When I was on a boat trip, I fell overboard. The water was dark and deep. I thrashed about, but it felt like I was going down fast. Thankfully, someone threw me a lifebuoy and pulled me back up. It was a scary moment.
Once, I was at the beach. I went too far into the water. Suddenly, a strong current pulled me under. I struggled, water filling my lungs. Just as I thought I'd die, a surfer grabbed me and dragged me to shore. It was terrifying.
One story is about a girl who was swimming alone in a lake at dusk. Suddenly, she felt something tugging at her legs underwater. She thrashed about but couldn't break free. As she started to sink, she saw a dark shape below her. Then, just as she was about to lose consciousness, she managed to grab a rock and pull herself out. Ever since then, she never swam alone.
One night, I was walking alone in a dark alley. Suddenly, I heard a strange scratching sound behind me. I turned around quickly but saw nothing. My heart started pounding. As I walked faster, the sound grew louder. I ran towards the end of the alley and when I finally got out, I saw a cat with a twig in its paw, making that scratching sound. It was just a cat, but it scared me half to death at that moment.
Once, I was camping alone in the woods. At night, I heard strange growls outside my tent. I peeked out and saw two glowing eyes in the darkness. I was so scared that I huddled in my sleeping bag, not daring to move. I held my breath, thinking it might be a wild animal. After what felt like hours, the growling stopped and the eyes disappeared. I didn't sleep a wink that night.
In many scary drowning stories, the fear of the unknown in the water is very scary. There could be things under the water like sharp rocks or strong currents that are invisible from the surface. Also, the isolation as you struggle in the water, like no one can hear your cries for help. This is what makes the drowning experience so frightening in these stories.
I was staying in an old, supposedly haunted hotel. In the middle of the night, I woke up to the sound of footsteps in the hallway. But when I looked out, there was no one there. Then, the lights in my room started to flicker. I was so scared that I hid under the covers. As soon as day broke, I checked out of that hotel immediately.
At a Halloween party, a guy went into an empty room to get some peace. But as he sat there, he noticed a strange coldness in the air. Then, he saw a small doll on a shelf start to move on its own. Its eyes turned black, and it grinned at him. He quickly ran out of the room, but he could feel the doll's eyes following him.
Walking through the cemetery at night, I saw a figure that vanished when I blinked.
When I was in the forest, I decided to take a short cut through a denser part. As I walked, the trees seemed to close in on me. I heard a loud crack, like a branch breaking. But there was no wind. I started to feel very uneasy. Then, I saw a figure that looked like a large, hunched - over man. I turned around and ran the other way, not looking back until I was out of the forest.
Panic. When someone is drowning, the immediate sense of panic is a common element. It's that desperate fight against the water.