On the Trail: Crater Lake's Old Man

[@deannademerritt3488]

Born and raised in Oregon, growing up just an hour or so from Crater Lake, the most notable part of school trips to Crater Lake was the old man of the lake. I remember as a kid thinking there was really an old man chillin out there on the water, and love how it’s always just being making its rounds around the bright blue water. I’d love to go to Crater Lake again soon! ❤

[@shellysmith1217]

I have lived by Crater Lake for 50 years and have never heard of this I going to drive up to the lake to see it now

[@shellysmith1217]

@Alex Keefer Yes I will I will need to go soon before all the snow, I have asked my friends and family if they knew about this and most have never heard of it LOL

[@globaleye8]

We have visited more than once but never heard this story, even over a glass of wine, sitting in front of a large log fire in the hotel on the lake which I have forgotten the name of ! 🎅

[@traceyholley4761]

Did you go and solve the mystery?

[@ravnmavn]

I'm not trying to be disrespectful😊 but your comment is a testament to how many people live their entire lives with blinders on 😢 sad indeed! You never heard of this, you've never driven by this, you've never heard people talk about it? And it's only 50 miles from your house? That's insane to me, that you were so centralized to your own location.

[@ravnmavn]

​@@globaleye8I just find it strange that so many people who live in such close proximity have never heard about it

[@nealbullington8301]

As a seasonal ranger in 1964 we used to perch on the log during boat tours so visitors could take photos.

[@leslieelaine8499]

It's unique stories like this that make me love this show

[@philwauke]

Leslie Elaine I visited there two years ago and wished I would have known about this then

[@royceroesch7903]

@Dexter 68 love

[@benmcreynolds8581]

How does the tree stay standing straight up and down..... And then the weather event when he was tied up... This is just facinating....

[@c0rxpseb0i13]

I wish there was a video of the old man making the weather go crazy but that footage would probably be dangerous to catch depending on the intensity of its powers

[@anecro]

@@c0rxpseb0i13 I hope you realize that the log itself didn't summon bad weather. Lol. You're talking as if it has magic powers and it would be to dangerous to even attempt that despite it being just a log with a single cool thing that coincidentally happened with it. Even in this video they mention in jokingly. It's just a buoyant piece of wood.

[@davidsquall351]

Do not doubt the old man bro@@anecro

[@PeteGA]

@@anecroYou need to be logical and rational. Grow up and realize the old man is a magical being that can dictate weather. He is the wizard of weather.

[@jakeh6980]

abc123hyukwon “You need to be logical and rational”? Right. Says the hipster that believes a log that floats in a lake actually dictates and controls the weather. That’s very typical west coast thinking

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

"...Mystery......mister-TREE..." *Throws self out of nearest window*

[@anti-karenamerica9879]

Lol

[@thadmatson4754]

Actually more Miss Tree. 😂

[@locomixer]

and still... not one single underwater shot of the whole log

[@strongcloud28]

I wonder why that is, Ive noticed that too....

[@bucklesmagee3806]

We need that underwater shot

[@despizedicon]

there was 2 shots underwater. you watched it ??

[@locomixer]

@@despizedicon have you? I wrote "whole log"

[@bryceboccio305]

@@locomixer it did show the whole log

[@BrittanyJeane]

So glad I found this video!! I am listening to the audiobook from this reporter!

[@everettamador9870]

Leave the Old Man of The Lake Alone...Let him Bob happily 😊

[@randiburdick3379]

Exactly

[@robertbrouillette6767]

The Old Man is probably Douglas Fir which has resins that preserve it for very long times. I saw a boat with a keel of Douglas Fir and when of it was cut out for a new stepped mast, you could smell the resin. Down here in Mississippi we have old yellow pine ( not many left now ) When I was a kid there were train cars with stumps that went to a plant where they made turpentine.

[@mikehawkertz9237]

It’s a hemlock tree

[@lylesturgen8740]

Miss that beautiful lake.

[@DeKitten]

Pretty place, and the Old Man is truly special.

[@elizabethbennet4791]

I remember from anthropology and according to Jung, that poles (usually wooden, in the ancient past) were considered often symbols, worship of a "centering force" that would be like god. for example look at the maypole festivals of ireland and many indigenous rituals in various tribes in africa which utilize lot of complex movements involving poles. for some reason they are a centering force for consciousness.

[@sophiatealdo9680]

Yes.

[@Mob-tq7gv]

I really miss living in Oregon for this exact reason that it's just so beautiful.

[@4evrnick]

I’m a fifth generation native. The state truly sucks since the Democrat invasion. You’re lucky to be gone.

