A teen died in Lake Lanier a few days ago, went under and never resurfaced. Divers recovered his body an hour later. Got me curious about why this lake is so dangerous. Turns out whole towns and houses where flooded including Cemeteries! That is so disturbing to me.
@@camenasiabarlow5686 you are very correct. That did happen and many graveyards that were called black cemeteries three I think. It’s appalling and says much about this towns history.
@@smokeybear5460 is horrific a better word I have a huge vocabulary but I didn’t intentionally use words that would evoke even more emotion. Because it’s actually disgusting the way ancestors lived. So I’m not gonna fight with us if that’s your intent I was just trying to be sensitive
This whole lake is just BAD VIBES, loaded of people who have been and swam there say they nearly drown and can feel something pulling them down. The ancestors are unforgiving
I know it will. I think by 2040 the lake will be dry and the truth shall come out when it happens. When Lake Lanier dries up, they will rebuild Oscarville, it will have Walmart, Sams Club, Lowes, Home Depot, Kroger, Publix, you name it. It will have it all.
Dave thanks to this video I have been able to successfully dive the house/School structure shown. I have a 10 minute video of that dive. There is another video on RUclips that calls it the Fouts house/mansion and says it was built in the 1930s. I plan on diving and video recording some of the other sites you have shown here.
Jason I believe I’ve seen your video and feel free to share the link here if you’d like. Great video and it looked like a lot of fun. The house wall construction looked interesting. You guys be safe and I’ll look forward to the video.
I just learned about it weeks ago. Not only am I Black but I grew up in Lithonia, Ga ( maybe 45 min away), and have been to Lake Lanier once or twice in elementary. I'm 36 now. I know a young Black girl that went out on LL with an older white couple and never returned. She was foun 4-5 days later on an embankment... I, being Black, knows better to go out there. The ancestors know I ain't living right lol
Everytime I drive over the Buford Dam and look out at the Lake your video comes to mind. I watch a lot of You Tube videos but yours is one of my all time favorites! Theres a whole unseen world under there that you made happen. Great work man! One of a kind!
I'm from Ga and this lake is a huge No No place for me and my family. From what they did to make it, to how many people have died there since! I do believe there has been around 200 or so deaths there from the 90's to now and no telling how many since it's creation.
One Pretty Cookie I’m not sure of a documentary being done outside of the building of the lake. Lots of folklore. One of the reasons for my video was to share some facts about what’s underneath the surface.
Read that the average depth of Lake Lanier is 156 ft. Deepest point is said to be 160 feet. It is 147 feet deep at Buford Dam. Meanwhile, the Chattahoochee River, south of Columbus, Ga., has a 300 foot depth at the Providence Canyon area. This, from Wikipedia.
It was done "legally" They paid the people to move (tho probably by force). They made sure t's were crossed & I's were dotted. They evacuated it then flooded it but they took land like they frequently did back then. They wreaked havoc on the citizens Rosewood style so most fled on their own for safety. The few left they paid & evacuated
They were paid for their property and if yall knew we actually control water flow to Florida so that they do not experience droughts in their oyster farms and we do not experience flooding through Atlanta. But no it was to just displace blacks according to yall bahaha
@@theresacolton644 by law they have to for the value of there land and home. No one said it was fair or that they actually got what it was worth but hey life is life.
@@reemj3675 Carry your lies somewhere else. Those Black families were never compensated for their property. This was done in many other cases as well, and not only did the white man just outright steal the property that African Americans owned, but they murdered many Black people in the process.
I was told when the Corp of engineers made the lake the farms houses trees nothing was torn down most people have heard of the race track under water . Where lake Lanier island resort is now used to be. Old Shoal Creek Baptist church. they were supposed to move the graves but who knows if they did.
brin s There is a book written by David Coughlin called Lake Sidney Lanier : A Storybook Site. It details the area prior to the lake and the building of the reservoir. A great read. The race track is off the point of Laurel Park. It was dirt oval and would be covered in silt. The stands that surface during low water conditions are poured concrete along the shore line that would have been the hillside overlooking the track. It was reported wooden structures were either removed or burned and I’ve seen none to date on sonar.
