Alright! Hello Hello! This is my First post so Hopefully it's not the Last.
Ive actually read through all of the Pages of ghost stories and now I've decided to contribute as well. Its gonna be a long one.
Im gonna tell it through my eyes.
This story happened to me and my younger cousins last year (2009) of summer. After my girl cousin's wedding, my younger cousins and I decided that it was hot and we wanted to go swimming.(None of us were drinking) We asked the OG's if we could go and they said its fine as long as we watch the kids and makes sure that nothing happens. Cool! Swimming! YES!! We go to this lake called Lake Josephine in Roseville Minnesota. What happened there, would change our lives forever.
We get to the lake at 8pm and Id say there's about 12 of us, me and two older cousins decide to stay on the beach area and not go in. The rest of the kids decide that they cant wait anymore so they decided to go in the lake. They start swimming and then we(the people on the shore) see one of my cousins struggling in the water. Hes outside of the boundary lines and it looks like hes gonna drown. ( A history with him, he actually drowned once before in California and because of that, hes mentally retarded. ) The lifeguard does nothing but blow his whistle and tells him to get back in the boundary lines. (WTF mane!) So then my other cousin thats in the water goes and grabs him back in. But now, they both start drowning because the drop offs too deep. So some "random" hmong guy grabs one of their arms and pulls them in. Were in debt to that guy, never knew who he was but he was just another swimmer. They're both safe now.
I want to swim now so I get in the water, and I scold my cousin for swimming out of the boundaries and I tell him to stay near the shore where we can keep an eye on him because I dont want anything bad to happen. Little did I know, something bad did happen. Not in a state of panic, my little cousins( and when I say little, i mean 12-16) come to me and ask, hey, Do you know where Anthony is? Im thinking, wait, wasnt he in the water with you guys. I mean, he came in with you guys to swim. And they say, Yeah, but We think he went out or something. Being the older cousin, I go and check the restrooms just in case he went there. I go to the restrooms and I scout the parking lot to see if he randomly went to get something out of my car. No sight of him at all out of the water. I go back to the shore and ask my cousins that remained on shore if they'd seen Anthony at all. They said no, thats when panic mode started to kick in.
All of my cousins got out of the water and fear was in their eyes. My oldest cousin that was there did absolutely nothing while he was there. I mean he's only a couple of months older than me but he should still do at least something. Still to this day, it bothers me. Well, continuing.. My little cousins wanted me to do something so then I say you know what.. DUCK IT! cause times ticking and I cant afford to lose anymore time. I tell the lifeguard on shore that Im missing my little cousin that sixteen and none of us know where he is. The lifeguard asked what clothing was he wearing, and I told her that he was wearing NavyBlue Hawaiian shorts. Within three seconds, she whistled for everyone to get out of the waters. Another lifeguard told me to go with him to the life house and so we can announce it on the mic. The lifeguard and I get there and I describe the outfit that he wore and they announced that if anyones seen Anthony, his family is looking for him. While announcing, lifeguards and swimmers are in the lake searching for the body. The lifeguard on shore announces a code in numbers, and instantly, the lifeguard standing next to me says, Dial 911.
He dashes out of the house and goes to the shore as well. Im calling the 911 in fear and wondering... WTH is happening. Cause I couldn't see what was going on outside because I didnt have a view of the scene. I was on the line with the paramedics and I stayed on the line until they got there then I hung up with them and ran outside to see what was going on at this point. I get to the shore and my girl cousin was standing next to the lifeless body of my little cousin that drowned, Im just in shock, because I thought this only happened in movies. We didnt cry, we just sat there watching the lifeguards and paramedics try to resuscitate. Nothing worked, his face was pale and we knew what happened. He had passed away.
Now.. I have to make the call to his Parents! Which is my dad's brother that has a temper issue. With the wedding and giving up his only daughter and now giving up his youngest son... Oh boy, was I in store for some hahaing. I grew enough balls and called my aunt, and she didnt like the news at all, we all decided to meet up at Regions Hospital. Two of my cousins left the lake with me to go to the Hospital. When we got there, we met up with my uncle and aunt. He started yelling at me right away because I was one of the adults and right then and there I started ballin my eyes out saying that it was an accident and none of us knew it was gonna happen. My aunt yelled at him and said, " Shut up! Its not his fault. Stop blaming people. It was a simple accident. And she said, its okay (SimpleGuy) its not your fault." (Remember, it was a wedding, so the wifes dad, which is the uncle that yelled at me, was drinking.!!) We get to the waiting room, and my dads comes a little later and tells me to go home. I drop off my two cousins and then go home.
When I got home, my sister says to me, did you hear? And my body just felt so weak. She said "Anthony passed away." I was sad and I didnt have anymore tears to cry. So I went outside and just got some fresh air and thought about all that just happened in a short time.
That was the story of what happened, now listen to the story of Why..