Georgia Woman Saw Something Big In Oregon's Crater Lake

Ft. Myers News Press (FL) ^ | 5/4/2002 | Charles Herndon

[ex-Texan]

Most callers to the number printed at the bottom of this column have general questions about travel. They want to know about places to vacation, estimates of cost, whether this cruise line is better than another cruise line, and the like. There are answers for most questions, but more than one is a stumper, especially those concerning how much money a traveler should take to a place the person answering the telephone has never heard of.

[ppaul]

Ms. Hatcher neglected to mention that she and her friends had shared a jug of bootlegged Georgia moonshine at the time.

[linn37]

sounds like a beautiful lake,hope the block long monster does'nt doody it up to much.

[isthisnickcool]

We were walking around the lake in back of the house yesterday. And at one point we saw a couple of dozen small heads sticking out of the water. Small monsters with some kind of body shells! And there other monsters walking besides the lake. Some with some sort of feathers and horrible feet that were webbed! We had to throw bread at them to keep them from attacking and eating us! Some of them could eveb defy gravity! And flew!

There were small two legged "things" that had some kind of pole devices that were throwing something attatched to the poles into the water. We were too scared to stay and see what they were trying to do. We heard one of them say "no luck today". In English!

I wonder if these horrible things are happening all over.

[ex-Texan]

Naaah .... She was living in Oregon at the time so that must have been local Oregon hootch.

Crater Lake is a beautiful and eerie place. Back in 1959 my parents took my brother and I there and we stayed a couple of days. We hiked around the lake and picked up 'Thunder Eggs' (rocks hit by lightning) ... The lake is beautiful but it seemed very quiet to us. My father knew a lot about Native American legends and told us about the Lake Monster, the legends of Big Foot and a ancient Indian story about an entity that attacked hunters in the woods.

Are there monsters in the lake? I don't know but there have been Big Foot sightings all over the Cascades.

[gg188]

Art Bell, phone home.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Anglers - I've seen entire swarms of those things before - good thing you got outta there... Anglerphobia is no laughing matter...

[csvset]

Folk from there often went boating on Crater Lake.

Wait a minute, my BS meter is pegged out. I've visted Crater Lake several times as early as 1968 and even then, there wasn't any private boats allowed in Crater Lake.

Just to make sure, I've checked the National Park Service web site. I was surprised to find out that you can scuba dive there. You have to hike down to the lake. Any how, here's what I found.

Private boats and rafts are not allowed on the lake. Only interpretive boat tours and research vessels are permitted. Crater Lake is preserved as a scenic and scientific wonder, not as a recreational lake.

Diving at Crater Lake

A trip to Crater Lake is worthwhile if you're in the area.

[pyx]

One day, not so long ago, I too was out on a small very clear deep fresh water lake in a small boat, doing some daydreaming and fishing. The day was quite clear, the sun was out and there were lots of fluffy clouds floating by overhead. There was a slight breeze which was strong enough to cause ripples on the surface. All in all, it was a beautiful day.

When I looked over the side of the boat into the water's depths, I too saw a massive dark "thing" move by boat. I was astonished. It too looked like it was way down at the bottom of the deep lake.This behemoth took over 30 seconds to pass me, it was so huge.My guess at first was that it must have been 300 feet long.

But then I realized something. I decided to look UP. And to my surprise, there was an exact replica of the shape in the sky. It was a cloud. A reflection of a small dense cloud passing overhead as seen in the ripples of the deep clear lake looked as though it was some sort of looming monster in the depths of the lake.

In spite of my not being a reliable authoritative source like a nurse or physiotherapist like in the story above, I still caught a reasonable sized pickeral for dinner that day and did indeed enjoy myself.

[RWG]

I've been to Crater Lake and putting any kind of vesel into the water was prohibited. Doesn't sound right.

[johnny7]

Sounds like bad jelly-jar whiskey to me.

I've seen monsters, but most of them are holed up in Cincinnati.

[demlosers]

[openotherend]

I think this "block long monster" was conceived by a closed-door meeting of the local Chamber of Commerce.

[johnny7]

Pickerel? You still picking the bones out of your teeth?

