B.C. boaters warned to avoid mysterious floating island

https://cheknews.ca/b-c-boaters-warned-to-avoid-mysterious-floating-island-1345202/

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/70275284

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magnetosphere@fedia.io · 22 pts · 1d (3 replies)

To hell with the warning. The fact that the island might break up and disappear would only encourage me to get out there sooner. Plus bring a camera.

Coelacanth@feddit.nu · 6 pts · 1d (2 replies)

Someone definitely needs to get on it asap so we can figure out how the hell this came to be. I'm completely intrigued.

magnetosphere@fedia.io · 3 pts · 1d

Yes. This is one of the most interesting articles I’ve read in a while.

idunnololz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 23h

It sounds like it's a piece of land that broke off from a shore but not 100% sure.

Zier@fedia.io · 18 pts · 1d

Life is so bad in America that even the forests are trying to swim into Canada for safety.

mycodesucks@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1d

Leave it alone. That's where the protagonist will find the entrance to the super dungeon with the boss that gives the sword that inflicts holy damage.

radiofreebc@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1d (2 replies)

First, head to the Degasi Base to get a blueprint for Multipurpose Rooms and Interior Growbeds. Then, grow some Lantern Fruit and Chinese Potatoes. I think there's also a Purple Tablet in the Degasi Base you will need to get into the Alien Base on the Mountain Island.

Ulvain@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1d

bacon_saber@fedia.io · 2 pts · 1d

multiple energy signatures detected

ryokimball@infosec.pub · 9 pts · 1d (2 replies)

Is it inhabitated by meercats?

DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1d (1 reply)

I heard someone found a human tooth on it.

wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1d

A meercat tooth? Very curious.

blackn1ght@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 1d

How do you lose track of an island on a lake?

recursive_recursion@piefed.ca · 4 pts · 1d

Williston's very own Laputa❤️
Lovely story🤗

pyr0ball@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 1d (1 reply)

Pummice stone?

Sturgist@piefed.ca · 9 pts · 1d

Gammer said the island’s origin was not certain but it was normal for trees that fall into the reservoir to clump together in sheltered bays.

“You can imagine, like a tree falling down in the forest, and the trunk is laying flat, and over a long period of time, it starts to break down, and other plants, moss, and even trees start growing on top,” said Gammer.

From near the end of the article.

Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 1d

Leshp, is that you?