The 'most haunted lake in US' that created a supernatural frenzy, claimed 700 lives

DAILY STAR

A ‘haunted’ lake has earned an eerie reputation after claiming 700 lives and locals spotting supernatural activity.

Lake Lanier in northern Georgia, US, is an artificial body of water with a controversial past.

Named after writer, poet, musician and Confederate army veteran Sidney Lanier, the lake is located 40 miles northeast of Atlanta and was created in the 1950s to improve waterways in the country.

But UNILAD reports it was marred with contention as locals were displaced to make room for the body of water, with families and business pushed out of what once was a primarily black area as well as graveyards relocated.

Locals claim to have seen the figure of a woman in a blue dress pacing around the area that they have dubbed The Lady of the Lake.

Some believe it could be one of the two women whose remains were found in the lake after a car crash in 1958.

Other urban legends reported on CNN is that mysterious arms reach out for swimmers from the watery depths and angry spirits call people home to submerged graves.