Thomas Bay

Around 1750, a native village in southeast Alaska’s Thomas Bay, was buried by a large landslide down a steep mountainside. Over 500 perished in the catastrophe. From that day on the bay was dubbed “Bay of Death.” But the foreboding mountains and valleys behind Thomas Bay have held an eerie secret. Through the years, many have entered the Bay of Death, and trekked up the Patterson River back into the glacier region, never to return. Located northeast of Petersburg, Alaska, the Baird Glacier sits above Thomas Bay as a witness to those who have come and gone in search of a marvelous deposit of gold, said to be buried in the upper ridges above the Patterson River. Starting back in 1900, with the first documented account, legendary devil creatures have been seen in the area. Those that have survived their hair-raising attacks and harassments have gone temporarily insane. They are described as looking neither like man nor monkey, but covered with coarse hair and oozing sores, and foul smelling. They are about four feet tall and have claw-like fingers. Through the years the creatures have been dubbed devils, thus the area received the name Devil’s Country.