From weird objects, to mysterious natural formations, join me as I reveal to you 9 Bizarre
Underwater Discoveries By Deep Sea Divers.
9.
Underwater Crop Circles One of the biggest mysteries found in nature
was a strange formation that kept occurring on the ocean floor near Japan.
In the Mid-90's, deep sea divers kept coming across these rather intricate art pieces in
the sand that seemingly had no point, yet were clearly made with great precision.
These underwater designs were believed to be made by a mysterious entity, maybe even
aliens!
They were so detailed and mysterious that they became known as the underwater "crop
circles", and for over a decade, no one knew exactly who made them and why.
Eventually though, it was revealed that the "culprit" was none other than a species of
Puffer Fish.
These fish would carefully swim around to create these patterns to try and attract mates.
Males will flap their fins as they swim along the seafloor, which moves around the sediment
and amazing circular patterns are the result of that over time.
What's truly impressive about this isn't just the detail that goes into the pieces, but
also, that the Puffer Fish is only about 5 inches long, and these patterns are about
7 feet in diameter.
Which means that these Puffer Fish put a lot of effort into these pieces.
What scientists can't figure out though is why the female Puffer Fish are attracted to
these circles.
8.
Underwater Sculpture Park This underwater sculpture park can be found
in the Moliniere Beausejour Marine Protected Area of the Caribbean Sea, off the coast of
Grenada and was opened to the public in 2006.
The sculpture park is made up of a series of life-size castings of people and objects
in various positions.
Such as one famous piece of children (many of whom were locals in Grenada when the statues
were made) holding hands in a circle formation.
There are many other sculptures in there too, including a man working at a desk and more.
All of the sculptures were made by British sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor.
The entire park was placed about 4-5 meters deep into the Caribbean Sea.
As for the intent of the sculpture park, it's not exactly what you might think.
One part of it is to help "enhance" the very natural reef that is there (the sculptures
were placed in a way to ensure it didn't interfere directly with the wildlife and would actually
provide more surface area for corlas).
But the other intent is to show off the power of nature and raise awareness to ocean conservation.
These sculptures are slowly taken over by barnacles and other sea life and demonstrate
the power of the sea.
7.
Cenote Angelita Cave Underwater River Believe it or not, there are some rivers that
are actually found underwater, one of which is famously in the Black Sea.
Other divers head to the Cenote Angelita Cave in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico and observe
an "underwater river" that is a bit different.
Now technically speaking, this "flowing" body of water actually isn't a river, but it does
seem that way when you view it from a certain angle.
What is truly going on is a mixture of saltwater and hydrogen sulfide (along with the other
natural materials in the area) that causes the saltwater and the freshwater that is in
the area to separate.
Thus making it seem like the area is "moving" like a "river".
The cloud of "smoke" that is made via this process is what helps sell the illusion of
the underwater river, and it's what brings many people down to it because it makes the
area seem more haunting and alive as it appears to be moving as well.
To reach the spot, you have to travel down 60 feet into the waters, and through that
perspective, you'll go from crystal clear waters to a "ghostly forest" over a period
of time.
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6.
Oarfish The depths of the ocean hide many wonders,
and one of those is the Oarfish.
This is a large fish that is the largest "bony fish" alive.
In fact, the largest one found was 36 feet long.
Yet when it was found, many people thought it was a hoax.
Mainly because it was "too big" or "too monstrous" to be real.
Then, when it was proven real, they believed that this may be the inspiration for the legends
of "sea serpents" and "sea dragons".
But, since the Oarfish prefers to live at massive depths, they're not seen too often
on the surface, so it's hard to track them.
In fact, some scientists believe that they live at nearly 3000 feet below sea level.
The few times we do see them is when they wash up dead on shore after dying like many
other sea creatures in the past.
This is due in part to their muscle structure.
They're used to the stiller waters at deeper depths, not the currents and tides near the
surface.
So if it reaches the surface, it's often dead or on the brink of death because it's body
is being battered by the waters.
Adding to their mystery, they've rarely, if ever, been caught on video.
One such time was the show "River Monsters", which was the first time in history it was
ever caught on film.
5.
Underwater Stonehenge The real Stonehenge is a stone monument found
in England, while Underwater Stonehenge is a strange stone monument of questionable origin
that can be found in Lake Michigan in the United States.
And when two scientists found it in 2007, they were quite shocked.
This was discovered by a professor of underwater archaeology at Northwestern Michigan University
College, Mark Holley, and his colleague Brian Abbot.
They were going over the lake with some sonar equipment looking for shipwrecks and found
the bizarre monument rather unexpectedly.
