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Boots on the Lakebed: Why She Left a Note and Matches
Boots on the Lakebed: Why She Left a Note and Matches
The boots were tied in a double knot and sat eighteen inches below Ansel Lake’s surface, four miles from the nearest road - and one contained a Post-it directing anyone who found them to a lightning-scarred ponderosa. A fisherman saw them through glassy water before seven a.m.; inside the other boot, a single wooden match and a square of emergency blanket. Who left them, and were they left as a trail to rescue or a last message?
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