Hiker Sees Ladder Sticking Out Of Lake, Then He Realizes What It’s Attached To

Marcus Beale had hiked the trails around Silver Creek Lake in Oregon dozens of times. He knew every bend in the path, every fallen log, every lookout point. But on a cool Thursday morning in early October, something caught his eye that he had never noticed before. Near the southern shore, about ten feet from the bank, a rusty metal ladder was sticking straight out of the still water.