A Chevrolet Corvette C7 Grand Sport stolen from its owner in December 2020 has turned up at the bottom of a Georgia river, nearly six years after it vanished. Diver Jeremy Sides found the submerged sports car and posted the discovery to Instagram.

What happened next was pure internet detective work. Viewers spotted an old Instagram handle still stuck to the windshield, traced it back to the owner's December 11, 2020 theft report, and confirmed the car's identity within hours of the post going live.

Sides is president of Rapid Compassion Collective, a nonprofit that searches waterways for missing people and removes submerged vehicles and other large debris. He came across the Grand Sport during a routine dive and shared the find on his account, exploringwithnug, without initially knowing what he had stumbled onto.

The Grand Sport trim sits between the base Stingray and the track-focused Z06 in the C7 lineup, pairing wider bodywork and Brembo brakes with an LT1 V8 rated at 460 horsepower. This particular example disappeared the same month its owner reported it stolen on December 11, 2020.

Water intrusion does not forgive a modern performance car. The infotainment system, the Performance Data Recorder, and the drive-mode electronics are very likely compromised well beyond reasonable repair after years submerged in a river.

The LT1 engine itself is a 6.2-liter pushrod V8, and years underwater make internal corrosion highly likely. The reporting on the recovery has not detailed any teardown or salvage assessment for this specific powertrain.

The Corvette 's exterior held up better than anyone watching the video expected.

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