{"id":84754,"date":"2026-07-23T09:10:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T13:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=84754"},"modified":"2026-07-23T09:10:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T13:10:43","slug":"investigation-of-second-fatal-fall-at-devils-lake-state-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/investigation-of-second-fatal-fall-at-devils-lake-state-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigation Of Second Fatal Fall At Devil&#8217;s Lake State Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From WKOW:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com\/wkow.com\/content\/tncms\/assets\/v3\/editorial\/f\/af\/faf95389-fc60-4a4c-93dc-41c97d051257\/6a614236c7c0c.image.png?resize=400%2C225\" alt=\"devils lake fall\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A hiker died Tuesday afternoon after falling from the Devil\u2019s Doorway area at Devil\u2019s Lake State Park.<\/p>\n<p>Devil\u2019s Doorway is one of the park\u2019s most recognizable landmarks, attracting visitors for its scenic overlook and views of the surrounding valley. Willer said the formation itself is not meant to be climbed.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s not a safe place to climb. It\u2019s just too many edges and too many ledges,\u201d Willer said. \u201cSome places you trip and fall, you might go six feet. Some places you trip and fall, you\u2019re going to fall 50 feet.\u201d\u00a0The death comes less than two months after 30-year-old rock climber Audrie Petosi died following a fall at Devil\u2019s Lake State Park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From WKOW: A hiker died Tuesday afternoon after falling from the Devil\u2019s Doorway area at Devil\u2019s Lake State Park. Devil\u2019s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-84754","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84754"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84755,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84754\/revisions\/84755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}