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Everyone knows that the ocean is a place full of secrets and unsolved mysteries. It's deep, extremely huge, and scary, so we can't really check it all out, even with all the technological breakthroughs of the past couple of decades. Apparently, some lakes seem to be as mysterious as the ocean is. If you ever decided to search the bottom of any lake in the world, you'd probably find quite a lot of junk there. Though every once in a while, some lucky individuals manage to accidentally happen across truly intriguing stuff.

Bored Panda invites you to look through some of the most mysterious things that were found at the bottom of lakes.

#1

A Statue Of Jesus At The Bottom Of Lake Michigan

A Statue Of Jesus At The Bottom Of Lake Michigan

Apparently, there's an 11-foot white marble cross with a life-sized statue of a crucified Jesus Christ laying at the bottom of Lake Michigan. The statue was crafted in Italy in 1956 after being requested by a family who lost their 15-year-old son to a tragic accident.
Sadly, the crucifix was damaged on its way from Italy to the US and the family refused to take it. Instead, it was sold to a diving team and lowered into the lake as a memorial to divers who passed away.

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Dragonfruit'nrollerskates
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

but explain to me why there's a circle of chairs around it

JessG
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So, the family had it specially crafted for them from Italy, it got damaged on its way over so they refused it?! Imagine telling the craftsman "welp, they don't want it, so they're donating it to the bottom of the ocean (maybe lake, I don't remember)". I dunno, seems a little bit harsh

Peter Kelly
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"I've been here for decades and I'm still waiting for a couple of fish... and you can forget the loaves!" ... "For crying out loud, I can only do the walking on water gig when I'm not nailed to a cross..."

John Ilasenko
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've seen that crucifix many times. During a local festival if the ice is safe enough, the divers and some from the sheriff and USCG put a tent over a hole so you can see it from the surface. They will also take you down if you feel like diving to it yourself.

idkwhatsmyname
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

jesus be like: "Lemme go for a bath"

Azziza
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ok this article claims to be about "...most mysterious things that were found..." This wasn't "found" it was put there and everyone knew it. That's not a mysterious "find". Words mean things.

Sam T Godfrey
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's really touching as it turned out. I'm sorry for the family who had ordered it, must have been traumatic.

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    #2

    The Mystery Of Foss Lake

    The Mystery Of Foss Lake

    In September 2013, two rusting vintage cars were discovered at the bottom of Foss Lake, Oklahoma. Later it turned out that these cars contained six dead bodies. One of the cars contained bodies of three teenagers—Jimmy Allen Williams, 16, Leah Gail Johnson, 18, and Thomas Michael Rios, 18—who disappeared after going out for a drive back in 1970. The other bodies belonged to three passengers—John Alva Porter, 69, Cleburn Hammack, 42, and Nora Marie Duncan, 58—who went missing in 1969.
    Apparently, medical examiners have stated that all six people died from drowning and the deaths were ruled as accidental.

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    ƒιѕн
    Community Member
    5 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And all those times I was in this lake and had no idea....

    Troux
    Community Member
    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This isn't mysterious, it's just macabre.

    Laura Jones
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    what a terrible tragedy but i guess it brought closure for the families who must have wondered what happened to them

    Vicky Zar
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why not? 2 cars. 3 people in each car. Imagine the drivers being drunk and missing a turn. Instead driving into the lake. Doors or seatbelts cannot be opened. All drown. Not such a great mystery.

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    Tom Scozak
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "The deaths were ruled as accidental" So they havent caught on yet

    CharliAnn Olney
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Explains the "glimmers" reported over the lake some nights.

    Jessica Jeffery
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is literally a plot point in a Neil Gaiman novel, I think it's even the same state.

    LongCoolWomanInABlackDress
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, you probably swim with dead people every time you enter any bigger body of water such as lakes or seas.

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    #3

    A Missing Leg

    A Missing Leg

    In 2006, two men from Germantown stumbled upon a leg sticking out of a beaver dam while canoeing. At first, they thought that it was a dead body that someone had dumped into the lake. But after taking a closer look, they realized that it was actually a prosthetic leg.
    While browsing online, the men found that someone had posted on Craigslist 20 days earlier looking for a lost prosthetic leg. Turns out, it was a 49-year-old man named Mark Warner who lost his prosthetic leg on a fishing trip. Friends returned the leg to Warner and got a $50 reward for it.

