People should always be careful in and around bodies of water.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Lanier#Recreation
https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/georgia/sinister-story-ga-lake
https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/12/mysteries-and-death-at-georgias-cursed-lake/
https://southernmysteries.com/2021/11/08/lakelanier
https://www.southerngothicmedia.com/lake-lanier , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydzblzK05g8
https://oxfordamerican.org/magazine/issue-113-summer-2021/the-haunting-of-lake-lanier
For many, its just another urban legend.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/31/us/lake-lanier-urban-legends-trnd/index.html
https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Lake+Lanier