YouTube channel Scary Interesting shares a detailed look at what happened to drain Lake Peigneur in an astonishing few hours. Popular bass fishing Lake Peigneur was situated above a giant salt mine.

November 20, 1980, is a new day at Lake Peigneur in Louisiana. Some 9 miles north of the Vermilion Bay in the Gulf of Mexico, a charming, calm lake is a popular resort for fishermen and nature lovers.