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    ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    at least the prosthetic leg didn't look like a real life human leg.

    saynogo
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This isn't an image of the actual leg, as it says in the caption. Seeing as they thought it was a dumped body at first, I'm thinking it looked more like the look-a-like prosthetic legs.

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    Candace Fitzpatrick
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s some extreme fishing if you end up losing your prosthetic leg

    Created 2 Worship
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    that is scary. think about it if you saw that. also, how do you lose a prosthetic leg???

    Chewie Baron
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You'd be surprised. The Lost & Found department for the London Underground have said that they find a few prosthetic limbs every year. They once even found a coffin left behind. It was never claimed either!!

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    DanieLegz
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say I bet they were drinking on the fishing trip, drunk too much and became legless

    Bouthaina Van buuren
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well someone who has their own two legs wouldn't understand how difficult it is to keep o prosthetic leg intact

    CATHLEEN FLORCZAK
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    😕^_~¯\_(ツ)_/¯( ͡• ͜ʖ ͡• )

    Janine Hunt-Jackson
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These things are really expensive and have to be made especially to fit the rest of the human leg. It's great that these guys ended up returning the leg!!

    Sam T Godfrey
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Heartwarming story... He should have given them $100! Those things don't grow on trees, YARRGH!!!

    Minx McCloud
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He only gave the finders $50? Cheapskate.

    JessG
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I need the story of how he lost his everlovin' LEG!

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    #4

    200 Skeletons Near A Himalayan Lake

    200 Skeletons Near A Himalayan Lake

    About 200 human skeletons were discovered near Roopkund, a remote lake high in the Himalayan Mountains, by a British forest guard in 1942. At first, it was believed that these skeletons belonged to Japanese soldiers who had died during World War II. However, in 2004, scientists were able to date the skeletons back to around 850 AD! Apparently, the remains belonged to Indian tribesmen who died due to a hail storm.

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    Tom Scozak
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    200 skeletons, 1170 years old, no big deal, right?

    Marcellus the Third
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is pretty imprecise, there's recent DNA research on this splitting it into multiple events over many years, with groups travelling from very different locations.

    sabocat
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The skeletons are actually from two unrelated dramas, hundreds of years apart.

    JessG
    Community Member
    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, *near* a lake, not *in* it. And, how how how do they know it was hail that killed 200(!) people?!?! This is definitely weird

    Sam T Godfrey
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah! I should have checked first. It's in Wikipedia... Sky burial (Tibetan: བྱ་གཏོར་, Wylie: bya gtor, lit. "bird-scattered") is a funeral practice in which a human corpse is placed on a mountaintop to decompose while exposed to the elements or to be eaten by scavenging animals, especially carrion birds. It is a specific type of the general practice of excarnation. Doesn't explain this pile much, but it's nice and creepy!

    Arenite
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some Native American tribes had a tradition like this. And the Zoroastrians/Parsi do the same. If my body has to be eaten, I’d rather it was done by eagles than worms.

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    Sam T Godfrey
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember stories about a religious ritual in that area, or Asia anyway, where after the funerals they would bring the dead into the mountains, cut them up and leave them for the birds and little animals to consume them. All instead of a burial! That's all, little children, lights out. Good night!!

    Azziza
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This article is titled "...Creepy Things Discovered Lying At The Bottom Of Various Lakes". I hate to be the one to inform you but "near" isn't the same thing as "at the bottom of." Not at all the same. You see "near" is "on dry land" while "on the bottom of" is "on the bottom of."

    Jennifer Crompton
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I looked this up because it was so interesting! And this info isn't really true. The archeological investigation showed that there are remains from at least 2 different time frames and the investigation "identifies three individuals with unhealed compression fractures; the report hypothesizes that these injuries could have transpired during a violent hailstorm of the type that sometimes occurs in the vicinity of Roopkund Lake, while also recognizing that other scenarios are plausible" So only 3 MAYBE died from hail, but the info is really interesting anyway.

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    #5

    The Underwater Stonehenge Found Underneath Lake Michigan

    The Underwater Stonehenge Found Underneath Lake Michigan

    In 2007, Mark Holley, professor of underwater archaeology at Northwestern Michigan College, discovered a series of stones arranged in a circle 40 feet below the surface of Lake Michigan. The set of stones is aligned in a mile-long line, forming a close-to-perfect circle. The formation is believed to be over 10,000 years old.
    There are some unique things about this arrangement. First of all, they all measure almost the same distance across. In addition, one stone appears to have a carving of a mastodon, an animal that sort of resembles an elephant that went extinct over 10,000 years ago.

