

Or don’t. But if you live up in Odessa, aerial photography confirms a configuration of lakes that’s downright spooky, to match some of the local history around them.
Not even real estate rebranding can obscure the scary truth:
[Environmental scientist Jaime] Collazo had seen at least one of the Scream movies. He found the Scream Ghostface on the Web. He posted the two images in a corridor of the [Hillsborough County's Environmental Protection Commission] offices. In the process, Collazo noticed a second unsettling detail in the aerial - Dead Lady Lake.
“It’s almost like a mole on that face,” he said.
“Lady Lake” is the name preferred nowadays, particularly in real estate circles.
“It sounds so much nicer,” said Sammie Callahan, who bought a house on the lake three years ago.
Callahan, 50, discovered the lake’s real name as she checked property records on her house. County employees told her a woman had been found dead there long ago. Then, after moving in, Callahan asked a local old-timer about the name.
“She said, “The body was in the ditch that runs alongside your house.’ “
For those interested, you can find this satellite view of Odessa, Florida on Google (it’s not quite as detailed, aka frightening, on the Maps view).
Just in time for Halloween. I sure hope this doesn’t turn out to be some elaborate guerilla marketing stunt for yet another tired iteration of the Scream franchise. Now that would give me the creeps.
Category: Florida Livin', Movies
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link to google’s satellite view is wonky.
Comment by tommy — 10/28/2005 @ 04:50:28 PM
Thanks, fixed now; and a real rookie mistake, even — forgot the http…
Comment by CT — 10/28/2005 @ 05:10:51 PM