To be absolutely clear: people have died here, on more than on occasion. It's like the whole place was designed to be The Last Water Slide You Ever Ride or something. There is nothing stopping you from falling off of these steps and onto slick rock and sliding all the way to the bottom besides your own balance.
apparently if you jump into it, you'll get sucked to the bottom by a powerful drain that will keep you down there until you drown. this is known because it's happened to people. the city's response has always been "well don't do that."
EDIT as of 11:35 AM Pacific: this was previously a low-effort joke post, but I'm retracting it after looking up what actually happened because it's fucking horrifying, and with that knowledge the joke proves to be hideously tasteless bordering on offensive. The comments on this post prior to this edit were made when it was a joke and none of them knew the details unless they went and looked it up, so don't judge them based on that. I'm locking shares so this one doesn't go any further.
