Lake Lanier
Lake Lanier is an eerie lake in Georgia, about three hours southeast of Asheville. One of my friends mentioned she had heard about it while hiking, and that I should check it out. (Shout out to Kaitlyn.) She said that it’s supposed to be wildly haunted, has had an abnormal amount of deaths, and that you can even scuba over entire towns and cemeteries! She also mentioned that people who have camped there have reported hearing sounds of children crying at the lake (which apparently lures you out of your tent and toward the disembodied voices). If I knew how to set up a tent, I definitely would have planned a camping trip, but I don’t—so planned a day trip to swim, instead. On that note, Lake Lanier (like many places on Earth) has a very disturbing history, sadly. Fast forward to summer 2024, and there have been *over* 700 deaths since the 1950’s. And it’s not like all these deaths happened at once like everyone was gobbled up by some scary (yet adorable) lake monster—these deaths have be...