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    Kenny Kulbiski
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is this the best picture they've got? Cause I don't see a damn thing except some scattered somethings.

    SoRo
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was wondering the same thing - this is not a perfect circle of stones. Looks like the bottom of a rusty sink.

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    Stannous Flouride
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    From Dr Mark Holley: This site seems to gain a life in the media about every six months or so. Sadly, much of the information out there is incorrect. For example, there is not a henge associated with the site and the individual stones are relatively small when compared to what most people think of as European standing stones. It should be clearly understood that this is not a megalith site like Stonehenge. This label has been placed on the site by individuals in the press who may have been attempting to generate sensation about the story and have not visited the site. The site in Grand Traverse Bay is best described as a long line of stones which is over a mile in length. His website with better images: https://holleyarchaeology.com/wordpress/index.php/the-truth-about-the-stonehenge-in-lake-michigan/

    Do0o0o0 Po0o0o0o
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You guys are idiots. It's a radar image using SONAR that was converted to a image by a computer because SONAR just looks like data, time of ping and return time. The computer paints a shitty picture because it's just based on raw data. It's the size of 30 grociery stores. Hey dipshit, guess what; the god damned thing is massive.

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    A Dumbo Octopus
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    what's with lake michigan and spooky s**t???

    Do0o0o0 Po0o0o0o
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lake Michigan is massive. Might as well be a sea or ocean.

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    JessG
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And that's the only pic?!

    Do0o0o0 Po0o0o0o
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You guys are idiots. It's a radar image using SONAR that was converted to a image by a computer because SONAR just looks like data, time of ping and return time. The computer paints a shitty picture because it's just based on raw data. It's the size of 30 grociery stores. Hey dipshit, guess what; the god damned thing is massive.

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    Michelle Line
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That doesn't look anything like being underwater.

    Do0o0o0 Po0o0o0o
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You guys are idiots. It's a radar image using SONAR that was converted to a image by a computer because SONAR just looks like data, time of ping and return time. The computer paints a shitty picture because it's just based on raw data. It's the size of 30 grociery stores. Hey dipshit, guess what; the god damned thing is massive.

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    Thorleifdottir
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2019/06/fake-news-researchers-did-not-find-rock-with-carving-mastodon-at-underwater-stonehenge-of-lake-michigan.html

    Sam T Godfrey
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think that's just the drain they're looking at.. better find the plug!

    DanieLegz
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aliens can scuba dive too ya know

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    #6

    Fake Skeletons In The Colorado River

    In 2015, a man snorkeling in the Colorado River near the Arizona and California border made a quite terrifying discovery. Apparently, the man came across two human skeletons sitting in lawn chairs about 40 feet underwater. After that, the man reported the incident to the La Paz County Sheriff’s Office. The police sent their own diver to the location and his investigation revealed that the skeletons were, in fact, plastic. These skeletons were even wearing sunglasses.

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    Charlotte Stewart
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *clears throat* WHY WAS THAT DIVER NOT WEARING GLOVES!?!? Especially if he thought he was looking for human skeletons??? Omg!!!

    K Witmer
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When my husband and I put a new deck on our back porch my husband buried a treasure chest w a fake skeleton hand under the concrete for anybody that digs up the deck when we move. It has a few things in it like a time capsule

    Evie Cooper
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Beware of the Out Break of the River 8/16/2014

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    Sam T Godfrey
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A fair prank! Couldn't read the sign though...

    Michelle Line
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This guy wasn't snorkeling. He was scuba diving.

    saynogo
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Perhaps the video is from the police diver and not the person who originally found them.