[@sophiatealdo9680]

The 'Old Man of the Lake' has Reunited with the 'Soul of the Earth' - nothing will ever be the same again -the 'New Earth' is On - and so it is - Blessings.

[@eljefe114]

Oregon is such a great place. I have a family home there and growing up going there was awesome. We own a farm there and we have a house that overlooks it. We also have a house in California so going back and forth was always amazing. Beautiful state

[@jahmersa9700]

What a flex

[@Kentucky81]

Must be nice to be rich

[@BearPlane747]

You litterly can't have a house that overlooks Crater lake, there is no residential development even near it. The closest thing is the employee dormitory housing, which still can't even see Crater lake, and you also can't own anything there, you just get a room for the season you work there. Stop lying.

[@DeKitten]

@@BearPlane747 Yeah, something smells funky here. There's no residential areas "overlooking" crater lake unless it's at a distance. It's a national park. The nearest big towns or outlaying bedroom communities are about 60 to 90 miles away, and you'd be picking it out from the rest of the cascade mountain range at that distance. 🤔 Lived in OR for 45 years. Family's been here for more than double that, worked the timber industry jobs. A lot of us rural Oregonians still live by the words of Governor Tom McCall, with his 'Come visit, don't stay' vibe: "I urge them to come and come many, many times to enjoy the beauty of Oregon. But I also ask them, for heaven's sake, don't move here to live." Portlandia and the influx of Cali refuges really trashed this state. Trying to turn into Idaho (no thanks) is going to finish off this once beautiful place.

[@cosmo1eleven855]

Yeah, I've become aware recently that people comment regularly on things that are complete fabrications in YT videos. What's the use of trying to impress people who they don't even know? Wasted energy.

[@sophiatealdo9680]

'Divine Love' - and so it is - Blessings

[@survivaldoggy]

Thanks for this cool story.

[@durkio1536]

It’s unique places and stories of Mother Nature like this, that make me wanna love this Earth no matter what life throws at me

[@sophiatealdo9680]

Like the Old Man from the lake we All are releasing our bondages-this time for good and permanent -Blessed It Be.

[@manolog.2026]

Ì have been there 10 years ago. An incedibile view, silence and colors ❤

[@michelleracicot1493]

Very cool story and always good to know trivia

[@sergiomorales7842]

2015/2016 Crater Lake Marathon Champion:).

[@sophiatealdo9680]

He or She is the 'Spirit' of the Lake-the caretaker of this Beautiful & Magical Lake - the Best we can do is send Love to it -so the Lord of the' Sky' 'and the Lord of the' Underworld' are finally balanced and at Peace with each other-and All the disapearances vanish for good-only Love will remain from the volcano Mt Mazama-the real Wizard of Oz-Blessed It Be.

[@mercster]

Seek help.

[@UTubeGlennAR]

:} I saw the Old Man in the mid 1970s on a college summer break road trip in a Chevy Vega from eastern Pa to SF Ca (than flew home). That was over 4o years ago and the Old Man has not aged a minuit from what I can recall....... :}

[@russiangenome9643]

Rest in peace

[@sophiatealdo9680]

The Old Woman of the Lake ' Elm Wood' has United in Love Energeticaly today with the ' Hemlock Wood' the Old Man of the Lake - All is Well Now - and so it is - Blessings.

[@casandramiedema9849]

Crater lake is actually quite dangerous..many many many people have gone missing visiting here

[@sophiatealdo9680]

Its Not the Old Man of the Lake Its the Government.

[@floofer9954]

​@beaterbikechannel2538most likely, weird how nature works.

[@Me-yq1fl]

@@sophiatealdo9680 No.

[@aprilrandall_Tucker8595]

I love living in Oregon

[@elliswoodall407]

I'd like to visit THAT Blue Lake someday.😎

[@janbadinski7126]

It's a beautiful state.

[@islamaphobe]

Its too bad the liberal commies and antifa are ruining it. Open season on them would be nice! Its coming.

[@essex3777]

This place is a real life SCP file

[@lordjaraxxus5418]

I can pitucre the scp entry now: SCP-1106 The ol man (not to be confused with scp-106 the old man). This Euclid is contained in Crater Lake, Oregan. To most, it is just a log floating upright in a lake. But, it has anomalous that make it only possible to contain in the lake. In the 1980, when a group of scientist were doing a submarine exploration of the lake, they tied up the ol man to not have it be a hazard when resurfacing. This caused anomalous weather, known as SCP-1106-2, to appear and make the expedition impossible from the weather. This drew the attention of the SCP and GOC. After the decision to cut the ol man loose again, the weather returned to normal. This later prompted a legal battle between the GOC and SCP just to keep the scp-1106 in the lake on the grounds of "it's apart of a national park." This is the only reason why SCP-1106 is considered Euclid class, as it can not be removed from the lake without anomalous consequences and it falls under U.S. Federal Jurisdiction. Though there are SCP agents among the Park Rangers to ensure nothing bad happens to SCP-1106. Extra note: Dr. Bright is forbidden from going to Crater lake as he would try to turn SCP-1106 into a surf board.

