Beefheart
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I saw something on the Susquehanna today that has left me puzzled. I hope someone here has an explanation.
First, here's a link to video I captured: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBZGBVN6AMg
I was just below the Rockville Bridge near Fort Hunter. I was stalking a carp from the bank then out of the corner of my eye I saw a commotion in the water. It first looked like a big fish chasing another, but then the commotion increased. What I captured on video was just the last few seconds, but all in all it lasted a couple minutes. At its peak, the river was "boiling" in an area about 6 feet in diameter. It was quite a bit more intense than what the video shows with frothing water bubbling a foot or two above the surface.
I'm clueless as to what this was. It's most likely an outflow of some kind of pipe, but what would be released into the river that would cause such a commotion? And why so short and intense? Or was it a natural phenomenon? I highly doubt there's any correlation, but a train was going over the bridge while it was going on.
About 20 minutes before this started, I had been wading very near the area where this happened. Almost fell into a mid-river jacuzzi! I was tempted to go out and investigate the area after it ended, but decided not to risk being sucked into the underworld.
First, here's a link to video I captured: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBZGBVN6AMg
I was just below the Rockville Bridge near Fort Hunter. I was stalking a carp from the bank then out of the corner of my eye I saw a commotion in the water. It first looked like a big fish chasing another, but then the commotion increased. What I captured on video was just the last few seconds, but all in all it lasted a couple minutes. At its peak, the river was "boiling" in an area about 6 feet in diameter. It was quite a bit more intense than what the video shows with frothing water bubbling a foot or two above the surface.
I'm clueless as to what this was. It's most likely an outflow of some kind of pipe, but what would be released into the river that would cause such a commotion? And why so short and intense? Or was it a natural phenomenon? I highly doubt there's any correlation, but a train was going over the bridge while it was going on.
About 20 minutes before this started, I had been wading very near the area where this happened. Almost fell into a mid-river jacuzzi! I was tempted to go out and investigate the area after it ended, but decided not to risk being sucked into the underworld.