Just as unexpected, it's been over a decade since the monument was found, and we still
don't have answers as to what it is, what it isn't, and when exactly it was put there.
Research put into the monument hasn't been conclusive, and more mysteries keep popping
up the more it's looked at.
For example, on one of the stones that are a part of the monument, there appears to be
a drawing of a sort that features a Mastodon.
If it is real, and can be verified (it hasn't yet), that would mean that this monument was
made at least 10,000 years ago.
Or so they suspect.
What's even more curious is that Lake Michigan has been sailed on by people for many hundreds
of years, yet only a decade ago was the monument discovered.
4.
Yonaguni Monument In Japan, there is a place called Yonaguni
Island.
There, they have one of the most interesting and mysterious underwater monuments in the
world.
The Yonaguni Monument is a series of large rock formations that has the scientific world
split as to whether this is a natural design, or something made by humans.
Is it some sort of underwater pyramid, left over by a lost civilization?
The monument itself was found in 1986 by accident when a diver, Kihachiro Aratake, a director
of the Yonaguni-Cho Tourism Association, was looking for a place to observe Hammerhead
sharks and stumbled onto this rock formation.
He spread the word, and soon, scientists led by Masaaki Kimura of the University of the
Ryūkyūs went to the formations to see what they were like.
As for the debate, there are many sides and points to it that make sense when it's put
into context.
In regards to it being a natural formation, it's been proven by nature that weather and
water can make objects and monoliths that seem man-made given enough time.
What's more, certain scientists note that there are "similar" formations like this on
the Northeast side of Yonaguni, just not this big.
On the other hand, the way the monument is designed has clear markings of human building.
Including right angels, having rocks be on platforms in specific ways, and even have
a rock protrusion that looks like the carving of a human face.
Some scientists believe that it was built around 2000-3000 years ago, and was part of
Yamatai, an ancient part of Japan.
3.
Stone Age Artifacts The Stone Age was an important part of history,
but the sad truth is that because it was so long ago many artifacts don't remain from
that period.
Except for when Swedish divers went into the Baltic Sea and unearthed a series of Stone
Age artifacts just lying on the bottom.
According to the team, they had known that this area of the Baltic Sea could contain
artifacts, but they weren't expecting as many as they found.
They were dated back to around 10,000-11,000 years ago.
The only thing stopping them from getting them earlier was funding and that the area
was so large that it hadn't been fully explored before.
The place were found was known as Hano, which is a bay of the Baltic Sea near Skane County
The excavation of the area itself took over 3 years.
Of the items they found, many were tools and objects made of bone and wood.
How did they survive all that time in the water?
Sediment formed around them, and when it did, it luckily protected them from withering and
decay.
The treasures were so numerous that the site was later dubbed the "Swedish Atlantis".
2.
New Jersey Deep Sea Graveyard There is a place in the state of New Jersey
that has been called the New Jersey Deep Sea Graveyard.
It was discovered in 1985 when a man named Paul Hepler started to map out the bottom
of the New Jersey coast and came upon something he didn't expect, two large locomotives.
Upon diving down, he found that they were Planet Class 2-2-2 T models, which is a very
rare model of train, and one of the oldest models of steam train that were ever made
in the United States.
Just as odd, these trains were perfectly upright.
Which almost makes one think that they were placed there intentionally.
But whether that's the case is unclear.
There have been many dives to these trains to study them, but all the results report
the same thing, it's not clear how they got there.
The popular theory is that they came off of a ship.
But, there's two problems with that theory.
One, there's no major damage on the trains that would show something like that, and two,
the trains themselves were never reported as missing or lost.
1.
The Bimini Road If you were to head to the Bahamas to go scuba
diving, a popular attraction that would await you underwater is that of the Bimini Road.
This is a half-mile long stretch of rectangular limestone blocks, and no one is really sure
why or how it got there.
Or what the purpose of it was at all.
It was in September of 1968 that this "road" was discovered near North Bimini island, Joseph
Manson Valentine, Jacques Mayol and Robert Angove.
As the name suggests, some think that it was a road that eventually got drowned by the
waters.
Others think it may have been the beginnings of a wall of some kind.
Yet there is no evidence to suggest that these theories, or others, are accurate.
This "road" is about 18 feet below sea level.
What's more, the "road" isn't comprised of similar shaped blocks.
Many are different thicknesses, shapes, and more.
The size also varies, with some being 10 by 13, and others being smaller than that with
a length of maybe 7 feet.
It's also been speculated that because they've been in the water for many decades, the currents
have weathered down the blocks that make the "road" and thus have "ruined" their true shape.
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