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Bear Grylls "I Must Get Out Of Here As Quick As Possible" refers to an image macro and reaction image featuring survivalist Bear Grylls in a river with text that reads, "I must get out of here as quick as possible." The image is typically used to signify the meme creators' fear or disgust regarding a situation, and the image grew popular in internet meme circles after the year 2017.

Origin

The earliest known upload of the meme where Bear Grylls can be seen floating in a river with a text overlay about escaping a situation was an October 7th, 2017 9gag user named saltyourpasta (seen below).^[1]

Spread

On October 8th, 2017, Imgur^[2] user ShitOnTheFloorAndGetSchwifty posted the meme featuring Bear Grylls in a river, gathering over 70,000 views in over six years (seen below, left). On January 5th, 2019, Redditor^[3] /u/lish_porter posted a version of the meme to /r/dankmemes, gathering over 8,000 upvotes in four years (seen below, right)

On January 26, 2019, Redditor^[4] SpectreConvector posted a version of the meme, gathering over 3,000 upvotes in four years (seen below, left). On August 5th, 2019, Redditor^[5] /u/moistmasterkaloose posted a version of the meme to /r/dankmemes, gathering over 21,000 upvotes in four years (seen below, right).

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