Lake Arthur a man made lake which was developed in the early 60's is largest man made lake and 3rd largest state park in Pa.
It was built on what was scarred and damaged land from coal and lime stone mining and included some farm land .In fact there was a small pond thats part of the lake as well as an old section of US422 and a railroad under it. plus there are several old cemetary about the park since it was aquired land.
While the lake has a rather bad ju- ju feeling for some people and claims of Big Foot and UFO encounters and some drownings of individuals who went out on their own to hunt and fish . One of the rumors all these years is that when the lake was being built and all the construction was going on that the government supposedly built a secret faculty under the lake.Using the construction as a ruse
The rumor was started supposedly by one of the construction workers who while drunk one night at a local bar spilled the beans on it and suposedly his work buddys shut him up about it. Which is one of several versions i have heard on the suposed base under the lake .
As you can see the lake is gigantic and goes all over the place so if you where going to hide something you very well could do it especially with as thick as the woods are and all the swampy areas . But as far as I can tell its nothing more than a rumor like many urban legends you hear about mysterious places. One of the amazing things is the lake filled at all with all the coal mines in the area so when they built the lakes foundation they did a good job sealing off the old mines which once again leeds credence to the so called underground base since the lake filled faster than expected. But thats what good construction work produces good results. As far as I can determine this is just another urban legend of a story being passed down from person to person. I know as much time as I have spent exploring the lake I never found anything indicating any kind of underground structure.
or even reports of mine subsidence which would indicate digging.
In some cases some of these boys never made it back home to their tribes having died and been interred here in Pa at the school but efforts are under way to see their graves returned to their tribes Once again nothing but lies and deceit from the US government when it came to dealing with Native Americans .
