What Evan discovered on the internet was that in 1997, a woman named Emily Schwalek was swimming in Lake Berryessa when she was sucked into a whirlpool that seemed to come out of nowhere.
She tried desperately to cling to anything and everything around her for about 20 minutes. Sadly, she didn’t survive the horrific incident. Unfortunately, he didn’t find out what had caused the hole. But when he would, it would surely surprise him.
Searching For Answers
He made sure he was fully prepared for his second venture out to the mysterious hole. He fixed his battery problem and made his way out one more time. He knew that this hole had quite the gravitational pull, so he needed to be careful how close he let his drone get to it.
He also wanted to do a little research. He thought maybe he wasn’t the only one who had seen it before. He did some digging on the web to see what he could find about this mysterious hole that appeared in Lake Berryessa.
Widening The Search
While scouring the internet for more information, Evan came across some details and facts about the history of the lake that he hadn’t previously known.
With that being said, he was unable to find any pictures that looked like the hole he captured with his drone. He had become confused as to why it seemed like he was the only one who had seen it.
Final Operation
When he took his drone out for the second time across the beautiful Lake Berryessa, he tried to get as close as he possibly could. Based off the images the drone took, he had determined that the hole was approximately 72 feet in diameter. He had become obsessed with what he had found, and wanted to know more.
He needed to find out more. Since he read the story about Emily, he knew that it wouldn’t be possible to get too close without potentially losing his life. It was impossible to know exactly how far the hole went down. What he did find, surpassed his expectations.
The Word Spread
As time went on, more and more people noticed the same mysterious hole that Evan did. People could even see it as they were driving along the road. There aren’t too many things that will catch your eye quite like seeing a hole in a body of water.
Of course, it didn’t take long for word to spread like wildfire about the hole in the lake. This was right about the time that it caught the eye of Kevin King, who is the operations manager for the county’s water facilities.