NathanGarbage Galore in the canal
As you all could have imagined, the canal was indeed truly filthy at the bottom. It was literally garbage galore at the bottom of the canal. The canal had so much hidden stuff inside and it was a shock to everyone present there. There were different items which were found such as glass bottles, shopping bags, and traffic cones. This stuff bewildered the locals that how such objects could have ended up in the water body. Since it had not been cleaned up for a long while, the canal had become a garbage can for the people that were strolling around the premises. The last time it was cleaned up was way back in 2001, so there were indeed a lot of stuff that one would expect finding and some that you could have never imagined would be there.
Spotting Multiple Bicycles 
So, as the cleaning up continued, there were more and more shocking discoveries that were made by the people cleaning the historical canal. It is truly amazing how some of the items found their way there to be quite honest. Some of the most frequent objects which were discovered as the water levels plummeted were bicycles. Most of the bicycles that were found particularly belonged to the city’s Vélib hire system. A scheme was launched in 2007, in which 14,500 bikes had hit the streets of Paris. Unfortunately, many of them were trashed in this canal. What could be the main reason why so many bicycles were to be found in the canal? Could it be that they were stolen?
Not Just Bicycles
The scene looked like one of those mysterious documents about underwater discoveries that sme of us may have watched. “It’s like some kind of weird submarine treasure,” one witness named Marc who was there while the Canal Saint-Martin was cleaned had said in an interview. He further explained about how shocked he was to see all those bicycles saying, “I just can’t believe the quantity of Vélibs in there. I guess they were stolen and thrown in afterward. It’s bizarre.” However, bicycles weren’t the only outlandish things to be found during the cleaning up process. There were a lot other things that made their way into the canal that are also noteworthy and unbelievable.
Motorbikes Discovered As Well
The people made some more very astonishing discoveries in the drained canal. You would not believe what all they found among other filth. There is one particular discovery that became a huge shock to everyone. The people who were there cleaning the canal actually found two motorbikes that had presumably been there for a long while. It raised a flurry of doubts that how did such expensive objects end up trashed in the canal? One may never know the exact truth behind it. This discovery was not the only shocking revelation as there were plenty of mysteries waiting to be discovered. The canal had been hiding so many weird stuff that you have to question what really goes on around the city of Paris.
The List Of Strange Findings Continue…
The canal has a list of weird findings that would confuse anyone as the possibility of some of these objects to be inside a canal is minimal to none. Besides all the bicycles and motorbikes found, the other pieces of equipment founded were supermarket trolleys, chairs, dustbins, and suitcases. How could the people waling near the canal be so careless? There were some even more fascinating discoveries made by the people who were cleaning the canal. Some more bizarre things were found: a ghetto blaster-style music player, for example, and even an abandoned toilet bowl. These stuff that have been found are certainly unimaginable. How does one lose a toilet bowl in a canal? Just how?
From Bad To Worse
Some of the people present during the time the canal had been drained spoke about the shocking revelation it had resulted in. They were not holding anything back. “That’s Paris for you,” one person named Bernard who was a bystander to the whole cleaning incident commented. “It’s filthy.” “The last time, I don’t remember seeing so much rubbish in it,” he continued as he spoke about the amount of garbage the canal had collected. “I despair. The youngsters are using it as a dustbin.” After hearing such comments from a Parisian himself, you have to wonder if Paris is indeed a dirty place where people do not follow common decency when it comes to public hygiene.