Bodies Discovered in 69 Camaro In Lake Since 1970

[SeattleCarGuy]

It's interesting that the car bodies rotted so badly in the lake water. I am no marine biologist, but it must be the warm shallow water and the silt/micro organisms that ate away at the metal? The reason I point this out is that here in Seattle, we have a huge lake, Lake Washington, which is over 700-800 feet deep or more in parts. I remember several years ago a plane from WWII was located in the bottom of the lake. There was a naval base on the lake back then, and of course, several airfields in the area. Anyway, they raised this plane from very deep down near teh bottom and after cleaning away some of the silt, the plane was extremely well preserved without the metal rot like we see on this Camaro. I suppose at those extreme depths and with colder bottom water, there are not the same types of organisms to eat away at the metal?

I'm glad these families have some closure as to what happened to their loved ones.