Ghost Lake
Hi there folks.
I just thought that i'd continue the trend of 'spooky' storieswith one of my own.
There is, as you know, a stately home called Hampton CourtPalace, famous for it's hedge maze, and the fact that it almostburned down a few years back. As with any 'old' manor house, itis said to have many hauntings, however none quite as nasty asthe child in the lake.
In around 1887, the nanny for a visiting noble familly, wastaking her ward, a boy of three, for a walk around the grounds.She settled herself down to read. She looked up when she heardsome splashing and shouting, and to her horror, she saw that thechild had drowned in the lake.
Cut forwards to 1927. A young couple were visiting the palacewith their small child (also around three, I believe). The childran off towards the ducks and swans that were floating on thewater, and her parents watched her go. They were still watchingwhen their little girl ran straight into the lake without slowingdown, and sank like a stone. She too was unable to be saved.
And finally, the last known occurance of this case, happened in1967 (spot a pattern here?). A single mother was walking her son(aged 4) around for the day. He too ran off in the direction ofthe lake, and fell in. This time however, a man managed to get tothe child in time, and drag him out. When asked why he had runinto the lake, his response was 'to play with the other children....'