Cool story bro. You must be a fat basement dweller right? Never climbed the hill to see the horizon? I pity you...
And I suppose you saw a
flat horizon!
Big deal, the horizon on the Globe, seen from a low altitude looks FLAT!
Of course, if you look in the right direction, the curve is there!
Curved Water Found 2 (Supplemental), Soundly
EARTH is HUGE.