Exploring America's largest underground lake

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Deep in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains, about 50 miles south of Knoxville, Tennessee, sits an wonder 140 feet below ground: the largest underground lake in America. The lake, which was discovered only decades ago, attracts about 2,000 visitors a day from all over the world. Chip Reid reports.
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@steviehannah4583 4 года назад

My husband and I were married inside this cave five years ago yesterday, December 1, 2014. I went there as a kid and fell in love and it was a perfect place for us. 💕

@jshepard152 3 года назад

My wife buried me above ground level.

@zerfixxz 3 года назад

Aww

@steviehannah4583 3 года назад

😂 True story though. If this let me upload photos, I'd show ya. 💜

@rogerpartner1622 2 года назад

Aww did you eat The Trout ?

@SimplyMentioned 2 года назад

@@rogerpartner1622 ĺol Not allowed to fish them. They do flop into the boat sometimes though. The crew feed them and they swarm the boat while on the ride. It's a fun place. 👍🙂

@theobserver9131 Год назад

Thanks for showing me something really cool that I did not know existed! The commentary by the talking heads at the end was totally unnecessary and irrelevant.

@comingoutofhibernation2122 4 года назад

Looking at the map at 0:14, I see that Kansas has annexed Kentucky. This will not stand!

@ChadwickHorn 3 года назад

Most coastal people confuse us. Lol

@GDuncan8002 2 месяца назад

Good eye.

@dustinwestfall8710 3 года назад

Am I the only one who heard that lady say..." She looked very doable" 😂😂

@varunemani Год назад

That's our illustrious guide, Miss Savana. 🍷

@chriswebster24 10 месяцев назад

It was like she read my mind, I swear.

@fireboltaz 2 месяца назад

She does look very doable

@jd4278 5 лет назад

I was there in the summer of 1988. I was young and only remember the cold and the darkness. My father was pretty into it. Mother, not so much.

@tinywrinkle 5 лет назад

I'm from Kansas, and I could have SWORE it was further west. Turns out I was above Tennessee the whole time!

@kc836 5 лет назад

I remember taking a field trip there when I was in elementary school. The whole class really enjoyed it.

@fireboltaz 2 месяца назад

Would you like to go again?

@Vesayah 3 года назад

Imagine a time when you can actually a swim in the cool lake on a hot summer day, instead of paying to ride a rusty boat across it.

@theobserver9131 Год назад

Lol. I don't care how hot it is outside, I would never get into 50° water! I am much more comfortable at 100°.

@tiffytoo 4 года назад

If you dont know about short creek you need to look it up. In somerset ky . its a smaller free version of this that you can have a family picnic at as long as you leave it better than you found it. Way cool.

@sophiyah-3671 3 года назад

Wow thank you I love you 💕

@macclark4112 3 года назад

The Largest known Underground Lake. However there is a far far Larger Lake below the Little Belt Mountains of Montana.

@eightyoutube11 5 лет назад

Watch for creepers

@shamarkwoodward1587 2 года назад

how was that discovered when native americans already knew about ?

@chriswebster24 10 месяцев назад

They meant discovered by humans. The Indians didn’t know about the lake, anyway, though.

@Georgia-Vic Год назад

The water is pristine they don't want bacteria from human bodies to ruin it!

@kennethamoore853 5 лет назад

I went there in college. It was scary and we were on a glass boat bottom

@michealridenoour5320 4 года назад

Very cool. I rode the glass bottomed boats in Mammoth Cave when i was a child. I've been unable to find any footage of this online so i enjoyed the video alot as it brought back memories!😁

@joekornecki6445 5 лет назад

I was there in 2014, and I enjoyed the tour. Another nice memory of my adventures over the years

@adamcrealestate 2 месяца назад

Trump2024

@johncalaway4446 5 лет назад

Caverns are very interesting especially when there is a very large underground lake. I would enjoy seeing Carlsbad in New Mexico and Mammoth Caves located in this region. I am from Texas and there are caverns in the Central part of Texas. Two that come to mind are Longhorn Caverns and Innerspace Caverns. They are not as majestic as this. It was interesting how Innerspace Caverns were discovered.

@GDuncan8002 2 месяца назад

Mammoth is more impressive than Carlsbad, in my opinion. But my favorite cave so far is Cathedral Caverns in Alabama.

