A 6-Year-Old Boy Was Swallowed By A Dune In Indiana And Why It Happened Is Intriguing
By Tori Jane|Published February 26, 2021
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Tori Jane
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Tori Jane is a storm chaser, writer, photographer, and the village idiot - in that order. When she's not out and about dancing with the meanest storms on planet Earth for funsies she can be found wandering, shooting landscapes, writing, editing photos, and otherwise up to no good. Legend has it that she can also be occasionally spotted typing up short bios in the third person, but those rumors are unsubstantiated.
If you haven’t heard this story, get ready for a strange roller coaster ride. It’s the story of a once-in-a-lifetime freak occurrence that befell a family when their 6-year-old was swallowed by a dune at Indiana Dunes National Park. At first, it was a mystery: why had this happened? More importantly, how did this happen? Eventually, the answer would be found – and it wasn’t the answer anyone was expecting.
Park officials made the decision to close Mt. Baldy to the public – there are many more tree-bored holes in ancient dunes beneath its surface, and what happened to Nathan could happen again if folks were able to walk about the dune freely like they were able to before. Today, people can still visit Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, but they can no longer clamber up the largest dune in the park. It’s impossible to forget the time that a six-year-old boy was swallowed by a dune in Indiana, but it was a lesson well-learned with a happy ending as well (thank goodness).