“The Island Suddenly Disappeared”: The Mystery of the ‘Ghost Island’ That Appeared on a Canadian Lake
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- A tree-covered island measuring about 150 meters by 75 meters appeared on British Columbia’s Williston Lake, then disappeared within days.
- The island resurfaced 32 kilometers away, and BC Hydro confirmed through satellite images that it was genuinely floating on the lake.
A large island covered with about 100 trees appeared on Canada’s Williston Lake, despite not appearing on any map, then vanished within days.
A resident first filmed the island from a boat. It measured about 150 meters long and 75 meters wide, covering roughly 12,000 square meters. On the 31st, it reappeared in another part of the lake, 32 kilometers from its original location.
Bob Gammer, a spokesman for BC Hydro, which manages the lake, said the company initially thought the footage might be an AI-generated fake. Satellite images later confirmed that the island was actually floating on the water. He called it “an extremely unusual phenomenon.”
We thought it was a fake video made with artificial intelligence, but satellite images confirmed that it was actually an island floating on the water. It is an extremely unusual phenomenon.
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Originally published by Dong-A Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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