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    #7

    The Baltic Sea Anomaly, Wrapped In Hundreds Of Conspiracy Theories

    The Baltic Sea Anomaly, Wrapped In Hundreds Of Conspiracy Theories

    The Baltic Sea anomaly is a mysterious, oddly shaped object that was discovered in June 2011 on the floor of the northern Baltic Sea at the center of the Gulf of Bothnia. This strange object is 210 feet long (70 meters) and it showed up on sonar laying 300 feet (100 meters) beneath the waves. The team that discovered this object and took a picture of it claimed that the image captures a circular object with features resembling ramps, stairways, and other structures not produced by nature.
    There are hundreds of different speculations and conspiracy theories surrounding this mysterious object with some even claiming that it's a sunken UFO, though according to Volker Brüchert, an associate professor of geology at Stockholm University, this object is simply a glacial deposit. "My hypothesis is that this object, this structure was formed during the Ice Age many thousands of years ago," he said. "Because the whole northern Baltic region is so heavily influenced by glacial thawing processes, both the feature and the rock samples are likely to have formed in connection with glacial and postglacial processes."
    Despite the findings, the team that discovered this object maintains that it's not a natural structure.

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    ƒιѕн
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thats an illustration, not an actual image of it. The actual image appears nothing like that.

    Marek Yanchurak
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Correct. It was not photographed, as the article implies, but it's image was captured by sonar, and the curved nature of the image in the illustration does not appear accurate, at all. Besides, there is no way to get a photograph that clear of an object over 200' wide, at 300' below the sea surface.

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    Stannous Flouride
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here's the actual side-scan sonar image and a link to a Huffington Post article from 2017 about an attempt to identify it. Since we haven't heard about the discovery of a UFO in the last three years I'm guessing it was just a natural formation. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/baltic-sea-ufo-hunters_n_1556150 bsa-5f6d37...0-jpeg.jpg bsa-5f6d3752d3e10-jpeg.jpg

    Marek Yanchurak
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Apparently that's the case (i.e. natural phenomenon), or consensus. And apparently sonar experts have a lot of complaints about the image, probably mainly that the equipment used wasn't that great (not that I'd know, not an expert).

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    Anna Gabrielle Borbolla-Menare
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the real pic looks like the Millennium falcon. just sayin

    Sam T Godfrey
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey! Wait a minute! That's the Baltic Sea. The Baltic Sea is a pretty sorry excuse for a lake in my books!

    Sam T Godfrey
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm in New York State and we have a lot of strange shaped natural glacial leftovers. That there looks like somebody been playing fast and loose with Photoshop...

    Jennifer Crompton
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Several scientists also say that the images are distorted due to improper setup of the equipment and inexperienced operators and are therefore useless and can't be trusted

    Jos Tiguidou
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Someone must have been a fan of FF7 cuz there sure looks like a Buster Sword atop that rock illustration.

    Neva York
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It appears they used the image from the side of the anomaly rather than the one that looks straight down.

    El Dee
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've looked at the above illustration and the original sonar images. Whilst it seems reasonable to hypothesise that any large stone on the sea floor would be as the result of glacial activity the shape of this object if far too regular to be natural and there is no evidence to suggest it is naturally occurring. The hypothesis is simply based on 'it must be' rather than evidence gathered. Equally the only evidence that it is in any way manufactured is that 'it must be' due to it's shape. However, it's less likely that glacial activity would give this kind of shape to rock than human activity. I think the fear is of saying 'I don't know' and seeking to discredit a hypothesis that raises questions rather than a serious attempt to answer the question of it's origin. Overall I find the manufactured argument more convincing..

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    #8

    Mysterious Plane

    Mysterious Plane

    In 2013, sonar equipment revealed that there was a submerged plane at the bottom of Lake Norman in North Carolina. Many were confused about the situation, since there were no reports of a crash. Besides, divers did not discover any bodies.
    Later it turned out that the plane belonged to a woman named Barbara Anderson. According to her, flight instructors who were using the plane had forgotten to put up the locking gear, so the plane simply sunk. The woman had been looking for the plane for quite a while, as no one had been able to locate it.

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    Tom Scozak
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    5 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The woman had been looking for the plane for quite a while "Oh, I must've misplaced it somewhere"

    Rachel Lee
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Geez. Now where did I put that darn plane?

    Jennifer Crompton
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm still confused. Did it roll into the lake or was it one of those planes with pontoons that land on water?

    Katie Corliss
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dude, where's my plane? I donno dude. Where's your plane?

    Mangoes'nRum
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The INSTRUCTORS forgot to put up the locking gear (whatever that is) causing the crate to sink? What was that days lesson? Nose diving?

    CCTheVampire
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I live about an hour away from there, and I had never heard anything about that!! It's VERY good that there were no deaths and that it wasn't a crash!

