OTTER LAKE, Mich. (AP) — A group of scuba divers donned flippers and wetsuits to carve pumpkins underwater as part of a pre-Halloween tradition in Michigan.
Francis Carr, one of the participants in Sunday’s 21st annual event at Otter Lake, says that it’s “taking pumpkin carving to the next level.”
While still on land, MLive.com reports the divers scraped the insides of their pumpkin and drew designs. From there, they headed underwater to carve.
The event about 60 miles northwest of Detroit is sponsored by a dive shop. Jordon Fundaro, who has participated in the carving for the last two years, says that “All you hear is yourself breathing and the knife carving through the pumpkin.” He says the whole experience is “kind of surreal.”
In this Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016 photo, a participant in The Dive Shop’s 21st annual underwater pumpkin carving prepares to get into the water at Otter Lake, Mich. (Callaghan O’Hare/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)
http://www.limaohio.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/54/2016/10/web1_113037797-51729652957e4fa7bc22c143fb530ea0.jpgIn this Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016 photo, a participant in The Dive Shop’s 21st annual underwater pumpkin carving prepares to get into the water at Otter Lake, Mich. (Callaghan O’Hare/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)
In this Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016 photo, Ed Holbin waits to begin carving his pumpkin at The Dive Shop’s 21st annual underwater pumpkin carving at Otter Lake, Mich. A group of scuba divers donned flippers and wetsuits to carve pumpkins underwater as part of a pre-Halloween tradition in Michigan. (Callaghan O’Hare/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)
http://www.limaohio.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/54/2016/10/web1_113037797-ef00748af2044affaa354a92ed5aed9e.jpgIn this Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016 photo, Ed Holbin waits to begin carving his pumpkin at The Dive Shop’s 21st annual underwater pumpkin carving at Otter Lake, Mich. A group of scuba divers donned flippers and wetsuits to carve pumpkins underwater as part of a pre-Halloween tradition in Michigan. (Callaghan O’Hare/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)
In this Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016 photo, Craig Hinshaw dries himself off after carving his pumpkin at The Dive Shop’s 21st annual underwater pumpkin carving at Otter Lake, Mich. For many divers, this is the last dive of the year in Michigan. (Callaghan O’Hare/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)
http://www.limaohio.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/54/2016/10/web1_113037797-e23d069b82384cf48d63c63df7b239f7.jpgIn this Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016 photo, Craig Hinshaw dries himself off after carving his pumpkin at The Dive Shop’s 21st annual underwater pumpkin carving at Otter Lake, Mich. For many divers, this is the last dive of the year in Michigan. (Callaghan O’Hare/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)
