“The darkness was absolute”– The Creepy Cloud of Swamp Lake
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: The following article was found at random in the July 31, 1908 issue of The Ephrata Journal. What is it describing? Swamp gas? A fog anomaly? A strange portal into another dimension? HARRINGTON FOLKS ARE PERPLEXED LAKE SURROUNDED BY DARKNESS WHILE SUN IS SHINING Queer Phenomena Vouched for by Leading Citizens of Lincoln County Town But No Explanation is Vouchsafed — Discovered by Accident by…