For years, something bizarre has been happening on Florida’s Spoil Island. This footage by YouTube user “Don Yackel” highlights an incredibly bizarre phenomenon involving a beautiful island and a large number of mysterious, abandoned vessels.

Nicknamed the “Island of Misfit Boats,” the shores of this isle have been accumulating abandoned vessels for quite some time.
YouTube/Don Yackel
The island is managed by Florida’s fish and wildlife agency, which has removed many of the abandoned boats. However, at least three more have recently appeared in the island’s lagoon.
YouTube/Don Yackel

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Some of the boats are sporting “no trespassing” signs, leading one to believe that the owners intend to come back for them, but the vessels are clearly deteriorating. What’s going on here?
YouTube/Don Yackel
In the video, the explorer travels around the island and documents the incredible boats that are just rotting away in the shallows.
YouTube/Don Yackel

Check out the puzzling footage of this island of abandoned boats below:

What’s your theory about this mysterious island? Do you think the government should continue to remove the boats, or leave them where they float?

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