- TO: (Group: DCSD Patrol Division)(Group: DCSD Criminal Investigations Division)(Group: New York State Police)(30+ others)
- FROM: lfielder81@daracogov.org
- SUBJECT: RE: RE: Crowley Disturbance
- CONTENTS:
Six days, and not a single call from Malton. Nothing from any of the few numbers actually connected to the phone lines out there, and no cellphone calls have been picked up - both of them combined for five days now. Unfortunately, the deputy we sent towards town forty-eight hours ago has yet to call in. A ski resort has gone completely offline. I think it's safe to say that something abnormal is happening in the Crowley Mountains.
I will acknowledge that some people are receiving this email from the first time, particularly if you are part of a state agency or otherwise. You have been included as a recipient in this email because a mutual colleague may have referred you to us. Others, are members of local agencies that have been previously appraised of current events. Five days ago, we lost contact with the ski town of Lake Malton, located in the Crowley Mountains along the border with Canada. Although the town has a permanent population of only sixty people, the seasonal population included between two-hundred and five-hundred tourists and owners of cabins centered around the ski resort there. A deputy sheriff was dispatched to the town, but we last had radio contact with them two days back. As apprehension grows over the silence with Lake Malton, the Daramont County Sheriff, Gary Dupont, has requested intervention by local and state agencies, as well as by other "verified" sources.
We here in Daramont County are products of the North Country, but as for the Crowleys, it's a whole other frontier when you break into those mountains. Endless seas of forests, high-reaching crags, and a lake right snug in the middle of everything. Civilization in the area is found
in the town of Lake Malton, but you can find handfuls of homesteads and work sites - old mines, logging camps, etc - reveling in various states of habitation and abandonment in the elements. It stays cool in the summer and spring, but come fall, the snow will set in early, and sometimes even stay year-round. The ski industry loves that. A state highway - the only actual road outside of town - goes right into Malton, and snow and ice and rockslides are prone to either keep people in, or out of town. Takes hours to get down from the Crowleys into the rest of Daramont, to here in Eaton City and all that. The powerlines and phonelines extend over the mountains as if they were giant, endless snakes. Cell phone reception is shoddy at best. For the resort at Malton, they have their own airfield for a monthly resupply.
In this kind of country, with how long it takes to get anywhere here, things tend to break. The lifers, a dwindling number of them, know how to survive without seeing the rest of the county. However, there are an estimated 150 guests currently reported to be staying at the resort. You can guess how unremarkable the name is, but it has slopes challenging enough to be coveted by some of the world's biggest names in winter sports. For a small town, and indeed, for the whole county, the resort is an income-booster, bringing in tourists from all around. With February, it is known that the resort is holding a series of private, yet televised competitions.
Direction from the County Sheriff has been to assemble a task force within the next 12-24 hours, for the purpose of reestablishing contact with the town of Lake Malton and ensuring the safety of those currently residing there. On 2/23 0830, all participating members of the task force are to rally at the Daramont County Sheriff's Department Main Station. Once the task force has arrived in entirety, they will drive by service vehicle to Lake Malton and notify the DCSD of the condition of the town. In the event of a serious incident, guidance will be sought from state and federal authorities.
Regards,
CPT Lorraine Fielder
Daramont County Sheriff's Department