Gary D.:This happened last week during our search for the A-hole in Fernan Lake.
We had two and sometimes three search patterns going at once with each having a 50% overlap.
Close to shore (50 out on average) we were over the rocks and had roughly 5 of visibility. The rest of the time visibility was flat out zero or better yet the absence of light.
During one of our overlaps I felt my search line signal me in some unknown language. I looked back at my line and saw Jamie, the only gal on the team, kicking my line, which had hitched a ride on one of her fin straps.
Thinking she knew what was going on, I reached up, grabbed her leg and removed the line.
She let out this blood-curdling scream I could hear very clearly. We both got a good laugh out of it on the bottom. Then back to our patterns.
When we got back topside she said she had a feeling that the guy was not in the water and had a mental picture of him watching us. She said she was deep into that thought when I grabbed her. Enough said.
She was diving dry so she didnt feel the rope.
It was sure funny.
Gary D.
Gary,
That was a good and funny story. Obviously, you guys are lucky enough to have some visibility in "Death Trap Lake"--sorry, I mean Fernan Lake.
You should try the above in zero vis! A hand grabbing you in the black will really make your hair curl. I tell the troops I train to close their eyes while searching in the black. It heightens the sense of touch, and avoids the problem of the mind making up things for the eyes to "see"!!!