In 1974 Porky Bickar set 100 tires on fire inside the crater of a volcano near Sitka. It fooled many residents and the Coast Guard into thinking that an eruption was coming.
It was a hilarious April fools prank that would probably get you arrested today.
https://www.sitka.com/porky/porky.htm
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