u/Bulky-Low9667

I don't know why I felt the urge to write about this, I rarely ever use reddit and I haven't really told anyone about it since, but I want to know if anyone has ever experienced this specifically at Ginnie Springs in Florida.

I was 16 or so and my older sister had planned a trip for our family to this spring, saying she had gotten drunk there with some friends and had a great time.

Most of it's pretty hazy, I don't really remember the trip there, just standing in line and grabbing some tubes. What I do remember extremely vividly is that when we got to this spot in the trees just by the stairs, the water was empty and no one else was really around. Mind you there had been plenty of people ahead of us in line who seemingly disappeared, but I was just focused on getting to swim in the clearest water I'd ever seen. I love swimming, but nothing felt as good as this water, no chlorine and just on the right side of cold that it was tolerable and I adjusted quickly.

I was the first one in the water too, didn't bother even looking back at my family, I was just honed in on this central area of the spring where there was this dip, sort of like a crater or the entrance to a cave.

I immediately dived down, I wanted to touch the rock/sand that contrasted so perfectly with the light blue water. I was surprised to find that not only was my vision perfectly clear underwater, but as I swam it was much deeper than I expected and it was like I felt some resistence trying to get further down, not quite like fighting against bouyancy.

The pressure and the need to breathe got the better of me long before I could reach what seemed like the highest point of this dip, and I looked back up to start ascending.

Not only was I way deeper than I had thought as the swim upwards felt longer than the dive down, but the area I was in had become covered by people floating in their tubes. I literally had to push someone out of the way so I could get air, and they didn't acknowledge me at all. I couldn't have been under for more than 30 seconds, I wasn't great at holding my breath, but in that time the entire spring had went from empty to completely crowded.

I asked my mom about it later and she just gave me a weird look, no one else in my family would say anything about it. About a year ago I asked her about it again and she said she doesn't remember that happening, or me ever asking about it back then.

I barely think about it now, but every time the memory comes to mind I just feel unsettled.

I don't know why I felt the urge to write about this, I rarely ever use reddit and I haven't really told anyone about it since, but I want to know if anyone has ever experienced this specifically at Ginnie Springs in Florida.

I was 16 or so and my older sister had planned a trip for our family to this spring, saying she had gotten drunk there with some friends and had a great time.

Most of it's pretty hazy, I don't really remember the trip there, just standing in line and grabbing some tubes. What I do remember extremely vividly is that when we got to this spot in the trees just by the stairs, the water was empty and no one else was really around. Mind you there had been plenty of people ahead of us in line who seemingly disappeared, but I was just focused on getting to swim in the clearest water I'd ever seen. I love swimming, but nothing felt as good as this water, no chlorine and just on the right side of cold that it was tolerable and I adjusted quickly.

I was the first one in the water too, didn't bother even looking back at my family, I was just honed in on this central area of the spring where there was this dip, sort of like a crater or the entrance to a cave.

I immediately dived down, I wanted to touch the rock/sand that contrasted so perfectly with the light blue water. I was surprised to find that not only was my vision perfectly clear underwater, but as I swam it was much deeper than I expected and it was like I felt some resistence trying to get further down, not quite like fighting against bouyancy.

The pressure and the need to breathe got the better of me long before I could reach what seemed like the highest point of this dip, and I looked back up to start ascending.

Not only was I way deeper than I had thought as the swim upwards felt longer than the dive down, but the area I was in had become covered by people floating in their tubes. I literally had to push someone out of the way so I could get air, and they didn't acknowledge me at all. I couldn't have been under for more than 30 seconds, I wasn't great at holding my breath, but in that time the entire spring had went from empty to completely crowded.

I asked my mom about it later and she just gave me a weird look, no one else in my family would say anything about it. About a year ago I asked her about it again and she said she doesn't remember that happening, or me ever asking about it back then.

I barely think about it now, but every time the memory comes to mind I just feel unsettled.