The Creepiest Things Ever Found By Police Divers

Dead Seals Eaten By An Orca

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On a dive in Orkney, Scotland, a diver came across hundreds of dead fish, covering three huge dead seals, one of which had a massive chunk missing. The diver quickly realized that the seals had died whilst trying to escape an attack from an orca, one of which had been partly eaten by one.

Dead Man In A Car

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After a man committed suicide by driving a test drive car into a lake, the divers went to recover the car and body. The passenger window had been smashed and as the diver opened the door of the car, the rush of water made the head of the man who had died slowly turn to look at the diver.

Underwater Cemeteries

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In man-made lakes around the world, there are often remains of old cities like homes, churches, and... cemeteries. These are possibly one of the creepiest and eeriest dives for divers, especially when there are big fish swimming around at the same time as the divers.

Eels The Size Of Logs

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One dam in New Zealand had reported cracks on the outside so a diver went to look at the inside wall of the dam and came across eels the size of large logs. This is because the dam had stopped the eels from traveling naturally into the ocean to reproduce, causing them to just keep growing.

Skeleton With Full SCUBA Gear On

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One diver found a skeleton under the water with full diving gear on. The air in the tank was fully turned off. The diver reported this and the skeleton was the husband of a woman who had gone for a dive and his wife turned off his air and murdered him under the water.

Sunken WWII Ship Guarded By An Overgrown Moray

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A diver went for a group dive off the coast of England and saw a sunken WWII ship. on approaching the ship a huge Moray Eel appeared and scared the group off. The divers reported what happened and learned that this is a famous Moray eel in the area and protects the ship like it is a dragon with treasure.

Dead Body Tangled In Fishing Line

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This one was a surfer that got tangled in some fishing line whilst in the water. He went into shore to sort himself out and pulled the fishing line in and on the end of it was a dead body entangled in the fishing line, with the hook in its neck and missing its eyes.

Loud Banging In Reservoir Dive

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On a job cleaning a reservoir, a diver reportedly started to lose power to their light, after flickering a few times, the light went completely out. As the diver's light went out there were apparently a few extremely loud bangs under the water in the pitch black. Freaky...

Shark Appearing Out Of Nowhere

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Off the coast of South Africa, there was a group diving when they saw an interesting-looking structure so started to approach it. As they were approaching the structure, the diver apparently felt a "cold cold cold shiver", moments later out of nowhere a shark appeared and the diver reported literally dropping a deuce.

10 Porcelain Dolls Locked Away

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On a dive just off of Vancouver Island, Canada, one diver reported seeing a very large, industrial freezer that was heavily chained shut with an industrial chain. They reported it and got it opened, finding inside ten porcelain dolls... very creepy if you as me.

Getting Charged By A Humpback Whale

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On a dive to see some whales, a curious calf of a mother swam around the divers, putting them in between the calf and the protective mother. Before they realized the mother was agitated it had already charged at them and dived underneath them at the last moment, leaving them in shock.

Man Found Alive After 3 Days Under Water

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Police divers once dived to inspect the scene of a shipwreck and to recover the bodies of the victims. Little did they expect to find a man that had survived for three days underwater in an air pocket from the ship. The man reported having to listen to his crew mates being eaten by sharks.

Being Watched By A Person In Full SCUBA Gear

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Whilst preparing for a dive in a lake in America, divers were on the dock getting ready and one diver saw a man in full SCUBA gear underneath the dock watching them. By the time the divers were in the water to investigate, the man had disappeared and was not seen again.

Young Diver Disappearing

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This report is from a dive in Cancun where reports are there was a dive that was being monitored from a boat and was a 40-foot dive. One diver who was a newbie went down and got close to an underwater cliff. As the young diver approached the cliff the tracker on the boat rapidly started to report the line getting to 60, 70, and 80 feet and then stopped, and the diver was never seen again.

Half A Shark Still Alive

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One Diver reported that on one of their dives, they saw a shark that was still swimming around, however, there was only half the shark there. The shark's organs were all apparently hanging out, and it apparently looked like a "zombie shark". The shark must have been attacked very recently because sharks cannot survive for long like this.

An Arranged Group Of Garden Gnomes

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On a dive in Loch Fyne in Scotland, one diver reported seeing a group of garden gnomes on a vertical wall in a very remote part of the loch. The divers said they agreed that it must have been another group of divers messing around but remained to give them the chills.

Diving Partner's Light Disappearing

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One diver reported going on a night dive off the coast of Brazil with one other diver. Halfway through the dive, their partner's light apparently started waving frantically and then suddenly disappeared. Panicking the diver went to shore to find the diver he was with, in the boat.

