Lol guilty, y’all I’m from Georgia and didn’t even know about any of this. Editing to say, dayum that water IS murky af, ash was not exaggerating. I drove over the bridge that crosses this thinking,” what a nice, scenic bridge I didn’t know existed over a lake I didn’t know existed.”
@@JTScott1988 he is referring to a podcast called morbid which did an episode talking about the history behind the lake .I am sorry if this was offensive to you as I completely see the misunderstanding but I completely agree with you, the history of behind this and many other lakes is evil and horrendous.
@@JTScott1988 yes! I am listening to you ,I was just making sure you knew that we weren’t just being morbid ppl. The podcast episode shines a light on the black history of the towns that now are in the lake and it’s actually what made me go and do a lot of research on the black history of this area. I agree completely this was a genocide and even now there is a large effort of holding black people back, as well as murder by police, and modern prison slavery. But in my opinion the podcast is a good thing as it shinning light on a topic that otherwise I would of never came across, such as the use of eminent domain as a means to take the land of mostly indigenous and black ppl with the sole purpose of white people making a profit from it.
As a GA native I will never get in that water. Idk why everyone thinks its a joke. Even people who don’t believe in the supernatural wont go in that water. I stayed in a cabin there during the summer break and even that was really eerie
There is a curse that dwells in those waters... Should any man or woman resort to diving within its depths, The Spirit of the Leviathan shall be unleashed!
@@wadewilson8011its not a curse those angry spirits want revenge. imagine being one of those buried in an unmarked grave or dead in your own home just to have water put on top of you for people to “enjoy” id be pissed too
@@sydnifaithh the word: CURSE identifies the repercussions due to the punishment of the crime/sin in the first place. Restless spirits wanting revenge...that LITERALLY another version of what a curse is. What do you think the movie and folklore of "The Grudge" is?? Very first lines written was "it was a CURSE left behind during a powerful rage during death." Everything you described implies the catalyst and manifestation of what the curse is and why it's in place. Curses aren't just spells casted by some witch-doctors, shamans, or voodoo priests who shake their dicks and blow ash in the wind.🤣 Better look up the word again so you're more familiar with how it's used in the American lexicon.
There’s just something creepy and unnerving about diving. Especially in water where visibility is low, like you never know what you’ll come across. I bet it’s such a rush.
I went there as a kid for a church history trip and you could see a street sign in the water, it was very low at the time. We was told not to get in the water at ALL.
Not many people can say they been 100 ft in lake Lanier. I bet those themomclines are crazy watching your dive temps. I've been 40 feet down but would definitely do this. Great video
It would have been more than land had they been allowed to thrive. Corporations and financial institutions ike CVS and Wells Fargo were established during these times. So a lot more than land was lost that’s why it’s buried under water the land is not what they were concerned about destroying.
@@MunxhiethaInjun Then where's your 10,000 dollars? That's still available for the first person to ever prove ghosts are real. Hasn't happened yet... lol. And there's a reason.
@@MunxhiethaInjun lol that's your argument? Obviously a joke response since you know there is absolutely no proof that ghosts are real. Never has been. And despite the long list of prizes still up for whoever proves it... still, no one can. I wonder why? lol.
Thank you!!! I’ve wanted to scuba down to the bottom of this lake since I was a little kid, but I’ve never had the courage. This place looks just like my old swimming hole around the corner from the dam, but I suppose it all looks the same lol. You really freaked me out with the fishing line, glad y’all are okay! Safe diving 🤿
I'm born and raised in Gainesville Ga 🤣 Lake Lanier Fascinates the Hell out of me. History and all. When we had that horrible Drought years ago, I got to see some CRAZY STUFF💯
@@camgoss3843 That’s so cool! I hate the drought part, but it’s always cool to see what’s been hiding under there. I live in Jasper, GA now, so sadly I haven’t been out there in a long time. I definitely want to dive that sunken bridge, though. You are in such a cool spot with so much history - and some big ass channel catfish 😂 Hope you have an awesome weekend, Cam! 💚🙏
You have too much gear on. I know yall are tech divers but when you come to this lake with all that gear, it will always increase your chances of getting tangled. I dive this lake every day. (Give you a tip). when you dive in low vis. put your light at its lowest setting.
@@aaliyah1876 the only reason people keep dying in it is because its getting more popular so deaths are being highlighted im sure most of the people survive
are there any lakes like this but where you can still see buildings and such? I know some of the backstory to Lake Lanier but I’m not sure if the buildings were destroyed or bombed maybe. Extremely sad but also very interesting to learn about in modern day. I want to see more
The ONLY thing that remained and was submerged was the race Trac and bleachers. I believe also the concrete steps around where the bleachers sat as well.....EVERYTHING else was relocated including graves. The Sgt over the dive team in Hall County said there were remnants of the farming houses like the concrete foundation and remnants of a very small concrete building that use to be a gas station store but that's it.
