Heavy snow was expected in the Sierra Nevada, with 2 to 4 feet expected along the Sierra crest near Lake Tahoe, and 10 to 18 inches at lake level.

He also described feeling like he was lying in "a lake of blood".

Van was the one who declared that “the wilderness has chosen!” when Javi fell through the ice on a frozen lake and drowned mid-hunt.

When the phenomenon occurs, the lake looks like it has a giant hole in it, where a ring of water is being pulled inward.

His title refers to a Vietnamese folk belief that souls go to the moon when they die, but still need water — and that the dark portions of the moon’s surface are vast lakes and seas.