What the --??

From this story on the death of a guy who was riding one of those menacing little "pocket bikes" -- minature motorcycles illegal to ride on streets or sidewalks -- comes this weird detail (about 3/4 of the way down):

Ali Bhatti, 20, said Mr. Pomar's father was "absolutely distraught" when he arrived. "He threw himself down next to Dante in the puddle and started drinking the bloody water, just drinking it."

The Pomar family is from Argentina, the story reports, just in case you were wondering where that practice comes from.