Imagine standing on the banks of a calm Louisiana lake, birds darting overhead, and a light breeze rippling the water’s surface. Suddenly, the ground begins to tremble. Before your eyes, an entire drilling rig, barges, and acres of land vanish in a swirling vortex, sucked into the earth as if pulled by an invisible hand. This isn’t a scene from a science fiction film—it’s the real-life disaster that struck Lake Peigneur on November 20, 1980. What unfolded that day remains one of the most astonishing and surreal industrial accidents in American history, a story where the boundaries between land and water blurred in an instant.
The Tranquil Setting of Lake Peigneur
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