Bearing a cold splash: Crowd braves winter water for annual Unicoi plunge

  • The crowd of 85 participants splash into Unicoi Lake for the annual Winter Bear Plunge Saturday morning. (Photo/Samantha Sinclair)
    The crowd of 85 participants splash into Unicoi Lake for the annual Winter Bear Plunge Saturday morning. (Photo/Samantha Sinclair)

    by Samantha Sinclair

    White County News

     

    The water wasn’t too bad Saturday morning.

    That’s what Collin Thibeau and Bryson Howe thought as they took a dip prior to the official Winter Bear Plunge to t…