    Sam T Godfrey
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Um... We kinda lost your plane, Ma'am..." I wonder how that went?

    Sarah da Costa
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This pic looks like the underwater Stonehenge or is it just me?

    Ed Lesperance
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like my wife: Always losing things.

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    #9

    Norwegian Lake And Nazi Nuclear Artifacts

    Norwegian Lake And Nazi Nuclear Artifacts

    In 1944, allied forces sank the Norwegian ferry Hydro along with its purported cargo of heavy water destined for the Nazis’ secret atomic bomb project. In case you didn't know, heavy water is a form of water with a unique atomic structure and properties coveted for the production of nuclear power and weapons.
    Apparently, this mission was declared as successful, though no one established whether heavy water was actually on board. In 2005, the analysis of the contents of one of the drums showed that the cargo was indeed heavy water.

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    Useless Panda
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Germans wanted to use heavy water to test nuclear fission to absorb neutrons to make sure any reaction didn't go out of control; the Allies just used graphite instead. Heavy water was more useful but the Germans still failed to get past that test phase.

    Stannous Flouride
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In no small part because the best nuclear physicists in Germany were Jews whose work was dismissed as "Jewish science." (Sure am glad I live in a country like the US where our leader doesn't dismiss science as no more than someone's opinion)

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    Elizabeth Molloy
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But this is not a picture of it as found in the water!

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    El Dee
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sabotage in your own country against an enemy is a difficult task, physically and morally. Fourteen innocent civilians lost their lives in this action as well as the four German soldiers. A heavy price for heavy water..

    Sam T Godfrey
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's the thing about heavy water. When heavy water becomes heavier than light water, the, the um... boat sinks.

    Jaime
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If heavy water mixes with regular water, is it no longer "heavy"?

    T Simmons
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is another one of those events that prevented the Nazis from winning

    JoJo Anisko
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was a movie based on this, The Heroes of Telemark

    Calvin Treguboff
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To add to you Useless Panda, Knut Haukelid (Norwegian resistance fighter) and his other friend went on to the "Hydro" steam ship and planted a bomb at the bottom of the ship while they were in freezing cold water, they had a third of a inch to correctly plant the bomb or else they would be blown into bits. Haukelid planned everything perfectly and timned the bomb to go off in the deepest part of the lake to the Germans could not retrieve their heavy water for their atomic bomb. His plan worked as you can see. Bad thing is around 28 civilians sank with the ship unkowenling what the ship was carrying. This indeed was Haukelids second attempt of destroying the German's heavy water. His first attempt was to try to destroy the Vemork heavy water plant in Norway. He did successful destroy it but German rebuild it as fast as they could. At the end Knut Haukelid stopped the Germans building the atomic bomb. If your more interested read the book "Bomb", award winning book by the way.

    (Fake)BoredPandaIsAwesome
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was Norwegian Resistance BTW. They placed a Time Bomb so it exploded at the deepest part of the lake where no Nazi diver could reach it.

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    #10

    Mysterious Cone-Shaped Monument Found Beneath The Sea Of Galilee

    Mysterious Cone-Shaped Monument Found Beneath The Sea Of Galilee

    In 2013, while conducting a geophysical survey on the southern Sea of Galilee, located in the North of Israel, a group of researchers from Tel Aviv University stumbled upon an interesting cone-shaped monument at the bottom of the sea. It was revealed to be 230 feet at its base, with a height of 39 feet and an estimated weight of 60,000 tons.
    Apparently, findings indicate that the structure was built on dry land approximately 6,000 years ago! In addition, according to researchers, the structure resembles early burial sites in Europe and was likely built in the early Bronze Age.

    Wikipedia Report

    Kenny Kulbiski
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's next to the underwater Stonehenge and to the left of the mysterious Russian devil.

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    Sarah Fry
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Woah...I find this very interesting

    DanieLegz
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can someone put some cones where the cones meant to be please to help us see it.. Thanks.

    Ellen
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your comments on some of these posts are like little presents of smart humor ... keep it coming

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    Eggo* .' .
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    cone monument but without the cone. BUT FR WHERE'S THE HECCIN CONE

    Jaime
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some how just not the same without a pic.

    Sam T Godfrey
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well... if it was there before the sea, maybe the sea was just a little pond. Maybe over the years all the kids skipping stones across the pond kept slowly making the water level rise. Maybe all those rocks turned the pond into a lake and over time into a sea. Maybe they finally ran out of good skipping stones. I dunno, it's a theory. Whadda you got?

