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SAYS THERE MAY BE MORE THAN
FISH, ROCKS AND SOIL LIVING
UNDER THE WABASH RIVER'S WATER.
AND AFTER A DROUGHT-FILLED
SUMMER, THAT FOLKLORE MAY BE
MORE BELIEVABLE THAN WHAT SOME
PEOPLE THINK.
IN PART TWO OF HIS SPECIAL
REPORT, STORM TEAM 10'S
METEOROLOGIST KEVIN ORPURT TAKES
HIS CREW ON THE WATER TO
FIND WHAT MAY BE LIVING IN THE
RIVER'S DEPTHS.
"TWO DEADLY TRAIN CRASHES NEAR
THE BEGINNING OF
THE LAST CENTURY HAVE LEAD TO
RUMORS THAT THE
LOCOMOTIVES ARE STILL IN THE
WATERAND CAN EVEN BE SEEN
WHEN THE WATER IS VERY LOW. WITH
THIS YEAR'S LOW RIVER, WE
SET OUT TO SEE IF THAT'S THE
CASE. WHEN VIEWED FROM THE
AIR, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE MIGHT
BE SOMETHING THERE IN THE
RIVER..BUT IT'S HARD TO TELL. SO
WE TOOK TO THE RIVER WITH
LOCAL RIVER ENTHUSIAST BREDAN
KEARNS OUR SEARCH WITH
BRENDAN FOCUSED ON THE LOCATION
OF THE WRECK OF 1900.
USING POWERFUL MRI MAGNETS, WE
LOWERED THEM INTO THE
WATER.THEN. "OH, WOW. I'M ON
SOMETHING BIG
TIMETHERE'S NO WAY IT'S A SMALL
PIECE OF TIN." WHILE THERE WAS
SOMETHING THERE, IT WASN'T
COMING UPAND THERE WAS NO
WAY TO SEE IT. ENTER MAX
WINCHELL AND THE DEPARTMENT
OF NATURAL RESOURCES UNDERWATER
SEARCH TEAM.
USING THE SAME TYPE REMOTE
OPERATED SUBMARINE THAT
WAS USED TO FIND THE TITANTIC
AND STATE OF THE ART SONAR "THE
SIDE
SCAN SONAR WILL GO OUT 180 FEET
ON EACH SIDE OF THE BOAT, NOT
JUST STRAIGHT DOWN LIKE A
TRADITIONAL SONAR WILL, TO
THE DEGREE THAT IT WILL PICK UP
MUCH MORE DETAIL THAN THE
TRADITIONAL SONAR UNITS." , WE
WENT TO WORK.. THIS TIME
SEARCHING THE LOCATIONS OF BOTH
WRECKS.
"THE 1900 CRASH HAPPENED ON THE
WEST SIDE OF THE TURRETTHE 1892
CRASH HAPPENED ON THE EAST SIDE"
BASED ON OUR MAGNET
HITS.AND HIGH TECH SONAR, WE'VE
NOW DETERMINED THAT
SOMETHING IS, INDEED, IN THE
WATER BENEATH THE BIG FOUR
BRIDGE.
"DEFINITELY SOMETHING MANMADE
THERE, AND PRETTY BIG
SIZE, TOO" TOMORROW, WE GO FOR
THE FINAL ANSWERAS THE
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVERS SEARCH
THE BOTTOM OF THE WABASH,
LOOKING FOR THE FABLED
LOCOMOTIVES. FOR NEWS 10.I'M
KEVIN ORPURT"
IF YOU MISSED PART ONE OF
KEVIN'S SPECIAL REPORT.. YOU
CAN WATCH IT ON WTHI-TV DOT COM.
AND COMING UP TOMORROW ON NEWS
10 AT 6.. KEVIN WILL