Challenge
First Line
Continue the story after the first line: "Everyone in town agreed the lake was haunted, but only I knew what was actually buried beneath it." Feel free to change tense/pronoun as needed. I'll pick the winner!
They Do Tell Tales
Everyone in town agreed the lake was haunted, but only I knew what was actually buried beneath it. This was simply because I was the one buried beneath it, with who else, and why.