Teen gets frostbite after barefoot run

[TexasStooge]

BUFFALO, Minn. (AP) - A teenager who wanted to continue the family tradition of running around the garden barefoot during halftime of the Super Bowl game has learned a painful lesson.

It was 17 below zero at halftime Sunday in this city about 30 miles northwest of Minneapolis, and D.J. Brown's dad said it was too cold to continue the tradition. But the 18-year-old senior at Buffalo High School ran outside in his T-shirt and jeans, threw off his socks and shoes, and ran around the block.

Brown said he was outside only five minutes, but his feet started swelling and blistering when he got back inside. The pain was excruciating.

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And the moral of the story is...don't do something stupid like that during below zero weather.

[Jim Cantore]

What an idiot.

[Janie2006]

That was rather foolish of him.

[Lindaloo]

That makes me shiver just thinking about it. BRRRR!!

[Tstormwatcher]

What an idiot.

X2

[arizonasooner]

I did that with my kids a couple of months ago when it was about 17F above zero after the snowstorm in Tulsa! We raced from the front door to the electrical box way out by the street to the mail box on the other side of the yard back to the front door in foot-deep snow. Barefoot. About 100 yards. Three times! It was a BLAST!

No frostbite, but we were out in the snow only about one minute per race...

Fun times! Ya gotta know when to say when!