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Boy Finds Strange Tracks Before Unearthing A Lost Piece Of History.
A young man named Kaspar was out for a morning hike in the Estonia Swamp, with no idea that he was about to stumble upon something that'd been buried for decades. Taking the path less travelled, he found what looked like a boat stuck in the ground.
After gathering people to help dig, everyone soon realized they'd uncovered a lost piece of history.
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A young man named Caspar was out for a
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morning hike in the Estonia swamp with
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no idea that he was about to stumble
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upon something that had been buried for
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decades. Taking the path less traveled,
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he found what looked like a boat stuck
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in the ground. After gathering people to
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help dig, everyone soon realized they'd
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uncovered a lost piece of history.
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It was a normal morning and Casper was
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ready to explore the Estonian swamp.
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When he got there, the young boy
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realized there were two paths in front
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of him. The first was a popular trail
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for local hikers, while the other could
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barely be classified as a trail. It was
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the second that piqued his interest.
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After picking the trail he wanted to go
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down, Casper began to walk. It was not
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long before he came across Lake Kurtna
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Madagarf. At 53820
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square ft, the lake was a decent size.
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Still, it was located in the middle of
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nowhere. No one in their right mind was
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going to lug a boat out there. Casper
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did not really think much about what
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people would use the lake for. That is
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until he noticed some strange markings
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around its perimeter. He was not sure
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what they could be, and the fact that
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the marks were covered by what looked
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like years of growth was not helping
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matters. Casper had walked this path
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many times in his life, even though it
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was not a marked trail for hikers. How
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he never noticed something so strange
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near the lake. If the markings were not
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weird enough, what Casper spotted next
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was enough for him to scratch his head.
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Next to the strange markings on the
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ground was a rope, something that looked
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like an anchor for a boat. But no one
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brought their boats out to this lake. It
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was very much out of the way. It would
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be one big hassle to get a boat this
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deep into the swamp. Casper was curious,
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though, so he dug around the mud and got
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the rope out of the swampy earth. Then
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he started to pull. Being a young boy,
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Casper was not exactly able to budge
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whatever was stuck in the ground. He was
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going to need some help if the mystery
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object was going to be unearthed.
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Dropping the muddy rope, Casper turned
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around and headed back towards his home.
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Once he got there, he quickly explained
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what he had found to his parents.
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Needless to say, they were more than a
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little confused. Still, they dropped
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what they were doing and followed their
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son into the swamp. Casper had no idea
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what he found. The rope looked like it
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had once anchored a boat. But where was
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the boat? Was it buried under the
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ground? And that's why he couldn't get
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the rope completely out from the muddy
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earth. The young boy had no clue. He was
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about to uncover a lost piece of
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history. A World War II tank that fought
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on both sides. As it turned out,
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Casper's parents were at a complete
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loss, too. They had no idea what to make
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of the strange tracks on the ground or
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what the rope could be attached to. It
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was a mystery. And the local mystery
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Casper stumbled upon soon had the entire
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town interested. Not long after, Casper
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brought his parents to Lake Curtna
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Madagarf. More towns people showed up.
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They were curious what the young boy
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found on the offbeaten path of the
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Estonian swamp. They were going to need
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some serious muscle to get that muddy
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rope to budge out of the ground. The men
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of the town gathered around the swamp,
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inspecting the strange marks in the
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ground that Casper had spotted earlier
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that day. They really had no clue what
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could have made them, and the fact that
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they were covered with what looked like
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years of growth had them scratching
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their heads. Soon, the men spotted the
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rope Casper had talked about. Some of
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the locals got a good grip and began to
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pull, thinking they could make it budge
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a bit more than the young boy. While the
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rope came off the muddy ground easily
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enough, it seemed as though no amount of
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strength was going to make it budge.
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While the tracks on the ground were
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strange, and the rope was not close to
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budging from the earth, the town's
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people knew one thing for sure. There
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was definitely something submerged in
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the lake. Now, it was just a matter of
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finding out what it was and getting the
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object topside. About a dozen strong men
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and women tried to pull the rope,
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thinking if they had enough power, the
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object would make itself known. Alas,
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they were not strong enough. They were
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going to need some serious equipment if
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they were going to extract whatever was
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beneath the surface of the lake. Once
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the town's people realized there was no
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way they were going to unearth this
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mystery object by pulling on the rope,
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they decided it was time to call the
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authorities. They were sure to bring in
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some major manpower and equipment. Then
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they would be able to pull the object
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from the water. It did not take long for
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the people standing around Lake Curtain
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to hear something coming through the
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forest. The authorities had definitely
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sent some serious machinery to help out.