[@PR_GTR]

Hi from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷❤❤

[@4evrnick]

I’m a 5th generation native Oregonian. I’ve been to Crater Lake many times. I’ve never heard of this log.

[@janbadinski7126]

Wonder if it would allow them to put a GPS tracker on it so it's movement can be recorded.

[@TimberlakeTigerGirl]

They've tried, but for some reason they keep losing the trackers when they get knocked off and sink. Usually when there's a storm going on.

[@standoughope]

RIP Larry "the legend" King

[@nickkickball2322]

I love how that Mark Metanica dude made a deliberate decision to NOT answer the phenomenon with scientific explanation. The world NEEDS its dragons. Made me sad when that Japanese oceanographer got the world's first film of a live giant squid... we don't need to know 'everything'... just leave it alone dude

[@LisaAnn777]

No, I must know everything there is to know in the universe!

[@TheMuddman74]

Me too....because we found out "Giant Squid" actually meant less than 26' long. It is only giant compared to its "normal" counterpart which fit in your hand

[@sophiatealdo9680]

What this World needs is Truth.

[@anecro]

This comment makes no sense. Why would you be sad for a big squid being found? It just adds up to human knowledge and preparedness among other things, even knowledge on how to help these animals. What's the harm is just observing something vs "leaving it alone", what's so tragic about seeing a big squid for any party involved?? Are we annoyed over seeing things now? The world does need its dragons but I just don't see the point of a "mysterious" piece of wood. There's way more important things humans shouldn't unwrap than a big squid and a log lmfao.

[@rasheedlowery]

This is really good. Been to CL a few times and still haven't seen it from the rim. One day though... one day...

[@HamburgerTV2]

i swam on crater lake yesterday and i sall so much stuff when i was on wizard island

[@cosmo1eleven855]

Are you sure about that?

[@grumpyoldwizard]

I lived in Oregon from brith to 19 years of age. That tree is there. I have seen it several times, once on a boat tour of the actual lake (in a school outing) and in 2016 when we made the mistake of staying the night at the lodge with my family. I have told the story elsewhere; I do not suggest staying at the lodge unless you like the Overlook in Stephen Kings “The Shining”. Perhaps I will tell it here someday.

[@redsea1234]

Can you tell it?

[@sophiatealdo9680]

Thank you! for letting me know-when I go visit 'The Beautiful Man at the Lake' aka The Old Man at the Lake with my Son -we will be staying at the Lodge to give it Love-Blessed It Be.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

I'd vote for him, though. Old Man of the Lake/Moon Rabbit 2020.

[@codylaxton3287]

That Larry King joke was pretty gud. 😂

[@cjxlisa]

Love Crater Lake

[@andresjcortez]

The old man’s song is get around by The Beach Boys

[@HighMileageOffroad]

Anyone else here from days gone?

[@BeautifuLakesStreamsBiologists]

The "Ol Man" floats vertically because there are a couple boulders weighing down the roots. Mark, the years have treated you well, buddy! ... Floating logs are incorporated into many of the lakes I design. I have never been so confident they would float for more than a century, but the clue may be in the age of the Ol Man before he landed in the lake.

[@elizabethbarringer2791]

Thank you for sharing that I was wondering how it could float vertically but how it never runs aground or get snag or just becomes waterlogged and sinks

[@sophiatealdo9680]

An Ant Colony Lives Inside also - The Reason it Floats vertically & it moves is beyond the Human comprehension .

[@BeautifuLakesStreamsBiologists]

@@sophiatealdo9680 Have you any evidence of this claim?

[@jacobbukowski1413]

I’m sorry how does this even make sense? So the boulders weighing down the trees roots float around with it for thousands of miles along its life time of being in the lake? This just doesn’t make sense. What are the boulders magically tied to the roots? Please explain and make it make sense

[@jacobbukowski1413]

@@elizabethbarringer2791 it’s not true plus that makes no sense the tree moves thousands of miles around the lake with boulders on the roots? Doesn’t make sense

[@1.4142]

Mystery is good for tourism

[@zepp1337]

Actually kinda cool

[@unc7700]

Dang I wanna visit *cries on American*

[@samiam9059]

thought logs floated more horizontally?

