December 31, 2025 • 35 mins
“This might hurt a little,” the lady in blue tells the four-year-old clinging to the roaring jet ski. Trees blur. The throttle won’t let go. What follows is a tragedy turned miracle, a fate that shouldn’t have been possible.
Today's episode is actually a loaner from Spirits Uncorked, a podcast all about the very haunted Lake Lanier. Their guest, Alyse, takes us back to her childhood at War Hill Park on Lake Lanier, just north of the Highway 53 bridge long linked to the Lady in Blue. You've heard Homespun Haints talk about Lake Lanier and what lies beneath it, but this first-hand ghost story is what really convinced us the legend must be true.
For more Lake Lanier ghost stories and history, subscribe to Spirits Uncorked at LanierGhostTours.com (or take a boat tour with them, if you dare).
Wanna hear Becky tell Diana about the source of her Lake Lanier phobia in a wickedly ribald tone? Well, Hainted Loves, you know you have to go to Patreon.com/HomespunHaints to hear the filthy stuff. This feed swap episode is also available in (partial) video format over on our Patreon.
Thank you to our friends at Southern Gothic Media for introducing us to Elizabeth and Erica of Spirits Uncorked!
What would Becky and Diana be like if we were brothers? Perhaps we'd be a bit like skeptical Kamen and believer Phreak, hosts of Two Brothers Two Agendas, a paranormal podcast exploring everything from cryptids to conspiracy theories. Go check out their show whenever you need a break from the estrogen, and let us know, mmkay? https://theeverydayheroes.com/two-brothers-two-agendas/
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SPEAKER_02 (00:00):
Hello, Hainted Loves, and welcome to Homespun
Haints.
I'm Diana.
However, today's episode doesnot feature me as the host.
No, we've actually been gifteduh through our friends uh at
Southern Gothic Media.
We've been gifted an episode bySpirits Uncorked, a sister duo,
Elizabeth and Erica, who have apodcast related specifically to
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ghost stories about Lake Lanierin Georgia.
Now, you remember Lake Lanierbecause we've brought it up
several times.
It's the lake that was formedwhen a city was flooded and
burned, and cemeteries may ormay not have been fully
relocated.
And so this is a lake that'svery frightening for very many
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reasons.
Becky talks about it in ourPatreon-only episode, Haunted
Boat Ride on a Haunted Lake, andstarts to tell you a little bit
that we know about the legend ofthe lady in blue of the lake.
However, Spirits Uncorked has aneven more in-depth exploration
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of this legend and otherparanormal stories associated
with Lake Lanier, and they'veactually managed to capture an
interview of somebody whoencountered the lady in blue on
the lake when they were a childin a fascinating accident.
And so I invite you to sit backand listen to this episode of
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Spirits Uncorked and let us knowwhat you think.
And if you like it, head on overto their website and subscribe.
They actually not only have thispodcast about Lake Lanier, but
they do boat tours for ghostypeople on Lake Lanier.
So their website is Lanier GhostTours.com.
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I'll have that in the show notesto this episode.
But let me know what you thinkbecause it sure sounds like this
person encountered a legend.
SPEAKER_01 (02:04):
Imagine a childhood memory so intense, so
mysterious, it leaves anindelible mark, not just in
memory, but on your skin.
Picture being just four yearsold, caught in a terrifying
accident on the vast waters ofLake Lanier.
In the chaos, a woman in a bluedress appears, saving your life,
only to vanish without a trace.
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The scar on your forehead, aconstant reminder of the day
when reality blurred withsomething far beyond
explanation.
In this episode of SpiritsUncorked, Elise shares the
thrilling true story of herencounter with the mysterious
woman in blue.
And cork a bottle with us forpart two of First Hand
Encounters on Lake Lanier.
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And continue to get to thebottom of the Lake Lanier
mystery.
Dive in with us.
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Today Erica and I continue tohear first-hand accounts from
locals who grew up on LakeLanier.
Last week we heard from Zach andTina.
This week we are diving right inwith our conversation with
Elise, who has a fascinatingtrue story that kept Erica and I
on the edge of our seat.
You don't want to miss this one.
SPEAKER_05 (03:28):
Hi.
Hi.
How are you?
I'm good.
How are y'all?
SPEAKER_01 (03:33):
Good.
I'm Elizabeth, and this is mysister Erica.
Hi.
SPEAKER_05 (03:37):
Hey.
SPEAKER_03 (03:38):
I gotta pour some wine.
SPEAKER_01 (03:41):
Yeah.
Do you have a glass of wine?
SPEAKER_04 (03:43):
I do.
So I picked up a bottle ofMayomi, which is my favorite,
Pinot Noir.
Great.
Um, I thought I was gonna get acab, but I just decided on a
Pinot Noir.
SPEAKER_01 (03:53):
So very nice.
Very nice.
So do you want to just likeintroduce yourself?
SPEAKER_04 (03:59):
I'm Elise.
Um, I currently live in SouthCarolina, but I grew up in
Roswell, or as locals call it,Roswell.
Um, I've I lived there for 24years before moving to the
upstate.
I grew up on Lake Lanier.
Um, we we used to go there everyweekend until I was about eight
years old, and then we startedgoing to Lake Hartwell.
So I have a lot of creepyexperiences, but I would say the
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one with the scar on my foreheadtakes the cake.
SPEAKER_05 (04:25):
Can you see it?
Oh my gosh.
You see it?
Yeah, I do.
Oh my gosh.
Okay.
SPEAKER_04 (04:32):
Yeah.
Um, so I work in sales, I havesix kids and I'm happily
married.
Um, I have not been back sinceyou said you have six kids.
SPEAKER_05 (04:42):
Yes, yes, I do.
SPEAKER_03 (04:43):
How old are you?
I do.
SPEAKER_05 (04:45):
I'm 34.
Um, you look like you're in your20s.
Yeah.
What?
Thank you.
I'm 34 also.
SPEAKER_03 (04:53):
I'm blushing.
But oh my gosh, six kids.
Yes, yeah.
Oh good for you.
unknown (04:58):
Thank you.
SPEAKER_03 (04:59):
Yeah, good for you.
SPEAKER_01 (05:00):
God bless, yeah.
SPEAKER_03 (05:02):
I have a dog and a cat.
SPEAKER_04 (05:03):
That's awesome.
I love it.
SPEAKER_01 (05:05):
I've got two boys, and they're they're probably
equal to six.
100%.
SPEAKER_04 (05:10):
I have all girls, so I would say that boys, two boys
is the equivalent of six years,but I kind of love that.
SPEAKER_03 (05:18):
A girl house.
SPEAKER_01 (05:19):
That's really cool.
SPEAKER_05 (05:21):
Thank you.
SPEAKER_01 (05:22):
So she recently went pretty viral on TikTok because
she put out a video about herstory at Lake Lanier that
happened when she was four yearsold.
So I already know the storybecause I watched somebody
tagged me in it.
Somebody tagged me in the videoand said you should talk to her.
And so I was like, ooh, Iwatched the video and I was
like, oh my gosh, it's amazing.
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So would you mind sharing yourstory?
And Eric, Eric has never heardit.
She didn't watch the video oranything.
SPEAKER_04 (05:49):
Like I said, I grew up on the lake, so we would go
there all the time.
It was the week after.
So you have to rewind 30 years,right?
It was the week after my fourthbirthday.
We went to the lake.
It was my dad and his friendJay.
So just the three of us.
Um, my dad had stand-up jetskis.
So his friend and him weretaking turns riding the stand-up
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jet skis.
And when my dad came back fromriding, his friend was watching
me.
I jumped on the back of thewhite jet ski and was just
playing around, kicking my feet,splashing in the water when his
friend turned on the jet ski.
So this is before bilge pumps onstand-up jet skis.
The reason he turned it on wasto get the water out of it so it
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wouldn't sink.
Okay.
However, it scared me.
I was a little kid.
I was only four years old.
As an adult, that would notscare me.
But as a child, it terrified me.
I flipped around within like amillisecond, my dad says, and I
grabbed the handlebars.
I didn't just grab thehandlebars, unfortunately, I
grabbed the throttle.
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And so before they could yank meoff of the ski, I turned the
handlebars like this, and I wentflying because I my hand locked.
I'll never forget that feelingin my hand.
I've never gripped something sohard in my life, but I was, it
was pure terror.
I was so scared by the sound ofthe engine that I just my hands
just froze, like in a completelike fight or flight moment.
SPEAKER_06 (07:15):
Sure.
SPEAKER_04 (07:15):
They were locked and there was nothing.
And I remember my like buttwould just kept hitting the
bottom of the jet ski because Iwas so light.
I was about 30 pounds.
I was really small for afour-year-old.
