"The Phantom Photobomb of Paradise" - A Parks & Wrecks: The Campground Chronicles Book - WA

Welcome to Kanaskat-Palmer State Park, a rugged expanse of river canyons and dense woods where the only thing more unsettling than the deep quiet is what's lurking just out of sight. When campers' vacation photos start developing with impossible, distorted figures in the background—phantoms captured only by the lens—Ranger Elias Thorne's weary cynicism is truly tested. His by-the-book counterpart, Ranger Lena Petrova, struggles to maintain order as the park's eerie phenomena escalate from digital glitches to tangible disturbances.

Adding to the chaos is Park Aide Zee, whose bizarre, overly technical "explanations" only deepen the mystery, and Auditor Archibald Finch, who interprets every vanishing object and spectral image as a sign of gross inefficiency. As the "phantom photobombs" grow more distinct and menacing, Thorne and Petrova find themselves caught between a rising tide of supernatural dread and Finch's relentless red tape. Can they contain the uncanny presence haunting Kanaskat-Palmer before the park's sinister secrets are fully exposed, or will paradise be forever photobombed by the unknown?