Lake Disappears

Mythmere · Post by **Mythmere** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:58 am

Here's an idea. This would certainly loose some weird aquatic monsters on the local area.

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A lake in southern Chile has mysteriously disappeared, prompting speculation the ground has simply opened up and swallowed it whole.

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The lake was situated in the Magallanes region in Patagonia and was fed by water, mostly from melting glaciers.

It had a surface area of between 4 and 5 hectares (10-12 acres) -- about the size of 10 soccer pitches.

"In March we patrolled the area and everything was normal ... we went again in May and to our surprise we found the lake had completely disappeared," said Juan Jose Romero, regional director of Chile's National Forestry Corporation CONAF.

"The only things left were chunks of ice on the dry lake-bed and an enormous fissure," he told Reuters.

CONAF is investigating the disappearance.

One theory is that the area was hit by an earth tremor that opened a crack in the ground which acted like a drain.

Southern Chile has been shaken by thousands of minor earth tremors this year.

francisca · Post by **francisca** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 1:41 pm

Too bad the disappearance wasn't followed by a giant belch from the bowels of the earth.

Mordenkainen · Post by **Mordenkainen** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:18 pm

..and a deep voice from deep below bellowing "Aaaahhh! Refreshing!"

That is a truly strange story!
If HPL wrote that news item it would have concluded with a statement that, after the waters were gone, in the muck at the bottom of the lake were found the remains of a strange, pre-human city featuring a bizarre architecture of extra-terrestrial, eldritch nature!

Ooooo! Spooky!

Cimmerian · Post by **Cimmerian** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 1:58 am

Finding a lake would be a truly rare adventure hook. Go find the lake!

Mordenkainen · Post by **Mordenkainen** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 8:31 pm

Cimmerian wrote:Finding a lake would be a truly rare adventure hook. Go find the lake!

Yeah, as long as it's a proper 1st edition AD&D lake and not one of those dreaded TETSNBN lakes!

SightblinderX · Post by **SightblinderX** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 1:19 am

Plot Hook Spins:

It was swallowed up as a sign of an elder god's return.

A very powerful demon was imprisoned in a cave somewhere under the lake. He just got free.

An approaching army was trying the extremely slow but hard to detect underground tunnel tactic.

A powerful battle of some kind under the earth caused the crack to form.

Someone (or group) actually stole the lake through magical means for some nefarious purpose...

Le Noir Faineant · Post by **Le Noir Faineant** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 3:37 am

*Delurk!*

The water coudl have vapoirzed into soem sort of a sentient cloud, like Borelas from Ravenloft or Apocalypse in Birthright...

Mordenkainen · Post by **Mordenkainen** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 12:43 am

Someone's commode flushed and things got out of hand!

geneweigel · Post by **geneweigel** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 10:29 am

Mordenkainen wrote:
Cimmerian wrote:Finding a lake would be a truly rare adventure hook. Go find the lake!
Yeah, as long as it's a proper 1st edition AD&D lake and not one of those dreaded TETSNBN lakes!

Don't laugh remember what they did with statting doors and walls?

IT'S A 20th level lake!

Gentlegamer · Post by **Gentlegamer** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 3:18 pm

The local dwarves failed to conduct an environmental impact survey for their new mining operation.

SightblinderX · Post by **SightblinderX** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 5:35 pm

geneweigel wrote:
Mordenkainen wrote:
Cimmerian wrote:Finding a lake would be a truly rare adventure hook. Go find the lake!
Yeah, as long as it's a proper 1st edition AD&D lake and not one of those dreaded TETSNBN lakes!
Don't laugh remember what they did with statting doors and walls?

IT'S A 20th level lake!

Man... wow... I think you just blew my mind...I have nothing...

JamesEightBitStar · Post by **JamesEightBitStar** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 8:20 pm

What the heck is TETSNBN? Is that like Tetris?

themattjon · Post by **themattjon** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 9:41 pm

JamesEightBitStar wrote:What the heck is TETSNBN? Is that like Tetris?

The Edition That Shall Not Be Named: Dungeons & Dragons as Wizards of the Coast sees it.

themattjon · Post by **themattjon** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 9:44 pm

One theory is that the area was hit by an earth tremor that opened a crack in the ground which acted like a drain.

Ya THINK?

geneweigel · Post by **geneweigel** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 9:45 pm

SightblinderX wrote:
geneweigel wrote:
Mordenkainen wrote: Yeah, as long as it's a proper 1st edition AD&D lake and not one of those dreaded TETSNBN lakes!
Don't laugh remember what they did with statting doors and walls?

IT'S A 20th level lake!
Man... wow... I think you just blew my mind...I have nothing...

So do I!

Seriously, are you getting offended? Or are you being 400% sarcastic?

CHHHHKKK Is this thing on?