The Spirits of Lake Leak
Not far from Millicent, close to Glencoe, is a large dormant
volcano with a lake in its crater, much like Mount Gambier's Blue Lake, but much smaller.
That lake is known as “Lake Leak”.
For many years, it was rumoured in the local area that Lake
Leak was haunted. Very few people had the courage to venture up to
the beautiful setting at night for fear they may encounter the local
ghost.
People had drowned in this lake, that is a well-established fact. The locals knew those who had lost their lives here and knew how
dangerous the place could be.
It was often said on a moonlit night
one could see a silver-grey, human-like figure, laying on the dark waters of the lake. Whether the figure was a male or female, could be discerned, but none-the-less, people witnessed a mysterious person,
floating, still, upon the water...like a dead body...
Not many people ventured to the lake at night, but every so often
a stockman or rider passing through, would camp nearby and let their
horses rest, They would wake in the night and see the mysterious
figure floating on the water.
The men (or man) would quickly pack up
and ride into the night scared out of his wits, others wouldn’t
even wait to pack up, but simply split until morning then returned for
their things.
One evening a man, braver than most, happened upon the lake and
decided to stay the night. He spotted the mysterious shimmery silver-grey figure and watched it closely, noticing it never moved. Throwing
caution to the wind, he decided to move closer and observe the
figure.
It just lay there, floating, never drifting, always in the same
spot.
The observant man decided not to bother the ghost this time, but
just watch the figure. He then decided he should watch it for a few
nights, to see if it ever did anything. One night he decided he would try and communicate with it, but had no reply.
On the third night, he spotted
another ghost, this one much closer to him, and weirdly doing the
exact same thing as the distant ghost, floating upon the water.
Working up all his bravery he decided to investigate the second
ghost and got much closer. He was shocked at his discovery... the
“ghost” was, in fact, an ancient white gum tree stripped of its
bark and emerging in the still waters.
He ventured to the distant ghost, to discover the same thing.
The next day he road into town to the pub, to tell of his story
of bravery, and to tell the locals that the ghost of Lake Leak, that
had haunted them for over a decade was nothing more than old tree!
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2013 Allen Tiller
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