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Originally Posted by jrc
The Witches have held fear and awe for me since my first days on the lake. I actually envy you, I've always wanted to see them up close.
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JRC...
You put this into words perfectly. I have always "feared" them, and certainly been in "awe" of them. It's almost like they hold some type of hypnotic power over boaters. I just can't drive by...EVER...without tensing up a bit. You think..."MY God, the dreaded Witches". Which, I believe, is why I froze and actually became ill. It was like a child encoutering his worst fear. Be it bats, the dark, spiders, or the boggy man (also, remember when Harrison Ford encountered snakes in "Raiders of the Lost Ark"?) . Anywhere else in the lake, when I have become slightly disoriented, or thought I might have some trouble, I have never froze...or gone into a state of panic.
But being in the Witches????? It was like a 6 year old being introduced to the boggy man.
As for envying me, and seeing them close up...Looking back, I guess I remember it being an awesome sight...floating above this huge rock formation....I think...it's tough to remember it in a positive way. It looked like large, large green clumps under the water, just waiting to swallow me whole.