“Al, do you see that log floating back aft?” He pulled the mike of his headset close to his mouth while keeping the glasses focused on the odd apparition. It spun lazily but seemed to resist the onshore swell as if it was being held in one spot on the water. Then he saw something glint in the sunlight shining on the log. There was a sliver of wire or slim piece of aluminum piping sticking up into the air from the surface of the wood. “You guys are the experts, but that doesn’t look right to me.”
Chief Scoggins finished securing the Zodiac and came up on Shake’s shoulder with his own set of binoculars. He focused on the log and watched it for a while as the Mark V boat continued to open the distance. “Skipper, we better come about and take a look at that thing. Looks like there’s some kind
