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Lake Sidney Lanier, a reservoir in Georgia, had some truly haunting stories without any theories to back them up. Before the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers created Georgia’s largest lake by flooding the area, it was home to a mostly Black community called Oscarville. Since 1994, more than 700 people have died in swimming and boating accidents on the lake, adding to its spooky history. Some historians believed that unmarked graves and other buildings were eaten up by the water, while others assumed that it was cursed. Dr. Paul Grant, an associate professor of Political Science at Georgia Gwinnett…

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