Hi All. It seems there is a head scratchier in the Los Padres National Forest. I wonder if this is something like the hot spot that was discovered in a riverbed in India or Tibet. Not sure which area it was in. Take Care…Don in creepy town

Scientists are puzzled by a mysterious Los Padres National Forest hot spot where 400-degree ground ignited a wildfire.

The hot spot was discovered by fire crews putting out a three-acre fire last summer in the forest's Dick Smith Wilderness.

"They saw fissures in the ground where they could feel a lot of heat coming out," Los Padres geologist Allen King said. "It was not characteristic of a normal fire."

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