Don't Jump to Conclusions

It very definitely looked like a potential concentration camp from the road.

In the Spring of 1999, having heard rumors of a site that appeared to be a potential concentration camp near Utah Lake, north of Genola, UT, my then fiancé (now wife) and I drove out there to check it out.   It looks ominous indeed from the road.

We had to get closer, to check it out.  We drove out behind the compound, taking a dirt road, and then an even less-traveled high-power line service road.  Still, it looked ominous, and our imaginations were surging.  To get even closer, we went right across the ground where no road exists, through the field, probably a 1/4-mile drive or more, coming up behind. 

As we got closer, we were puzzled, as we could begin to see that the super high fence (40 ft?), with posts pointing inward at the top, did not have a fourth side on the back end.  We had to get out of the car and walk to get closer.  As we got within a couple of hundred feet, we could see that it was a garbage dump.  The high fences, with netting in-between upright posts, ended up only having three sides, were to keep the garbage from blowing into the lake.

It would be nice to have legitimate validations of all these claims of potential concentration camp sightings and not operate in an irresponsible panic mode.  It only causes a loss of credibility.

-- Sterling D. Allan

The following photos were sent to me on Nov. 9, 2002 by someone who obviously still believes that this is poised to be a concentration camp.

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