Lady of the Lake - White Rock Lake Dallas Texas
N 32° 49.218 W 096° 43.204
14S E 713435 N 3633668
Quick Description: This is the story of the lady that drowned in the lake. Written about by Frank X Tolbert in "Neiman Marcus Texas."
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 7/23/2009 7:19:18 PM
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Long Description:?From Wikipedia : wikipedia/whiterocklake
A well-known Dallas legend is the legend of the Lady of White
Rock Lake. The tale goes (there are a lot of area residents who
claim the story is true) that the ghost of a girl in her early 20s
will appear at night, dripping wet in 1920s dinner evening wear,
and a car passing along the road circling the lake will stop. The
girl tells the driver she had an accident and needs to get home.
The driver will then drive to the address given, and when he (or
she) arrives, the girl is gone, leaving only a waterlogged seat.
The driver then learns after knocking on the door of the house that
the girl was their daughter -- she died by drowning when she fell
out of a boat on the lake at night many years ago. Some later
stories report that the driver taking the girl going to the address
arrives, and the house is no longer there: it was torn down years
ago and is now the site of an apartment complex. Reports of the
ghostly encounters were published in Dallas-area newspapers in the
1960s.
This legend is said to have been the inspiration for the
bluegrass song Bringing Mary Home, written by John Duffey of the
Country Gentlemen.[4] Their version of the song made the Billboard
Country Chart in 1965. The song has since been recorded by many
others, including Frankie Miller, Mac Wiseman, Red Sovine, Ricky
Skaggs, and Daniel O'Donnell. It is now regarded by many as a
bluegrass standard.
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