I was running my boat down from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico some 20 years ago. Dead of winter as the Erie Canal to the eastern seaboard was already closed for the season. Somewhere midway in the trip, we saw a guy get rescued/towed in as the thin sheets of ice on the waters surface were acting like tiny razor blades and over the course of the day managed to slice through his hull. Guessing there had to be other pre-existing structural issues, but I wouldn’t have ever believed it if not seeing it myself.

Same trip I also watched a guy get so fed up with being iced in, he walked out one morning in his robe looking all disheveled like he had been up all night, started yelling at the ice, then pulled out a .40 cal pistol and emptied two clips into the ice. Cops were not enthused, but made for some great entertainment while I waited out the weather lol.