@blairconklin: We tried connecting a river to the ocean using nothing but shovels and our hands, thinking we could guide the flow but what happened next caught us completely off guard. As soon as the trench was deep enough, the water exploded through with way more force than expected. The entire shoreline shifted, walls collapsed, and everything we built was instantly washed away. People have been searching how to connect a lake or river to the ocean and wondering what happens next well, here’s the real aftermath. This is what it looks like when people try connecting a river to the ocean by hand, and yes, it went completely wrong.