Tyler Nelson, 14, son of Texas Fish & Game staffer Sheila Nelson, had some explaining to do–and it didn’t go over very well with his mom.

Tyler is standing on a 4-wheeler submerged in a stock tank.

"It was like this when I got here..." (click to enlarge)

“The story I got was that he let his sister off, gave her his iPhone and said, ‘Take a video of this’,” Sheila said. “Somehow, the phone got wet and destroyed, so I haven’t seen the video. I made him stand there for 45 minutes before I calmed down enough to pull him out.  I still don’t know how he stayed dry.”