    Sam T Godfrey
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, drain the 'lake' and let's see this bear!!

    Stannous Flouride
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At the end of the last Ice Age, when this was most likely created, water levels around the world were 50-150m lower (big variation depending on location) It's a pile of basalt rocks that was likely a communal burying structure called a barrow. There are bigger, more elaborate ones all over Europe.

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    #11

    Remains Of The Ancient "Devil" Discovered In Russian Lake

    Remains Of The Ancient "Devil" Discovered In Russian Lake

    In 2013, the first divers to ever reach Lake Labynkyr's floor claimed that they found unknown remains of a large creature lying there. Apparently, it was a jaw and skeletal remains that might have belonged to the notorious "devil" that was first reported by locals in the 19th century... However, the evidence was scant, so we can't be sure.
    And even if didn't actually happen, Lake Labynkyr is still pretty interesting on its own. The lake is seen as one of the most mysterious in the world because even in temperatures of -76°F, its waters do not completely freeze.

    Wikimedia Commons Report

    Tom Scozak
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    -76°F, they dont freeze. Wow

    MantisKeeper
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    there's a hot spring at the bottom of the lake that prevents this

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    Stannous Flouride
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's the air temperature. There are probably upwelling hot springs at the bottom.

    Jaime
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some how just not the same without a pic.

    Chris DiFonso
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This shouldn't have been included in this post, since "the evidence was scant."

    Ginny Weasley
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is a bit interesting though, even if we don't know if it's true

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    Jenifer Riggs
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Does it not freeze because of underwater currents?

    Christian Campbell
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i love it how they post stuff like this, then turn around and be like "well we have claims for all this really interesting, and wierd stuff. but we are not gonna show you jack s**t of evidence because f**k you."

    Gyan Ranjan Pruthal
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most of the discoveries in this list happened in 2013 (as reported here). Coincidence?

    Sam T Godfrey
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How come Russia always has more weird stuff than the US does! It's not fair!! I'm calling the President and tell him to make more weird stuff happen!

    Steven Meyer
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Probably has salt content. The sea never freezes because of the salt content, so if there’s a percentage of salt content in the water of the lake, it will never freeze.

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    #12

    Live World War II Bomb

    Live World War II Bomb

    In June 1988, Navy divers discovered a live 100-pound World War II bomb in Lake Washington. To this day, no one really knows how it got there. One of the theories suggests that a warplane flying in or out of an airfield that once stood in the area may have dumped the bomb in the lake.

    Wikipedia Report

    El Dee
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These are commonly discovered, even today, in the UK. This is to be expected, the UK was bombed heavily by Germany. But I remember my father relating his experiences of WW2. There was a saying, 'When the Germans bomb, the British duck; when the British bomb the Germans duck but when the Americans bomb EVERY F*CKER DUCKS' An early experience of 'friendly fire' or 'collateral damage' as it is now called..

    Moo Moo Futch
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes they are often found here. When the Solent was being dredged to make a deep channel for the new air craft carriers to dock in Portsmouth Naval Base, the dredgers were pulling out huge unexploded bombs twice a month. The last one they pulled out caused a massive exclusion zone to be put in place around The Harbour area, the shopping mall was evacuated and many of the blocks of flats too. It was chaos! Even more worrying is that the guys who piloted the dredger didn't even know he had a huge bomb on board until he had docked and dumped his load on the slipway!

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    Sam T Godfrey
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not too strange! My Pop had a story about training for bombing runs in WWII and on a practice run he saw a light go on at the instrument panel. Never said anything and they found out later on that a practice bomb full of sand crashed through the Post Office roof of Pierre S. Dakota (which he flew over.) He never saw that bombardier again...

    Jaime
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where is Lake Washington? And was it an Allied bomb?

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    #13

    The Underwater Ghost Town

    After Texas finished its driest 12 months ever in late 2011, the vanishing water of Lake Buchanan made the remains of Bluffton, a small town in Texas, come to the surface. Drought conditions exposed relics from old Bluffton, such as tombstones from the late 1800s and the concrete foundations of several local establishments, including a hotel. Apparently, the old Bluffton was built in the mid to late 1800s. Lake Buchanan was completed and filled in 1936, which left the town of Bluffton 25 feet underwater.

