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Suzie Dundas is a professional editor, reporter, author, and travel writer based in Lake Tahoe. Her work focuses on adventure travel, the outdoors, and unexpected destinations around the world. She's the Lake Tahoe editor at SFGate.com, where she reports on issues ranging from housing instability to the environmental impacts of tourism to how to hike to secret year-round skiing in the Sierra. ​Suzie is also the commissioning editor at Matador Network and a contributing honeymoon and travel writer at TheKnot. She has recent bylines in publications like Outside Magazine, Thrillist, AFAR, Bicycling, Fodor's, Atlas Obscura, The San Francisco Chronicle, and more. Her favorite stories are ones that combine travel, adventure, and off-beat angles, be it exploring ghost towns, scuba diving in cenotes, or backcountry treks to search for endangered pumas.
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An atmospheric 2005 image of Lake Tahoe seems to capture a glimpse of Tahoe Tessie (center left).

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The Loch Ness Monster Look-Alike Lurking Beneath Lake Tahoe

Legends of Tahoe Tessie go back centuries.

By Suzie Dundas
Because many predators hunt at night, humans evolved to be particularly vigilant in low-light environments.

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Why a Night in the Woods Can Scare Even Seasoned Campers

As the sun goes down when you're camping, every sound can seem like a threat. Blame evolution—and our phones.

By Suzie Dundas
From epics to sci-fi, an eclipse in literature means something bad is about to happen.

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Stephen King, Shakespeare, and Many Writers Agree: Eclipses Are Doom

Beware the foreshadow of a darkened sky.

By Suzie Dundas
The Yule Cat (or Jólakötturinn) serves as a warning for children to not misbehave, much like the threat of coal for naughty children on Christmas.

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Beware the Yule Cat, Iceland’s Child-Eating Christmas Monster

But if you’re wearing new clothes, you have nothing to fear from Jólakötturinn.

By Suzie Dundas

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