TIL that on April 1, 1974, the local residents of Sitka, Alaska woke to their nearby dormant volcano, Mount Edgecumbe, billowing out black smoke. When a Coast Guard pilot came closer to investigate, he found 70 tires burning and the words "APRIL FOOL" spray painted into the snow.

http://hoaxes.org/af_database/permalink/the_eruption_of_mount_edgecumbe/



Submitted January 29, 2015 at 07:14PM by eurasianlynx http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2u2v2w/til_that_on_april_1_1974_the_local_residents_of/