Researchers determine the origins of the mysterious columns in Crowley Lake
The columns started to form snowmelt seeped into the still hot tuff. Berkley professor, Randolph-Flagg estimates there are 5,000 columns exist within a 2- to 3-square-mile area east of the lake.
In 1941, strange stone columns appeared in Crowley Lake. Hidden under water for thousands of years, researchers claimed they were formed 760.000 years ago due to a cataclysmic explosion.
The columns started to form snowmelt seeped into the still hot tuff. Berkley professor, Randolph-Flagg estimates there are 5,000 columns exist within a 2- to 3-square-mile area east of the lake.