This is my first (probably last) story on this site as event like this do not occur to people time and again.
Little bit of background on me I am 22 year old and I am from India and I go to my native place every vacation.
This place has a lake near it which is quite away from my home we generally go there in daylight as it is surrounded
By big and tall trees, as usual I go one day for swimming with my cousins we chill there for a while. Then we call it a day and decide to head back home as soon as two of my cousins comes out of lake.
As I am heading towards shore something grabs my left leg and starts pulling it backwards.
I scream out loud for help and look behind to see nothing after me.
Suddenly something grabs my leg again and this time I go underwater with it. I was sure it was a human hand.
I tried finding it underwater but unable to see underwater. I was scared to death now, by the time I came up both of my cousins
Were struggling to get me out of water. I told them there was something in water they said it must be a fish or something or
You must have tripped on something underwater. But I knew what it was and I was 100% sure of it that it was human hand whether
Or not these people believed me.
I just wanted to go home as soon as I can and we ran for it. After reaching home I did not tell anyone about it, as I thought people will make fun of me, but at night just before I was heading to bed one of my cousin told me that he also heard about a woman who was drown in that lake a while ago and he also said that people here claimed to see her appear near lake but she never attacked people like this.
I don't know if my brother was saying all this was true or not
Or if he was just messing with me. But I am sure that there was a hand underwater that grabbed my leg trying to drown me.
This is why we have a pool.
Where we live there are 3 nearby lakes. The towns set up rules and dates for swimming, fishing and skating. There is a shore that the towns have a trained lifegard and tests are done to make sure the water is safe. Each beach is cleaned by the towns, and clean sand is replaced in the spring, out in the water as far as the tallest can stand, neck high. Beyond that, there is weeds.
It was a very hot day on a weekend, several years ago, when I was convinced to go. When standing above waist high, one could not see as this sand was all mucked up by the crowds of people. I felt a touch at my foot, I was jumpy, and stepped a bit away. Then another touch at my leg and then again. That was enough for me, Heading for my towel, on shore.
Later we learned of a five year old drowning, as the Mother had fallen asleep on her blanket. I had to wonder about what I had felt.
Jan