Weirs Cam Observations

[wildwoodfam]

In the weirs cam pictures there appears in the lower left an object (yellow in color) that looks to be submerged under the ice or water. Anyone care to guess what it could be? The other notable observation is how much open water there is off in the distance - I hope folks are taking care and staying off ice! We have seen so many people, pets and machines fall through the ice down here in the Merrimack Valley this season.

[Merrymeeting]

Been wondering this myself. It's very obvious today.

[John A. Birdsall]

During the summer I seen a yellow submarine on Route 11, could someone have launched it and is going down.

[Weirs guy]

I'm missing what you guys are looking at. Could you post the pic here and cirlce the item?

[mcdude]

Here we go again!

http://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums/...ead.php?t=1880

[spotsink]

I'm going to go with a spot on the lens for this... if it were something in the water it would have moved some...

[Weirs guy]

I went over Tuesday night to look, but nothings visible from the shore beside the peir in that area, so its under some amount of water. There are several spots in that area where the yellow sand is showing thru clearings in the muck on the bottom, and that could be it, but we'll most likely have to wait till swiming weather to get final answer.

The good news is its only about 10' of water, so its at least a small space ship.

[wildwoodfam]

Definitely something IN the water - not ON the lens. But more likely a picnic tabel or box or something blown in by the mini hurricane served up last week. Doesn't seem to have moved much if at all in the week it has been there....but it is definitely just off the deck closer to the shore - and under the water. From the orange gate draw a line with your finger parallel to the frame - and you'll come to the yellow box - ripples on it - so it's not a lens blemish.

[Merrymeeting]

Jimmy Hoffa?

(I believe it was there before last week's windstorm)

[gtxrider]

It's Winny (not sure of the spelling) the lakes version on Champ or the Lock Ness Monster!

It does look to be snowing on up there! Dance girls dance!

[Weirs guy]

Originally Posted by gtxrider

It does look to be snowing on up there! Dance girls dance!

Dont get to excited, its just enough to hide the thin spots in the ice.

[Weirs guy]

On second thought it could be the cash register (no, really, theres one down there in that area), but I'm sticking with sand on the bottom.

[Grant]

Originally Posted by gtxrider

It's Winny (not sure of the spelling) the lakes version on Champ or the Lock Ness Monster!

It does look to be snowing on up there! Dance girls dance!

Speaking of Champ, did you see the news report this week with the two fishermen who got a really good Champ video? Pretty cool!

As for the Weirs Cam object, I think it's the cooler with Jimmy Hoffa...finally making its way to the surface.

[SteveCT]

I think it's a really big Japanese Koi fish.....

[SOMEONEGOTCHA]

You got it here first. Look for a hint under Sunset Bob's signature.

[Sunset Bob]

Originally Posted by SOMEONEGOTCHA

You got it here first. Look for a hint under Sunset Bob's signature.

NO NO NO My signature is a joke. I really would miss her and she really does love the lake as much as I do. OOOH got to watch out for those two words.I do could really get me in trouble!

[Mee-n-Mac]

Since Weirs Guy asked I grabbed a frame from todays webcam and added an arrow to point out what I think people are talking about. Then I got curious myself so I borrowed some time on the company's Cray and through some very advanced and, dare I say it, hush hush image enhancement techniques I was able to just, and I say maybe, make out what the object is. I think it's a sign that blew in. Look for yourself and see what you think.

[gtxrider]

Originally Posted by Sunset Bob

NO NO NO My signature is a joke. I really would miss her and she really does love the lake as much as I do. OOOH got to watch out for those two words.I do could really get me in trouble!

When I used to travel to Conyers, Ga. for work in the Long Horn was a bumper sticker saying "I still miss my wife but my aim is getting better"

1st I am glad to see Grant responded it my be a diver and now Mac has found out it is Pepper Sign! Strange I think she is away this week

[DRH]

Originally Posted by Mee-n-Mac

I think it's a sign that blew in. Look for yourself and see what you think.

Hilarious, M-n-M!! Think she'll take the hint and open soon?

[Weirs guy]

Boy, I hope she takes the hint, I could go for some Waldo Peppers tonight! Funny how that sign ended up just off the end of the pier by the restaurant, great advertising spot?

[upthesaukee]

Mac, we've been saying to you" it's not too late to back out", but maybe we should be saying that to Mee... You are one sick puppy...but verrrrrrrrrrrrrry funny .

[Grant]

Personally, I think it's a rock bass.

[RLW]

Could it possibly be a piece of ice that broke loose after the dog was on it?

[Keith]

Im gonna vote for a misplaced real-estate sign- or some kind of sign of similar size.

Maybe a danger- thin ice sign.

[wildwoodfam]

Sorry I ever brought this up....

[GWC...]

When the cat's away (on a cruise)

The mice will play...

