Nine miles Southeast of Skwentna and 59 miles north of Tyonek – and, yes, these are actual Alaskan communities – is Bulchitna Lake. And, yes, that is the actual name of the lake. Legend has it a homesteader used the term frequently and thus was the lake named. In Alaska, when someone says something of ‘questionable veracity,’ someone is sure to say – politely – “sounds like the lake to me.” [See my books at https://authormasterminds.com/master-of-the-impossible-crime. See my webinar at http://bit.ly/2zjyiYG.]