Sad, yet fascinating - reminds me a bit of this story about 'off the grid' people in Colorado: https://harpers.org/archive/2019/08/the-last-frontier/
I happened on ads for those lots myself when looking around Zillow for odd or interesting places. You can see a bunch of them here: https://bit.ly/33tqbVM
Even Klamath Falls doesn't have a great reputation in Oregon. Life that far out has got to be rough.