The dirty rats!

Anyone remember James Cagney, you dirty rats... ?

[Mee-n-Mac]

Originally Posted by Grant

Personally, I think it's a rock bass.

A rock bass you say ...well I've heard they don't exist in Lake Winnipesaukee. Something to do with global warming and rising water levels or the like. That said I have seen pictures of said fish and while they bear a superficial resemblance to the object in the water I think everyone can clearly see it isn't a rock bass. Compare the picture above to the one of a rock bass below

[Grant]

Actually, you can see it quite clearly this morning (Saturday).

On a related note, check out this screen grab from the Varney Point cam:

[Rattlesnake Gal]

Originally Posted by wildwoodfam

Sorry I ever brought this up....

Don’t be! A little jocularity makes life enjoyable.

[Skip]

I sent the image off to a friend at SP HQ and had it enhanced using the latest crime scene photo analysis techniques. The yellowish hue was due to excess tannins in the water, but after a little filtering this is what the picture revealed:


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Rumor has it that a suspect in a well worn aluminum boat coated in rustoleum paint was observed trying to attach the sign to a nearby piling, but it fell off shortly thereafter. Authorities are trying to track the suspect down using a Walmart receipt found near the scene...

[wildwoodfam]

yellow sign has created! I am happy to have contributed to such a lively debate! If only we could always be this cordial to one another - there may never have been a need for the 45 MPH lake limit discussion

[JTA]

This one is for real ... one morning a few weeks ago, as I was doing my morning Weirscam looksee, it looked like there was a fire on that deck, to the left of the gate. There was smoke too and it was glowing bright yellow. I looked back a couple of times, and I was starting to figure out how to call the fire department fronm Connecticut. Then it disappeared. Did anyone spot something similar?

[Lexxi]

Well Pepper,

I think what people are trying to say is that your vacations over and they want you to get back to work and open up, we are hungry !!!!!

[Weirs guy]

Originally Posted by wildwoodfam

Sorry I ever brought this up....

Oh come on now, you've given me an excuse to get in the water a little earlier!

[wildwoodfam]

Anything to get people in the water sooner than later!

[Steveo]

Check out the turkeys in the "FrontLawn Cam"

[Weirs guy]

Here dinner dinner dinner. Here dinner....

[Pepper]

Gee whiz! When I returned from the cruise, I apparently missed a lot of posts that occured during my absence! Tonight I just stumbled upon this one, and enjoyed a really loud laugh!

Mee-n-mac you are, without question, the silliest person I know! I like that in a person! Thanks for the great bellylaughs - I needed that tonight.

Spent the morning with the Water Works fellows - getting our valve defrosted and opened - then the next few hours repairing the "weak spots" which were quickly found by the amazing water pressure in the Weirs.

Then about 8 more hours of scrubbing and painting - interrupted a few times by folks who dropped in to say howdy, and one phone call - poor guy wanted to place a take-out order.

Progress is definately under way! Thanks for all the encouragement Mac, and Lexxi and Weirs Guy!

See you all really really really soon!

[Weirs guy]

Originally Posted by Pepper

...the amazing water pressure in the Weirs.

almost makes up for all the other things the town of Laconia skimps us on

[Merrymeeting]

Anybody attending the ForumFest take the time to wander out to the pier and see what this thing really is?

Inquiring minds NEED to know!

[Weirs guy]

Did you see it today? Its calling me to swim over to it!

[Steveo]

Whatever that yellow space ship is off of the Weirscam finally hatched something. Check out the Weirscam.

[Grant]

Can
Someone
Please
Go
And
See
What
That
Thing
Is
??!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?

[Weirs guy]

I tried a few weeks ago to go see it from all the public land around it, but its only going to be cleanly visible from the peir or in the water. Not to worry though, 50° water and I'm going in!

[Janet]

So, who's going to tell us what is the yellow thing in the water at the Weir's? It's hard for us in Texas to see that far!

[upthesaukee]

I watched these guys on the motion Weirscam going from right to left like they were heading to Merideth. They made a turn and headed towards the infamous mysterious image. Things were looking good when they started to drift a little to port. I started yelling at them, but of course they wouldn't listen. I even put an "x" on the screen, to no avail.



They kept on heading into the dock, or the gas dock (too early for a lobster roll at Waldo Peppers, unless they wanted to be first in line ).

Maybe the next boat in will stop by and look!

[trfour]

Good one, Uppy !!

I think that they were listening to you, you must be on their ignore list.

Love,
T.

[gtxrider]

I hope the X is water proof or it will disappear.

[Merrymeeting]

Ok, the docks are in, boats are launched, camps are being opened...

Can someone PLEASE tell us what this is?