Um, so I'm going and I'm justgoing straight and I can see
everything.
The tree trees are flying by asfast as possible next to me.
And Lake Lanier is a superwooded area, as you all know.
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There's trees everywhere.
I can't hear my dad at allthroughout this entire
experience.
Um, but I know that he wasscreaming and swimming and
telling me to hit the redbutton.
There was not a kill switch onthis type of jet ski.
It was made in the 80s, so therewasn't that lanyard that most
people have nowadays.
Long story short, I'm flying,the trees are flying, I feel the
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wind, and I'm just like so atpeace, even though I'm
terrified, because it's kind offun to ride a jet ski.
Yeah.
And I look over to my left andI'm getting chills thinking
about it, but I look over to myleft, and there is a woman, and
she is sitting on her knees, andshe has the most beautiful
blonde, flowy hair.
It's almost to her waist, andshe has on this gorgeous, like
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it's a almost aquamarine tealkind of knit top, something like
a like crocheted almost.
And she she looks me in my eyesand she has these beautiful,
they're almost like greenish,bluish.
They're they're not brown.
My eyes are brown, they're notbrown.
And my mind still to this day,30 years later, they're green
eyes, but I can't confirm ordeny that.
It's been a long time.
(08:45):
Yeah.
She says to me, This may hurt alittle bit, or this might hurt a
little bit, but everything willbe okay.
And I said, What might hurt?
And I, because I was a littlekid and I look back straight and
I hit the rock.
Um, there's like a rockembankment.
I hit the rock embankment.
This is where I cognitively donot remember anything, but I can
tell you what was told bywitnesses and what I said in the
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days after that.
I flew up, I hit a tree wherethey had cut off a branch, and
the branch like went in kind oflike a circle into my head.
SPEAKER_03 (09:18):
Oh my gosh.
SPEAKER_04 (09:19):
There was about 20 witnesses because it was at a
campground.
They said I, after I hit thetree, I was suspended in the air
like this, and then I fell facefirst into the water.
So like I went backwards in theair into the water.
Wow.
I remember hitting the water andthinking like I couldn't breathe
because it was such a there wasso much force behind it.
(09:40):
Right.
I was looking in the water,looking all around, and I could
see the blood like from my headmixing with the water.
And my four-year-old mind, I hadjust gotten back from the beach
and I was really concerned aboutlike a shark, which obviously as
an adult, I would never beconcerned about that.
But I was very concerned aboutthat.
And I remember thinking, wow,like that looks really pretty
because blood mixed with waterin my four-year-old mind looks
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really pretty.
And then um, no sooner I wasabout to take a breath because I
could finally had kind of gaineda little bit of hot ability.
Yeah, and you got like the windknocked out of you, and now
you're okay.
Yeah.
And um I felt my life jacket getreally tight, and then I was
yanked up, and this man yankedme up and he grabbed me.
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And right then, as he wasgrabbing me, that just I could
feel the blood like coming intomy eyes, and it was really hot
and it was everywhere.
Um, and he was sobbing, likeuncontrollably sobbing while he,
I mean, he just witnessed thisabsolutely terrifying thing.
Um, and he's holding me and hesaid, and I said to him, Is my
nose bleeding?
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And he said, Yes, baby,everything's bleeding, like shh
sh, like and she he keptscreaming, like, she's alive,
the baby's alive, the baby'salive.
He's getting up the wrongembankment.
Um, and he's starting to slipwith me in his hands.
And a gentleman who lived in thearea who just happened to be
passing by, like, saw thiscommotion and saw him running
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and grabs the back of him andyanks him up there.
And then long story, it's a lotof stuff going on.
Oh my gosh.
Yeah.
So the the craziest part is Ihad no concussion, I had no
broken bones.
I yeah, there was nothing wrongwith my skull.
You could see my skull though.
(11:29):
You could you could physicallysee it.
My mom says that when she got tothe hospital because she was not
with us, it was a big circlelike this, and it was just
gaping, and you could see myentire skull.
SPEAKER_03 (11:39):
Um, so terrifying.
SPEAKER_04 (11:42):
I yeah, and I had told her, and this this part I
don't remember, but I I mean, Itold her that when I hit the
tree, the lady in the bluedress, that's what I called her,
the lady in the blue dress,grabbed me by my um arm and my
leg and threw me over hershoulder as she flew away.
And that's the reason I got backin the water.
SPEAKER_05 (12:01):
Oh, wow.
Yeah.
So yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (12:06):
So we have some follow-up questions.
SPEAKER_03 (12:09):
Sure.
I mean, first of all, that'sgotta be terrifying for your
parents.
But I mean, you're telling yourmom these stories, you don't
really remember.
And you're just telling her likethis initial thing.
Like, was your mom freaked out?
Like, what is her reaction tolike the things that you were
saying?
SPEAKER_04 (12:27):
Yeah, so my mom has always believed in like spirits
and angels and everything likethat.
So she just said, whoever thatwas, regardless if they were a
ghost or if they were an angel,that like I was protected.
And for some reason she didn'tknow why, but I was.
And oh wow.
So I've kept that, I've carriedthat with me.
I mean, I see this every day.
Like, yeah, there's no wayaround it.
unknown (12:49):
Oh, wow.
SPEAKER_04 (12:50):
But she was, she was like, she was freaked out by I
told her the entire story.
Like, when I got, I was fine.
I didn't have any sort of memoryloss when I got to the hospital
because the paramedics camethere and they were like, She
looks fine.
I mean, I was talking, I wantedto get up, no one would let me
get up.
I remember being incrediblyfrustrated.
A four-year-old has a lot ofenergy.
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I had a ton of energy as achild.
So having to like lay, they justtold me to like lay down in this
bed of this truck until theparamedics got there.
I was so annoyed.
I remember just being like, CanI get up now?
And they'd be like, Oh, don'tget up.
And I everyone, all the adultsaround me were terrified by what
they're doing.
SPEAKER_01 (13:28):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_04 (13:28):
Yeah.
Because not only did I hit thetree and they all saw that, I
flew backwards in the air.
And it there was nothing, it'slike my dad says it looked like
I was on a string and kind ofjust went like this and then
fell.
Oh, the doctors at the hospitalhad pulled my mom out of the
room, uh, my mom and my dad outof the room and said, like,
after all the tests came back,and they said she shouldn't be
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alive.
Like, there's no way that sheshould have hit a tree with that
much force and be alive.
Like, there this is a miracle.
We have no idea.
SPEAKER_03 (13:57):
I mean, how fast were you going?
You said your hand like locked,probably holding the yeah, like
throttle or whatever.
So you're just lying.
SPEAKER_01 (14:08):
When did somebody point out to you, or did anyone
point out to you like there'sthis legend about a woman in
blue at the lake?
SPEAKER_04 (14:18):
So that I learned about that about a few months
ago, which is crazy.
My mom actually was the one whosaid, Elise, did you have you
heard about this lady in blue atthe lake?
I was like, What are you talkingabout?
My lake, my like where I where Iwas.
SPEAKER_01 (14:34):
And you had never heard that before.
SPEAKER_04 (14:36):
No, I had never heard it.
Um, and the story has neverchanged.
It's been the same since I wasfour.
I mean, she's I can I can seeher in my mind so clear, I could
draw you a picture.
I the the crocheted dress thatshe was wearing is absolutely
gorgeous.
I mean, it's just this, it lookslike something that you would
wear not in this time period.
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And that's what I always told mymom as I got older and could
still remember everything.
I still can remember it.
Like, it doesn't look like she'sfrom, you know, our our time.
She's not from the 90s.
I saw all these TikToks and Iwas like, oh my gosh, I wonder
if that is the woman.
So crazy.
SPEAKER_01 (15:12):
That is so crazy.
Because Eric and I, we did awhole episode on The Lady of the
Lake.
And so we know that there weretwo women who died, but we know
that only one is seen becauseshe's wearing a blue dress, and
that's Adelia May.
But I'm not sure that I've everseen a photograph of her.
So I would be I would beinterested in trying to find a
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photograph of her.
It was reported that she waswearing a blue dress that night
when she died.
Yeah.
Yeah.
They found Susie Roberts.
I've seen a picture of her, theother woman who died.
SPEAKER_03 (15:44):
So I just looked her up.
Thank you.
While you were talking.
I was like, we actually havenever talked about what she
looked like necessarily.
Okay, so the only pictures I'mfinding are black and white, but
she has long blonde hair.
Um, I can't tell that make youfreak out a little bit.
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Yeah, it actually like I havegoosebumps.
SPEAKER_04 (16:10):
That freaks me out.
SPEAKER_03 (16:11):
I can't tell what color eyes she has, but I'm sure
we could.
Okay.
This is gonna be not oh yeah,that's not very good.