During the summer if the water gets low enough you can see the trees that are at the bottom of it, a race track including the stands where people use to sit, and some buildings. As far as I know they didn’t bomb anything, they literally just relocated what they could of the town and flooded it. And I’m not sure if there’s any other lakes quite like lake Lanier honestly
It was a Black community/ Town , they killed whoever that didn't flee & submerged it with water, Buford Dacula Auburn winder Lawrenceville etc are haunted areas/ luxury homes built over dead people
The toen of Johnsonville, TN is underwater. Most of the citizens were relocated to New Johnsonville, TN. When taking a ferry ride across the river, you van still see the old mill sticking out of the water.
I did not recover the first fin. Spent about a min looking for it in the silt but as it became more and more stirred up and visibility degraded more and more I made the call to leave it. I put the other fin back on because it gave me some propulsion and the ability to control my pitch in the water. A big danger to drysuit diving is an uncontrolled ascent to the surface due to all the air going to your feet and expanding faster than you can dump it. If that started to happen and I had no fins it would be hard for me to invert to dump the air. He continued and eventually met me back on shore after deco. In zero visibility, it is often better to focus on your equipment and situation rather than worry about a buddy. We both are trained and had the equipment to be self reliant so it was not an issue.
@coreytrevorscuba4133 I just tried on a dry suit for the first time and this particular suit had tight boots. An instructor made a comment that it was better than loosing a fin. Are dry suit boots supposed to fit like shoes where you leave a little space for toes, or do toes need to touch the ends of the boot? How come you lost your fins? They look like jet fins
@@OffroadTrucker740 I'll preface this by saying I am not a Drysuit Instructor but do have a good amount of experience in one. IMO boots need to just fit comfortably like shoes. I lost the fin because I forgot my boots and was just diving in the socks... Hard lesson to learn but the spring straps on the fins were not tight enough.
@@agonizedflamer9385 Pretty much. Not a problem though, I carry multiple sets of gear for such an occasion, as well as having the training to dive solo.
16:12 "buddy stuck under tree" 16:39 "cameraman stuck on fishing rope"... guys its not fishing rope.... youre next to a hanging... think about it.... theres a tree and large rope.... thats not for fishing.....
@@Wefi01 Probably just $25. (Enough to cover some air and gas) I do it more for fun. If you need it recovered quickly I would recommend reaching out to Richard P. I can shoot you his contact if you still need it. Just saw your comment.
I'm sorry but you lost me at 10 ft which tripled to 100 ft deep and there is a TREE 😩 😩 What not too many people know that OscarVille is among one of the Forsyth Counties that live beneath Lake Lanier. So indeed there are bodies that are beneath the lake floor which is supposed to estimated at 160 ft deep.
Oscarville I believe is on the west side just outside of what was flooded. The flooding was intentional, planned and the people were moved similar to any imminent domain project. Graves were exhumed and bodys moved as well.
@@GloomToon There was not neighborhoods full of people unsuspectingly drowned in their sleep. The graves were exhumed and moved. Some unmarked graves were missed. But those suggesting it was genocide on this channel are just trolls.
I would like to know if any divers have discovered any tombstones. If cemeteries were covered wouldn't there be caskets floating to the top like in New Orleans after Katrina.
@ashton8106 that is 100% true. My dad used to be a recovery diver for the fire dept and he recovered many cadavers from this lake. He said in certain areas they would have to be extremely cautious because they would literally be diving down into underwater forests because the DNR would just top the trees off in high density pine forests as the water level rose during construction of the lake. He said sometimes they wouldn't be able to search certain areas of the lake because of this. Just imagine being 70 feet down and coming across an area of topped off pine trees with 30 feet of tree still standing below you.
You should dive and look for the racetrack in Gainesville. At laurel park if you drive all the way to the end the dive spot should be to the left. I've stood on the bleachers during droughts. Might be a viral vid.
@@brieuchiha5077 I meant the concrete stands which are still there to this day. I've heard people left cars there (there was an engine exposed during the drought btw.)
According to Sgt Chris Tempel, Commander of the dive team for Hall County Sheriff's Dept, those bleachers remain and can be seen by sonar and I have also seen those bleachers during the last horrible drought we had. So they still remain.....
anyways to add on everyone in the comments kept talking about the people who drowned there said it felt like someone pulling you down . the amount of times they got caught on a fishing line , i would assume it was the fishing line . based on assumption . when people keep saying the same thing over & over weather a lie or not , you’ll start believing in it . fear would take over anyones mind .
almost all of the cities, houses, malls, restaurants , etc. are built over dead people we don’t even know about . so to act like it’s something big when they do this all the time is crazy to me .