[Grant]

I am seriously considering a road trip to the "other side" of the Lake to investigate while I'm up there next week. Stupid? Yes, especially with gas prices where they are. But I'm as curious as the next guy when it comes to this thing.

[RLW]

I have heard that Sunset Bob went over to check it out a week or 2 ago and he couldn't find a ding-dong thing there in the water. It must be like the locnessmoster and disappears when something gets to close.

[SIKSUKR]

Saw it clear as day yesterday when the water was calm.

[Weirs guy]

Originally Posted by RLW

I have heard that Sunset Bob went over to check it out a week or 2 ago and he couldn't find a ding-dong thing there in the water.

I still say its sand on the bottom showing throught the weeds. Maybe this weekend will be warm enough for an up close inspection.

[Eric Austin]

I saw this boat on the Weirs Motion Cam maneuvering around the area for a while. I asssume he was looking for the mystery object... He was getting close, but he wasn't close enough to the pier.

Someone looking at the Motion Weirs Cam via the internet should coordinate via cell phone to someone else in a boat looking for the object.

The closest he got was about 5 boat lengths to the object. It looks like he gave up at 10:51. So close...

[OFD232]

There is a Bug on the cam watching us right now. He looks like he escaped from one of those great old Sci Fi movies that played at the Drive in that you only got to see half of if you were lucky

[Kevin C]

Jaws ??

[Kevin C]

Has anybody yet been able to identify the mysterious object in the water just off the pier??

[Bear Islander]

My guess is its an artifact inside the camera.

[Cal]

I found a towel off the NASWA in 8 to 10 feet of water a few years back. Could be something like that.

[Kevin C]

Jimmy Hoffa??

[Merrymeeting]

Still there today....

Kevin, the Hoffa theme was suggested earlier.

It's too perfect a square and too consistent to be sand on the bottom.

Perhaps when they are done rebuilding the barn in NJ, we can get the FBI to investigate and tell us what it is!

[Esquire]

I don't see it as of 3:01pm.

[Kevin C]

Originally Posted by Merrymeeting

Still there today....

Kevin, the Hoffa theme was suggested earlier.

True....but they didn't find him in Michigan did they?

[Kevin C]

It's back!!

http://www.winnipesaukee.com/weirscam/

[Mee-n-Mac]

Originally Posted by Kevin C

It's back!!

http://www.winnipesaukee.com/weirscam/

As soon as the NWS restriction gets lifted we're going over and finding out what that thing is ! I'll haul it out and hold it up for the webcam to capture Which leads me to thinkin ... can the new wonder webcam tilt up, pan and zoom a bit ? Mebbe we can see the new single boat marina on Eagle I. ? And that thought makes me wonder if anyone captured the webcam output last Sat ... around 3am or so ??

[Merrymeeting]

In looking at the webcam the other day, I found this view with "items" clearly caused by the play of the sun on the optics of the camera. This got me thinking that perhaps this mysterious object might be just that, an optical illusion caused by some combination of light and lens.

However, in reviewing the history of this thread, it's been spotted at all hours of the day, on sunny days, cloudy days, snowy days, windy days, calm days...

So much for yet another theory!

[ITD]

Originally Posted by Merrymeeting

In looking at the webcam the other day, I found this view with "items" clearly caused by the play of the sun on the optics of the camera. This got me thinking that perhaps this mysterious object might be just that, an optical illusion caused by some combination of light and lens.

However, in reviewing the history of this thread, it's been spotted at all hours of the day, on sunny days, cloudy days, snowy days, windy days, calm days...

So much for yet another theory!

Those are the lake sharks, usually very shy, surfacing to check out bike week.

[Skip]

Originally Posted by ITD

Those are the lake sharks, usually very shy, surfacing to check out bike week.

Shucks....I thought it was final photographic evidence of Mee-n-mac's elusive rock Bass!

[Kevin C]

Incoming torpedoes ?

[BBS2]

I think that its that time of year and the baby Winni's are leaving the nest.

[Mee-n-Mac]

Originally Posted by Skip

Shucks....I thought it was final photographic evidence of Mee-n-mac's elusive rock Bass!

... it ain't no rock bass. Again for the slow learners ( ) this is one of Grant's rock bass(es ?). I think the new streaks recently uncovered are UFOs and I'm gonna file a complaint with the NHMP as the seem to be blatantly ignoring the 600' NWS restriction. What, do they think they're on Newfound Lake or something ! That kind of behavior might be tolerated down south, over the Ossipee's, in places like Tamworth but not in these parts !

[Weirs guy]

bike week + beer + hot sunny day= Weirs Guy adventure?

[gtxrider]

Originally Posted by Merrymeeting

In looking at the webcam the other day, I found this view with "items" clearly caused by the play of the sun on the optics of the camera. This got me thinking that perhaps this mysterious object might be just that, an optical illusion caused by some combination of light and lens.

