Grandfather pours freezing water on baby for ALS 'Ice Bucket Challenge'

HOUSTON (CNN) -- The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has been a splash on social media for weeks, but some say a grandfather must have been out of his mind when he poured freezing cold water on his 10-month-old granddaughter.

Video on Facebook shows a grandfather dumping an ice bucket on himself and his 10-month-old granddaughter.

“My family was shocked, my friends were shocked. Everybody I know was pretty much shocked and appalled,” Claude Dalcour said.



Claude Dalcour is the girl’s father. He says he’s going through a nasty divorce with her mother and things got even nastier when he saw his ex-father-in-law’s ice-cold Facebook post.

“You don’t do that to an infant. The water splashing into her face, a whole giant bucket of water,” Dalcour said.

Many strangers who saw the video agree with Dalcour.

In fact, it was another person from out-of-state who sent a link of the video to the Texas Department of Children and Families. The agency won’t confirm it’s investigating, but says it’s getting more and more abuse cases through social media.

Dalcour said he’s gone to police about the incident.

“It’s not his child, it’s my child. That’s my blood. He’s only the granddad and when I felt he did that that’s disrespectful,” Dalcour said.