Boaters Spot Something Disturbing in A Lake — Call Police After Seeing What It Is…

Mark Collins eased their boat across a cove on Lake Mead while Jenna unpacked lunch. They had chosen the inlet because no other boats were nearby. Pale rock walls rose above the water, marked by a white band that showed where the lake had once reached. Then Jenna stopped opening the cooler, tapping his arm, “Mark, slow down.”

He pulled back the throttle. Twenty yards away, close to the sloping shore, something dark rested beneath the surface. At first, Mark thought it was a torn boat cover caught on a branch. The current lifted one side of it, revealing a long, solid shape underneath. It seemed almost as tall as he was. “Probably some equipment?,” he asked, without conviction.

Jenna raised her sunglasses and stared. The covering looked less like plastic and more like heavy clothing. The object lay straight, except where one end had settled deeper into the mud. Mark turned the wheel, intending to continue toward open water, but Jenna caught his arm. “What if …?” Neither of them wanted to use the harsh word. Mark cut the engine. In the sudden quiet, the boat drifted back toward the shape. Something attached to it tightened, then pulled loose from the silt…