219: Maggie saved her dog

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media

True Crime, Documentary, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2025

⏱️ 81 minutes

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When you live up north, where the winters are really cold, one of the best times of the year is the day when you feel spring coming. That first hint of warmer temperatures. With the time change, there’s longer sunlight at the end of each day, the birds start chirping, and everyone starts thinking about what they’re going to do with this warmer weather. And the lakes that have been frozen over solid for a few months? That ice starts to melt. And there’s a danger in walking out on the ice, because you can’t always tell if your next step will be the one where your foot goes right through. And then you’re in ice-cold water – and it’s not that easy to get out on your own. My guest today is Maggie. She lives on a big lake, and one day recently when the ice was getting thin, she was thrown into a situation where she had to do an ice rescue. And within minutes, Maggie herself needed to be rescued. If you want to contact Maggie – Social Media: www.MaggieAndersonAuthor.com https://www.instagram.com/margaret.g.anderson/ https://www.facebook.com/MGAnderson321/ https://www.facebook.com/AuthorMaggieGAnderson https://twitter.com/MaggieGAnderson And the socks that kept her feet safe - Bridgedale Socks - https://www.bridgedale.com/ Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/219 Graphics for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai. Want to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook (many of the podcast guests are there as well) Get every episode ad-free, AND get all the Raw Audio exclusive episodes to binge, by joining the other listeners at What Was That Like PLUS. Try What Was That Like PLUS free: iPhone: at the top of the What Was That Like podcast feed, click on “Try free” Android: on your phone, go to WhatWasThatLike.com/PLUS and click to try it free on any app Sponsor deals: Head to http://Lumen.me/WWTL for 20% off your purchase. Sign up today at https://www.butcherbox.com/whatwas and use code whatwas to get chicken breast, salmon or ground beef FREE in every order for a year, plus $20 off your first order. Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/WHAT Go to Quince.com/whatwas for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns! Get 15% off OneSkin with the code [WHATWAS] at https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, just before we get to this episode, I wanted to let you know about a what was that like listener meetup next week.
0:07.4	And this is not online. This is in person.
0:10.6	I'm going to be in the Seattle area next week.
0:12.9	So I've set aside some time on Monday evening to meet up with anyone who happens to be in the area and wants to hang out for a little while.
0:20.1	This will be this coming Monday,
0:22.0	which is June 16, 2025. The location and other details are in the podcast Facebook group,
0:29.1	What Was That Like.com slash Facebook. But if you're not in there, just drop me an email,
0:34.1	Scott at what was that like.com, and I can fill you in. So again, it's an in-person
0:39.4	listener meetup this coming Monday, June 16 in the Seattle area. And I hope I get to meet you.
0:47.1	Okay, now let's get into today's episode with Maggie. When you live up north where the winters are really cold, one of the best times of the year is the day when you feel spring coming.
1:02.0	That first hint of warmer temperatures.
1:06.0	With the time change, there's longer sunlight at the end of each day. The birds start chirping, and everyone starts thinking about what they're going to do with this warmer weather.
1:17.6	And the lakes that have been frozen over solid for a few months?
1:22.6	That ice starts to melt.
1:25.6	And there's a danger in walking out on the ice because you can't
1:29.0	always tell if your next step will be the one where your foot goes right through and then you're
1:35.6	in ice cold water and it's not that easy to get out on your own my guest today is maggie
1:55.0	she lives on a big lake, and one day recently, when the ice was getting thin, she was thrown into a situation where she had to do an ice rescue. And within minutes, Maggie herself needed to be rescued.
2:04.6	Real people in unreal situations.
2:09.6	The eerie silence when I walked in, and he's just staring at me.
2:14.6	I was like, hello, like, are you okay?
2:16.6	And then I had to tell him, staring at me. I was like, hello. Like, are you okay? And then I had to tell him it was me.
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