As time went on, more and more people noticed the same mysterious hole that Evan did. People could even see it as they were driving along the road. There aren’t too many things that will catch your eye quite like seeing a hole in a body of water.
Of course, it didn’t take long for word to spread like wildfire about the hole in the lake. This was right about the time that it caught the eye of Kevin King, who is the operations manager for the county’s water facilities.
The Whirlpool
What Evan discovered on the internet was that in 1997, a woman named Emily Schwalek was swimming in Lake Berryessa when she was sucked into a whirlpool that seemed to come out of nowhere.
She tried desperately to cling to anything and everything around her for about 20 minutes. Sadly, she didn’t survive the horrific incident. Unfortunately, he didn’t find out what had caused the hole. But when he would, it would surely surprise him.
Final Operation
When he took his drone out for the second time across the beautiful Lake Berryessa, he tried to get as close as he possibly could. Based off the images the drone took, he had determined that the hole was approximately 72 feet in diameter. He had become obsessed with what he had found, and wanted to know more.
He needed to find out more. Since he read the story about Emily, he knew that it wouldn’t be possible to get too close without potentially losing his life. It was impossible to know exactly how far the hole went down. What he did find, surpassed his expectations.
Drones Everywhere
King thought that the circumstances were highly unusual. He said, “I went up there the other day and there were about 15 drones flying around and people taking videos.” “It’s really dramatic to watch.” We can imagine how incredible that must’ve been to witness.
The local authorities were about to investigate and release information on what could have possibly caused this interesting hole in the lake. It wouldn’t take long for not only Evan, but everyone in the community to find out exactly what he had discovered on his adventure.
A Man-Made Lake
If you didn’t already know, California has very few water resources. Lake Berryessa is one of the largest man-made lakes in America. It was created along with Napa's Monticello Dam, and has the beautiful Vaca Mountains all around it.
This provides hydroelectricity to the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay area. Evan Kilkus and others would eventually discover that the same engineers who worked on the lake were to blame for the hole in it.