However, in reviewing the history of this thread, it's been spotted at all hours of the day, on sunny days, cloudy days, snowy days, windy days, calm days...

So much for yet another theory!

Are they pods like in "Cocoon"?

[rander7823]

The weather has been kinda weird lately it could be the equivalent of the hurricane that went through the Everglades and "changed the people" ....look what happened to Pepper's hair.....you never know.

[gtxrider]

It looks like a rain storm coming. Approx 4pm today 6/20

[Weirs guy]

Originally Posted by gtxrider

It looks like a rain storm coming. Approx 4pm today 6/20

That was the little one. The one at 6:30 was its daddy!

[Weirs guy]

I finally had a chance last week to swim over to the area in question to see what the mysterious item was, and am pleased to report, it’s a PILE OF ROCKS.

Yep, I was a little disappointed myself.

Most of that side of the pier is covered with weeds on the bottom, but in this one area about 10’ x 15’ is a bed of rocks covering the bottom in the same location as our mystery item.

[Grant]

In the interest of sustaining speculation surrounding the Weirscam Submerged Mystery Object (WSMO), I propose we find out what exactly is under that pile of rocks.

I still think that, with all the hoopla accompanying new theories regarding the demise of Jimmy Hoffa, we could easily go viral with this thing and convince the government to spend more tax dollars to track another bogus lead. The media circus would mean a nice pay day for local businesses, and perhaps even lead to an episode of Dateline NBC. Book deals. Movie deals. Next thing you know, the royalties are allowing us to fund a three-day ForumFest Extravaganza at Castle in the Clouds, with the Stones as entertainment.

Party on,

g

[Kevin C]

Originally Posted by Weirs guy

I finally had a chance last week to swim over to the area in question to see what the mysterious item was, and am pleased to report, it’s a PILE OF ROCKS.

Yep, I was a little disappointed myself.

Most of that side of the pier is covered with weeds on the bottom, but in this one area about 10’ x 15’ is a bed of rocks covering the bottom in the same location as our mystery item.

But what is buried beneath that pile of rocks is the question!?!?

[SIKSUKR]

That would be the rock bass "rock mc mansion".

[Grant]

Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

That would be the rock bass "rock mc mansion".

Nope -- the Lady of the Lake is the official Rock Bass McMansion...

[Rattlesnake Gal]

Originally Posted by Weirs guy

I finally had a chance last week to swim over to the area in question to see what the mysterious item was, and am pleased to report, it’s a PILE OF ROCKS.

Sorry Weirs Guy, I’m afraid that I have to disagree with you. This summer when I was at The Paradise Beach Club I went over and took a look and there was a very large, flat, square thing in the water, but I could not make it out and didn’t have my polarized lens with me. We finally made it back by today to get a closer look and were able to get a reasonably clear shot of it. It is a sign for Ganong Real Estate. This is taking their slogan of being Waterfront Specialists a little too far!

Here is the link, for some reason I am unable to insert the picture correctly.

[GWC...]

Originally Posted by Rattlesnake Gal

...for some reason I am unable to insert the picture correctly.

Hope this helps...

[Merrymeeting]

IG,

Thanks! That finally covers the mystery for me. I'll admit I was a bit skeptical about the pile of rocks answer. The object seemed to perfectly rectangular and too bright to be explained that way.

Someone better plant something in front of one of the webcams this winter. It's almost time for us to need the diversion to get us through.

Here's hoping that anything planted will be obscured by a thick layer of ice to play on this year, as long as it's gone by early April!

[Weirs guy]

Well RG, we'll have to get together and compare gps coordinates some time! The sad part is I did an awful lot of swimming to find the wrong object in the water. Oh well, I'm off to visit the pile of rocks and cry.

[Rattlesnake Gal]

Perhaps the Ganong sign blew in after your swim?
If I had my bathing suit and goggles along I would have jumped in for a closer look and retrieval. Maybe next time.

[wildwoodfam]

Amazing - from the humble beginnings of this thread - way back when - curiosity over a simple square object that my six year old daughter actually pointed to while we were viewing the webcam. Thanks to all who participated in this thread - and to those of you who tried to figure out what that object was. At times this thread felt a bit like that old grammar school game of telephone - with everyones guesses turning into fact....but in the end - I can say it - I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING THERE!!!!

Enjoy the fall colors around the lake - and the snow and ice which will follow - and the spring run-off and rains (may they NOT be as pletniful as this past year) and we will see you all again NEXT summer!

[SIKSUKR]

Originally Posted by Keith

Im gonna vote for a misplaced real-estate sign- or some kind of sign of similar size.

Maybe a danger- thin ice sign.

Looks like Keith (post 24) is the winner.Go claim that prize by jumpimg off the pier and retrieving the sign.Great guess!!