Numerous incidents near Powell River witnessed in British Columbia, Canada

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This is a retrospective report of serveral incidents over a period of approx. 25 years - all taking place on the North-Eastern side of Powell and Goat Lakes, respectively. 1/ It was early summer of 1984. I was 14. A friend and I decided to row into Haywire Bay for an overnight fishing trip - we planned on setting up camp on one of the small islands situated in the bay. Late that night - could have been around midnight or one AM, we heard a giant splash on the mainland side of the lake. We both froze, waiting to hear it again, trying to decide what it was that made the noise. We heard it again and conjectured that it must be a Beaver slapping its tail. But something about it seemed to defy this conclusion - the sporadic time between splashes, and the resounding kerplunk sound of what must have been large rocks being dropped or thrown into the water. Then a truly large splash sounded from what must have been a very large rock. Whatever it was must have been very large. We told our pa...