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A massive bulldozer came through the
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trees, clearly on its way to pull the
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mystery object from the water. Tying the
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muddy rope to the bulldozer, the town's
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people stood around and waited to see
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what would happen. Well, some waited
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while others thought they could be of
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use to the massive machine, grabbing
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some of the rope and hauling alongside
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the bulldozer. Amazingly, between the
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huge bulldozer and the people, the
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object did not budge. Whatever was under
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the surface of Lake Kurt Matagear was
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clearly massive. Sadly, they had no idea
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how to extract something that large and
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heavy. By this time, the town's people
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had realized there was more than one
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rope on the muddy swamp floor. And while
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attaching them all to the bulldozer did
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little to nothing, they soon came up
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with a plan. People rushed back into
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town, bringing their own vehicles to
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Lake Curtna Matajar, tying ropes to each
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of the vehicles, including the
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bulldozer. The town's people were all
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going to pull at the same time. The hope
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was that the sheer number of vehicles
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and their horsepower was going to be
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enough to bring the mystery object to
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the surface. And that was not all they
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did. Connecting steel cables to the
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ropes, manpower, and a whole lot of
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horsepower. It took the town's people a
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solid 8 hours to make any progress with
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the mystery object. Even Casper lent a
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tiny hand where he could. Like everyone,
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he wanted to see what was beneath the
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water of the lake. He'd been the one to
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discover it after all. 8 hours and a lot
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of work later, the town's people finally
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felt something under the surface of the
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water budge. After that, all it took was
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a few tough pulls from everyone working
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on the extraction to see something
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breach the lake. They could not believe
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they'd finally pulled the mystery object
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up. The work was not over yet. Only a
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small portion of the object was showing.
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So, people went down to the muddy part
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of the lake and began to dig. After a
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little while, the bulldozer gave one
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last tug and the mystery object finally
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popped out of the water. There was a
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collective gasp and the object breached
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the surface. A lot of people knew what
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it was right away while others were
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still confused. Either way, they ran to
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grab a hose to wash the hardened mud off
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the object. After a few minutes, the
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clean object revealed an open hatch. The
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people were exhausted, but they'd come
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too far to give up now. washing away
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more and more of the mud. They'd finally
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revealed an all too familiar white
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symbol, something from World War II.
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They had to be sure of what they saw,
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though, and with one last dig and hull,
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they finally managed to get the massive
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metal object to the surface, fighting
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against the mud and people pulling it
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from the lake. Everyone fell silent when
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they realized what was standing before
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them. A World War II tank. They had just
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discovered a piece of history buried
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deep beneath the surface of Lake Kurtna
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Madarf in the Estonian swamp. It was
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beyond amazing. After the initial shock
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of unearthing a tank wore off, everyone
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had one question on their mind. How did
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a World War II tank wind up buried in
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Lake Curtna Madagar? The lake it was in
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was located in the middle of nowhere.
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But the tank wasn't the only thing the
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people found. Beyond excited, Casper ran
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straight up to the tank to peer inside.
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Something inside the tank floating in
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the water caught his eye. Something
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shiny. Looking at his mom, he asked,
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"Mom, are those big bullets?" It did not
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take long for Casper to feel arms
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grabbing him and pulling him off and
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away from the tank. Inside the tank,
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there was ammunition rolling around.
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There was a chance they could still be
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dangerous, and Casper's mom was taking
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zero chances when it came to her young
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son. Apparently, Casper's mom wasn't the
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only one who found the tank dangerous.
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Not long after it was revealed, sirens
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began to wail and a camouflaged truck
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rolled to a stop. A man surveying the
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tank walked up to Casper, saying, "You
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found it? I'm impressed. Well done. We
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need you to step back while we make sure
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it's safe." It took 2 weeks for experts
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to check the tank and fully extract it
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from the lake. When they did, they began
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doing research. It turns out it was a
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Sovietbuilt T34 divided by 76 ampers.
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And amazingly, it was in pristine
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condition for being underwater for
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several decades. After looking at the
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white numbers and symbols further,
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experts believe the tank was captured by
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Germans and repainted with their own
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symbols. In the end, the Germans
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probably dumped the tank in the lake so
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it couldn't be recaptured. According to
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experts, the tank was in such pristine
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condition due to the low oxygen levels
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in the swampy terrain preserving the
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metal so it didn't fully deteriorate.
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The next question they had was if the
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tank was actually operational after all
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of those years of being under the water.
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Curators from the nearby Goradenko
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Museum were amazed by the tank,
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especially its amazing condition.
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Restoring the tank, they found that the
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old diesel engine still worked turning
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the tank on. Not only that, but they
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also found 116 pieces of ammunition.
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Still, nothing answered the single
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question on their minds. What was the
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tank doing in that secluded area? As it
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turns out, some battles happened on the
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eastern Estonia Narva front with
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numerous soldiers and tanks making their
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way through the swampy marshlands where
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Lake Kurtnamajar is located. And in the
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summer of 1,944,
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it was in that location that the German
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forces captured the Soviet Trophy tank.
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The tank Casper found is beyond rare as
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it actually fought on both the German
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and Soviet sides during World War II. It
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was remarkable. The curators discovered
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that it was only a short 6 weeks after
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the German troops initially captured the
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tank and discarded it in the lake. After
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a lot of research, the curators learned
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that the German troops began to retreat
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from the Narva front on the 19th of
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September 1944.
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Not wanting their enemies to get their
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hands on weapons, they decided the best
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course of action was to dump the truck
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where no one could get their hands on
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it, the lake. The tank sat in its watery
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grave with its ammunition for decades.
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That is until a curious little boy took
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a path less traveled in the swampy
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marshlands of the Estonian swamp. Now
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the T34 World War II tank is proudly
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displayed in a war museum in the
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Goradenko village.