Corpes Covered In Tiny Prawns

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On another dive to find the bodies of a shipwreck, one diver reported that as he opened the door to the ship there was a corpse that was covered in tiny prawns that suddenly started racing towards him and apparently hit him and gave the diver a hug. After this, the diver quit diving.

Divers in Lake Disappearing

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In Zimbabwe's largest dam, the Zambezi, one diver used to dive there, and reports of a time where there would be many of the divers would just disappear. They guess that it was caused by attacks by hippos, crocodiles, or very large catfish. They ended up having to pour concrete into caves underneath the surface so nothing could hide from them.

Full Sheep Skull

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One person remembers dropping their goggles into a river and trying to retrieve them back grabbed onto, and pulled out a full sheep skull. Not so creepy but would definitely give me the fright of my life, which it apparently did to this unfortunate individual.

Nitrogen Poisoning

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One couple reportedly went for a routine dive in Egypt. After a while, the pair saw a red octopus inside a cavity of a rock, they both started giggling uncontrollably at it and after a few minutes, their computer started to pull them to the surface. They went to look at the pictures of the octopus and it was just pictures of rock. They realized that they were high because of Nitrogen poisoning, and they probably would've died if not for their computer.

10-Foot Tiger Shark

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On one fishing dive, after finally getting a catch, the divers start pulling their line in and to their horror they turned around and saw a huge 10-foot tiger shark chewing on the line that was reeling their catch in! The shark was about 2 feet away from them, close enough to poke its eyes out.

Girl Stuck In Mud After Jumping From Bridge

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One police diver was responding to a report that there was a girl who had committed suicide by jumping off a bridge. The diver went to recover the body and to his shock found the girl alive and stuck up to her knees in mud. The diver reported that her face was filled with fear.

Punching A Shark

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One diver said that they went on a night dive off of a fishing pier in Hawaii and came into a load of fish guts and muck, suddenly a shark starts swimming around them getting more and more agitated. Suddenly the shark starts to swim directly at the diver, who punched the shark in the nose, which then swam away and didn't come back.

Hospital Gurney

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In one local small lake, there were some divers doing a small training session which is completely routine, however, they came across a hospital gurney at the very bottom of the lake completely entwined in weeds and reeds. It took at least 4 divers to untangle and is still a mystery as to why or how it would get there.

3 Teenagers Found Dead

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Three young boys were once diving on a diving tour and split off from the group to explore. Before it was too late the boys had gone too close to a place that was well known for its current that could pull a boat underwater. The boys were found dead later on, one of whom had apparently had his arm pulled out of the socket by the current.

Stairway To Hell

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In one of the old iron mine pits in Minnesota. These after a certain depth get a layer of silt that lays on the surface. One of the pits apparently when this silt gathers, causes a kind of stairway into a cavern that looks like an ominous stairway to nothing. Which is apparently known as the stairway to hell.

Fake Dead Body

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In one reservoir in Washington County, there's a famous diving spot where there's an old school bus and a retired airplane for divers to explore. One diver went one day and to his shock saw a dead body driving the school bus. He reported it to the police, and after investigation, it was bags of sugar in the shape of a person.

Catfish The Size Of Vans

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Some divers that have worked for the core of engineers have reported in the past, that in some of the very deep dams, some of the catfish have grown to the size of small vans. Imagine swimming around and a fish the size of a van swims past you... not for me thanks!

Pulled Over Under Water Cliff By Current

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Another one that's a surfer, not a diver, but this surfer was apparently surfing near a big underwater cliff and reported getting dumped down underneath the water by a massive wave, and started to be pulled underwater towards the cliff and was only saved by his floating surfboard.

A Crab-Eaten Torso

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Some divers found a body on the ocean floor, but it wasn't in the best condition. It was only a torso, still wearing scuba gear (a surfer who had gone missing not too long before) but the crabs had eaten enough of him that it was only the torso with a skeletal head and limbs...

A Stranger Who Wants To Join The Group...

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A group of divers were exploring underwater very late one night, in deepest pitch black, when they turned their lights off to form a circle and swirl the water so that they could better see the bio-luminescence in the space. The creepiest part was, there were three of them when they started... and when the water lit up, there was a forth person who appeared... who then waved and swam away.

An Octopus With Arm Span As Big As A Small Pool

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If you've never seen an octopus up close, you might seriously underestimate how big these fellas can get. And especially if their arms come at you from nowhere under water in the dark. That's exactly what happened to this diver, who had an octopus come out of a crevice from nowhere with body span as large as a small pool.

A Group Of Sea Creatures Telling You To Leave!

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To make this creepier, this dive happened in Bermuda, and this diver turned in the darkness to find they were surrounded by all manner of sea creatures - which then proceeded to flap their fins and swim into him as if to say get out of here! Bet they couldn't get out of there quick enough.

