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Beneath Tahoe's Surface

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UncleGerry
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Jacque Cousteau supposedly traveled down there a long time ago in a sub, filmed what he saw, resurfaced and threw out the tapes...claiming that "the world is not ready for what's at the bottom of Lake Tahoe." Supposedly there is a dead zone down there that, in a way, cryogenically preserves a human body.

What do people think about this? Super creepy shit.

Also, just for evidence, a diver's body was found (PERFECTLY PRESERVED) last summer, after he had been missing for over 19 years.

Imagine how many dead Native Americans are down there, feathers still in hair. Rad.

Jan 21 2012 4:35PM
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Aidan-G
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i find this hard to believe but that would be awesome
Jan 21 2012 4:39PM
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whegrodamus.
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lolwut?
Jan 21 2012 4:41PM
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Janky
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thats creepy shit but sick as hell
Jan 21 2012 4:44PM
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corn.husk.hero.
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so crazy if that's true
Jan 21 2012 4:49PM
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UncleGerry
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http://http://articles.latimes.com/2011/aug/09/local/la-me-missing-diver-20110809

Jan 21 2012 5:11PM
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UncleGerry
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/09/us-diver-body-idUSTRE7785WI20110809
Jan 21 2012 5:12PM
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RubberSoul
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the jacques cousteau story doesnt seem to be verifiable but one thing's for sure, that lake def has the possibility of having some crazy shit down there cause of how deep and cold it is. i bet if you went down there you'd find a good amount of trash and bodies
Jan 21 2012 5:26PM
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Funnel
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I've heard that there are hundreds of dead Chinese laborers at the bottom of the lake. There's definitely lots of creepy stuff down at the bottom of the lake, I'd love to see footage of the bottom.
Jan 21 2012 7:21PM
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TheStamos
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Story about the diver is true, if that hasnt been said yet^  Yeah tahoe is probably full of dead people perfectly preserved. If that diver was down there for that long then im sure there are Washoe indians down there that are just as preserved. Thermoclines develop in deep water and density changes with temperature so there is a point at which the density of the cold water would hold above it a zone in which bodys can be suspended and preserved. Every year i have been there i have heard of people disapearing, and one person dies every summer. This last year it happend at my job, luckily i was in LA gettin some.
Jan 21 2012 7:49PM
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TheStamos
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Story about the diver is true, if that hasnt been said yet^  Yeah tahoe is probably full of dead people perfectly preserved. If that diver was down there for that long then im sure there are Washoe indians down there that are just as preserved. Thermoclines develop in deep water and density changes with temperature so there is a point at which the density of the cold water would hold above it a zone in which bodys can be suspended and preserved. Every year i have been there i have heard of people disapearing, and one person dies every summer. This last year it happend at my job, luckily i was in LA gettin some.
Jan 21 2012 7:49PM
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RubberSoul
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that's fucking interesting! that and all the chinese laborers....shiiiiit history is so fascinating
Jan 21 2012 7:54PM
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PartyHon
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Lake Pend Oreille is the same way. it gets as deep as 1200 feet. the navy tests submarines down there.

i found a body off a dock. sketchy shit
Jan 21 2012 7:55PM
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RubberSoul
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story, now
Jan 21 2012 7:58PM
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SPskier543
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underwater zombie town.
Jan 21 2012 8:02PM
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Canadaski
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Thats crazy to think about all the shit at the bottum of the Great lakes.
Jan 21 2012 8:07PM
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PartyHon
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not much of one

i was jumping off an old dock in Hope(east side of the lake). water was pretty deep but you could make it to the bottom. so i decided to dive off a different section of the dock. everytime i dove i usually brought something up from the bottom just to make it a little more challenging.

I dove and went about 15/20feet before hitting the bottom and starting feeling around for something to carry back up. but suddenly i realized i grabbing a foot. i freaked out and shot back to the surface and called 911. when they came i told them what happened and got the fuck out of there
Jan 21 2012 8:13PM
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RubberSoul
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whaaaaaaat that's insane dude. my curiosity about whose dead foot i just grabbed wouldve had me hanging around asking questions when they investigated
Jan 21 2012 8:17PM
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jibmeisterflex
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Thats soooo fucking sketchy!
Jan 21 2012 8:18PM
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Steezy_P
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Wow. Crazy stuff. Thanks for posting that, very interesting to think about.
Jan 21 2012 8:20PM
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PartyHon
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i was too sketched out at the moment to hang around. felt like i was in a horror movie. that or CSI


Jan 21 2012 8:23PM
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joshua
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If this is legit it could be really cool to see what kind of animal/plant material is preserved down there, anyone know what popular opinons are on how old the lake is?
Jan 21 2012 8:29PM
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RubberSoul
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haha yeah understandable
Jan 21 2012 8:45PM
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JakeAssBeatClap
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What became of it? Like the body and all who was it what happened all that jazz?

