| I used to spend a lot of time in the summer at my | | | | chance to dry out. I stepped in and looked in the first |
| grandparents usually doing kids stuff such as, | | | | two rooms just in case someone got lazy and threw |
| swimming, snorkeling, and a lot of time tubing or water | | | | them in there instead of where they were supposed |
| skiing. Lucky for me there used to be a lot of kids that | | | | to be. I got halfway to the other section of the |
| used to live 2 cottages down and 2 that lived right | | | | basement when I saw a shadow coming out of the |
| next door. For some reason we never really spent | | | | room with the water filtration system. I quickly said hello |
| much time at my cottage we always went over to | | | | and waited for a response. I heard nothing but I |
| their cottages. I think one of the biggest reasons for | | | | continued to watch the shadow walk out from that |
| this is because of where our cottage was located on | | | | room towards the doorway in front of me. It began to |
| the lake. It was very shallow off the end of the dock | | | | scare me as soon as I didn't get a response because I |
| and had a lot of rocks in the water making it hard to | | | | knew that no one else was supposed to be in the |
| jump in. The other two cottages we used to spend a | | | | basement as everyone else was upstairs in the house. |
| lot of time may have had some rocks but it was | | | | I thought to myself well maybe someone came into |
| usually safe to jump off the end of the dock. | | | | the basement threw the crawlspace but being the |
| One day we were going to have a game of what we | | | | smallest child in cottage and barely being able to fit I |
| call tube wars. Tube wars are where you go out in | | | | knew there was no way anyone else would attempt it. |
| two tubes behind a boat and you try to throw the | | | | I called out to whoever was in the other room 1 more |
| other person off their tube. We always remember to | | | | time but when I didn't get a response right away I |
| wear our life jackets and play as safely as we can, | | | | turned and ran out of the basement. I didn't bother to |
| meaning we don't get pulled behind the boat at full | | | | close the door I just ran to the corner of the basement |
| speed. I ran down to the basement which only the one | | | | turned around and watched the door to see if anyone |
| door leading in from outside the cottage. I walked in | | | | was going to come out. I stood there for a few |
| and the first section of the basement had 3 rooms all | | | | second but it felt like minutes I could feel my heart |
| unfinished. To the left there was an open room used | | | | pounding every time I felt it pound it felt like it was |
| for storage to the right was the tool room and behind it | | | | coming out of my chest. When I didn't see anyone |
| was the furnace room which was only big enough for | | | | come out I turned and ran up into the cottage and sat |
| the furnace and enough room to do any work that | | | | next to my grandma without saying a word. |
| may be needed. The second section of the basement | | | | I never did say anything to anyone about what |
| was taken up by the huge rock the cottage was built | | | | happened that day. I never asked who it was nor did I |
| on. It was only 2 rooms 1 small room on the far right | | | | ever talk about it again. Now some 15 years later no |
| which housed the water filtration system; we used | | | | one can remember anything of that day so I will never |
| water from the lake, and the water softener. We | | | | find out what it was that I saw in the basement that |
| always kept anything related to the water in the | | | | day. |
| second section on the big rock that way it had a | | | | |