Missing Kids

Two 19-year-olds, a boy and a girl, are missing from a lakeside camp. The name of the lake: Crystal Lake.

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A popular ghost story is that some years ago, a boy drowned in the lake and never resurfaced.

Possibilities

1 The two kids have eloped, intending to cross the state line to get married. A forgotten diary or a bunkmate might divulge this information. The ghost story is just that - a story. Every camp has one.

2 The two kids went for a late-night swim in the lake and happened upon an underwater cave. As it happens, the ghost story is real, and the ghost of the drowned kid haunts the area. Unfortunately for the two missing kids, they got lost in the labyrinthine cavern, and while they are in a pocket of air... their time is running out.

The ghost, if encountered, might actually prove helpful - he’s not a bad sort, just unfortunate. Of course, if he’s enlisted, he might latch on to an unfortunate investigator, who then gets saddled with his very own haunting...

3 The missing teenagers have watched a few too many horror movies and are hiding, planning to recreate the horror from the Friday the 13th series.

© 2007 Marius Incognito Blomkvist