Saturday, January 4, 2014

Polar Bear Dip at Flora-Bama brings out more than 1,000 people (photos, video)

AppId is over the quota
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PERDIDO KEY, Florida -- About 2,000 people gathered at the beach along the Alabama-Florida state line for the annual Polar Bear Dip at high noon. Now, depending on who you talked to the water was chilly, but Renata Mueller of Wisconsin thought the Gulf of Mexico was like bath water.  "This ain't nothing," cried Mueller. "Heck, we go into freezing water for our polar bear dip. This is like a bath."Also on the beach (in pajamas) was Liz Pugh who was right at the edge of the water. "I'm ready," she shouted. Then, just at noon, John McInnis, owner of the Flora-Bama screamed into a bullhorn for all to head into the drink.At that point about 1,500 hundred people headed into the Gulf of Mexico, many running right back to the beach. 

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