[@sophiatealdo9680]

Yes! but this one is a living Spirit saying many things to the ones hearing him-Blessed It Be.

[@samiam9059]

@@sophiatealdo9680 Hmmmm okay...

[@vladvalo]

@@samiam9059 she’s right you know lol

[@samiam9059]

@@vladvalo Moon is made of cheese too....

[@vladvalo]

@@samiam9059 oh brother 🙄

[@eternalmiasma5586]

Writing a short story set here through the eyes of a diver from 1920 diving to the bottom

[@quacksackerthegreatstarfir6996]

Let me know if you decide to post it online

[@ericgfx01]

Hmmm the deepest I’ve dove was about 50’, this is 1,900’ deepest lake in the US. And the scuba tank not invented until 1940s that’s going to be a rough dive.

[@doct0rnic]

​@@ericgfx01 he needs to stout men to run the billows on deck

[@StreetSoldier975]

Days Gone

[@latishacroissant2238]

“Log of the log.” 🤣

[@cardboard2night]

Incredible. Just a tree log bobbing vertically in a water for almost 200 years! Or maybe more! 👁️👄👁️ It's just floating... menacingly...

[@markharris4260]

Beautiful place

[@NateCavazos]

he’s ok with not knowing cause he knows

[@strwb8361]

Yes, please leave the old man be! 🙏

[@ggcatbelladogantics2959]

I didn’t see this when I was there🙁

[@sophiatealdo9680]

Oops! must go back then-Blessed It Be.

[@guystudios]

Hey I know Mark He's a good guy :)

[@Ryrynz2000]

~wipes tear~

[@ldude]

neil young wrote a song for him.

[@salamanderman4145]

Shout out Oregon 🤙🏾/ Klamath County

[@jeffmonaghan]

True that: It's OK not knowing the answers to some questions. Innocense definitely is a part of the human condition. So is wisdom. There is a very real essence to the holiness of Crater Lake. I have been there and experienced it. It's very sad to learn your limits, and it's exhilarating to learn of your power. Whatever you are living, it's not over yet. You could say Crater Lake remains a battlefield between this world and the next. Inevitably, we/you are either fighting for one or surrendering to the other. You yourself decide & live with your decision. Ask yourself: is there a greater contrast between a molten hot, exploding, intense volcano and a cool, serene, deep, refreshing lake? Knowing is believing; believing is knowing. Strangely, it depends on what your definition of the word "is" is. You create your own reality, and you freely manifest your own truth -- just like water is wet, the sky is (always) blue, and sunlight is warm. Are you free? Do you know what liberty is? Are you capable of joy & happiness? Like the song, "The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind. . . The answer is blowing in the wind." Look. Listen. Feel. See. Touch. Use your intuition. Be still. And know that YOU are NOT God, but I AM.

[@nicdelong5585]

Jeff Monaghan boomer

[@redsea1234]

@@nicdelong5585 lmao

[@flipayyy7584]

Interesting

[@sophiatealdo9680]

We All are-All the Old man at the lake needs and All of us is LOVE-Blessed It Be.

[@slackhackman9115]

The old man could be a navigational hazard couldn't he?

[@mercster]

Look up the wikipedia page.

[@jamesmurray8558]

You can see two thousand feet below the surface.

[@thekillerchannel6727]

Cool dude

[@Cherrywood-y9r]

Wow amazing

[@jasonwhite1995]

Hate seeing motor boats in this lake , gorgeous

[@zombiestaat8087]

sehr speziell der Stamm

[@Vanished_Mostly]

The puns... THE PUNS!!!

[@MystrEEnt]

WOW!

[@jeff0247598]

A scientist ok with not knowing? Ummmm that's cool I guess. If someone were to have the need to consult a scientist to investigate some unexplained phenomena, I want the scientist who ISN'T OK with not knowing!

[@mercster]

How would humanity benefit from knowing how it floats. It wouldn't unlock any secrets of the universe, it would just make a little fun mystery a lot less charming.

[@pinkllemonaid7977]

I was looking this up because i read the scp log on it and i didnt know it was a real thing?

[@greatplainsman3662]

Sometimes, something just needs to be.

[@sophiatealdo9680]

Update the 'Elm Tree' is Female so its really the Old Woman of the Lake now - and so it is - Blessings.

[@sophiatealdo9680]

Correction it is the Old Man of the Lake - Male Energy .

[@cosmo1eleven855]

I doubt it's an Elm tree. They don't grow around there. It would be a Douglas Fir, Grand Fir or Hemlock.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

He's talking to a dead tree as if he was 4.