SPEAKER_01 (16:18):
But yeah, she's got long, light colored hair.
SPEAKER_04 (16:21):
Yeah, her hair was like, it was almost Barbie
blonde.
Oh, that's amazing.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (16:26):
I don't know if you listened to that episode of our
podcast that we did, but becausewe talked about, I think it was
the second episode.
Um, we talked about how theydied and that, and then we came
up with theories why she's theonly one who is seen and not her
friend.
And the only thing that we cancome up with is that she took
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decades to be properlyidentified.
Actually, no, not even.
She was never properlyidentified.
She was identified by defaultbecause they found the other
woman.
So they assumed like that thisthese other remains were her.
They never officially identifiedher to this day.
That was our theory.
And then the other thing isokay, let me ask you this.
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People say when they see herthat she doesn't have hands.
Did she have hands?
SPEAKER_03 (17:14):
Do you even remember registering?
SPEAKER_04 (17:17):
Because I mean, she had hands.
SPEAKER_01 (17:19):
She had hands.
SPEAKER_04 (17:20):
She had hands.
SPEAKER_01 (17:21):
I mean, okay.
She was like just her physicalbody does does not have hands.
Erica and I, we went to the areawhere she died with a spirit
box, and we asked her if she wasat peace now and if she had her
hands.
And I think her reply was it wassomething like perfect universe
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or something like that.
SPEAKER_03 (17:42):
Yeah, she like she's happy, she's comfortable.
SPEAKER_01 (17:45):
Right.
So we felt like that was hersaying, like, she's complete and
at peace.
But you know, there's oh, that'samazing.
I can't believe that.
That's cute that she was lookingout for you.
Yeah.
You want to hear something elseabout her?
She had an infant daughter whenshe died.
Oh, daughter.
SPEAKER_03 (18:06):
Maybe there's like a maternal instinct there.
Like, I mean, I think most womendo have that anyway, but I mean,
like, she she left behind justshe was just a baby.
SPEAKER_01 (18:17):
She only had one daughter, and wow, there's some
things there.
SPEAKER_03 (18:25):
Well, that's a really good story.
Gotcha.
Okay, so you went to Lake Lanierlike every summer.
Yeah.
Have you heard like some otherstories?
Like, I mean, um you have tohave friends who were there and
stuff, right?
SPEAKER_04 (18:39):
Yeah.
I mean, yeah, so we would gocamping when I was really young.
We would go camping everyweekend, pretty much, at least
twice a month.
We would go camping.
Um, and I was always freaked outby the lake, but I couldn't
really ever put it my likefinger on it, what freaked me
out, even as a little kid.
SPEAKER_01 (18:58):
So some people say I never suspected anything.
And then some people are like,oh yeah, I always had a weird
vibe.
So there's a quite a bit quite aspectrum from locals.
I so I just think it'sinteresting where people fall
into the spectrum.
So, did have you heard aboutOscarville?
And when did you hear about it?
And how did you feel about itafter you had learned it?
SPEAKER_04 (19:21):
Yeah, I was a teenager when I found out what
had actually happened.
SPEAKER_01 (19:26):
Did you learn at school?
SPEAKER_04 (19:27):
Or no, they don't talk to talk about that at
school.
Absolutely not.
No, I learned because one of myfriends, um, her ancestors, like
her great grandparents, lived inOscarville.
And I was saying about how wewere gonna go.
My friend had a houseboat.
And so we would go up there onthe weekends and go to her house
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boat on Lake Lanier.
So cool.
Which it was cool, but alsoagain, I was so creeped out that
they like everyone in my familywould be like, Why won't you get
in the water?
And I'm like, I don't, there'ssomething here.
When I heard about Oscarville,And I was like I said, I was in
high school.
I was about 14 or 15.
And I never swam in the lakeagain.
Um, all of high school until Igraduated.
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I was 18.
I could drive a car, and we wentback and I got in, and then I
saw something under the waterthat looked like a hand, and I
got out and I said, I'm notdone.
I'm done.
SPEAKER_01 (20:18):
And that's common too.
That's a common thing that Ihear.
SPEAKER_03 (20:21):
Yeah.
Well, I mean, I think it's kindof a good time for us to even
like touch on this.
I mean, we talked aboutOscarville in our very first
episode.
SPEAKER_01 (20:32):
Before we knew like how angry it made people to talk
about the local uh they don'twant to talk about it.
SPEAKER_03 (20:39):
And so it's it's become a pretty serious issue.
We don't have to get into all ofthat, but I mean, we're talking
about historical facts here.
We're not we're not explaining.
SPEAKER_01 (20:52):
We do talk about ghost stories, but like actually
those come from historicalfacts.
SPEAKER_03 (20:57):
And but everything is documented.
Beth has cited every singlething that we've talked about,
like her sources and where we'regetting this information.
And I just had no idea that wewould be facing um so many crazy
comments and like local businessowners.
And I mean, it's insane thebacklash just from this was a
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place that was here before.
We're not saying that theywashed the city out, we're not
coming up with like theconspiracies.
She's done actual videos of theactual timelines.
SPEAKER_01 (21:33):
So I feel like it would go a long way.
And you can tell me what youthink, Elise, is going to the
lake and just sort of maybe youbelieve in this thing, maybe you
don't, but sort of like clearingthe air and like whatever
injustices happen there, justrecognize that it happened, you
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know, and like move forward.
I think that would go a longway.
And but people are so resistantto that kind of thing.
I don't know.
What do you think?
What would it take you?
What would it take for you to goback to the lake and kind of
feel at peace?
SPEAKER_04 (22:07):
I think, oh, that's a great question.
I've never I've never been askedthat.
And you know, it's funny is umup until about a year ago, my
mom lived in Roswell.
She doesn't anymore.
Um, she lives closer to me now,but I would have to drive by the
lake all the time.
And um, my kids would be like,Can we go to Lake Lanier
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Islands?
Because they've heard I said,Absolutely not.
We can we can never go there.
It's wow.
SPEAKER_01 (22:33):
So you wouldn't even go to that's like the the
islands, it's like an amusementpark.
They've got like a swimming pooland they've got like a water
park.
You wouldn't even go there.
SPEAKER_04 (22:42):
No, I think I would walk the site again.
I I do I as I get older and Iappreciate life in a different
way, right?
When I was young and I gotsaved, there was no, I was just
like, okay, whatever.
You know, whoever saved me,whatever saved me, I do feel
like needs a thank you.
You know, um, I would love towalk the site again where that
happened.
SPEAKER_01 (23:03):
Have you never you said it was at a campsite?
Do you remember what campsite?
I'm just curious.
SPEAKER_04 (23:07):
I wrote it down because I I have we've never
been back.
My parents, they we went backthat next day, but never again.
My mom was so traumatized, mydad.
He still won't talk about whathappened.
Um, I asked him like when I madethe TikTok, I asked him because
someone had asked me somequestions that I didn't know the
answers to because I was four.
(23:27):
I don't remember everything.
Yeah.
Um, and he was like, I don't, Ican't talk about it.
I blocked it all out.
Um it was War Hill Park.
SPEAKER_03 (23:36):
It would be kind of cool to go back and do like uh
I'm kind of like smallceremonies.
What?
No.
No.
SPEAKER_01 (23:46):
What?
Like almost too much for me.
War Hill Park is right byHighway 53.
It's right by the Dawsonvillehigh the bridge where she died.
It's right there.
It's right by Highway 53, it'sjust north of Highway 53.
Oh my god.
SPEAKER_04 (24:04):
Uh but you asked, what would it take for me to go
back?
I think I'm at peace enough thatI could go back.
I would love to say thank you tothe person that saved me.
SPEAKER_03 (24:16):
You know, I'm I'm a big kind of like ceremony
person.
Like, I like to do little thingsfor myself.
I've always done that.
Beth is still freaking out rightnow.
But I mean, yeah, if there wassomething that you could do, you
know, just personally foryourself, like alone, I bet that
would feel really nice.
I like to do things like thattoo.
(24:37):
So that's crazy.
But I mean, that's amazing thatshe literally intercepted this
whole thing.
SPEAKER_01 (24:44):
Well, here's the thing about Lake Lanier, Elise,
is that it, you know, that it'shuge, it covers five counties.
There's parks, there's dozensand dozens and dozens and dozens
of parks.
And so you said Warhill Park.
I just typed it in, and it'sliterally right next to the
Highway 53 bridge, and that'swhere she died.
(25:06):
I mean, I just think it's I Ifind it amazing.
And it just kind of validatesyour story even more.
Yeah, it really does.
It really does.
Because you are four years old,you don't know what park you're
at when you're four, and so you,you know, you had to get this
information.
You would have no idea.
Yeah, you had to get thisinformation from your parents.
