Recently I have been showing a client the Lake Highlands Area. Its a area close to White Rock Lake Park which is home to the White Rock Marathon. The White Rock Marathon is recognized as a top 10 marathon within the United States, and serves as a Boston qualifier. The primary beneficiary of the marathon is Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children located in Dallas.
Now for the really good part...the legend of the Lady of White Rock Lake. Once upon a time...The tale goes (there are a lot in the area saying the story is true) that a ghost of a girl in her early 20s, dripping wet in 1920s dinner evening wear, will appear at night, 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 where she was sitting. 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.
Even with this wacko wet girl in her 1920s dinner evening wear it's a great area to live in Dallas.
Pato in DFW
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