Lake Michigan waterspouts put on a show near Kenosha, Wisconsin on Sept. 12, and a few locals were able to capture it on film.
Waterspouts are funnel clouds developed during a thunderstorm due to strong, cold winds, according to the Chicago Tribune.
WGN-TV's meteorologists warned locals of the potential dangers that could occur thanks to the waterspouts to make sure everyone stayed safe.
"This is an explosively unstable atmosphere," said meteorologist Tom Skilling during the segment. "They would be formidable tornadoes and you wouldn't want to get too close."
He warned viewers that the waterspouts could be dangerous especially for those who chose to go out on the water in a boat.
The waterspouts did not touchdown inland and caused "no damage" to the local community, according to CBS News. A sailboat was reported missing however.
"The Kenosha Sheriff's Department has talked to additional residents who are very sure that they saw the mast of a sailboat about one mile off shore that was over taken by the water spout as the water spout moved South, " Sgt. Bill Beth of the Pleasant Prairie Police Department said to CBS News.
The National Weather Services issued a marine warning for waters near the Lake Michigan shore line, from Northerly Island to Winthrop Harbor.
Videos taken by those who saw the waterspouts have been appearing online on sites like YouTube.
"It looked like something out of a movie I've seen recently where some alien spaceship was sucking things out of the earth, that's what it looked like," said local Eric Greenberg, who shot one of the videos, to the Chicago Tribune.
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