@natashiajones6523 3 года назад

We went here on a field trip in 8th grade. I would love to bring my boyfriend here on vacation.

@fireboltaz 2 месяца назад

Still have the same boyfriend?

@crazychicSHENA 5 лет назад

I've been there before when I' was 10 very fun and entertaining 😇

@NygilMr94 5 лет назад

You mean stalactites?!

@varunemani Год назад

That's our illustrious guide, Miss Savana. 🍷

@Vesayah 3 года назад

Good tornado shelter.

@andrewmoore1084 3 года назад

I remember when i was 6 I spent 2 nights and 2 days in here with boy scout squad we went caving and crawled through tunnels it was awesome

@delorestaylor8114 3 года назад

Hats off to you sir for teaching our young boys about America’s natural treasures and how to preserve our memories.🇺🇸

@GentileMysteriesConspiracies 5 лет назад

It is like driving through Kentucky on top of Mammoth Caves, the longest running cavern system known to the public is a National Park in Kentucky. Very similar to driving over the Hoover Damn, if most people could actually see what they were on top of, they wouldn't do it. Huge walls and railing keep people from seeing everything they are driving over, such as the huge dips and valley gorges.

@robertstarkey8792 3 года назад

I remember me my Mom Dad and brother riding this boat in the 70s and 80s

@CiscoWes 3 года назад

I was there in the 80's too. Might have been at the same time lol

@harrywillisdick8660 5 лет назад

I've been there when I was 1 the sad thing is. I don't remember a thing

@lighthouse403 4 месяца назад

Why isn’t a “Life Jacket” provided to all the tourists ? #americantourism #thinksmart #Tennessee #USA #America #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #USPresident. Seeing kids and youth sitting at the edges of the boat. Wherever a water body is a Tourist place, “Life Jackets are mandatory”. (Not everyday is a normal day for everyone).

@greenergrass4060 4 года назад

The tour guide is amazing

@varunemani Год назад

That's our illustrious guide, Miss Savana. 🍷

@BigSlick40 2 года назад

I went there with my sons boy scout troop about 12 years ago. The water levels were down during our visit so no boat ride and it was said that the water levels constantly change through out the seasons based on local rainfall. Curious though they say the cave was discovered in 1915 but there was mining during the civil war and a date inscribed on the cave wall from 1863. 1863 came way before 1915.

@mr.g816 Год назад

The civil war was 1861-1865. This cave was "discovered" long before white people and their small pox

@Huliaho Год назад

The lake was discovered later, the cave had been known for a long time. I live near there.

@saucywench9122 4 года назад

Nope. I need blue skies.

@Georgia-Vic Год назад

Cherokee for Sweet Water is: "Ama Kanasta" I visited the Lost Sea Caverns back in 1984 when I was 15 at Summer Camp in Tellico Springs just a few miles away.They took us on a field trip to the cave and then we went to a nearby university and saw some people break dancing in the gym, the whole day was awesome and a memorable one at that because I remember while we were riding in a flat bottom boat at 8 people at a time, the tour guide gave us all dry fish food that looked like cat food into the water where 4- foot long giant blind catfish with white eyes would let me feel the sides of their skin as they slowly swam by! Where did they all go?

@rogerpartner1622 2 года назад

Lucky woman. But that’s really got F all about. These underground lakes. Of which there are thousands ..

@MonsieurBjornReddy 2 года назад

Really, bright eyes to represent the folksy Tennessee wonder? Christ…

@noturavgMeg Месяц назад

I went here as a kid no older then 13 with a group it was a weekend getaway for us teens and boy did we have the time of our lives 😂😂😂😂 it was co-ed so I got to sit next to the guy I was “dating” and me and him were stuck like glue the entire weekend lol but it was such a great experience going into the cave and being on the little boat ride and seeing all the fish as well 👏🏾🙌🏾🥰☺️

@alexisgonzalez7758 3 года назад

it's open now?

@gibbytravis Год назад

Q: What's the best part of what you do? A: There's a rich history here and it's something that you don't get to see every day. She literally gets to see it every day.

@GDuncan8002 2 месяца назад

You don't get to see it everyday. She does.

