Mystery of the giant metal die solved in Idaho
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho -- A giant metal container apparently washed up on the shore of Lake Coeur d’Alene over the weekend and the mystery of its origin is becoming clear, reports CBS affiliate KREM-TV.
“It was about 6-foot, square and steel,” Mark Sales told KREM-TV.
“As my Dad and I were leaving the beach ... there were a bunch of people braving the rain and snapping photos with it too,” Sales told KREM-TV. “Something different in Coeur d’Alene for sure.”
The container ended up looking like a die because of the white dots placed on it by a local resident.
The man behind the decoration has been revealed, according to a tweet from KREM-TV reporter Taylor Viydo.
Mystery: solved. Meet Chris Gridley. He's the man behind the metal die that washed up in CdA over the weekend. pic.twitter.com/Gg7dinVaAH
— Taylor Viydo (@KREMTaylor) March 21, 2017
Chris Gridley, who owns a sign shop, used a machine and some vinyl stickers to fix up what his mother-in-law called was an eyesore on the shore.
One witness told KREM-TV that it appears as though the die was removed by officials on Monday afternoon.
The massive container washed up near his in-law's property on Driftwood Point in 2008. His mother-in-law called it an eyesore. pic.twitter.com/ioRld0feIr
— Taylor Viydo (@KREMTaylor) March 21, 2017
Also posted to Twitter is time-lapse security footage showing the die drifting away to another spot at Lake Coeur d’Alene.
This is my favorite. A neighbor shared some time-lapse security vid w/Gridley. It shows the die drifting away last week! pic.twitter.com/0uiMe5a9gs
— Taylor Viydo (@KREMTaylor) March 21, 2017