Or if he wanted to make a story more interesting he could jump in the
drowned-dude-who-had-a-Jusenkuyo-curse spring.  Any ideas on how that would
work?

It would work wierdly.

Reminds me...I once considered writing something which involved a guy
cursed with SOD spring-of-drowned-rabbit...so whenever he gets wet, he
turns into the SOD rabbit...

Terry