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[–] Armand1@lemmy.world 113 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's real. It's also marked on Google Maps as a "Place of Worship" which I think is hilarious.

Google maps screenshot of Volvo Island

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 61 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'm guessing that at one point the water was frozen.

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 94 points 2 days ago (2 children)

They actually excavated around the car. It was placed there on purpose to become an attraction.

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 104 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Well that deteriorated quickly from oops to premeditated environmental vandalism.

[–] Voyajer@lemmy.world 58 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It's located in a flooded strip mine, so that ship has sailed. Also from what I gathered it wasn't in operating condition before it was put there so there is a small chance it has its fluids drained beforehand.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

If it was placed there deliberately, I'd say there's a near certainty the fluids were drained. It takes minutes to do.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

Several litres of oil in an abandoned mine would be infinitesimal compared to the existing contamination.

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 33 points 2 days ago

That’s very true. I wish there was a funnier story behind it.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Let's take it and recycle it

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

Thanks, I hate it now.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 6 points 2 days ago

Is that not what the bottom image shows?

[–] marzhall@lemmy.world 35 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I heard if you trade a pokemon early that can use surf and strength and then push the car off the island when you get to the S. S. Anne a Mew appears

[–] DarkSirrush@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My favourite thing is we have discovered it is possible to get a mew in red/blue/probably green directly after finishing nugget bridge.

Its not even that difficult, though catching Abra can be time consuming if you aren't abusing save states.

I can't remember which trainer triggers the mew fight, but the basic steps are as follows:

  1. After beating the last trainer on nugget bridge, go immediately to the left and down, and hunt for an Abra in the patch of grass (avoid the trainer there as they can be used for an advanced version of this glitch later. Make sure you do not delete teleport when you get the Abra.
  2. Go to the right of nugget bridge. Try and keep the trainers 1 space off screen, and line yourself up with where they will appear.
  3. Step into their line of sight, and press start before the encounter script triggers.
  4. Go to pokemon, select Abra, and use teleport.
  5. Walk back up towards nugget bridge. Once you cross over to another area (eg enter a route from town) a battle will trigger!
  6. This pokemon will always be level 7, with set stats. Each trainer will always force the spawn of the same pokemon, and when you are able to encounter dittos, you can actually forcefully spawn any pokemon you want based on your Pokemon's special stat.
[–] frunch@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thank you for taking the time to pass the lore on to the next generation in this manner. Your loyalty and hard work will be repaid (by a possible encounter with a Mew in the afterlife, keep your pokeballs handy)

[–] DarkSirrush@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

Hopefully a mew decides to come check out the tattoo of one I have on my leg!

[–] cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de 29 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] don@lemmy.ca 35 points 2 days ago (2 children)

41.35467° N, 88.79792° W

[–] cmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Alsjemenou@lemy.nl 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] dajoho@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

E-Mail me, ok? freakincage.com

Anecdote: I briefly owned freakincage.com.

[–] TheProtagonist@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

///keener.unjust.radiators

i marked it on waze

[–] 1995ToyotaCorolla@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And people say there’s nothing to do in the Midwest…

[–] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Anyone who says that doesn't know.the Midwest

[–] TheMinister@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

There’s always meth.

And if you get bored of that, opioids

Beautiful wilderness , long hiking, a decent amount of trains, world-class museums, an expanding network of intercity bike paths, lake for fun, there's plenty of destinations to be had.

[–] FuckFascism@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Can confirm there are lots of druggies here, send help plz.

[–] YoiksAndAway@piefed.zip 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There's an old bus on a rock in the New River in West Virginia. It's a more interesting story than Volvo Island, I think.

[–] A7thStone@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He used "cable wenches". Aren't they more expensive than OTA wenches.

[–] YoiksAndAway@piefed.zip 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hey, if you're in local news in rural WV and only make one typo in a story, you're probably ready for promotion or a job in a bigger market.

[–] A7thStone@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

Of all the typos to make it's one of the more amusing. I wonder of they were using autocorrect.

[–] Battle_Masker@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 2 days ago

These college kids sure are creative

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In this particular case, it probably appropriate to name this place Volvo island on google maps.

However, the ability to name things on google maps is often abused. People have taken to naming all sorts of things after themselves on google maps and it kinda shits me, if I'm honest.

[–] CtrlAltDefeat@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Shits me, too

[–] Limonene@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Doesn't it freeze there? It's in northern Illinois.

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Judging by the lower pic, it indeed does.

[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

Mint condition, only $ 19,999 !