When me and my friends go fishing and someone says he just lost a big bass we say... just a pickerel.

No offense dude... just fact.

[StriperSniper]

[fso301]

What she saw was a clouds shadow on the bottom of the lake.

[Dec31,1999]

Crater Lake bump! Went there around 1970. It's beautiful. Worth a visit.

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Georgia Woman Saw Something Big In Oregon's Crater Lake

So that's where Hillary goes swimming.

[SarahW]

I think you solved the mystery...

[aomagrat]

Foolish Humans!
Your drunken Georgians are no match for our Lake Monsters.
Soon the lake and then the Earth will be ours!
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

[Alas Babylon!]

I think that's probably what she saw. Even if, from a scientific point of view, you theorize that some unknown ocean-dwelling dinosaurs escape the die-off of the Cretaceous era, how in the world would a thing like that make it to Crater Lake, of all places? Loch Ness maybe, Lake Champlain maybe, but a flooded volcano caldera?

[Diogenesis]

[metesky]

Monstors everywhere!

Yeeoowww!

[Ditter]

I got the impression that the lady was in a boat on Crater Lake many years ago. It is a national or state park now, maybe there were no rules then about boats.

[petuniasevan]

The story is an out-and-out lie. Not only are private boats PROHIBITED on Crater Lake, but it's also a LOT deeper than 400 feet. Crater Lake is 1,932 feet (589 m) deep, making it the deepest lake in the United States. Plus, there weren't even any FISH in that lake until someone stocked. I guess a "lake monster" had to live on air and water until someone introduced kokanee salmon and trout.

In 1888 William G. Steel, considered the founder of Crater Lake National Park, made the first recorded attempts to stock Crater Lake. National Park Service researchers believe that before that time, Crater Lake contained no fish. William Steel’s motive for stocking the lake was probably to improve the lake's recreational value.

Around the turn of the century, a regular stocking program was begun. Stocking continued through the early part of the century until creel censuses showed that the fish were naturally reproducing. Six species were introduced to Crater Lake during this time. The last recorded stockings were silver salmon in 1937 and rainbow trout in 1941.

[Shooter 2.5]

The first question that scientists always ask when they hear reports like this are, is there enough food to support a creature that size?

[thatsnotnice]

Carter Lake is around 400 feet deep, and the water is so clear that you can see all the way to the bottom.

According to the NPS website, “There are no inlets or outlets to the lake. Crater Lake, at 1,943 feet (592 meters) deep, is the seventh deepest lake in the world and the deepest in the United States.”

I remembered that it was deep, just couldn’t remember how deep. Also, you can’t see to the bottom either.

[Hagrid]

my thought exactly. a cloud can leave a huge shadow in clear water.

[DeSoto]

This story is pure hogwash.

1. Crater Lake is nowhere near Hood River valley. That is hundreds of miles away and would take several hours to travel at with today's highways and faster cars.

2. Access to the lake is severely limited. There is only one place that steps have been established, all the rest of the shore is surrounded by very steep slippery dnagerous slopes where numerous people have died by slipping or being foolish. Not to mention that snow blocks even that access for 9 months out of the year. I have been there in late July and the roads haven't been plowed open yet. August, September, and some of October is the only time that any access is possible and then you have to walk down and up several hundred feet of stairways.

3. The lake is far deeper than 400 feet. I can't remember exactly, but I believe it is closer to 1600 feet. That info should be easily available on some website.

4. The idea that a "monster" is living in this lake is pure nonsense. This lake was formed 10,000 years ago when Mt. Mazama erupted, leaving a huge crater where the top of the mountain used to be. Think Mt. St. Helens only much much bigger. The crater walls are very steep and form a nearly perfect circle that has filled with rain and snow. There are no streams flowing into or out of this lake. Ten thousand years is not prehistoric, it does not go back to the dinosaurs. There is no way that creatures could have survived in place, and there is no way that several "block long monster(s)" that live underwater would leave the nearest possible habitat (at least 50, if not 100 miles away), travel on their flippers(?), climb up an 8,000 foot mountain, then slide down a 1,000 foot slippery slope to enter the lake and establish a breeding herd.

