TOMsGPTurbo Posted January 11, 2004 Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 .....I don't really wanna hear about your 250kg next door neighbour taking a swim in the sea .... :D In 1999, 3 fishermen in a 5.1m boat were fishing at the mouth of Brisbane river when their boat was suddenly towed several hundred metres at speed greater then 10 knots by something submerged which was pulling on the boats 20kg anchor. "The boat spun around in the water like a cork, it flicked the boat like a match box in a bath tub" -John Campbell Witnessed it from The Longtom(a fishing boat) "All I known is that if those guys had been in anything smaller, like a tinny it would have been goodnight" - Department of fisheries representative who witnessed the event from shore. 'The boat suddenly nose dived, ripping the cleat from the boat' - gentlemen on the boat in question. ----- I have seen 2 extremely large Tiger sharks approx 6m in lenght (Both of them dwarfed a fishing boat near by) which could be blamed for towing the fishermen around. Another possibilty is a Dugong. Both Tiger sharks & Dugongs are not well known for their speed & best described to be as sluggish. But beside a shark or Dugong I'm all out of logical answers for what could have intangled itself in a 20kg anchor + line and towed a boat at speed for a couple of hundred metres? On the 10th I checked out the mouth of the Brissie river and all around it, the channel is pretty deep so something very big & fast has direct access to the river. What do you think it could have been? ----- Have you seen or heard anything? Thanks Tom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irokin Posted January 11, 2004 Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 err freaky... I love shit like this... Might do some reading later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruts Posted January 11, 2004 Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 can I be the freaked out Conspiracy theorist ..... I think it was a Japanese Mini Sub !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMsGPTurbo Posted January 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 Mini-Sub theory: when I was little my family was having a picnic by the river and I saw something that looked like a parascope it sorta came up and then went back down... no one believed me when I told them... could of been a sub? nah way to shallow where we where.... proberly a serpent of somekind... :D Manta-Ray.. thats a bloodly big ray :) tho about the trace that reminds me of what my friend and I found ... a hook that wasn't snaped off... rather split/bitten but not accross it on an angle ... what ever did that had very sharp teeth. I can't really see a large cod towing around a boat... mind you an anchored boat... yesterday I was in the water pulling on the anchor of a hire boat I used around Morton Island and even tho it was a small anchor once it dug into the sand it was near impossible for me to pull it out. Who's up for a JAWS style hunt, go to the local butcher get half of a cow and barrel of blood.. drop it into some shallows in Morton Bay and see what comes along? Tom :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitephyre Posted January 11, 2004 Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 dudes, the jap mini-sub story is SOOOOO old! ps: its the fukkin aliens.. deys been here for ages man no shit :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medicine_Man Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 anyone care to go for a dive to find out? :D apparently they dumped a shitload of army planes/trucks/jeeps etc etc. into the mouth of the brisbane river after the end of the war, its meant to be one hell of a deep hole... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMsGPTurbo Posted January 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 how can we find out what it was? Here is the plan: nitephyre: your job is to collect as many road kill you can! and stuff. Grim: Can you find a boat for a couple of hrs... say 5hrs :) Ruts: You swim around like your injured ... and we'll tie a rope around your waist to pull you in before anything can get you :D irokin: Your on the other side of the rope Medicine_Man: You can monitor the systems and drive the boat Grim and I can hold the camera's .... I might just watch from the shore :D Ok, when are we leaving :D Tom :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruts Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 I just watched Jaws II on cable - I choose not to bob around - I see a fin and I would be doing the best J.C. impression - running across the width of the Brissy River Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 An Me? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruts Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 You can register the boat Teddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMsGPTurbo Posted January 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 LOL haha ... ok Teddy did you wanna swap with Ruts? Check out this unknown animal washed up onto the beachs of the gold coast - http://www.yowiehunters.com/New%20Crypto/W...a%20monster.htm Inspected by Seaworld Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medicine_Man Posted January 12, 2004 Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 Apparently they recon it was a huge swordfish.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMsGPTurbo Posted January 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 what was>? what seaworld found or what the fishermen experianced? I heard the fishermen were dragged around by a big bull shark... :) Tom :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medicine_Man Posted January 14, 2004 Report Share Posted January 14, 2004 what the fishermen experienced apparently.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMsGPTurbo Posted January 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 mmmm yum... lets catch the crab and eat it :D I'm bored :sad: Tom :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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