Laurel River Crazy Phenomenon

[Basshunter82]

Sink hole would be my best guess

[striperdoc]

I wonder if this was actually just an unusually large depost of sediment, leaves, branches, sticks, muck that had been on the bottom of the lake for a long time. That material will decay and create gas/pressure than can eventually dislodge everything above it and send it shooting up like a balloon out of the water.

After the huge flood/rainstorm several years ago, Herrington lake came up 36 feet in 24 hours. Yes that is correct. The middle of the lake was like a torrentous flowing river that tore up everything in its' path. Afterwards, a great deal of debris was deposited in various places throughout the lake. For months following this, we would see large clumps of material as big as a vehicle or larger rise to the surface with bubbles arising before, during, and after.

This would occur in areas of varying depths but usually not more than 30 feet. What was the depth from which that come out of? If it was quite deep, I wouldn't doubt that the material couldn't do what you described.

Just my uneducated guess. Sure would have been cool to see.

[Basshunter82]

I wonder if this was actually just an unusually large depost of sediment, leaves, branches, sticks, muck that had been on the bottom of the lake for a long time. That material will decay and create gas/pressure than can eventually dislodge everything above it and send it shooting up like a balloon out of the water.

After the huge flood/rainstorm several years ago, Herrington lake came up 36 feet in 24 hours. Yes that is correct. The middle of the lake was like a torrentous flowing river that tore up everything in its' path. Afterwards, a great deal of debris was deposited in various places throughout the lake. For months following this, we would see large clumps of material as big as a vehicle or larger rise to the surface with bubbles arising before, during, and after.

This would occur in areas of varying depths but usually not more than 30 feet. What was the depth from which that come out of? If it was quite deep, I wouldn't doubt that the material couldn't do what you described.

Just my uneducated guess. Sure would have been cool to see.

Seems legit

[Deer Slayer]

So if the lake wasn't up or anything like that and ever thing was "normal" about the lake then this is what I think happened. Sediment over time while decaying will build up large amounts of gas which will eventually release sometimes in large amounts. This gas realese probably brought up some of the sediment with it.

[Shellkat]

Gas released,thats what my wife says