MeatCanyon

The umbilical attaches to the helmet to the supply of the air.

Woven in with the umbilical are our essentials.

Without getting too technical, there is a line to supply air, electricity for a light, communications, and essentially a depth gauge.

Additionally, we wear a tank on our back as an emergency gas supply.

It doesn't contain much though, just enough to get to the surface in an emergency.

We don't use rebreathers for the work we do.

We do, however, occasionally use a full face mask instead of a helmet, or scuba if it's more practical, but it rarely is.

The Keepers of the Deep.

I've never found information about them online.

The only people I've heard discuss them were the members of my team.

I've been told other teams have had run-ins with them too, though, but even the guys on my team are hesitant to speak about them.

I'll answer more questions as they arise, but I'll get back to why you're really here.

While working on an oil rig, we were utilizing an ROV to do inspections.

We've been hired to inspect for structural damage or deficiencies after the rig had complained of abnormal vibrations.

During operation, the ROVs are tended from a line that offers power, a strength member, and transfers video and sonar images back to topside.

As the ROV descended into the darkness below, we began to notice thin scratches along the structure.

At first, it was barely enough to rip the marine growth off of the metal, but as we got deeper, the scratches turned to couches.

As we descended even deeper, we began to notice that the scratches appeared deliberate.

We pulled the ROV up close to inspect.

There, before us, were images.