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LEE GRIFFIN
BILL
PHILLIPS
f i s heries officer a couple o f ye ar s l ate r an d wo rked w i t h th e m
fo r several years, making va r i o u s i m p rove m en t s , b u t t h a t ’ s
a n other story.
From my f irst session on 3 0 t h J u ly ’7 5 , I kn e w t h e c l u b p o n d
was special; the ambiance wa s en o ugh to c a u s e g o o s e b u m p s .
T h oughts of all the stori e s o f h ow i t i s h a u n te d a nd t h e
d rowning of a local woman wh o wa s ru mo u re d to h ave s u n k
w i thout trace to its bo tto m le s s d e p t h s s e n t s h ive rs d ow n my
s p ine. Surrounding trees a n d b u s h es c re ate d a s o r t o f c o l d ,
d a rk and eerie atmosphere . T h e wa te r wa s d ark a n d de e p ,
b e tween twenty and thirt y fe et i n t he m a i n, o n ly s ha l l ow i n g
s teeply very close in. T here we re o l d d ea d t re e s a n d b ra n c h es
s t i cking up out the wate r lo o ki n g a lm o s t t h re a te n i n g , l i ke
gh ostly figures emerging f ro m t he d e p t hs a s t h e l i gh t rap i d ly
fa ded away in the evening. T h e n i gh ts we re a s b l a c k a s yo u r
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