In 1943, the Air Force published an ominous warning in the "Ogden Standard Examiner" which urged soldiers not to approach the reservoir, calling it "polluted and unfit for swimming."

Don't Go Down by the Water

By S. Thomas Alltenburned [Posted September 29, 2016]

If you could see far into the water, only 30 feet deep, you probably wouldn’t see the hands ready to pull you under, ready to roll your struggling body into the black loam like a wallet into a back pocket. Read more about the legends behind Hobbs Reservoir. … read more