The killer bog terrorising a small town

Imagine you’re peacefully sitting by the lake after a lovely swim, you look up, and there is a floating island of mud and gunk the size of 60 tennis courts coming right at you. A poo tsunami. A POONAMI. You can’t run, you can’t hide. And there’s no way of knowing where the killer bog is going to go next. That’s what happened to this US lakeside town in 2017. A massive killer bog was on the loose and destroying everything in its path... until the locals decided to fight back. (Yes, this is completely true. And yes, Rosie loses her mind with poo jokes so strap yourselves in Gisteners.)

Story starts at approx 28:45

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this:

See just how big the bog was in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHELCyicUZY

If you want to jump in the rabbit hole Jacob spiralled down, you can read some of the articles written about the incident here: https://www.kare11.com/article/news/wandering-beast-of-a-bog-wreaks-havoc-on-minnesota-lake/483870036

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/floating-island-bog-crow-wing-county-minnesota

https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/4447019-efforts-move-monstrous-floating-bog-northern-minnesota-lake-bogs

http://www.northlandoutdoors.com/2019/06/17/minnesota-lakeshore-owners-remove-floating-bog-one-piece-at-a-time/

See just how impossible it was to move the monster bog in one piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIAsfgosg_U

And see what it looked like when it got chopped up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGl90Tt3MuE

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