This happened on Lake Champlain last month while I was waiting for the ferry boat. Fox walked around for half an hour before hoping on the ice. Pretty much the last day there was even ice on the lake. Fox gets scared and paddles the wrong way. Took 4 minutes for it all to happen. Darwin was a smart guy but this fox was not. Worst nature fail I have every seen.Want to provide a little more information to help the intelligent comments:I have never see one so unafraid of people and active during the day the fox got within two or three feet of me in the half hour we were together on the dock.This means it was sick, rabid or just too hungry to care.So based on this information there are three potential outcomesa. freeze to death trying to save a sick foxb. somehow reach fox, drag it back to shore and the undergo a round of rabies shotsc. jump in and cant save the fox and it still freezesTo all the haters out there go swim in 32 degree water for 4 minutes and then please post a comment.