Yes , all of the above . There’s a lady on TikTok who talks about how her and her brother survived lake Lanier while being pull down by currents and not being able to see.. very interesting .
People who can't swim come to this lake and drown and drunks on boats causing accidents and drunk people walking off cliffs who cant swim it's not hunted I have lived by this lake all my life and I've been swimming and fishing never had a issue
Hey last wednesday my friend ajay was drowned in cultus lake but cops are failed to find him but they gave us permission to hire private divers so can you help us i will do payment to you
Almost drowned in that lake but a Sprite saved me, iam part Indian and I think that's why. I peacefully sank to the bottom and was brought back to the top. And I didn't know the history about at the time
The oppressor knows exactly what is at the bottom of that LAKE!!! DEAD ANCESTORS SOULS!!! THEY WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO ENJOY SOMETHING THAT WAS CREATED BY THE EVIL ONES.🙄
Lets just pretend we undersstand a tsunami.. if the pressure of a damn breaking can take a town out , what makes you think these 1912 homes would still be standing babe.
@@coldplay_0024 lies like this are what kills the area. Stop it man. It doesn't make you seem like you know something others don't. It makes you seem like a liar.
@@kay-collins a good percentage of those have been chalked up to being poor or tired swimmers. It's easy to misjudge distances and the water can get extremely choppy due to the high speeds and size of the boats. You have a lot of families coming up from Atlanta that are not familiar with swimming in a lake this size. People that are used to local or personal swimming pools who don't know the risks associated with Lake Lanier. There are drop-offs, cold currents, debris entangled with decades of fishing line. I'm not, nor am I claiming to be an expert on the hazards of swimming in the lake. I am speaking from 40 years of experience living nearby, however. The history is tragic and unfortunate, but no one can go back and change that. The likelihood that supernatural forces are drowning people or causing accidents... if this is what you want to believe, then believe it. I'm just pointing out that there are more people believing that that have never visited or live nearby than those that do.
@@jennifergeo4030 very well stated! I agree 1000% with everything you commented…and I’m a 44 year old black man from Decatur, Georgia…I just spent Father’s Day weekend there with my family…we had a blast!
About to dispel a lot of rumors about lake Lanier rq. Sorry to bust your bubble but it isn’t haunted. Yes, a town was flooded when the lake was built. This is not some uncommon thing. When nearly any reservoir is built, the land the it will occupy is flooded. Look at lake allatoona, the Hoover dam, or nearly any other man made reservoir in the world. Residents are made well aware of the flooding. It’s not like people just randomly drown from their town being flooded one day. Bodies in cemeteries are removed before hand and relocated. You can literally look at Maps of lakes and see old road beds, houses, submerged bridges and lots of other things clearly visible on them. The mass public knows nothing about reservoirs and it shows. And one last thing: NEARLY ALL of the deaths on the lake come from alcohol fueled endeavors. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk
The town they flooded used to be a sundown town and the klan was very active in the area and tbh the flooded town isn’t the spookiest thing that’s in the lake
The town they flooded was a successful black owned town that was flooded by the Klan. Souls weren’t put to rest properly out there, shit is definitely haunted
@@RubbabandRed1 there’s been over six hundred related deaths, do you really think they’ve found all those bodies? And if you’re the superstitious type then there’s the lady of the lake and the ghosts of the people who’ve died that like to pull people under. There’s a lot of lore.
My best friend died in this lake, I hate lake Lanier. There are deaths every single year in this lake. We call it Cursed lake for a reason here in Georgia
Uhhhhhh over 600 people have died in it, theres litteraly an entire black town with cemetaries and everything down there. The history is violent and racist and brutal, someone went fishing a pulled up a HUMAN HAND yknow just that super fuckin cursed shit no big deal. Its an absolute stain on the land and history and people...
This was a good video. Doesn’t seem like a whole lot under there. I’ve only dived in the ocean both day and night dives.I’ve been around sharks and stone fish but for some reason lake diving just seems more sketchy lol. I like the people arguing that it’s haunted. Please keep making more haunted stories. I feel like it’s kept all the riff raft ghetto peoples from ruining the nice lake 😁.
YOUR people are the riff raft, as you STOLE this land after running the Black families away who owned it, and without compensating them. This was previously a thriving African American town. Just outright theft of their property. This was done to other Black towns as well, and in some cases, your people began pouring water into Black owned towns before the residents had even left.
Your people running Black families off their land and then stealing it is fact. It happened in a number of places, not just the area that we are discussing now. And in many cases, loss of life of Black people occurred along with the theft.
