Miller's Lake
I grew up on the Ohio River but everyone paid money to swim in private lakes. My father's favorite was Miller's Lake and we went there on weekends. I once saw him break an off-duty co... View MoreMiller's Lake
I grew up on the Ohio River but everyone paid money to swim in private lakes. My father's favorite was Miller's Lake and we went there on weekends. I once saw him break an off-duty cop's arm there among other things when I was maybe 2 years old.
One weekend we were driving there and he asked me if I'd like to swim and I excitedly declared that I did. Miller's Lake had a few floating rafts and the main one had diving boards and slides and I held on to his neck while he swam us there and then we arrived. He told everyone to leave, including the lifeguards, because he was going to teach me to swim, and they knew who he was and so they left.
Once the left, he picked me up over his head and threw me as far as he could into the water and just like that, I knew how to swim, and I got back to the raft but then he picked me up again and threw me really far out again.
Each swim back got more difficult, but it continued until finally I was crying and then he called me a sissy and congratulated me on learning to swim. I cried the whole way back in the back seat and he informed me that I was a pussy. I had already seen him execute men in front of me by the but at least I could swim.
