The Green Lake Spike Saga Continues

Just when you thought the Green Lake spike story was coming to an end, a dive crew has found 40 additional spikes at the bottom of the lake today. The discovery nearly doubles the number of spikes found, though only 15 of the spikes found today were sharpened. Somehow, that doesn't make us feel much better about the whole thing.

They were found on the south end of the lake, 10 feet away from the boating center and under approximately eight feet of water. Which begs the question, did the person who placed these nefarious spikes also don dive gear to do it? Just like the B.C. severed feet story, this one just gets weirder with every detail.

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By Abbey in News on July 25, 2008 12:00 PM

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z33bleoop

@unknown user

not initially. the spikes were metal then shortly after they began using the plastic spikes.

@abbey

just because the lake was checked back in 2005 doesn't mean a good job was done.

Unknown user

Also, the stakes used to hold down the plastic sheeting supposedly also were plastic.

jwhieger

Milf Oil aka cheap Merlot

MvB

Nice one, Jesse. ;)

jessejb

I would like to purchase this "milf oil."

Abbey

I've heard the milfoil theory too -- but divers had last checked the bottom of Green Lake in 2005 and didn't find these spikes. Surely if they were from the 80's they would have been there then.

partyfernandez

the latest theory is that they are the spikes that were holding down the milfoil (kee hee, "milf oil"...tee hee) net that was installed quite some time ago (early 80's, i think they said?). i forget what other theory they said on the 12 o'clock news today, but they are certainly leaning more towards it being something that workers did back in the day and not some asshole trying to impale people. they look like 3' long tent-spikes.