So I mean, I just I just thinkit's fascinating and I love it,
(25:29):
quite frankly.
I really do.
I love it, and I love that yousaid that you would be willing
to go back now and just, youknow, because it was such a I
mean, that's a huge thing insomebody's life.
So to go back and revisit that,I'm sure it would be difficult,
but I think it's nice thatyou're willing to do that.
(25:49):
I think you're an amazingperson, just like you grew up
and you had six daughters, andlike I just I'm still stuck on
that one.
Yeah, I know.
I'm still stuck on that one, butlike, you know, and then you
lived a really great life, youknow.
So I think I know it's great.
Erica's Erica gets haunted allthe time with her tech issues.
SPEAKER_03 (26:10):
Uh one moment, please.
SPEAKER_01 (26:13):
Every single time that she and I talk about
spirits on Lake Lanier, likespecific ones, her her lights go
out, her microphone turns off.
Every single time.
It's not even funny anymore.
We don't even I just I justsensitive.
I literally just edit that partout because it's like it's so
(26:34):
mundane at this point.
Like, well, we're talking aboutLanier.
SPEAKER_03 (26:37):
Like I live, um, so I live in Alexandria, Virginia,
and it's a very old apartmentbuilding, and I'm kind of like
half in the basement, half, youknow.
So I I don't know, it's not likecreepy here.
I don't ever get scared, but um,yeah, I don't know.
Like my stuff is always messingup.
(26:59):
Is it do you think it's haunted?
You know, to be honest, so wereally hope so.
I just have not gotten any kindof like vibes, you know.
I don't even get like a feeling,like there's nothing.
SPEAKER_01 (27:14):
I know, like I'm imprinting on you.
I want your apartment to behaunted.
Like I really want it to be.
SPEAKER_03 (27:19):
Don't do this to me.
SPEAKER_01 (27:21):
Well, Elise, is there anything else that you
might want to share?
SPEAKER_04 (27:26):
Um, oh, you know what I did not mention?
The man that pulled me out, Iforgot about this, and this is a
pivotal part.
Um, he was actually paralyzed.
And he had had a car roll overhis legs, and he was on a
walker.
They said he would never runagain.
So I don't know if it wasadrenaline that kicked in, but
(27:48):
it was all very supernatural.
Like we went back to the sitethe next day because my mom,
she's a super compassionateperson, the best woman, in my
opinion, I'm biased, but ever.
She said, like, we can't let allof these people who helped you
and who witnessed this, becausethey were all camping there,
they were still gonna be there.
Like, we can't let them end onlike they don't know what
(28:09):
happened to you.
Like you should have died,right?
We have to go back.
And that I love that.
So, yeah.
So we went back the next day,and like I said, that's the only
time we've ever been back, isthe that next day.
We went back and we thanked thepeople, and my mom gave them
flowers and everything.
And um, the man, he was just hewas in like this camping chair,
(28:30):
and he had a walker with him,and he was just crying to my
mom, like saying, like, theynever said I would walk, like
they said I would never walkagain.
The doctor said I would neverwalk again.
Like, I'm he's like, I'm reallysore, but I'm just shocked I can
walk again.
So there is something verysupernatural about Lake Lanier,
and I will forever die on thathill.
That is crazy.
(28:50):
Yeah, and I can't believe Iforgot that part out of
everything.
I was like, yeah, so he I havehis name written, I have the
people's names written down,which is kind of crazy.
So, like the man that um savedme, I believe his name was
David, and then the pastor, theguy that grabbed him, his name
(29:10):
was James, but I've never beenable to find them since.
And I have looked for them.
I think they've passed,unfortunately.
They were older.
I was four, this was 30 yearsago.
My mom still, which I think isso wild, um, she carries around
the sheet of paper that theywrote their names on and their
phone numbers in her wallet.
And she's had it in her walletfor 30 years.
(29:32):
So after I made the TikTok andit went kind of viral, right?
People were asking me somequestions that I couldn't, I
didn't know the answers tobecause all I know is what I
experienced that day, not thepeople's names or this or that.
Um and I called her and shesaid, Elise, like I have the
piece of paper in my wallet.
And I'm like, what piece ofpaper?
And she just pulled it out andit was their names.
(29:54):
And I looked them up.
Um, I do believe the man thatwas that had been crushed by the
car, his legs, and he couldbarely walk and had the walker
at the campground.
I believe he's unfortunatelypassed at this point, but I
don't know about the um pastorwho helped him.
SPEAKER_03 (30:09):
Okay, your mom sounds like the sweetest human
being.
SPEAKER_01 (30:12):
I know we love your mother.
SPEAKER_04 (30:14):
Yeah, she's like she is a national treasure.
I I just love her.
She's the best person and anamazing example in how you
should be.
SPEAKER_03 (30:23):
In the midst of your child almost dying, the fact
that she thought about thesecampers need closure, and let's
go back like the next day.
Let's that's so yeah, that'sreally thoughtful.
SPEAKER_04 (30:37):
Yeah, that's amazing.
Yeah, she's a really thoughtfulperson.
And we did go to the church thatthat guy was a pastor at, but he
wasn't there.
So she just like wrote a noteand left some flowers for him in
the week.
SPEAKER_03 (30:48):
Oh, that's so sweet.
SPEAKER_04 (30:49):
I remember going in the church and being like, Why
are we here?
Like, I'm four, so I don'treally even understand exactly
the situation.
SPEAKER_01 (30:54):
Yeah, wow.
I'm sure that was just a uh sucha like a pivotal uh point that
because you were so young, butyou still remember it.
So it must have shaped your lifeso much, I would imagine.
SPEAKER_03 (31:07):
What I really like is we've done so many stories
that are so negative about LakeLanier, and this is something
that's just so positive.
Like, just because something ishaunted doesn't necessarily mean
that it's evil and coming from abad place.
Well, we've said that before.
SPEAKER_01 (31:24):
Like, if you sense a spirit there, it if that doesn't
mean that it's there to do youharm.
SPEAKER_03 (31:30):
Like, yeah, you know, so but it's good to hear
like something positive becauseit is nice.
I think when people havenegative experiences, they tend
to talk about it more.
So you sharing your verypositive experience, like I'm
still alive, and now I have sixdaughters.
SPEAKER_04 (31:46):
Yeah, I think there's a duality with Lake
Lanier, right?
I think there's good and bad.
And not every experience is bad,but that's what's talked about
more.
SPEAKER_01 (31:57):
It's yeah, it's easy to dwell on the negative, but I
mean, and the negative is therefor a good reason.
I mean, you know, obviously it'sit's there for a good reason,
but I think we can whether ornot you believe in spirits or
hauntings, like you can alwaysjust use the narratives from the
history and the narratives fromthe past to do better in the
future instead of justpretending like the history
(32:19):
doesn't exist.
I think that's I I think I don'tthink that's a good idea.
No, just in general.
SPEAKER_03 (32:25):
Well, thanks for sharing.
SPEAKER_01 (32:27):
Yeah, just thank you so much for coming on and like
taking time out of your day todo this.
It was so nice of you, andyou're so much fun to talk to.
SPEAKER_04 (32:33):
Thank you for having me.
I feel honored.
SPEAKER_01 (32:36):
Yeah, of course.
It's this is just our sillylittle podcast.
We, you know, we yeah, I loveit.
Literally, we just you know Ican't like people listen to us.
I know, me neither.
I'm like, let's just get somemicrophones and like start
talking about like linear stuff.
SPEAKER_04 (32:50):
Yeah, there's a lot to talk about.
It's there's a lot.
SPEAKER_01 (32:54):
Wow, for sure.
Did you make it through yourbottle of wine, or how far did
you get?
SPEAKER_03 (32:58):
I've only had one glass.
SPEAKER_01 (33:01):
I I only had one glass too.
She's drinking wine out of astraw.
She's our she's our spiritanimal.
SPEAKER_04 (33:06):
Yeah.
I don't like a cup.
Like, I don't like a cup that Ihave to tilt normally.
SPEAKER_03 (33:13):
I do a coffee mug and I put some ice in it because
I'm a white wine drinker.
Sure.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (33:22):
Now you can finish your bottle of wine and like
just tell your tell your husbandthat you're not quite done yet,
and then just stay in the roomby yourself.
Stay in the room.
Thank you to our guest today,Elise.
You can find her on TikTok atElise on TikTok.
And one more thank you to ourother guests, Zach and Tina.
Join us next time on SpiritsUncorked.
SPEAKER_02 (33:46):
Well, Hainted Loves, what do you think?
That was quite the interview andquite the story.
And we want to thank our friendBrandon at Southern Gothic Media
for helping hook us up withElizabeth and Erica.
