This Hole in a Lake Contains a Terrifying Mystery That Cost a Clueless Victim’s Life

this hole in a lake contains a terrifying mystery that cost a clueless victim's life [Music] the world is full of wonders and one of them has got to be the mysterious hole in lake berryessa in northern california one day a creepy dark black hole opened up out of nowhere and no one in the community seemed to know why while it won't suck you into the underworld it does contain a terrifying mystery that will leave you shaken at first glance the hole in the lake looks like a dimensional portal into an alternate universe as you can imagine the mysterious looking black hole has attracted many curious bystanders over the years but it turns out that this phenomenon isn't natural so who built this thing and why the official name is the morning glory spillway and it is located in lake berryessa in northern california but to many the hole seems to defy all logic and scientific explanation and there's a deeper mystery behind the hull's origin the hole is 22 meters wide and 75 meters long and some say that the water falling through the spillway looks like toilet water as it's being flushed it certainly gives boaters and swimmers something to be scared of but the deep hole is so much more than just a creepy and mysterious abyss there are dozens of legends of giant whirlpools that open up and suck even the strongest ships towards the horizon and into the hole itself but were these just myths or was this every boat enthusiast and swimmer's worst nightmare no one really knew what it was or where it came from was the water being transported across time and space who was responsible for the whole's creation everyone wanted to know how this strange phenomenon came to be but one man held the potential clues youtube star evan kilkus is best known as evan k he's a drone enthusiast who was working outdoors when he first discovered the massive hole in the lake little did he know that his world would be turned upside down by the discovery kilkas took his drone out to the lake's surface which appeared pretty peaceful at first but a closer look revealed a giant abyss over the water and what he was about to learn with the help of his drone would change his perspective on everything he thought he knew the drone was his favorite tech toy because it allowed him to photograph impressive sceneries from a bird's eye view but he had no idea that his drone would one day capture something that would leave locals speechless when kilkis reviewed the photos taken by the drone he saw what looked like an enormous hole in lake berryessa but it didn't make sense how could there be a hole in a lake regardless of how it was formed it seemed to be threatening the water supply the vortex was unlike anything he had ever seen before after all how often do you run into a terrifying hole that could potentially suck you right into it unless his camera was lying to him the hole seems to be sucking all of the lake's water into the void kilkiss couldn't just turn his back on the strange phenomenon he decided to investigate even deeper he flew the drone even closer to the hull to figure out if the disaster had wreaked havoc on the planet but as he flew the drone dangerously close to the event horizon something baffling occurred to the piece of technology and kilkis got a strange notification the drone began to malfunction which made kilkas's heart jump if he didn't get the drone back in time it could fall into the hole and be lost forever fortunately he managed to get it back but when he checked his drone he discovered something more shocking the drone was able to get a closer look at the hull before kilkis forced it to return but it didn't provide the answers he needed and he certainly didn't want to jump into the hole himself so he decided to risk his drone again one last time the drone had failed to shed any light on the whole's origin the second time around but when word broke out of what kilkus had discovered others became intrigued soon everyone was flying drones over the area but then local authorities blew the lid off the mystery officials revealed that the hole was actually a man-made spillway for the lake and monticello dam whenever works levels rose above 440 feet water would start spilling down the hole but where did the hole lead the water spilled down into the buda creek which is hundreds of feet below the creepy hole just works like a drain of a sink if water levels get too high the water spills into the drain to avoid overflowing but how far down does it go it's all curved so you have the least resistance for the water to go down the glory hole jim daniels district engineer for solano irrigation district told abc 10 and it's very efficient it's not very turbulent it's actually rather placid it's not that placid down inside the glory hole itself so what happens to the water after it falls down the hole the water drops 200 feet straight down into a pipe which is about 28 feet in diameter at the bottom then the pipe takes a 90 degree turn and continues hundreds of feet to the other side of the dam where it spills into the creek and eventually flows into the yolo bypass and there's a reason boats have nothing to worry about the water flow creates a strong current as it gulps the lake water at about 1 360 cubic meters per second so the area is cordoned off by a buoy line to keep boaters and swimmers safe but these safety measures don't always work as well as they should it is reportedly illegal for people to get anywhere near the spillway and there are laws in place that forbid boats from traveling too close to the monticello dam unfortunately sometimes a rebellious nature comes with a price according to the san francisco chronicle a 41 year old woman named emily schwalig was seen swimming towards the spillway around 6 30 p.m on a sunday night in 1997 and that's when disaster struck according to eyewitnesses schwalik had allegedly grabbed onto the edge of the hole and hung on for a dear life for about 20 minutes and then she simply vanished from everyone's sight had she fallen into the vortex schwallek's body was found approximately three hours after she disappeared and fortunately since then there have been no other cases reported of anyone falling into the hole sadly this horrific event doesn't stop skaters from putting their lives on the line during the dry season the spillway stone rim is visible and skateboarding enthusiasts have reportedly used the exit of the spillway as a ramp but while some would say the spillway is an unnecessary hazard it would be even more dangerous if it didn't exist a dam's weirs can collapse when the water levels rise above safety limits but a properly maintained spillway can prevent that from happening and avoid any significant flooding for the communities downstream you