@niniimuka 5 лет назад

Wonders of Nature, never seizes to AMAZE

@CiscoWes 3 года назад

@@bvmpinbvmpin Some people say The Grand Canyon is a beautiful work, and others say it's a big ditch.

@clairemosier1274 3 года назад

Ive never been. Im taking my boy for his 12th birthday in April and on to Chattanooga after that if all goes well. Never know if the dang weather will be warm or cold still by then in good ol Tennessee

@fireboltaz 2 месяца назад

How was it?

@yeahisaidthat3008 2 года назад

I have visited the Lost Sea 3 times in my life and I must say it’s one of my favorite vacation memories!

@JH-lz4dh 3 месяца назад

Why aren't they wearing life jackets?!

@amtiv Год назад

This could have been more informative. :/

@jmgardner28 Месяц назад

So… we gave it back to the Cherokee Indians right?

@BrandonEAS 3 года назад

From Madisonville TN! Damn!!!

@janwilcox278 День назад

This would be awesome to see. A must to see

@shimereemoon 2 месяца назад

I have my picture there back in the 60s

@daveed1797 Год назад

Who brings a toddler on a trip like that

@bvokey8842 22 дня назад

How did the water get there?

@friendlysky7674 5 лет назад

I went there in July!

@Machetepacks 5 лет назад

interesting

@NCRTrooper23 3 месяца назад

JESUS Loves u

@Tyler.i.81 Год назад

Goof old chip reed

@7kandyland 2 месяца назад

Oh that's cool

@CuttySobz 2 года назад

TERRIBLE reporter lol.

@mannyduran8458 5 лет назад

I would love to go there but only with a couple people and just hang out all day

@theobserver9131 Год назад

Yeah, the crowds are a huge turn off for me. Huge groups being lead like sheep. I make a terrible sheep.

@scarroll625 Год назад

This chick is cute

@delorestaylor8114 4 года назад

I loved it 😘

@highspeedboom 2 года назад

If this is in the Guinness book, how long is it how wide is it? There is a underground lake in Missouri called Devils well over 400feet long and over 100feet wide

@danielpizana3682 9 месяцев назад

It is upsetting to me that I have claustrophobia and will never be able to see this kind of stuff in person. I would freak out instantly, hell, I actually had fear course through my body looking at it lol. smh.

@greenwave819 4 дня назад

This place is really cool

@greenwave819 4 дня назад

in prohibition people would wander deep into the cave and then climb a 200 step stair case to leave... many would be too turnt to climb that high and would fall back down and die!!

@bibletriviaUSA 3 года назад

*Now I’m Happy. God bless America, my home sweet home*

@clobbyhops 4 года назад

Get your tour tickets before Nestle buys it

@sonder3519 2 года назад

Good job. It pays the bills and serves as an apocalypse safe house.

@alecstephenson8991 2 года назад

went here with my middle school class and spent the night in there. the fish are blind and they feed them liver pellets and they jump when you feed them, our tour guide told us he once saw a fish jump into a lady’s lap and she beat it to death with her pocketbook, they gave it to her thinking she might have it stuffed and hang it. well the woman called back and said that it was the worst tasting fish she’d ever eaten and that it tasted like liver 😂 i guess you are what you eat, that story will stick with me forever for sure

@whythe48 Год назад

A 13 year old kid discovered this kids from the south are made different

@ItzAllOrNothin 2 месяца назад

We sure are!😊

@Youre_Right Год назад

I spent a few nights in this cave when I was a Boy Scout.

@chandlerturner4720 6 месяцев назад

i live 2 hours from this place went there on a field trip in elementary school. awesome place.

@freekingawwsome 3 года назад

Very nice thank you for the share

@merida6407 2 года назад

Is there any problem in swimming here?

@marybethbarnes5583 5 лет назад

Hey cbs Chattanooga TN checking in here. Next time u stop by the gig city come to eat at stevarinos on Cherokee Blvd. We'd love to have u! Ask 4 Rae ❤️

@seanvelentzas1917 4 года назад

He was creepy

@kbert6398 2 года назад

Finally a lake that is not brimming with trash.

@shaunlowe5108 5 лет назад

I live less than an hour & half from there. Its further to Gatlinburg & Dollywood. But I've been to Dollywood 7 or 8 times. An nvr made it to the lake!

