as a child, leaving them with PTSD, which they still deal with to this day.

Some of the other comments spoke about the heat and how miserable the situation must have been for the children.

If you’re feeling an unnerving sense of Deja Vu, you’re not alone — another situation where a bus driver kept children on a bus happened just a couple of years ago in the Victor Central School District.

It’s impossible to understand the weight that those entrusted with our children’s lives feel during the day unless you’ve done it, and we are grateful that educators and those in the school realm exist — from custodians and bus drivers to teachers and family resource officers. They deserve a great deal of thanks. Those statements can’t be negated or understated, but the kids on that bus felt anything but cared for and protected in those moments, and that is a truth of its own, too.

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The daredevil holds a special place in our culture. They put their lives on the line for our entertainment, and we want to see them fail as much as we want them to succeed. A Russian stuntman did the former with a car and, by some crazy happenstance, did not die.

TMZ reported on what they’re calling a “Car stunt gone wrong,” and boy, is that one way to put it. The stuntman’s name is Evgeny Chebotarev, and in the video, we see him speeding up a ramp in a Russian SUV called a Lada Niva.

He wanted to fly the car from one roof to the other. He didn’t make it. He didn’t even get close to making it. The ramp was not even kind of enough runway to pick up the speed he needed. How did anyone let him do this?

The car’s windshield hit the edge of the building before it went tumbling down seven-ish stories and exploded on the ground. The fall was violent. It’s very hard to watch.

It doesn’t look like a survivable fall. Crazily, Chebotarev crawls out of the wreckage like a baby calf being born to the cheers of his friends, who moments earlier thought he was gone forever.

He didn’t get off unscathed, though. He hurt his leg a little. He didn’t break it, but it did get bloody. Chebotarev, by the way, is no stranger to insane stunts. He does backflips of ladders in the middle of the street, jumps over moving cars from moving cars, and honestly, he’s kind of the man.

Hopefully, he’ll be doing these crazy stunts well into old age.

The human disruptor! One of the most entertaining type of videos on TikTok, besides cats, of course. Whether they’re getting flights grounded, or fighting with fast food workers, or in this case refusing to move from theater seats, these selfish main characters have no regard for others and couldn’t care less. Fun to hate watch, though.

Let’s set the scene. It’s a movie theater like any other with assigned seats. Normally, you pick your seat, you go to your seat, and you watch the movie. If someone’s in your seat, you kindly ask them to leave, and they do.

In this particular instance, none of that happened. The video starts with the man screaming, “why do you have to have mine?”

“It’s not yours,” the exasperated employee says.

“Leave me alone!” The very annoying man with long blond hair says.

“I pay my money I have a right,” the manchild says.

“To sit in your seat,” the employee answers.

Then the genius says, “how can you tell it’s not my seat?”

Perhaps sensing that this man will respond to logic, the employee points out that “your ticket has your seat number on it.”

It’s pretty hard to argue with that kind of logic, but boy does he try.

“Whatever,” the manchild says. Whatever!

Employee tries to reason but the man says, “I’m going to be an a**hole” because you’re being one.” “I’m not,” the employee answers. By the way, this employee should get a raise. How do we make that happen?

Eventually backup arrives in the form of a manager. Now they’re both pleading with this adult brat to simply move to his assigned seat.

Oh, and he’s holding everyone up. They stopped the movie and everything.

“So if I move over one seat, everything will be solved?” He says.

In a very calm voice, the manager tries to explain that he’s disrupting everyone else. Does he care? He does not. It doesn’t matter what anyone else is going through. His happiness is the only thing that matters. Why are there so many people like this?

When he finally lets her talk, she tries to explain again that he’s ruining everyone’s time.

“We’re gonna ask you to leave. We’ll get you a refund, though,” she continues, with the calmness of a nun.

He stands his ground. “I don’t know, I might want to be taken out in handcuffs now.” CALL THIS MAN’S BLUFF. But also I get the manager’s position. Everyone’s trying to keep the situation under control, except for the manbaby, of course.

This is unfortunately the landscape of the modern theater experience post-Covid. As CNET pointed out, movie theaters enjoyed a monopoly for a long time, simply because there was no where else to go to see movies.

Now, there’s so much competition from everywhere else that for the first time in a long time they have to work to keep people coming in. Which means they have to be nice to customers.

Director Christopher Nolan pleaded with people right after theaters closed in 2020 to return to them:

“When this crisis passes, the need for collective human engagement, the need to live and love and laugh and cry together, will be more powerful than ever.”

While he’s enjoying success with Oppenheimer right now, that attitude of “you can’t tell me what to do” left over from the pandemic is spilling into other facets of life, and this video is the perfect example of that.

Back to the video of the child stuck in a very annoying man’s body. There’s a cherry on top of this sh*t sundae, by the way. After the manager offers a refund, he has the best (worst) response:

“I want more than a refund.” Wow. The entitlement. This is why people hate Americans. He wants more than a refund for forcing everyone to listen to him yell at a service worker instead of watching the movie they paid for.