And again, if you're fascinatedby this story, there are many
more ghost stories specificallyabout this area at their
(34:06):
website, linear ghosttours.com.
Thank you so much for listeningto our episode Feed Swap with
Spirits Uncorked, and I hope youhave an appropriately spooky
day.
SPEAKER_00 (34:22):
Homespun Haints is hosted by Becky Kilimnik and
Diana Doty, and produced byHomespun Haints Media LLC.
Editing and music by BeckyKilimnik.
Show notes by Diana Dhody.
If you have a ghost story andyou'd like to be considered as a
guest for this podcast, pleasevisit our website at
homespunhaints.comslash submit.
Hello, Hainted Loves, and welcome to Homespun
Haints.
I'm Diana.
However, today's episode doesnot feature me as the host.
No, we've actually been gifteduh through our friends uh at
Southern Gothic Media.
We've been gifted an episode bySpirits Uncorked, a sister duo,
Elizabeth and Erica, who have apodcast related specifically to
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ghost stories about Lake Lanierin Georgia.
Now, you remember Lake Lanierbecause we've brought it up
several times.
It's the lake that was formedwhen a city was flooded and
burned, and cemeteries may ormay not have been fully
relocated.
And so this is a lake that'svery frightening for very many
(00:45):
reasons.
Becky talks about it in ourPatreon-only episode, Haunted
Boat Ride on a Haunted Lake, andstarts to tell you a little bit
that we know about the legend ofthe lady in blue of the lake.
However, Spirits Uncorked has aneven more in-depth exploration
(01:06):
of this legend and otherparanormal stories associated
with Lake Lanier, and they'veactually managed to capture an
interview of somebody whoencountered the lady in blue on
the lake when they were a childin a fascinating accident.
And so I invite you to sit backand listen to this episode of
(01:28):
Spirits Uncorked and let us knowwhat you think.
And if you like it, head on overto their website and subscribe.
They actually not only have thispodcast about Lake Lanier, but
they do boat tours for ghostypeople on Lake Lanier.
So their website is Lanier GhostTours.com.
(01:50):
I'll have that in the show notesto this episode.
But let me know what you thinkbecause it sure sounds like this
person encountered a legend.
SPEAKER_01 (02:04):
Imagine a childhood memory so intense, so
mysterious, it leaves anindelible mark, not just in
memory, but on your skin.
Picture being just four yearsold, caught in a terrifying
accident on the vast waters ofLake Lanier.
In the chaos, a woman in a bluedress appears, saving your life,
only to vanish without a trace.
(02:25):
The scar on your forehead, aconstant reminder of the day
when reality blurred withsomething far beyond
explanation.
In this episode of SpiritsUncorked, Elise shares the
thrilling true story of herencounter with the mysterious
woman in blue.
And cork a bottle with us forpart two of First Hand
Encounters on Lake Lanier.
(02:46):
And continue to get to thebottom of the Lake Lanier
mystery.
Dive in with us.
(03:09):
Today Erica and I continue tohear first-hand accounts from
locals who grew up on LakeLanier.
Last week we heard from Zach andTina.
This week we are diving right inwith our conversation with
Elise, who has a fascinatingtrue story that kept Erica and I
on the edge of our seat.
You don't want to miss this one.
SPEAKER_05 (03:28):
Hi.
Hi.
How are you?
I'm good.
How are y'all?
SPEAKER_01 (03:33):
Good.
I'm Elizabeth, and this is mysister Erica.
Hi.
SPEAKER_05 (03:37):
Hey.
SPEAKER_03 (03:38):
I gotta pour some wine.
SPEAKER_01 (03:41):
Yeah.
Do you have a glass of wine?
SPEAKER_04 (03:43):
I do.
So I picked up a bottle ofMayomi, which is my favorite,
Pinot Noir.
Great.
Um, I thought I was gonna get acab, but I just decided on a
Pinot Noir.
SPEAKER_01 (03:53):
So very nice.
Very nice.
So do you want to just likeintroduce yourself?
SPEAKER_04 (03:59):
I'm Elise.
Um, I currently live in SouthCarolina, but I grew up in
Roswell, or as locals call it,Roswell.
Um, I've I lived there for 24years before moving to the
upstate.
I grew up on Lake Lanier.
Um, we we used to go there everyweekend until I was about eight
years old, and then we startedgoing to Lake Hartwell.
So I have a lot of creepyexperiences, but I would say the
(04:23):
one with the scar on my foreheadtakes the cake.
SPEAKER_05 (04:25):
Can you see it?
Oh my gosh.
You see it?
Yeah, I do.
Oh my gosh.
Okay.
SPEAKER_04 (04:32):
Yeah.
Um, so I work in sales, I havesix kids and I'm happily
married.
Um, I have not been back sinceyou said you have six kids.
SPEAKER_05 (04:42):
Yes, yes, I do.
SPEAKER_03 (04:43):
How old are you?
I do.
SPEAKER_05 (04:45):
I'm 34.
Um, you look like you're in your20s.
Yeah.
What?
Thank you.
I'm 34 also.
SPEAKER_03 (04:53):
I'm blushing.
But oh my gosh, six kids.
Yes, yeah.
Oh good for you.
unknown (04:58):
Thank you.
SPEAKER_03 (04:59):
Yeah, good for you.
SPEAKER_01 (05:00):
God bless, yeah.
SPEAKER_03 (05:02):
I have a dog and a cat.
SPEAKER_04 (05:03):
That's awesome.
I love it.
SPEAKER_01 (05:05):
I've got two boys, and they're they're probably
equal to six.
100%.
SPEAKER_04 (05:10):
I have all girls, so I would say that boys, two boys
is the equivalent of six years,but I kind of love that.
SPEAKER_03 (05:18):
A girl house.
SPEAKER_01 (05:19):
That's really cool.
SPEAKER_05 (05:21):
Thank you.
SPEAKER_01 (05:22):
So she recently went pretty viral on TikTok because
she put out a video about herstory at Lake Lanier that
happened when she was four yearsold.
So I already know the storybecause I watched somebody
tagged me in it.
Somebody tagged me in the videoand said you should talk to her.
And so I was like, ooh, Iwatched the video and I was
like, oh my gosh, it's amazing.
(05:43):
So would you mind sharing yourstory?
And Eric, Eric has never heardit.
She didn't watch the video oranything.
SPEAKER_04 (05:49):
Like I said, I grew up on the lake, so we would go
there all the time.
It was the week after.
So you have to rewind 30 years,right?
It was the week after my fourthbirthday.
We went to the lake.
It was my dad and his friendJay.
So just the three of us.
Um, my dad had stand-up jetskis.
So his friend and him weretaking turns riding the stand-up
(06:11):
jet skis.
And when my dad came back fromriding, his friend was watching
me.
I jumped on the back of thewhite jet ski and was just
playing around, kicking my feet,splashing in the water when his
friend turned on the jet ski.
So this is before bilge pumps onstand-up jet skis.
The reason he turned it on wasto get the water out of it so it
(06:33):
wouldn't sink.
Okay.
However, it scared me.
I was a little kid.
I was only four years old.
As an adult, that would notscare me.
But as a child, it terrified me.
I flipped around within like amillisecond, my dad says, and I
grabbed the handlebars.
I didn't just grab thehandlebars, unfortunately, I
grabbed the throttle.
(06:53):
And so before they could yank meoff of the ski, I turned the
handlebars like this, and I wentflying because I my hand locked.
I'll never forget that feelingin my hand.
I've never gripped something sohard in my life, but I was, it
was pure terror.
I was so scared by the sound ofthe engine that I just my hands
just froze, like in a completelike fight or flight moment.
SPEAKER_06 (07:15):
Sure.
SPEAKER_04 (07:15):
They were locked and there was nothing.
And I remember my like buttwould just kept hitting the
bottom of the jet ski because Iwas so light.
I was about 30 pounds.
I was really small for afour-year-old.
Um, so I'm going and I'm justgoing straight and I can see
everything.
The tree trees are flying by asfast as possible next to me.
And Lake Lanier is a superwooded area, as you all know.
(07:38):
There's trees everywhere.
I can't hear my dad at allthroughout this entire
experience.
Um, but I know that he wasscreaming and swimming and
telling me to hit the redbutton.
There was not a kill switch onthis type of jet ski.
It was made in the 80s, so therewasn't that lanyard that most
people have nowadays.
Long story short, I'm flying,the trees are flying, I feel the
(08:01):
wind, and I'm just like so atpeace, even though I'm
terrified, because it's kind offun to ride a jet ski.
Yeah.
And I look over to my left andI'm getting chills thinking
about it, but I look over to myleft, and there is a woman, and
she is sitting on her knees, andshe has the most beautiful
blonde, flowy hair.
