That was a hell of a shot!
I had an interesting lie a few years back on a short par 3. Hole is 100-120ish over water with a steep hillside directly behind the green. There are wooden stairs (cut railroad ties) coming down the hill with other cut off RR ties anchoring the bottom stair (vertical in ground, probably 4-6" above ground). The tops of the anchoring ties have opened and softened with age/weathering. So my tee shot this day is a bit long and disappears on landing. From the hole we think it's probably buried in the soft fringe behind the green. We get there and cannot find the ball... and find out upon further inspection that it's hit the top of one of the vertical anchor RR ties and is embedded in it. You can't see the ball unless looking directly down on the top. I took a drop (no penalty) and played on. Still can't believe it didn't bounce off, but it ended up being a good break in the end.