Welcome back to another episode of The Lesser known! Today we talk about how Crater Lake came to be, missing persons and weird disappearances, as well as oddities found within the park. Thanks for listening!

Sources:

NPS Deaths per year: https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/mortality-data.htm

Compare parks to cities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_area

https://www.pacificadventureclub.com/blog/little-facts-about-crater-lake

https://thatoregonlife.com/2015/07/the-mysterious-deaths-of-crater-lake-national-park/

https://pcttrailsidereader.com/post/46921374871/deaths-at-crater-lake-national-park-a-morbid/embed

https://www.craterlakeinstitute.com/crater-lake-new-archives/2007-2/2007-07-3/

https://www.fox26houston.com/news/the-secrets-of-crater-lake

https://craterlaketrust.org/science-and-discovery/

https://www.travelmedford.org/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-crater-lake-national-park-

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/crater-lake-s-secret-garden.htm

https://www.grunge.com/1479185/crater-lake-morbid-history/

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/nature/oregon/sinister-story-crater-lake-or

https://www.pacificadventureclub.com/blog/the-mysterious-depths-of-crater-lake-spooky-stories-rituals-and-suicides#:~:text=Mysterious%20Disappearances%20and%20Suicides,1947%2C%20when%20park%20visitor%20Mr.

Old man of the lake: https://www.odditycentral.com/tag/crater-lake#google_vignette

https://postcardhistory.net/2021/12/crater-lake-oregon-the-genesis-of-many-strange-and-unusual-tales/

https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-americas/crater-lake-0015402

https://www.nps.gov/crla/learn/nature/crater-lake.htm

https://www.nationalparked.com/crater-lake

https://www.thetravel.com/amazing-facts-about-crater-lake/

https://morethanjustparks.com/crater-lake-facts/

https://www.nps.gov/crla/learn/historyculture/index.htm

https://www.nationalparks.org/explore/parks/crater-lake-national-park

https://www.nps.gov/crla/learn/nature/crater-lake.htm

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