The Magazine of Graphic Journalism

The Ghost of Tulare Lake

October 17, 2023

A ghost materialized in California’s Central Valley last winter. Its appearance in this vast farming district was reported by major news outlets around the country, with photojournalists trekking across fields and right up to the edge of a large body of water to take pictures. The images they published did not show a filmy creature rising out of the mist or a pale boat gliding across the lake.

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  • Carmine Iannaccone is a painter and illustrator based in Los Angeles. He teaches in the MFA program at Claremont Graduate University.

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