@steviehannah4583 3 года назад

We got married in the cave at the Lost Sea and then honeymooned in a mountain chalet in Gatlinburg. It was gorgeous. 🏞❤ There were fires about a year later. I hope our honeymoon chalet survived. 😢🥀

@jamalhill3535 2 года назад

2 years ago this was posted and no one was wearing a freaking life jacket???? Do they still not???

@chriswebster24 10 месяцев назад

White people know how to swim, Jamal 😂

@michealridenoour5320 4 года назад

Great video. Anyone know of footage of Mammoth Cave glass bootm boat ride?

@baynardplumbing7849 7 месяцев назад

I been there its amazing

@mejorotra 10 месяцев назад

Omg that is soo cool

@popanollie1 2 года назад

am i the only one who wants to swim in it

@pbs3836 4 года назад

My anxiety levels just shot up

@smokethis2285 3 года назад

Any fishing there?

@cplmpcocptcl6306 2 года назад

Beautiful, just beautiful.

@chrisgann7842 3 года назад

Ive been there. It was fun

@chepis7893 Год назад

Beautiful ❤

@deepinthestreets5351 5 лет назад

Nice

@tooge47 3 года назад

BEEN THERE !

@crysajb-iq1hd Год назад

I remember a very different cavern, it was small. I remember crawling on my stomach to get to a small area of water. The fish were see through and because of where they lived they could not see but now they can see. I remember feeling trapped.

@fireboltaz 2 месяца назад

Want me to take you? You’ll be a okay

@michaellewis4632 2 года назад

It would be Awsome to swim in

@chriswebster24 10 месяцев назад

Yeah until the monster that lives inside it pulls you under and eats you.

@HippytheKid419 Год назад

Came here with a church group my freshman year and spent the night we were the only people there it was so fun crawling through all the tight spaces

@justyouraveragehomosapien9743 7 дней назад

Woodlands mentioned????

@HippytheKid419 6 дней назад

@@justyouraveragehomosapien9743 not sure what you mean lol

@vancevance6864 2 года назад

Jeezus, a 70ft deep lake 40ft under ground, thats absolutely horrifying

@nataliejohnson4325 2 года назад

Glad someone said it.😳

@marieubiles1377 2 года назад

😂

@AnEnemyAnemone1 10 месяцев назад

140 feet, not 40.

@curtisbailey7120 5 лет назад

Cugjo carving I was there 50 years ago with my dad

@GarethRiffStevens 4 года назад

F**k that.. nothing that big will ever be above my head. What if an earthqake happened or the rock decided to collapse.

@heisenberg5307 3 года назад

A shame a piece of gods wonder is now charted by man made structures

@bacowlesnx01 4 года назад

You have Kentucky labeled as KS. It should be KY.

@doga2677 3 года назад

this was my shelter, when asteroid hit the earth and everything was destroyed.

@illumiNOTme326 4 года назад

That tunnel looks kinda like the new Joe Rogan set.

@NIGHTOWL-jf9zt 4 года назад

I'm curious to know if anyone ever fished this water and if so, how did the trout taste. Also wonder what their food source is?

@DgitlRedBeard 3 года назад

They are stocked rainbow trout. The tour boats feed them every 15 minutes so everyone sees them up close.

@joemomma707 5 лет назад

I’ll stop by and check her out baby

@damage6836 5 лет назад

Yeah that cave...shes a beauty...the tour guides not bad either

@briansaka3764 5 лет назад

Clap them cheeks down there

@eightyoutube11 5 лет назад

Yessir

@iceburg_jones9887 3 года назад

🤣🤣🤣

@NickC-Ohio 4 года назад

That boat ride is a pretty intimate little excursion for just the interviewer and the young female guide. I wonder if she felt like she was out on a date with the American public. I'm not claiming that it's inappropriate, merely remarking upon my perceived connotation.

@KeepNitReeel 4 года назад

A comment that could only come from the mind of a man. I'm guessing the female guide was just doing her job as she does everyday!

@steviehannah4583 3 года назад

They are amazing there! They are professional and were part of my wedding, which was there. I can never thank them enough. They were such joys. The cave is beautiful and the boat ride is romantic when you want it to be but you also feed the trout and they try to jump into the boat. So it's not exactly sexy. It's fun. A wedding and an adventure. 💕🏞