Reddit sleuths are back on the Google Maps trail after spotting a mysterious shadow at the bottom of a lake.
User AudiS7 posted his discovery earlier today, and has set the forum ablaze, as Reddit users try to figure out an answer to the mystery.
The image shows a long, rectangular object at the bottom of Pyramid Lake in the US state of Nevada.
Taken last year, the strange shape only appears when you zoom in to just one mile above the lake.
And Reddit users took turns in guessing what it could be.
Chel_Out_Brah wrote: “Lots of weird military bases near there, including Naval Underwater Warfare Center in the middle of the desert. Strange.”
And LucasPlay171 agreed. He guessed: “Seems like a boat – A military boat Wich (sic) never actually got back to the surface…”
The underwater mystery does appear to have four sections, each differing in length – and is not related to the pyramid-shaped rock at the end of the lake, which is how it got the name Pyramid Lake.
One user, familiar with the area, hinted that it might not be related to the military.
Illustrous_potentate wrote: “There is some good cutthroat fishing there. I used to camp at that lake.”
The area surrounding the lake is made up of several different peaks, beaches and forests, but all with access to the lake via public roads.
There is also a river which bleeds into it, called the Truckee River. This actually starts in nearby Reno, via the Sunflower Mountain.
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There is a military instillation just 10 minutes walk from the lake, with a direct pathway between the two, too.
The lake itself has two other areas – Fox Bay and Wizards Cove.
It also has some cinema history, as it was used as a stand-in for the Sea of Galilee in the 1965 bible-based film, The Greatest Story Ever Told.
There is also archeological evidence showing that humans lived around the lake from 9,500 BC until 1,400 AD.
Tools, weapons, clothing, food and mummified remains have been found in the area.
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