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  2. Man, 23, drowns in Georgia’s Lake Lanier after slipping on ...

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    Whitlock, from Snellville, Georgia, is the eighth person to drown in Lake Lanier so far in 2023. A week prior to Whitlock’s death, another 23-year-old man, Edgar Steven Cruz Martinez, drowned ...

  3. Georgia's Lake Lanier has claimed over 200 lives. Why do ...

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    A 23-year-old man drowned last Saturday after slipping and falling off a dock into Georgia’s Lake Lanier, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR). It’s the fourth death ...

  4. Man, 23, drowns in Georgia’s Lake Lanier after slipping on ...

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    An eighth person this year has died in Lake Lanier, making people question if the lake is safe Man, 23, drowns in Georgia’s Lake Lanier after slipping on dock - the eighth death at ‘haunted ...

  5. 1912 racial conflict in Forsyth County, Georgia - Wikipedia

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    Location of Forsyth County within the U.S. state of Georgia. In Forsyth County, Georgia, in September 1912, two separate alleged attacks on white women in the Cumming area resulted in black men being accused as suspects. First, a white woman reportedly awoke to find a black man in her bedroom; then days later, a white teenage girl was beaten ...

  6. List of drowning victims - Wikipedia

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    Also on 8 July 2020, actress and singer Naya Rivera drowned in Lake Piru, Ventura County, California, after saving her son. After being declared a missing person and a subsequent search and rescue mission, her body was found on 13 July 2020. On 26 November 2021, the Norwegian YouTuber Apetor drowned at Jakobs dam, a lake west of Kongsberg, Norway.

  7. Oscarville, Georgia - Wikipedia

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    Oscarville is supposedly one of multiple "drowned towns" beneath Lake Lanier. Local legend alleges Lake Lanier to be haunted. One commonly claimed reason for the supposed haunting is the high number of drowning deaths, with over 500 deaths between the lake's formation and 2021. 200 deaths occurred between 1994 and 2020. Underwater debris such ...

  8. Memorial Day weekend safety: Law enforcement work to keep ...

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    At Lake Lanier, Georgia game wardens will be out in force monitoring the lake with safety as their top priority. ... 53 people drowned in Georgia waterways and 20 were killed in boating accidents.

  9. Lake Lanier - Wikipedia

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    Lake Lanier (officially Lake Sidney Lanier) is a reservoir in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. It was created by the completion of Buford Dam on the Chattahoochee River in 1956, and is also fed by the waters of the Chestatee River. The lake encompasses 38,000 acres (15,000 ha) or 59 sq mi (150 km 2) of water, and 692 mi (1,114 ...