[@sophiatealdo9680]

He is 450yrs Old.

[@The_DC_Kid]

It's "Craty", the Monster of Crater Lake.

[@rahulbhaskar6790]

1896??? What were they doing till then? no exploration..

[@yuhansungscoffee]

I straight up have a crush on the Scientist 😳

[@CoIoneIPanic]

Maybe the real question should be why a scientist studying the Pollution of the water is driving around in a gas powered boat?

[@pauldudley8837]

No, Crater Lake is the second deepest lake in the USA.

[@cosmo1eleven855]

No Crater Lake is 1. Lake Tahoe is second but it's about 500 feet shallower.

[@zawizado]

my guy sieg from Attack on Titans

[@Mattzz88]

"This video is not available in your country" - Ha ha ha - 3 letters VPN

[@Alfred.E.Newman]

COME ON MAN so what keeps humans from draining the lake for farming water ??

[@rkaraidos]

It's a National Park

[@Haldogo]

Leave the old man alone.

[@kevinzgiet6480]

The old man and the wizard are plausibly one and part of the same thing

[@jc4evur661]

Have they ever tried dating the log?

[@Noblereach36]

Apparently there’s an ant colony inside the log. Don’t know if this is true but someone mentioned this before. The ant colony apparently resides in the underwater part of the log hence why it’s weighed down. But how would they eat? Not sure.

[@sequoiascotts1156]

Jodi here's selling by the creator's hand in serried ranked the redwoods stand, no other claim is honored so, no other land there glory know.

[@elizabethbarringer2791]

The mysterious old man of Crater Lake but what is more mysterious is men of science being superstitious love to see a video on superstitious scientist what are their fears and what are they afraid of now that is interesting I had no idea you could use Superstition and scientist in the same paragraph that is so the yin is in the yang . Down this video entertaining thank you

[@therealdannymullen]

The used logic and reason. 1) everything normal 2) tie up log that some humans believe to be spiritual/mystical 3) random unforeseen storm during the wrong season. 4) logic says "just a storm and coincidence, let it pass 5) after DAYS of this weird storm, there's only ONE thing we can try to salvage this expedition; regardless of how wacky it sounds 6) untie Ol Man, weird storm immediately clears 7) logic suggests the 2 events are connected, thus creating/reinforcing "superstition" 8) it can NEVER be proven nor disproven, therefore it remains "I feel this, but what I KNOW tells me it can not be" = superstition.

[@theyreoutthere.huntinggear]

I can almost guarantee someone smart made a tube of metal and put it in there at the exact point to make it float like that. It would be easy enough to accomplish. Have you guys seen the barge that starts as a boat and fills with water to a certain level and stands up in the ocean. Same concept here. Nobel prize please. Haha

[@madelinewhitley14]

I am very surprised that "Ol' man" never gets stuck somehow.🤔

[@fludblud]

The sides of Crater Lake are very steep on the account of it being a crater, thus theres no shallow area for the log to get pushed on its side and get trapped

[@henriqueyoh]

There's something inside this log

[@billkurek5576]

I wonder if there is a personal injury lawyer who thought. Maybe I should put a small billboard on him, make him worth-while……

[@Nertez]

I feel like this guy thinks he's going to get Pulitzer's for this report.

[@ozeppeo]

i have great difficulties listening to the narrator's voice :(

[@amosgirard2556]

Hit me up bro, let me know bro.

[@Etherealsupremebeing]

ITS USELESS, NOT 1 SHOT OF WHOLE LOG ACTUALLY FLOATING!!! WE GOT SCAMMED!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Dannon1111]

It floats vertically, not horizontally .... thats the mystery. Or perhaps I am having a joke go over my head?

[@sophiatealdo9680]

Tested-go there and touch it! then stay at the lodge over night -you then will believe-Blessed It Be.

[@Killinkification]

It's either the audio editing or the narration that makes me hate how this video sounds

[@cosmo1eleven855]

It's the narrator. He sounds so fake the way he sounded. Noticed it right at the start. Sounds so wimpy.

[@khatharrmalkavian3306]

I couldn't figure out how you managed to make this so fking boring, but then I saw it was from CIA Broadcasting System and it all made sense.

[@rickblodgett9133]

MAZZAMA Crater lake NP

[@Honey-Sanchez]

How do you know he's a he? The log has stamina and is strong. Those are traits of women. 🤔

[@lennarthagen3638]

Lol this lake isnt real

[@huntermossakajunkerman9646]

Oh it's real. That's what happens when a towering volcano collapses into a caldera.