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Diba Mohtasham

A father and daughter went fishing. What they found was a 152-year-old shipwreck

Imaging from the presumed shipwreck of the George L. Newman (The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources)

While Tim Wollak and his 5-year-old daughter Henley were fishing near Green Island in Green Bay, Wisc., their fish finder sonar device picked up on something.

At first, Henley thought the images were of some sort of rare, freshwater octopus. What they've learned since that August day is that it is most likely the wreck of a missing ship more than 150 years old.

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