Sunken shite.

[Timewaster]

Taken from another forum:

 

The "Königssee" is a lake in southern Germany. It is very deep and cold.

During winter, pedestrians are allowed to cross the frozen lake on a marked route.

 

However 50 odd years ago people occasionally crossed the lake with their cars aswell.

 

In a night in 1963 some guy got lost on the lake with his beetle. He accidently skidded off the frozen part of the lake into an area with very thin ice. The car eventually broke through and sank 120 metres deep to the bottom of the lake.

 

33 years later, a group of scientists sent a mini submarine down and found the car. The pictures they took are nothing short of amazing. The car is virtually in the same condition as it was when it crashed on that fateful evening in 1963.

 

They also found the driver, lying 50 metres next to the car, almost undecomposed.

 

It is believed that this is due to the low amount of microbiological creatures in the ice-cold water.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf59lk-Kx-s

 

 

*note* Although not particularly graphic, the video does show the unfortunate gentlemans corpse

[Tayne]

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[Pete-M]

Pah, a few hundred metres of top quality towrope and that'll be on ebay for thirtybillion.

[trigger]

Eerie but fascinating, Thanks for posting!

[FredTransit]

Pah, a few hundred metres of top quality towrope and that'll be on ebay for thirtybillion.

I have to say, that crossed my mind too. Seriously, don't the rellies what the poor bloke's remains back?

[Pillock]

New for 2010: "Bottom-of-the-lakeLook"Seems a bit weird the geezer's body wasn't recovered, unless he was just presumed missing at the time and that's the first anyone's known since. Shame he's on youtube though, could have done without that bit really

[Andrew353w]

Summint's not quite right with this story... The Beetle crashing through the ice & sinking seems OK, but the guy's body would float to the top, either naturally or after the gases produced by the limited process of decomposition had caused it to float. Surely a search of the lake at the time would have found the body? Didn't his family or friends query his absence? Having seen the youtube clip I believe the Beetle but not the body! (Or have I missed something?)Probably have.....

[Albert Ross]

It was under ice, so it would have returned to the surface, lost all it's gasses, and sunk again. Are the keys in the ignition? Is it turned on? How would you get the previous owner to sign it over if you did recover it? I suppose you could use fingerprints...................... maybe................not then.

[Rusty Pelican]

As well as a Beetle someone pulled a 1925 Bugatti out of a lake in Austria after 74 years , its going up for auction for an estimated £80,000 , 20% is believed savable

[Pete-M]

I've now got this vision of the old Woody Allen film, "Sleepers".

"It's a 200-year-old Volkswagen!" (Car starts instantly.) "Wow, they really built these things, didn't they?"

Cool, I found a link

[Station]

"For sale. Beetle. Rat look. Slammed to the deck on disintigrated springs. Comes with rat look driver (original, almost decomposed). £20,000'

[warren t claim]

Is it just me that finds the film a bit creepy? What are the plans for the car and driver?

[Richard]

If my sums are right that clip was filmed in 1996 so I would think the driver, if not the car, will be long gone.

[VWPowered]

the man died in 1964 not 1963

[chester drawers]

^ I now have John Shuttleworth's "My Wife Died In 1970" going through my head

[VWPowered]

i'd chuck him back in the car

[Richard]

the man died in 1964 not 1963

OK, 1997 then It's still quite a long time ago.