Father Covers Home Swimming Pool As Safety Measure, His Child Walks Over It, Plays Without Falling in Video

• A father has stirred mixed reactions online when he shared a video of his kid walking on their covered pool
• The man revealed that the thick cover could hold as much as 45,000 pounds in weight to douse people's fear
• According to the father, he installed the material as a safety measure to keep his kid from accessing the pool unsupervised

A father, @beaverlandlodge, has shared a video about the safety measure he set up for their home swimming pool because of his kids.

In a clip that has gathered thousands of reactions, he showed that he used a tarpaulin-like material to cover the pool.

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To show that it will act as a measure to keep his kid from accessing the water without adult supervision, his child walked on it and it held the kid's weight.

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When people said that walking on the pool cover may not be safe as it could tear and trap the child inside, the man shared another video showing the kid sleeping on the cover. He revealed it could hold a weight of 45,000 pounds at a time.

Watch the video below:

As at the time of writing this report, the video has gathered over 2,000 comments with more than 1,800 shares.

Legit.ng compiled some of the reactions below:

yizhaq28 said:

"Very dangerous...they will do it when you are not around, so what will happen, you think it won't tear by accident."

DALLMEYER4321Hi said:

"It could break though and you can get caught up in it underwater."

user8627375353380 said:

"It's like a big water bed awesome love it. love that whole property well done keep it up."

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A Rod said:

"We got a very similar pool cover. The guy installing it told us to NEVER walk on it because he’s seen so many cases of it tearing/breaking & people."

chrisgibson7251 said:

"Now I'm extremely jealous."

george said:

"I love this guy."

Police confirm Davido's son drowned in swimming pool

Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that days after the horrible death of Ifeanyi Adeleke, son of Davido and his fiancée, Chioma Rowland, autopsy reports confirmed that he drowned.

The state police public relations officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, spoke about the reports. He said:

“Autopsy has been concluded. It confirms the boy (Ifeanyi) drowned.”

The news only seemed to make people angrier as many internet users took to the comment section to demand answers concerning Ifeanyi's death.

Source: Legit.ng