The sad story of the white lady of «Lake Crescent»

This story, between dramatic and curious, has its setting in a place of incomparable beauty: Lake Crescent, or Crescent Lake, in the Olympic National Park , in Clallam County, Washington.

If this place is known for something, it is because of its waters, as blue and crystal clear as the sky in summer.Behind it stands a pyramid-shaped mountain And bordering on this scenario, the tracks remain, the remains of the railroad tracks that meander along its banks.

Here you can breathe peace, Lake Crescent is far away of the noise of the cities and it is a perfect place to disconnect, to put aside our worldly obligations for a few days.However, as always happens in these cases, we must never ignore the tragic stories happened in the past in certain places.

In Lake Crescent not only shines the purity of those waters originated by a glacier.that no one has been able to assess exactly what its depth is.And even more, there are many people missing here, being the "white lady of the lake" , one of the most shocking stories in this place.

Would you like to know her story?

The tragic story of the lady of the crescent lake

Her name was Hallie Latham Illingworth .She was a little over 30 years old when, after separating from her second husband, she found work in one of the taverns near Lake Crescent as a waitress.Here, in 1936, where this story happened , humble facilities were raised with which to cater to tourists.

Hallie led a quiet life in this place.Soon, she met Montgomery "Monty" J.Illingworth, and the two they got married in June of that same year, but their connection was not exactly satisfactory or even less happy: Hallie's husband brutally mistreated her, ruthlessly In fact, they said it was normal to see her appear every day in the tavern with a purple face, with a wound, with bruises...

The sad story of the white lady of «Lake Crescent»

Hallie Latham

After 5 months of marriage, our protagonist disappeared without a trace.No doubt, Mr.Monty said Hallie had left with an Alaskan sailor.The authorities believed him, but a few weeks later they began to suspect when this man left for California with another woman.

However, nobody did anything.Hallie had no relatives and no one cared to look for her.Jamas.Until I arrived on July 6, 1940, two fishermen found something floating in the water It was a lump wrapped in blankets and ropes.When they called the sheriff and removed the wrapper, they discovered something awful while filling my terio:

She was a woman of little more than 30 years.But her body was not swollen or corrupted...she looked like a beautiful white plaster statue. Her flesh was hard and seemed almost wax. It was her: Hallie.

The sad story of the white lady of «Lake Crescent»

They took her out of the water and took her to a forensic center to find out what happened to her, and why she looked so unique.The doctors didn't take long in intuiting that Hellie's corpse had suffered what is known as "saponification". When the body submerged in this lake famous for lacking nitrogen, the cold decomposition undoubtedly originated in the depths, made that the salts and calcium of the water turned the meat into a material similar to soap, in reality it is a substance called Adipocira. It is what experts know as Saponificacio n cadaverica.

After a meticulous process of analysis to the body, it was concluded that Hellie had been brutally strangled.On October 26, 1941, Monty Illingworth , her profuse husband, was arrested in Long Beach, conclusive evidence was provided, and they had more than one testimony supporting the mistreatment of women.

The sad story of the white lady of «Lake Crescent»

However, it was not until March 5, 1942 when he was blamed for second-degree murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment.Now, for some reason we don't know, he was paroled 9 years later...

Meanwhile, the legend of the white lady of Lake Crescent had already risen strongly in the Olimpic National Park.No one could forget that perfect face of absolute whiteness, and that body of wax that the lake did not I wanted to corrupt. As if somehow, I wanted to respect that woman who had already suffered too much in life.Who knows!

And now tell us...Do you want to know another lake? Discover one in Tanzania capable of petrifying the animals that touch it.Incredible!

Image: Flood G, Shawn Granton, Hefin Owen

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