How the Hell Did an Island Suddenly Appear, Then Vanish?

Brajeshwar 14 points 6 comments September 03, 2026
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danc2050

Literal definition of "404".

mk_stjames

It's like a type of floating bog island that grows from piled up downed trees and other biomass and then breaks off from the main land. Happens on lakes in Wisconsin. See [0] for a very interesting example of what happens when one gets real big and floats away. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2AG6LAOBYo

ElijahLynn

Anybody else immediately think of "Lost" when they read this headline?

ButlerianJihad

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigadoon Brigadoon is a musical with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and score by Frederick Loewe.[1] The plot features two American men who stumble upon Brigadoon, a mysterious Scottish village that appears for only one day every 100 years; one man soon falls in love with a young woman from Brigadoon.

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