What does he say next? “Can I get a drink?” Unbelievable. She says, “we’ll take care of you.” Then he goes, “fine, and I’m never coming back.” Like that’s some kind of threat. Like they’re blessed with his presence.

Maybe the best part is when we stands up and we get to see this basement dweller. He’s the human embodiment of the m’lady movement.

“Bye everyone,” he says while he slides his leather jacket on over his t shirt and red sweatpants. “Enjoy your movie.”

It’s practically the perfect situation. You can get really drunk, not have to pay for it, and not get arrested by any authorities. This is exactly what happened to some very lucky volunteers in Missouri, and they chronicled the whole thing in one very hilarious TikTok.

Everything started when the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office offered free booze to the public to participate in a hands-on field sobriety training program called a “wet lab.”

The sheriff’s office put a message on Facebook that said:

“The Sheriff’s Office is looking for alcohol drinkers Tuesday-Thursday this week, and we are buying! Seriously, we buy, you drink, and we provide your transportation home (not jail). The catch? After you drink, officers will be testing you on standardized field sobriety tests. Upon completion of your field sobriety tests, you will then submit a breath sample to determine your level of intoxication. Location: 400 First Street in Hillsboro. Time: Noon-4:00 P.M.”

Here’s how it works: You meet up with other fine upstanding public servants in a room where you drink and socialize for “1-2 hours.” Then the cops come in and you have to do “a series of field sobriety tests.”

To further incentivize the public, the sheriff’s office assured the public that “While we will not be providing Pappy Van Winkle, we promise not to serve you cheap wine or rail liquor. We appreciate our volunteers more than that.”

This is a pretty fun story on its own, but what really makes this thing sing is the video. A user named sydalexandra posted a video where two people are in the backseat of a car.

“Hey guys, come with me to get [messed] up at the police station on the state’s dime.” Suck it, government!

We watch them walking up to the police station, and then in a conference looking room taking shots with other volunteers. Next they’re drinking doubles and playing drinking games. I miss college.

Then, more shots! The only place with more shots in that building is the shooting range. Of course, you have to shotgun a beer on the veranda of the sheriff’s office building.

The young woman in the video hits a .146 on the breathalyzer. Impressive! In Missouri, you’re legally intoxicated at .08. The other guy hits an almost as impressive .138.

The sheriff’s office also gave them pizza. Is this the most chill sheriff’s office in the country? Sure seems like it.

The last thing we see is our intrepid public servants hammered out of their minds in the backseat on the way home.

“Every single cop would have arrested me,” she said. “Me too,” the man said. Do all sheriff’s offices need drinkers? Because what a beautiful thing.

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UFOs, UAPS, and space invaders; artificial intelligence, mutating mosquitos, and worldwide conspiracies — 2023 could go down as the wackiest year in human history. Oh, and the Loch Ness Monster might be real. Like, REALLY real. Are you surprised?

With a recent expedition that quickly became the largest search for Scotland’s Loch Ness Monster in the last 50 years, scientific researchers from around the world got together this past weekend to try and finally track down the legendary Scottish creature known aptly as “Nessie.”

Utilizing drones with thermal scanners, boats, infrared cameras, and underwater hydrophones — the folks involved in this monster hunt certainly weren’t messing around, and the results are finally in… They found it.

Just kidding. Although project leader Alan McKenna and his colleagues mentioned hearing “strange noises” in an interview with DW News, along with a slew of tips and videos, no conclusive evidence was found to support the existence of one of the world’s most sought-after mythical beasts. Yet.

Due to the massive influx of information from the search, those involved think it will be quite a while before we get any information, and all we Loch Ness lovers can do now is cross our tin-foiled fingers. Until then, let’s take a look at the history of the Loch Ness Monster outright and how this aquatic legend was born in the first place.

Origins of the Loch Ness Monster

Loch Ness is a large freshwater lake located in the Scottish Highlands and serves as the United Kingdom’s largest lake (by volume) on record. The term “loch” is the Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Scots word for lake or sea inlet and continues to be an iconic part of the culture’s ongoing vernacular.

Stories of a monster inhabiting the body of water can be traced back as far as 565 AD, and since then, there have been nearly 1,100 recorded sightings of the monster itself. Officially, with some conservative estimates predicting that many more go unreported each year.

A local legend until 1934, Nessie gained worldwide acclaim when a London physician snapped a photo of the supposed creature while enjoying time near the water. The image, which has come to be known as the “The Surgeon’s Photo,” has since been debunked — but has continued to serve as an emblem for the mythos surrounding the hypothetical creature.

There’s no hiding it. We all want to believe. Finding out that some sort of ancient underwater dinosaur has been hiding in Loch Ness for centuries wouldn’t just be a mind-melter. It would redefine our collective conceptions of nature altogether. Cool, right?

Still, we’re going to need a lot more than strange noises to confirm the existence of something as divisive as the Loch Ness monster. Just because the search has ended without evidence doesn’t mean there isn’t any out there. Happy hunting!