The spookiness of Soap Lake extends to both the physical and spiritual realms.
October is spooky for a reason. The days grow shorter, the nights longer, and hints of death are everywhere—subtly, in the leaves falling from trees and gardens going dormant; sensationally, in candy wrappers printed with tombstones and skulls.
It is also Spooky Lake Month, a celebration of “haunted hydrology” that began in 2020 when TikTok megastar, Geodesaurus (Geo Rutherford), began sharing her passion for weird bodies of water. Rutherford and other spooky lake enthusiasts typically focus on catastrophes, such as shipwrecks, diving disasters, and all manner of wet death.
We have our own share
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