Shipwreck hunters make astonishing find in Lake Michigan – but there’s a heartbreaking twist to the discovery [Video]

13:49 EDT 27 Jul 2024, updated 13:51 EDT 27 Jul 2024

Wisconsin shipwreck hunters discovered a 131-year-old shipwreck at the bottom of Lake Michigan that fell victim to a storm and took the life of the captain’s dog. 

The Margaret A. Muir, a schooner, was found off the coast of Algoma, Wisconsin, on May 12 just moments before the Wisconsin Underwater Archeology Association’s research team nearly pulled the sonar out of the water for the day, a press release said. 

‘I knew she was going to be in about 50 feet of water, I knew that her sides had opened up. I know she was laying flat, and I knew she’d be harder to find,’ Brendon Baillod, a crew member of the search, told Fox 6 Milwaukee. 

Tamara Thomsen, a member of the Wisconsin Historical Society, said all the pieces of the ship were found, including the personal items sailors lost in the wreck. 

The 130-foot three-mast schooner was supposed …