Here is the spot.
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The road that is going north and south makes a turn to the east. In that tree line on the north side of the road is a nasty nasty creek that only goes from the lake outlet to the turn in the road which is just a couple of hundred yards.
That area is one of the feeders for the Aquifer so all the water that leaves the lake only goes that far before it goes underground.
Zoom out once and you can see a dark spot in a light area just north of the road. Thats the Whirlpool.
Zoom out twice and you can see the boat ramp we have so many problems with right by the east arrow.
I happened to be in one of the yucky stagnate areas. Had this been a little closer to the lake I would have never gone in. Its a wild whirlpool and if anyone goes into it we will go get their bones when the water settles and it dries up.
I was trying to get an injured dog. We thought he had been struck by a car but later I wound up doing a shooting investigation. Only by a streak of luck I found the shooter and the dogs owner.
Anyway I was standing on the edge of the creek which runs around 3 to 8 deep getting aquatinted with the dog. The bank is around 80 degrees steep and covered in very heavy brush and small trees.
All of a sudden the entire area I was standing on let go and in we went. At least I know my portable radio works underwater as long as my remote mike is in the air.
It took two Deputies with rope to get us out and back up the bank. One to pull the rope and one to stand there laughing. There was almost a second shooting.
The dog should be ok but is going to lose his left front leg. Hes a 10-month old Husky Wolf mix and only weighs 40 pounds. What a nice little guy, he didnt try and bite me after being shot around 18 hours earlier and then having me dump him into 39 degree water.
Not bad, over 29 years of pulling others out of the local drink and this is the first time I have gone in unintentionally.
Gary D.