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Mysterious Canadian island ‘vanishes’ and then reappears 20 miles away

metro.co.uk · 7dShare

The island, in a Canadian reservoir, disappeared mysteriously (Picture: Facebook) The world has no shortage of islands . There are over 900,000 of them, according to research, from officially inhabited islands through to tiny ones which exist purely as a dot of untouched land. However, few are as mysterious as the one which has left folk in British Columbia baffled, after it appeared in the middle of a major lake, promptly vanished, and then showed up again 20 miles away. The floating island in Williston Lake — the largest body of freshwater in British Columbia — was first spotted in early August by boaters. They filmed video of the body of land, which in the clip appears full of lush greenery including around 100 trees. But then, just days later, the island was nowhere to be seen, leaving locals wondering where it had got to and even speculating that the original image of the tree-filled stretch of land could have been AI-generated. Now you see it…now you don’t (Picture: Facebook) Bob

First report: A mysterious 'island' appears and then disappears in Canada – video — theguardian.com, 10d