    Albert Ramon Report

    Batwench
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are a few of these buried villages in the UK. Most of them are under man constructed water reservoirs which were made to supply water to the big industrial towns such as Manchester and Liverpool.

    Stannous Flouride
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Time Team did a show about a settlement under a reservoir in Wales that was being drained for maintenance.

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    Lyone Fein
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wish all the posts had such great footage.

    El Dee
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It seems disrespectful to flood a cemetary without moving the bodies and headstones first..

    Just JoLynn
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The video said the bodies were dug up and reburied and that many of the headstones were moved too.

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    Suzanne Haigh
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is a village in the Yorkshire Dales under a reservoir with much more history and very pretty architecture.

    *sigh*, The Yellow Teletubby
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's the same kind of thing in my little Texas Town, it used to be where our lake is, but they evacuated the townspeople, built another town, and made the lake.

    Sam T Godfrey
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not too exciting. There are a few lakes that were dammed up flooding little mining communities in my local state park. All we have are pictures, but it's fun to explore.

    Bonnie Edwards
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A few years ago, I watched a documentary about a lake (can't remember the name - lets call it Lake Mead), that was dry for more than 20 years. Anyway, someone on the town council changed the maps from Lake Mead to Mead Common... then after a few years, sold the plot to a developer who named it Mead Estate and filled it with row houses. Less than 6 months after the first home-owners moved in, it rained enough to be refill Lake Mead. The residents were not pleased and the local council had to reimburse EVERYONE. Unfortunately this appears to be a common story.

    Marek Yanchurak
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Huh, my comment correcting some minor facts (years noted mostly) has disappeared...

    That Guy
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow. Wasnt their at least one other underwater town in texas?

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    #14

    The Strange Death Of Tom Sublett

    The Strange Death Of Tom Sublett

    On December 11th, 2012, a dead body was found floating at a marina on the Frederica River in Georgia. Later, it turned out that the body belonged to the 52-year-old county commissioner Tom Sublett. Apparently, his wife had reported him as missing the previous night when he didn't return home after a usual poker game with his friends. Sublett's car was found 150 yards from his body, parked on the shore.
    One of the most bizarre things about this whole case was that the man's hands were bound in front of him, and he had suffered a gunshot wound to the head. Despite that, according to the autopsy, the man died by drowning.
    Another interesting thing is that police found an empty holster in his car and ammunition, but the gun never turned up. Some, including the Glynn County medical examiner, believe that his death was a suicide.

    glynncounty.org Report

    Troux
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He bound his hands and then shot himself and then dumped his body in the river and then disposed of the gun. Expert level execution, this is definitely not the first time he's killed himself.

    Jane Alexander
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    5 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kinda like a 'suicide' we had here some years back; the guy shot himself, went outside and locked the door then set the cabin on fire.

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    Ellaphant
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Was the medical examiner allowed to dress himself and eat with adult knives and forks?

    JessG
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Guess he lost the poker game

    ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    oh my god. that ending sentence just hit me in the face.

    Hope Bagel
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i was thinking his friend had killed him, and then that last sentence just... wow...

    El Dee
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A suicide?? Still, stranger findings have been made by coroners, look at the 1985 death of political activist and lawyer Willie McCrae in Scotland for example. According to the inquiry he was driving along the A87 near Invergarry when he shot himself in the head, died and then threw the gun he'd used over a hundred yards from where he was found. McCrae had been investigating malfeasance by officials in connection with the UK's nuclear programme and had told a colleague "This time I've got them!" not long prior to his death by alleged suicide. Numerous attempts have been made to reopen this case and FOI requests have uncovered evidence tampering by the police, yet still justice is being denied to his family..

    Truth Monster
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did he know the Clintons? Because this sounds like he knew the Clintons.

    Grumble O'Pug
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a hunch that in Upper Buttcrack Georgia the ME does NOT have to be an MD. The half-assery is for real here.

    Laura Pantazis
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How this may have been a suicide: He bound his own hands using his teeth to tie the knot to prevent himself from being able to swim back to the surface. He stood over a bridge above the lake. He was still able to hold the gun with the bound hands and shot himself in the head. The body fell forward with the gun and he fell forward into the lake. The gun fell out of his hand and was lost in the lake. Now that being said - he seemed to go out of his way to make this look more like a murder than a suicide...

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