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In 1980, a small, quiet lake in Louisiana experienced the strangest spectacle in US natural history. The lake seemed to turn evil: capsizing tugboats, ripping parking lots from the shoreline, pulling 11 oil barges beneath the surface, shooting a 400 foot geyser into the sky, erecting a giant waterfall where the canal once stood. To a local fisherman who witnessed it, it seemed like "the end of the world."
Tune in to find out what happened, what caused it, and who was to blame.
By Damien BlackwoodIn 1980, a small, quiet lake in Louisiana experienced the strangest spectacle in US natural history. The lake seemed to turn evil: capsizing tugboats, ripping parking lots from the shoreline, pulling 11 oil barges beneath the surface, shooting a 400 foot geyser into the sky, erecting a giant waterfall where the canal once stood. To a local fisherman who witnessed it, it seemed like "the end of the world."
Tune in to find out what happened, what caused it, and who was to blame.