“This didn’t work we were gonna get the boat,” Cole Geeo told after rescuing his neighbors marooned in their homes by feet of floodwater.

Geeo was driving what local news describes as a “monster truck,” but looks like it might more accurately be called a swamp buggy.

The proportions of Geeo’s Ford pickup make the look sane– get a load of those springs! They’re taller than a human person!

The truck also seems to have an inboard braking system; that disc in the middle of the rear axle looks like a brake. That allows for more flexibility on wheel selection and a little weight reduction, not that that matters much when you’re running tractor tires the size of golf carts at each corner.

“That is a redneck rescue I do believe,” Dina Young Grey told after her coworker Deborah Wright climbed down from the eight-foot-high truck to safety.

Righteous.

I am socially obligated to tell you to “leave the rescuing to the professionals,” but I love seeing people look out for each other. Preferably, with “monster trucks.”