@@davesplace2982 Now that they've run the fresh water return pipe from the treatment plant, we may never see them again, as the lake level hasn't dipped in many years. One year I ran aground so many times in my sailboat, back when the lake was down like 23'. It's a great lake...
This is Oscarville, a Black owned community that was purposefully flooded by the Army Corps of Engineers.
wow 😔
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Say it again for the slow folks.
Source?
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A teen died in Lake Lanier a few days ago, went under and never resurfaced. Divers recovered his body an hour later. Got me curious about why this lake is so dangerous. Turns out whole towns and houses where flooded including Cemeteries! That is so disturbing to me.
They’ve actually found human remains from the cemetery while recovering bodies.
A whole town of wealthy black ppl to be exact
@@camenasiabarlow5686 you are very correct. That did happen and many graveyards that were called black cemeteries three I think. It’s appalling and says much about this towns history.
@@blueeyez3643 "appalling" ..lol go away
@@smokeybear5460 is horrific a better word I have a huge vocabulary but I didn’t intentionally use words that would evoke even more emotion. Because it’s actually disgusting the way ancestors lived. So I’m not gonna fight with us if that’s your intent I was just trying to be sensitive
This whole lake is just BAD VIBES, loaded of people who have been and swam there say they nearly drown and can feel something pulling them down. The ancestors are unforgiving
Lies
Nv Ws you're not even good at making up what you know to be lies.
Here I am 6 months later watching it again. Still LOVE it!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Thanks for the kind words Benjamin, I had no idea when I made this it would attract so much interest.
My soul is hurting for my ancestors! May justice come one day...
I know it will. I think by 2040 the lake will be dry and the truth shall come out when it happens.
When Lake Lanier dries up, they will rebuild Oscarville, it will have Walmart, Sams Club, Lowes, Home Depot, Kroger, Publix, you name it. It will have it all.
Wow! Thank you for this video. My jaw was literally on the floor for this whole thing! Keep us updated if you find more!
Thank you. I am putting together footage we took scanning the race track. Hopefully I’ll finish sooner rather than later.
Ive sent this to everyone i know. Awaesome! The music really captured it too.
Benjamin Ivy thank you
Dave thanks to this video I have been able to successfully dive the house/School structure shown. I have a 10 minute video of that dive. There is another video on RUclips that calls it the Fouts house/mansion and says it was built in the 1930s. I plan on diving and video recording some of the other sites you have shown here.
Jason I believe I’ve seen your video and feel free to share the link here if you’d like. Great video and it looked like a lot of fun. The house wall construction looked interesting. You guys be safe and I’ll look forward to the video.
That place has a cold feel to it.
This should of went viral dude, awesome video
Dirt Water Divers thanks.
Correction SHOULD HAVE GONE VIRAL.
I just learned about it weeks ago. Not only am I Black but I grew up in Lithonia, Ga ( maybe 45 min away), and have been to Lake Lanier once or twice in elementary. I'm 36 now. I know a young Black girl that went out on LL with an older white couple and never returned. She was foun 4-5 days later on an embankment... I, being Black, knows better to go out there. The ancestors know I ain't living right lol
Everytime I drive over the Buford Dam and look out at the Lake your video comes to mind. I watch a lot of You Tube videos but yours is one of my all time favorites! Theres a whole unseen world under there that you made happen. Great work man! One of a kind!
This video is so underrated
You got to do more I loved this
I'm from Ga and this lake is a huge No No place for me and my family. From what they did to make it, to how many people have died there since! I do believe there has been around 200 or so deaths there from the 90's to now and no telling how many since it's creation.
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@@Loverrover Woooooooow
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Exactly
Glad yall stay away from the lake. Espcially stay away from the North end we got gators and confederate ghosts still haunting us.