If Mrs Hatcher, from Albany Georgia, who is a respectable "registered nurse and physiotherapist", has ever visited Oregon (let alone lived here) I will eat my hat. For those of you in Georgia, I think you have reason to be wary of you health care professionals.

And as for Charles Herndon, the travel editor, well..........................what can I say?

[WaterDragon]

I did wonder if anyone would point out that Crater Lake is a tad bit deeper than 400 feet! LOL!

And I knew when I saw the headline on this article there would be some nifty pics to brighten my morning!

[petuniasevan]

Must be REALLY old; the rules about boats on the lake are many decades old.
It's been a National Park for 100 years.

[The Shootist]

ROTFLMAO!!!

turds the size of houses.

Linn, that was truly a hoot. Thank you.

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[cousair]

I live in the Pacific Northwest and have been to Crater Lake several times, and as the above post says, you cannot view the lake from a boat, and there are NO fish in the lake, as proved several years ago when the lake was tested for water and depth and content. You view the lake from the sides, looking out and down. It is ultimately beautiful and a wonderful place to visit..and it is in the park system and thus protected.

[petuniasevan]

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[csvset]

Trip Planner

From the link provided.

However, from October to June, the park turns into a snow covered wilderness, receiving an average of 533 inches of snow annually. A wide variety of trails and unplowed roads provide winter enthusiasts with access to breaththaking views, open slopes, and dense forests, making Crater Lake ideal for both daytrippers and backcountry campers who are prepared to face the challenges of winter.

By early spring it is typical to have 10 to 15 feet of snow on the ground. While snowfall is common in the Cascade Mountains, Crater Lake is one of the snowiest areas in the entire Northwest.

Even in the long, harsh winter months, Crater Lake National Park can still provide the hearty visitor with a phenomenal outdoor experience.

You see, Crater Lake is at the top of a volcano that blew its top, ala Mt. St. Helen. The lake is at about 6,000 feet. That's a big hump to do some pleasure boating. The park, btw, is celebrating it's centennial. I think this lady is spinning some bs to to some sunbirds.

[oregon conservative]

Thunder eggs are rocks thrown out of volcanoes as part of an eruption, not rocks struck by lightning. Interesting thought though.

[oregon conservative]

Crater Lake is closer to 2000 ft deep and extremely cold and clear. you can see to the bottom only around Wizard Island where it is much shallower.

[ex-Texan]

LOL LOL .... Well, I must admit that I was hoping for some cool Saturday morning pictures to brighten up my day. Also hoping or a bunch of Oregon Freepers to log on and tell the truth about this really deep, deep lake where boats are not allowed access. Hope everybody enjoys the story which originated in Georgia.

Oregon takes no responsibility for tall tales from Georgia.

[Ditter]

Her story is probably ALL fabrication but people do break the rules. A rubber inflatable boat hauled up there by locals who wanted to paddle around is not impossible, a monster living in the lake is a little harder to believe.

[ex-Texan]

Have happy day and monster photos *ping*

[Shooter 2.5]

I was wondering what they were. I had a job in plating material and one of the problems we had was when we raised the heat too fast and the metal would "spit" at the material leaving little microscopic balls called Nodules. I have been in art galleries when these volcanic nodules were split open to reveal crystalized colored metal within the hollow core.

[Shooter 2.5]

At one time I thought that the internet was going to be a place where tall tales, legends, fabrications, conspiracy theories and down right lies would flourish unabated like ants at a picnic. Now, I'm finding out that the opposite is true. Finding out the source of the "legend" is getting faster and the exaggerations are being disputed almost immediately.

By the way the famous picture of Bigfoot walking away to the right near a stream is a fake. Some investigators found out that the photographer's friend has the same walking gait as "Bigfoot". The picture of Nessy in the still water with a shallow water ring around it is also a fake. Photographers recreated the action and found out in order to duplicate the water disturbance, the model was only about 18 inches tall.

[Rebelbase]

[csvset]

The lady is full of Bigfoot droppings.

[Ditter]

LOL OK ;9}