A School Of Sharks Around A Dead Body

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One diver went looking for a fellow diver who had gone missing, and saw his arm and watch glinting at the bottom of the ocean. When he went down to recover the body, it was surrounded by a huge school of sharks... which then followed the diver when he took the body back up to the surface. Luckily, they didn't attack the diver who was still alive...

Hammerhead Sharks. A Lot Of Them.

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This story starts out happily because one snorkelers was originally surrounded by a pod of dolphins near his boat - all fine there. Then the dolphins disappeared... and the snorkeler was surrounded by hammerhead sharks instead. To make it worse, the snorkeler managed to get back in his boat, but then knew the amount of sharks that were still lurking under the surface...

A Dive Fin Stolen By A Tiger Shark

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A diver swimming underwater to admire the colorful fish suddenly feels a tug on his leg... Not what you want underwater. They look down to see a tiger shark has bit into his dive fin and decided to pull him along - the div fin tore free and the diver managed to escape.

A Mysterious Blanket Seeping Blood

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Like something out of a horror movie, one person took a boat to a cove off their local lake when they noticed a blanket bundle wrapped up. While they didn't open it, they felt what seemed to be a concrete block and something 'squishy'. After they'd disturbed the blanket, blood began to seep out...

When A Stranger Underwater Makes Eye Contact With You

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One thing you definitely do not want to see when you're a diver is a mysterious person in full dive gear just lurking in the water and staring at you. That's what happened to one diver who led a team down, then noticed this stranger staring at them. They got out of the water ASAP.

A Missing Hand

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Some divers were once going about their underwater business when they found a fisherman's glove in the water - with the hand still inside it. They took the hand (and glove) to the police, but they said a missing person - or a missing hand - hadn't been reported...

The Strange Beaded Sea Cucumber

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The Beaded Sea Cucumber is one of many weird little sea creatures- and probably one you don't particularly want to see during a night-time dive. Imagine being underwater in the dark and seeing this weird worm with long tentacles moving slowly towards you...

Is That A Skeleton?

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Another thing you don't want to find underwater is a skeleton. This diver was exploring a sunken fishing trawler when they thought they spotted a skeleton at the bottom of it. When the divers panicked, their dive light was dropped and sank to the bottom... to reveal the 'skeleton' was actually a plant.

The Carpet Shark Hiding In The Deep

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Encountering sharks in any water, even on the surface, is scary enough - but right in the deep, at the bottom? No thanks. This diver was only just learning how to be underwater when a wobbegong shark - a type of carpet shark that lurks on the bottom - attacked them.

Finding Your Diving Buddy's Body

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This dive crew were practicing diving under the ice with all their equipment when something went wrong with one of the diver's regulators. They tried to change the tank but the guy hit the inflation on his suit, ascended too fast, and was found later through a cloud of blood, dead.

Over A Dozen Human Skulls

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When you're diving underwater, you expect to see a lot of plant life, fish and - worse - deep sea predators. What you don't expect to find is a human skull. But not only one skull - this diver found at least a dozen of them, spread out over the distance of around 30 yards

Body In A Lake

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Is it more or less scary to find a body in a lake than the ocean? Both are pretty messed up. In this case, it wasn't qualified divers who found this, but young children. Their parents hadn't told them a man had drowned in the lake - until his body washed up on the shore a day after they'd been playing in it.

The 'Log' That Turns Out To Be A Snapping Turtle

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One thing you don't want to realize after you've picked it up is the thing you're holding underwater isn't a log at all, but a turtle - a snapping turtle at that. These turtles have an aggressive bite - so be prepared to lose some fingers at least, if you mess with one... best to be safe!

The Predator In A Conch Shell

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How many of us have picked up shells and pretty things we've found at the beach to take home as a souvenir? For this person diving underwater, what they thought was a conch shell turned out to be something different... after picking it up, they suffered a bite, saw blood and dropped the shell - they still don't know what the thing was and haven't been able to identify it after researching since..

When You Hear A Roar In The Middle Of A Lake

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If you've watched horror creature feature movies set at a lake, you'll know the shot of the person taking a harmless swim in the middle of it only to have something gigantic leap out of the water and kill them. This person was relaxing in the lake when they heard the loudest, rumbling roar... only to find out it was a fighter jet nearby. Must've been pretty terrifying, though!

A Man Eaten By A 'Dinosaur-Sized' Shark

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With a shark attack, you hear stories of people losing limbs, being bitten and dying from wounds... but for this poor man, he was completely devoured by a shark that witnesses claim was the size of a mini-bus. He'd been spending time in a diving spot when he was just dragged away.