And I guarantee Jaques Cousteau isn't the only person to have dove in tahoe, there has to be other people who have been down there. But now after the preserved body I'm sure that scientists and the california government will send people/subs whatever down there. How deep is tahoe anyway? I know it's really deep but how deep?
Jan 21 2012 8:51PM
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RubberSoul
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the lake's like 1600 feet or so at points, and you can only dive to.....idk i forget, nowhere close to that. i dont know how much of the bottom has been explored, itd be quite an expensive endeavor i would think

and im not sure the cousteau story is true. im no authority on the subject but im not sure it's a verifiable story
Jan 21 2012 8:59PM
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EricaMN.
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very interesting. threads for sure
Jan 21 2012 9:02PM
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TheStamos
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1640' and an average of 1000" that cousteau sotry is kind of a tahoe myth, ive heard it allot but not sure if it actually happened.
Jan 21 2012 9:05PM
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Steezy_P
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Researched deep lakes.. Crater Lake is the deepest. Anyone from the coast have any background on that?
Jan 21 2012 9:26PM
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TheStamos
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This is off the top of my head. Crater lake was once Mt. Montazuma. It was a black voolcano/strato volcano that blew its top. AKA huge volcano like shasta or HOOD that just exploded. The cinder cone popped up later. Its an incredible place, so pretty it looks fake.
Jan 21 2012 9:29PM
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TheStamos
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ANd if i remember correctly from class it was 1000x more violent then Mt. St Helens.
Jan 21 2012 9:33PM
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Steezy_P
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Wow. Sweet, thanks man!
Jan 21 2012 9:50PM
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DW.
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This is why i fucking hate swimming
Jan 21 2012 10:11PM
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SPskier543
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Preserved dinosaurs
Jan 21 2012 10:14PM
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nkmo.
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Try going on a shelf dive.

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This pic is from Aus, I think, but I did a similar dive in the Cozumel. Beautiful coral reef on one side, black abyss on the other. sketch.
Jan 21 2012 10:37PM
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E__
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Can completely understand, it's just the fear of the unknown. I've always hated that feeling but I still swim all the time.
Jan 21 2012 10:44PM
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soulskier
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lalalalalalalalalalaa, i cant hear you
Jan 21 2012 10:46PM
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SPskier543
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Try swimming at night in the ocean, soooo creepy
Jan 21 2012 10:51PM
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WillStart
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fuck, you have now made me terrified of that lake. and that's where our cabin is...
Jan 21 2012 10:56PM
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RudyGarmisch
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Try 9th deepest.
Jan 21 2012 11:16PM
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RubberSoul
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whaaat dude diving on shelves is the sickest fucking thing ever. first time i did one i almost jizzed my wetsuit from all the dope life i saw. you could peer out into the darker water and see huge eagle rays gliding by. so sick
Jan 21 2012 11:18PM
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soulskier
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they list him as 44 years old, one would assume when he died he was that age, right?
Jan 21 2012 11:24PM
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hokkanee
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Wow. I definitely doubted that so I just googled it. Apparently there's a 5314 foot deep lake in siberia that goes like 4000 feet below sea level. Crazy stuff
Jan 21 2012 11:28PM
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BmoChop
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It's not bad till you start really thinking about it...and then your mind starts playing tricks on you and making you feel things that aren't there. Craziest thing ever, how badly your mind can freak you out.
Jan 21 2012 11:31PM
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caliskigirl
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I heard about the diver, that's super gnarly (but not surprising, given the depth and temperature I always figured that bodies could be very well preserved down there). It would be really interesting (in a creepy sort of way) if someone went down there again in a sub and actually revealed what was found-I could imagine that finding preserved Washoe natives or something similar would be like staring at history in the cold, dead face (morbid yes, but fascinating at the same time)
Jan 21 2012 11:33PM
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Hatsnballs
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Shit son. now i know where to hide the bodies.........
Jan 21 2012 11:40PM
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ThaLorax
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Lake Tahoe is also supposedly linked with Pyramid Lake, which is like 70 miles north, through an underground stream/cannal thing. I forget the full story, but w while ago some canoe from Lake Tahoe ended up at Pyramid.
Jan 21 2012 11:45PM
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Steezy_P
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Dude. I was in Oregon when I was in like 5th grade. We had a beach side hotel-condo type thing. We went out for a walk on the beach at like 10-11. It was soooooooo sketchy, you couldn't see the water and like five feet in front of you. I was hearing shit, I just booked it back out of there. The ocean is freakin creepy
Jan 21 2012 11:46PM
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roddy116
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i believe it, probably deep enough and enough pressure to keep everything like that.
Jan 21 2012 11:47PM
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abathinggrape
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so they are preserved? haha not the best idea homie
Jan 21 2012 11:49PM
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RubberSoul
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pardon my ignorance, but is that something that a scientist would say is a real possibility? or is it like folklore? either way, just the idea of it is soo fucking sick. makes me think of like a zelda game or something, you gotta get a dope scuba suit and go to the bottom and make your way thru the tunnel to pyramid lake
Jan 22 2012 12:06AM
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Goku
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I want pics
Jan 22 2012 12:18AM
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