It's almost to her waist, andshe has on this gorgeous, like
(08:24):
it's a almost aquamarine tealkind of knit top, something like
a like crocheted almost.
And she she looks me in my eyesand she has these beautiful,
they're almost like greenish,bluish.
They're they're not brown.
My eyes are brown, they're notbrown.
And my mind still to this day,30 years later, they're green
eyes, but I can't confirm ordeny that.
It's been a long time.
(08:45):
Yeah.
She says to me, This may hurt alittle bit, or this might hurt a
little bit, but everything willbe okay.
And I said, What might hurt?
And I, because I was a littlekid and I look back straight and
I hit the rock.
Um, there's like a rockembankment.
I hit the rock embankment.
This is where I cognitively donot remember anything, but I can
tell you what was told bywitnesses and what I said in the
(09:08):
days after that.
I flew up, I hit a tree wherethey had cut off a branch, and
the branch like went in kind oflike a circle into my head.
SPEAKER_03 (09:18):
Oh my gosh.
SPEAKER_04 (09:19):
There was about 20 witnesses because it was at a
campground.
They said I, after I hit thetree, I was suspended in the air
like this, and then I fell facefirst into the water.
So like I went backwards in theair into the water.
Wow.
I remember hitting the water andthinking like I couldn't breathe
because it was such a there wasso much force behind it.
(09:40):
Right.
I was looking in the water,looking all around, and I could
see the blood like from my headmixing with the water.
And my four-year-old mind, I hadjust gotten back from the beach
and I was really concerned aboutlike a shark, which obviously as
an adult, I would never beconcerned about that.
But I was very concerned aboutthat.
And I remember thinking, wow,like that looks really pretty
because blood mixed with waterin my four-year-old mind looks
(10:03):
really pretty.
And then um, no sooner I wasabout to take a breath because I
could finally had kind of gaineda little bit of hot ability.
Yeah, and you got like the windknocked out of you, and now
you're okay.
Yeah.
And um I felt my life jacket getreally tight, and then I was
yanked up, and this man yankedme up and he grabbed me.
(10:26):
And right then, as he wasgrabbing me, that just I could
feel the blood like coming intomy eyes, and it was really hot
and it was everywhere.
Um, and he was sobbing, likeuncontrollably sobbing while he,
I mean, he just witnessed thisabsolutely terrifying thing.
Um, and he's holding me and hesaid, and I said to him, Is my
nose bleeding?
(10:46):
And he said, Yes, baby,everything's bleeding, like shh
sh, like and she he keptscreaming, like, she's alive,
the baby's alive, the baby'salive.
He's getting up the wrongembankment.
Um, and he's starting to slipwith me in his hands.
And a gentleman who lived in thearea who just happened to be
passing by, like, saw thiscommotion and saw him running
(11:08):
and grabs the back of him andyanks him up there.
And then long story, it's a lotof stuff going on.
Oh my gosh.
Yeah.
So the the craziest part is Ihad no concussion, I had no
broken bones.
I yeah, there was nothing wrongwith my skull.
You could see my skull though.
(11:29):
You could you could physicallysee it.
My mom says that when she got tothe hospital because she was not
with us, it was a big circlelike this, and it was just
gaping, and you could see myentire skull.
SPEAKER_03 (11:39):
Um, so terrifying.
SPEAKER_04 (11:42):
I yeah, and I had told her, and this this part I
don't remember, but I I mean, Itold her that when I hit the
tree, the lady in the bluedress, that's what I called her,
the lady in the blue dress,grabbed me by my um arm and my
leg and threw me over hershoulder as she flew away.
And that's the reason I got backin the water.
SPEAKER_05 (12:01):
Oh, wow.
Yeah.
So yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (12:06):
So we have some follow-up questions.
SPEAKER_03 (12:09):
Sure.
I mean, first of all, that'sgotta be terrifying for your
parents.
But I mean, you're telling yourmom these stories, you don't
really remember.
And you're just telling her likethis initial thing.
Like, was your mom freaked out?
Like, what is her reaction tolike the things that you were
saying?
SPEAKER_04 (12:27):
Yeah, so my mom has always believed in like spirits
and angels and everything likethat.
So she just said, whoever thatwas, regardless if they were a
ghost or if they were an angel,that like I was protected.
And for some reason she didn'tknow why, but I was.
And oh wow.
So I've kept that, I've carriedthat with me.
I mean, I see this every day.
Like, yeah, there's no wayaround it.
unknown (12:49):
Oh, wow.
SPEAKER_04 (12:50):
But she was, she was like, she was freaked out by I
told her the entire story.
Like, when I got, I was fine.
I didn't have any sort of memoryloss when I got to the hospital
because the paramedics camethere and they were like, She
looks fine.
I mean, I was talking, I wantedto get up, no one would let me
get up.
I remember being incrediblyfrustrated.
A four-year-old has a lot ofenergy.
(13:12):
I had a ton of energy as achild.
So having to like lay, they justtold me to like lay down in this
bed of this truck until theparamedics got there.
I was so annoyed.
I remember just being like, CanI get up now?
And they'd be like, Oh, don'tget up.
And I everyone, all the adultsaround me were terrified by what
they're doing.
SPEAKER_01 (13:28):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_04 (13:28):
Yeah.
Because not only did I hit thetree and they all saw that, I
flew backwards in the air.
And it there was nothing, it'slike my dad says it looked like
I was on a string and kind ofjust went like this and then
fell.
Oh, the doctors at the hospitalhad pulled my mom out of the
room, uh, my mom and my dad outof the room and said, like,
after all the tests came back,and they said she shouldn't be
(13:50):
alive.
Like, there's no way that sheshould have hit a tree with that
much force and be alive.
Like, there this is a miracle.
We have no idea.
SPEAKER_03 (13:57):
I mean, how fast were you going?
You said your hand like locked,probably holding the yeah, like
throttle or whatever.
So you're just lying.
SPEAKER_01 (14:08):
When did somebody point out to you, or did anyone
point out to you like there'sthis legend about a woman in
blue at the lake?
SPEAKER_04 (14:18):
So that I learned about that about a few months
ago, which is crazy.
My mom actually was the one whosaid, Elise, did you have you
heard about this lady in blue atthe lake?
I was like, What are you talkingabout?
My lake, my like where I where Iwas.
SPEAKER_01 (14:34):
And you had never heard that before.
SPEAKER_04 (14:36):
No, I had never heard it.
Um, and the story has neverchanged.
It's been the same since I wasfour.
I mean, she's I can I can seeher in my mind so clear, I could
draw you a picture.
I the the crocheted dress thatshe was wearing is absolutely
gorgeous.
I mean, it's just this, it lookslike something that you would
wear not in this time period.
(14:56):
And that's what I always told mymom as I got older and could
still remember everything.
I still can remember it.
Like, it doesn't look like she'sfrom, you know, our our time.
She's not from the 90s.
I saw all these TikToks and Iwas like, oh my gosh, I wonder
if that is the woman.
So crazy.
SPEAKER_01 (15:12):
That is so crazy.
Because Eric and I, we did awhole episode on The Lady of the
Lake.
And so we know that there weretwo women who died, but we know
that only one is seen becauseshe's wearing a blue dress, and
that's Adelia May.
But I'm not sure that I've everseen a photograph of her.
So I would be I would beinterested in trying to find a
(15:34):
photograph of her.
It was reported that she waswearing a blue dress that night
when she died.
Yeah.
Yeah.
They found Susie Roberts.
I've seen a picture of her, theother woman who died.
SPEAKER_03 (15:44):
So I just looked her up.
Thank you.
While you were talking.
I was like, we actually havenever talked about what she
looked like necessarily.
Okay, so the only pictures I'mfinding are black and white, but
she has long blonde hair.
Um, I can't tell that make youfreak out a little bit.
(16:07):
Yeah, it actually like I havegoosebumps.
SPEAKER_04 (16:10):
That freaks me out.
SPEAKER_03 (16:11):
I can't tell what color eyes she has, but I'm sure
we could.
Okay.
This is gonna be not oh yeah,that's not very good.
SPEAKER_01 (16:18):
But yeah, she's got long, light colored hair.
SPEAKER_04 (16:21):
Yeah, her hair was like, it was almost Barbie
blonde.
Oh, that's amazing.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (16:26):
I don't know if you listened to that episode of our
podcast that we did, but becausewe talked about, I think it was
the second episode.
Um, we talked about how theydied and that, and then we came
up with theories why she's theonly one who is seen and not her
friend.
And the only thing that we cancome up with is that she took
(16:46):
decades to be properlyidentified.
Actually, no, not even.
She was never properlyidentified.
She was identified by defaultbecause they found the other
woman.
So they assumed like that thisthese other remains were her.
They never officially identifiedher to this day.
