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

The surface yielded beneath Reyes’s fingers, then returned to its original shape. She pressed it again before looking toward the waiting officers. “This is not a person,” she announced. The recovery team washed away enough mud to expose molded silicone, synthetic hair, and a damaged costume. The frightening figure was a life-sized stunt dummy!

Mark laughed from shock and relief. Jenna covered her face with both hands. “We called all these people over a movie prop.” Reyes walked around the screen and answered firmly. “You reported a human-sized figure secured underwater. Calling us was exactly right.” She explained that the chain and concrete blocks appeared to be parts of an old filming rig.

The sealed cylinder provided the first proof. Inside were damaged production sheets, scene numbers, and a plastic tag marked Desert Pursuit. The paperwork was dated 1998 and described an underwater escape involving a weighted prisoner.