Top 16 Tales of Unexpected Discoveries That'll Leave You in Awe!

5. A Jesus Statue Discovered at Lake Michigan's Bottom

Location: Lake Michigan's Little Traverse Bay Year Found: 2019 Estimated Value: $40,000* If there's one thing this essay has demonstrated, it's that there are some quite bizarre things hiding at the bottom of lakes. A statue of Jesus Christ on the crucifixion, standing eleven feet tall, was discovered by divers in Lake Michigan, one of the biggest freshwater lakes in the United States.

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A Jesus Statue Discovered at Lake Michigan's Bottom @boredpanda/Pinterest On the floor of Little Traverse Bay, the white marble statue was buried under twenty feet of water and ice. As you may imagine, the statue is the only pants crucifix discovered in freshwater. The statue was abandoned in the bottom of the Bay, viewable only to those who dared to travel out there, after it was discovered in 2019.

6. A 30-year-old Spanish "Ghost Village" reappears underwater

Where: Aceredo, Spain Discovered in 2022 Estimated Value: N/A A community found underwater isn't shocking, at least not in the sense of horror films, but for one to reappear? That is a little less common. A Spanish community called Aceredo emerges from the water thirty years later in February 2022. Aceredo was flooded in 1992, but since then, droughts have become more frequent.

Spanish 'Ghost Village' Resurfaces @euronewstravel/Twitter After 30 Years Underwater Those who once lived there are stunned by the ruins; one senior said he felt like he was "watching a movie." Collapsed roofs, deserted automobiles, and timber debris are all apparent in the recently resurfaced city, resulting in a terrifying recreation of life in this abandoned, once-flooded metropolis.