Indian Lake Project: The Metal Box and the Children’s Camp Buried in New York’s Woods

On July 9, 1997, a hiker near Indian Lake in New York caught his foot on a piece of metal showing through the soil. He was far from a road or marked trail. After hours of digging with branches, he pulled out an old box. Its lid carried three marks: an upside-down triangle beside two circles. There was no lock.

On July 9, 1997, a hiker near Indian Lake in New York caught his foot on a piece of metal showing through the soil. He was far from a road or marked trail. After hours of digging with branches, he pulled out an old box. Its lid carried three marks: an upside-down triangle beside two circles. There was no lock.

On July 9, 1997, a hiker near Indian Lake in New York caught his foot on a piece of metal showing through the soil. He was far from a road or marked trail. After hours of digging with branches, he pulled out an old box. Its lid carried three marks: an upside-down triangle beside two circles. There was no lock.

On July 9, 1997, a hiker near Indian Lake in New York caught his foot on a piece of metal showing through the soil. He was far from a road or marked trail. After hours of digging with branches, he pulled out an old box. Its lid carried three marks: an upside-down triangle beside two circles. There was no lock.