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BMW Pulled Out Of South Carolina Lake

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Yet another mysterious sunken car has been recovered…


After a fisherman using sonar on Lake Wylie in York County, South Carolina discovered something large and strange under the water back in August, he called the local sheriff’s office. Upon reviewing the sonar data, it was decided to call in a dive team a month later, which discovered a silt-covered BMW in the murky depths of the lake.

Learn how a teenager with a GoPro solved a 27-year mystery here.

Using tow ropes and specialized airbags which inflate underwater, divers were able to lift up and pull out the worse-for-wear Bimmer. It was located about 50 feet off the shore and was about 20 feet below the water’s surface. Since vehicles will be buoyant for at least a few minutes after they’re driven into water, it likely floated to that spot before finally sinking.