@@WD-yx4fd Y'all killing me, Gators at the NORTH end? lol. It's a great lake!
Has anyone ever did a documentary on this place? Truth mist be revealed. Those souls need to rest.
One Pretty Cookie I’m not sure of a documentary being done outside of the building of the lake. Lots of folklore. One of the reasons for my video was to share some facts about what’s underneath the surface.
@@davesplace2982 you did a great job.
Yes! Those souls really need to be rest.
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Anyone else here after listening to Morbid podcast? 😅
Totally! I was super curious after that episode about Lake Lanier
Very cool video. Thanks for sharing.
Read that the average depth of Lake Lanier is 156 ft. Deepest point is said to be 160 feet. It is 147 feet deep at Buford Dam.
Meanwhile, the Chattahoochee River, south of Columbus, Ga., has a 300 foot depth at the Providence Canyon area. This, from Wikipedia.
My team and I have visited those places
1:54 omg so eerie.
One of my favorite images I’ve ever captured.
Very interested if you find any more stuff I'd love to hear it too
Lake lanier? Like georgia? I used to live right next to a lake lanier in georgia. Crazy.
Yes that's it
U didn't know they flooded an entire town to make that lake?
@@reemj3675 I didn't know that
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Where all my Caucasions just learning how real shit is out here?!! Let's talk about it.. if not, Where my crickets at?!!
What brand and model sonar/depth finder did you use for this?
Bob Wright it’s is a Simrad Go9 using their total scan transducer.
@@davesplace2982 So real people died when the water came from the 1800s n shit bro?
@@melissaowens1559 No, It took seven years to build it in the 1950's.
@@getinit56 wow
Can something legally be done about this???? Or is it to late or impossible 😞
It was done "legally" They paid the people to move (tho probably by force). They made sure t's were crossed & I's were dotted. They evacuated it then flooded it but they took land like they frequently did back then. They wreaked havoc on the citizens Rosewood style so most fled on their own for safety. The few left they paid & evacuated
They were paid for their property and if yall knew we actually control water flow to Florida so that they do not experience droughts in their oyster farms and we do not experience flooding through Atlanta. But no it was to just displace blacks according to yall bahaha
@@WD-yx4fd If you really believe they paid them you are completely naive. 🙄
@@theresacolton644 by law they have to for the value of there land and home. No one said it was fair or that they actually got what it was worth but hey life is life.
@@reemj3675 Carry your lies somewhere else.
Those Black families were never compensated for their property. This was done in many other cases as well, and not only did the white man just outright steal the property that African Americans owned, but they murdered many Black people in the process.
Dave - give me a call. I have some more for you.
I want to visit I'd have to sage and tingsha everythaaaaaang
The racetrack is left of the boat dock
I was told when the Corp of engineers made the lake the farms houses trees nothing was torn down most people have heard of the race track under water . Where lake Lanier island resort is now used to be. Old Shoal Creek Baptist church. they were supposed to move the graves but who knows if they did.
brin s There is a book written by David Coughlin called Lake Sidney Lanier : A Storybook Site. It details the area prior to the lake and the building of the reservoir. A great read. The race track is off the point of Laurel Park. It was dirt oval and would be covered in silt. The stands that surface during low water conditions are poured concrete along the shore line that would have been the hillside overlooking the track. It was reported wooden structures were either removed or burned and I’ve seen none to date on sonar.
DAVES PLACE JUST DID A NEW VIDEO " WHAT LIES BENEATH LANIER PART 2" YOU SHOULD WATCH IT. HE FOUND THE RACE TRACK.
@@davesplace2982 Now that they've run the fresh water return pipe from the treatment plant, we may never see them again, as the lake level hasn't dipped in many years. One year I ran aground so many times in my sailboat, back when the lake was down like 23'. It's a great lake...
big ole bass lie beneath!!!!