Submerged for 56 Years, Bike Now Back on Land

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com

Fisherman Jeff Riedemann hooked a whopper on Nov. 29 when he pulled a 1938 German motorcycle from the bottom of Big Swan Lake in Dassel, MN. It had been submerged since December 1956 when 15-year-old Dean Allie went through the ice while joyriding. Allie’s now 71 and got tears in his eyes when Riedemann brought the bike to him. “The Free Press” in Mankato, MN has the story with pictures here.

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