That was our theory.
And then the other thing isokay, let me ask you this.
(17:09):
People say when they see herthat she doesn't have hands.
Did she have hands?
SPEAKER_03 (17:14):
Do you even remember registering?
SPEAKER_04 (17:17):
Because I mean, she had hands.
SPEAKER_01 (17:19):
She had hands.
SPEAKER_04 (17:20):
She had hands.
SPEAKER_01 (17:21):
I mean, okay.
She was like just her physicalbody does does not have hands.
Erica and I, we went to the areawhere she died with a spirit
box, and we asked her if she wasat peace now and if she had her
hands.
And I think her reply was it wassomething like perfect universe
(17:41):
or something like that.
SPEAKER_03 (17:42):
Yeah, she like she's happy, she's comfortable.
SPEAKER_01 (17:45):
Right.
So we felt like that was hersaying, like, she's complete and
at peace.
But you know, there's oh, that'samazing.
I can't believe that.
That's cute that she was lookingout for you.
Yeah.
You want to hear something elseabout her?
She had an infant daughter whenshe died.
Oh, daughter.
SPEAKER_03 (18:06):
Maybe there's like a maternal instinct there.
Like, I mean, I think most womendo have that anyway, but I mean,
like, she she left behind justshe was just a baby.
SPEAKER_01 (18:17):
She only had one daughter, and wow, there's some
things there.
SPEAKER_03 (18:25):
Well, that's a really good story.
Gotcha.
Okay, so you went to Lake Lanierlike every summer.
Yeah.
Have you heard like some otherstories?
Like, I mean, um you have tohave friends who were there and
stuff, right?
SPEAKER_04 (18:39):
Yeah.
I mean, yeah, so we would gocamping when I was really young.
We would go camping everyweekend, pretty much, at least
twice a month.
We would go camping.
Um, and I was always freaked outby the lake, but I couldn't
really ever put it my likefinger on it, what freaked me
out, even as a little kid.
SPEAKER_01 (18:58):
So some people say I never suspected anything.
And then some people are like,oh yeah, I always had a weird
vibe.
So there's a quite a bit quite aspectrum from locals.
I so I just think it'sinteresting where people fall
into the spectrum.
So, did have you heard aboutOscarville?
And when did you hear about it?
And how did you feel about itafter you had learned it?
SPEAKER_04 (19:21):
Yeah, I was a teenager when I found out what
had actually happened.
SPEAKER_01 (19:26):
Did you learn at school?
SPEAKER_04 (19:27):
Or no, they don't talk to talk about that at
school.
Absolutely not.
No, I learned because one of myfriends, um, her ancestors, like
her great grandparents, lived inOscarville.
And I was saying about how wewere gonna go.
My friend had a houseboat.
And so we would go up there onthe weekends and go to her house
(19:47):
boat on Lake Lanier.
So cool.
Which it was cool, but alsoagain, I was so creeped out that
they like everyone in my familywould be like, Why won't you get
in the water?
And I'm like, I don't, there'ssomething here.
When I heard about Oscarville,And I was like I said, I was in
high school.
I was about 14 or 15.
And I never swam in the lakeagain.
Um, all of high school until Igraduated.
(20:08):
I was 18.
I could drive a car, and we wentback and I got in, and then I
saw something under the waterthat looked like a hand, and I
got out and I said, I'm notdone.
I'm done.
SPEAKER_01 (20:18):
And that's common too.
That's a common thing that Ihear.
SPEAKER_03 (20:21):
Yeah.
Well, I mean, I think it's kindof a good time for us to even
like touch on this.
I mean, we talked aboutOscarville in our very first
episode.
SPEAKER_01 (20:32):
Before we knew like how angry it made people to talk
about the local uh they don'twant to talk about it.
SPEAKER_03 (20:39):
And so it's it's become a pretty serious issue.
We don't have to get into all ofthat, but I mean, we're talking
about historical facts here.
We're not we're not explaining.
SPEAKER_01 (20:52):
We do talk about ghost stories, but like actually
those come from historicalfacts.
SPEAKER_03 (20:57):
And but everything is documented.
Beth has cited every singlething that we've talked about,
like her sources and where we'regetting this information.
And I just had no idea that wewould be facing um so many crazy
comments and like local businessowners.
And I mean, it's insane thebacklash just from this was a
(21:21):
place that was here before.
We're not saying that theywashed the city out, we're not
coming up with like theconspiracies.
She's done actual videos of theactual timelines.
SPEAKER_01 (21:33):
So I feel like it would go a long way.
And you can tell me what youthink, Elise, is going to the
lake and just sort of maybe youbelieve in this thing, maybe you
don't, but sort of like clearingthe air and like whatever
injustices happen there, justrecognize that it happened, you
(21:54):
know, and like move forward.
I think that would go a longway.
And but people are so resistantto that kind of thing.
I don't know.
What do you think?
What would it take you?
What would it take for you to goback to the lake and kind of
feel at peace?
SPEAKER_04 (22:07):
I think, oh, that's a great question.
I've never I've never been askedthat.
And you know, it's funny is umup until about a year ago, my
mom lived in Roswell.
She doesn't anymore.
Um, she lives closer to me now,but I would have to drive by the
lake all the time.
And um, my kids would be like,Can we go to Lake Lanier
(22:28):
Islands?
Because they've heard I said,Absolutely not.
We can we can never go there.
It's wow.
SPEAKER_01 (22:33):
So you wouldn't even go to that's like the the
islands, it's like an amusementpark.
They've got like a swimming pooland they've got like a water
park.
You wouldn't even go there.
SPEAKER_04 (22:42):
No, I think I would walk the site again.
I I do I as I get older and Iappreciate life in a different
way, right?
When I was young and I gotsaved, there was no, I was just
like, okay, whatever.
You know, whoever saved me,whatever saved me, I do feel
like needs a thank you.
You know, um, I would love towalk the site again where that
happened.
SPEAKER_01 (23:03):
Have you never you said it was at a campsite?
Do you remember what campsite?
I'm just curious.
SPEAKER_04 (23:07):
I wrote it down because I I have we've never
been back.
My parents, they we went backthat next day, but never again.
My mom was so traumatized, mydad.
He still won't talk about whathappened.
Um, I asked him like when I madethe TikTok, I asked him because
someone had asked me somequestions that I didn't know the
answers to because I was four.
(23:27):
I don't remember everything.
Yeah.
Um, and he was like, I don't, Ican't talk about it.
I blocked it all out.
Um it was War Hill Park.
SPEAKER_03 (23:36):
It would be kind of cool to go back and do like uh
I'm kind of like smallceremonies.
What?
No.
No.
SPEAKER_01 (23:46):
What?
Like almost too much for me.
War Hill Park is right byHighway 53.
It's right by the Dawsonvillehigh the bridge where she died.
It's right there.
It's right by Highway 53, it'sjust north of Highway 53.
Oh my god.
SPEAKER_04 (24:04):
Uh but you asked, what would it take for me to go
back?
I think I'm at peace enough thatI could go back.
I would love to say thank you tothe person that saved me.
SPEAKER_03 (24:16):
You know, I'm I'm a big kind of like ceremony
person.
Like, I like to do little thingsfor myself.
I've always done that.
Beth is still freaking out rightnow.
But I mean, yeah, if there wassomething that you could do, you
know, just personally foryourself, like alone, I bet that
would feel really nice.
I like to do things like thattoo.
(24:37):
So that's crazy.
But I mean, that's amazing thatshe literally intercepted this
whole thing.
SPEAKER_01 (24:44):
Well, here's the thing about Lake Lanier, Elise,
is that it, you know, that it'shuge, it covers five counties.
There's parks, there's dozensand dozens and dozens and dozens
of parks.
And so you said Warhill Park.
I just typed it in, and it'sliterally right next to the
Highway 53 bridge, and that'swhere she died.
(25:06):
I mean, I just think it's I Ifind it amazing.
And it just kind of validatesyour story even more.
Yeah, it really does.
It really does.
Because you are four years old,you don't know what park you're
at when you're four, and so you,you know, you had to get this
information.
You would have no idea.
Yeah, you had to get thisinformation from your parents.
So I mean, I just I just thinkit's fascinating and I love it,
(25:29):
quite frankly.
I really do.
I love it, and I love that yousaid that you would be willing
to go back now and just, youknow, because it was such a I
mean, that's a huge thing insomebody's life.
So to go back and revisit that,I'm sure it would be difficult,
but I think it's nice thatyou're willing to do that.
(25:49):
I think you're an amazingperson, just like you grew up
and you had six daughters, andlike I just I'm still stuck on
that one.
Yeah, I know.
I'm still stuck on that one, butlike, you know, and then you
lived a really great life, youknow.
