‘Something else is going on’
Jul 09, 2021
4 minutes
By Jonathan Watts
If you had been drawing up a list of possible locations for hell on Earth before last week, Lytton would probably not have entered your mind. Few outside British Columbia had heard of this Canadian mountain community of 250 people.
Those who had were more likely to think of it as bucolic. Nestled by a confluence of rivers in the forested foothills of the Lillooet and Botanie mountain ranges, the municipal website boasts: “Lytton is the ideal location for nature lovers to connect with incredible natural beauty and fresh air freedom.”
However, the village made headlines around the world last week for a freakishly prolonged
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