Georgia Woman Saw Something Big In Oregon's Crater Lake

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

[ex-Texan]

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[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!!!!!!!