In the crystal-clear waters of Crater Lake, Oregon, a dead tree trunk has been floating bolt upright for about a hundred and thirty years — and no one can fully explain why it won't fall over. They call it the Old Man of the Lake. It's a hemlock trunk, thirty feet long, bobbing vertically with just three feet poking above the surface. It was first spotted standing like this back in 1896 — and it's still there today, more than a century later. In 1938, researchers tracked it for three months and watched it travel over sixty-two miles around the lake. On one especially windy day, it drifted nearly four miles — and stayed perfectly upright the entire time. Wind shoves it across the water, yet the waves never tip it. Carbon dating shows the tree itself is at least four hundred and fifty years old. Scientists have floated a few theories: maybe rocks are tangled in its roots, weighing the base down — except it has almost no roots left. Maybe the lake's icy water makes the submerged end denser and heavier. But nothing has ever been proven. A waterlogged log should sink or flip. This one simply refuses to. What do you think keeps it standing after 130 years? 👇 #AI #mystery #didyouknow #unexplained #Oregon - @omarcmysteries