So I think I know it's great.
Erica's Erica gets haunted allthe time with her tech issues.
SPEAKER_03 (26:10):
Uh one moment, please.
SPEAKER_01 (26:13):
Every single time that she and I talk about
spirits on Lake Lanier, likespecific ones, her her lights go
out, her microphone turns off.
Every single time.
It's not even funny anymore.
We don't even I just I justsensitive.
I literally just edit that partout because it's like it's so
(26:34):
mundane at this point.
Like, well, we're talking aboutLanier.
SPEAKER_03 (26:37):
Like I live, um, so I live in Alexandria, Virginia,
and it's a very old apartmentbuilding, and I'm kind of like
half in the basement, half, youknow.
So I I don't know, it's not likecreepy here.
I don't ever get scared, but um,yeah, I don't know.
Like my stuff is always messingup.
(26:59):
Is it do you think it's haunted?
You know, to be honest, so wereally hope so.
I just have not gotten any kindof like vibes, you know.
I don't even get like a feeling,like there's nothing.
SPEAKER_01 (27:14):
I know, like I'm imprinting on you.
I want your apartment to behaunted.
Like I really want it to be.
SPEAKER_03 (27:19):
Don't do this to me.
SPEAKER_01 (27:21):
Well, Elise, is there anything else that you
might want to share?
SPEAKER_04 (27:26):
Um, oh, you know what I did not mention?
The man that pulled me out, Iforgot about this, and this is a
pivotal part.
Um, he was actually paralyzed.
And he had had a car roll overhis legs, and he was on a
walker.
They said he would never runagain.
So I don't know if it wasadrenaline that kicked in, but
(27:48):
it was all very supernatural.
Like we went back to the sitethe next day because my mom,
she's a super compassionateperson, the best woman, in my
opinion, I'm biased, but ever.
She said, like, we can't let allof these people who helped you
and who witnessed this, becausethey were all camping there,
they were still gonna be there.
Like, we can't let them end onlike they don't know what
(28:09):
happened to you.
Like you should have died,right?
We have to go back.
And that I love that.
So, yeah.
So we went back the next day,and like I said, that's the only
time we've ever been back, isthe that next day.
We went back and we thanked thepeople, and my mom gave them
flowers and everything.
And um, the man, he was just hewas in like this camping chair,
(28:30):
and he had a walker with him,and he was just crying to my
mom, like saying, like, theynever said I would walk, like
they said I would never walkagain.
The doctor said I would neverwalk again.
Like, I'm he's like, I'm reallysore, but I'm just shocked I can
walk again.
So there is something verysupernatural about Lake Lanier,
and I will forever die on thathill.
That is crazy.
(28:50):
Yeah, and I can't believe Iforgot that part out of
everything.
I was like, yeah, so he I havehis name written, I have the
people's names written down,which is kind of crazy.
So, like the man that um savedme, I believe his name was
David, and then the pastor, theguy that grabbed him, his name
(29:10):
was James, but I've never beenable to find them since.
And I have looked for them.
I think they've passed,unfortunately.
They were older.
I was four, this was 30 yearsago.
My mom still, which I think isso wild, um, she carries around
the sheet of paper that theywrote their names on and their
phone numbers in her wallet.
And she's had it in her walletfor 30 years.
(29:32):
So after I made the TikTok andit went kind of viral, right?
People were asking me somequestions that I couldn't, I
didn't know the answers tobecause all I know is what I
experienced that day, not thepeople's names or this or that.
Um and I called her and shesaid, Elise, like I have the
piece of paper in my wallet.
And I'm like, what piece ofpaper?
And she just pulled it out andit was their names.
(29:54):
And I looked them up.
Um, I do believe the man thatwas that had been crushed by the
car, his legs, and he couldbarely walk and had the walker
at the campground.
I believe he's unfortunatelypassed at this point, but I
don't know about the um pastorwho helped him.
SPEAKER_03 (30:09):
Okay, your mom sounds like the sweetest human
being.
SPEAKER_01 (30:12):
I know we love your mother.
SPEAKER_04 (30:14):
Yeah, she's like she is a national treasure.
I I just love her.
She's the best person and anamazing example in how you
should be.
SPEAKER_03 (30:23):
In the midst of your child almost dying, the fact
that she thought about thesecampers need closure, and let's
go back like the next day.
Let's that's so yeah, that'sreally thoughtful.
SPEAKER_04 (30:37):
Yeah, that's amazing.
Yeah, she's a really thoughtfulperson.
And we did go to the church thatthat guy was a pastor at, but he
wasn't there.
So she just like wrote a noteand left some flowers for him in
the week.
SPEAKER_03 (30:48):
Oh, that's so sweet.
SPEAKER_04 (30:49):
I remember going in the church and being like, Why
are we here?
Like, I'm four, so I don'treally even understand exactly
the situation.
SPEAKER_01 (30:54):
Yeah, wow.
I'm sure that was just a uh sucha like a pivotal uh point that
because you were so young, butyou still remember it.
So it must have shaped your lifeso much, I would imagine.
SPEAKER_03 (31:07):
What I really like is we've done so many stories
that are so negative about LakeLanier, and this is something
that's just so positive.
Like, just because something ishaunted doesn't necessarily mean
that it's evil and coming from abad place.
Well, we've said that before.
SPEAKER_01 (31:24):
Like, if you sense a spirit there, it if that doesn't
mean that it's there to do youharm.
SPEAKER_03 (31:30):
Like, yeah, you know, so but it's good to hear
like something positive becauseit is nice.
I think when people havenegative experiences, they tend
to talk about it more.
So you sharing your verypositive experience, like I'm
still alive, and now I have sixdaughters.
SPEAKER_04 (31:46):
Yeah, I think there's a duality with Lake
Lanier, right?
I think there's good and bad.
And not every experience is bad,but that's what's talked about
more.
SPEAKER_01 (31:57):
It's yeah, it's easy to dwell on the negative, but I
mean, and the negative is therefor a good reason.
I mean, you know, obviously it'sit's there for a good reason,
but I think we can whether ornot you believe in spirits or
hauntings, like you can alwaysjust use the narratives from the
history and the narratives fromthe past to do better in the
future instead of justpretending like the history
(32:19):
doesn't exist.
I think that's I I think I don'tthink that's a good idea.
No, just in general.
SPEAKER_03 (32:25):
Well, thanks for sharing.
SPEAKER_01 (32:27):
Yeah, just thank you so much for coming on and like
taking time out of your day todo this.
It was so nice of you, andyou're so much fun to talk to.
SPEAKER_04 (32:33):
Thank you for having me.
I feel honored.
SPEAKER_01 (32:36):
Yeah, of course.
It's this is just our sillylittle podcast.
We, you know, we yeah, I loveit.
Literally, we just you know Ican't like people listen to us.
I know, me neither.
I'm like, let's just get somemicrophones and like start
talking about like linear stuff.
SPEAKER_04 (32:50):
Yeah, there's a lot to talk about.
It's there's a lot.
SPEAKER_01 (32:54):
Wow, for sure.
Did you make it through yourbottle of wine, or how far did
you get?
SPEAKER_03 (32:58):
I've only had one glass.
SPEAKER_01 (33:01):
I I only had one glass too.
She's drinking wine out of astraw.
She's our she's our spiritanimal.
SPEAKER_04 (33:06):
Yeah.
I don't like a cup.
Like, I don't like a cup that Ihave to tilt normally.
SPEAKER_03 (33:13):
I do a coffee mug and I put some ice in it because
I'm a white wine drinker.
Sure.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_01 (33:22):
Now you can finish your bottle of wine and like
just tell your tell your husbandthat you're not quite done yet,
and then just stay in the roomby yourself.
Stay in the room.
Thank you to our guest today,Elise.
You can find her on TikTok atElise on TikTok.
And one more thank you to ourother guests, Zach and Tina.
Join us next time on SpiritsUncorked.
SPEAKER_02 (33:46):
Well, Hainted Loves, what do you think?
That was quite the interview andquite the story.
And we want to thank our friendBrandon at Southern Gothic Media
for helping hook us up withElizabeth and Erica.
And again, if you're fascinatedby this story, there are many
more ghost stories specificallyabout this area at their
(34:06):
website, linear ghosttours.com.
Thank you so much for listeningto our episode Feed Swap with
Spirits Uncorked, and I hope youhave an appropriately spooky
day.
SPEAKER_00 (34:22):
Homespun Haints is hosted by Becky Kilimnik and
Diana Doty, and produced byHomespun Haints Media LLC.
Editing and music by BeckyKilimnik.
Show notes by Diana Dhody.
If you have a ghost story andyou'd like to be considered as a
guest for this podcast, pleasevisit our website at
homespunhaints.comslash submit.
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