The mysterious island

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One of the most popular stories on SeattlePI.com this morning concerns the three bedraggled-looking men floating on a tiny island in Lake Washington north of the Evergreen Point Bridge.

They're not really castaways, of course: they're performance artists John Sutton, Ben Beres and Zac Culler, new winners of The Stranger's genius award for visual arts. The work in question, "The Island," celebrates the waning days of summer (which officially end Wednesday).

However, some passing motorists mistook their art for an overturned boat and called in police and firefighters, who were reportedly quite amused.

Update: Mother Nature bested the intrepid artists Monday night.