'Glee' actress Naya Rivera- R.I.P.*

What is your deal? The SH Forums Harbinger Of Death?

 

I'm sorry, that was rude of me.

I'm upset by this, that's all. That poor kid is going to grow up without a mom. In case anyone cares, Naya was a wonderful mom, a nice person and what the hell was she thinking going on Lake Piru ? That's a terrible place. Haunted. Basically the backwater of the Santa Felicia Dam pouring into land that was used for farming, etc.

She went swimming, just left her little boy? Left her life jacket on the boat?? No. She was devoted to him. I hope she didn't just drown herself. This entire thing is really tragic.

Lake Piru is a spooky place. I HATE it there. Had a friend who loved to go there, rent those same little boats and spend a day floating around with us. Since the thing isn't a natural lake sometimes we'd see the tops of trees sticking out of the water. It was just ****ing creepy.

People drown there. A lot.

Drownings
In August 1994, 27-year-old Jesus Danilo Carranza from North Hollywood drowned while on an outing with his family despite wearing a life jacket.[12]

In July 1997, Liborio Dominguez from Long Beach drowned while trying to rescue his daughter. The young girl was saved, but Dominguez's body was not discovered until several days later.[12]

In September 1997, 22-year-old Isidro Castillo from Newhall encountered problems while swimming and called for his girlfriend to throw him a buoy. The woman was unable to get the flotation device to him. His body was found a day later.[12]

In September 1997, rescue workers recovered the body of 30-year-old Port Hueneme resident Ulises Anthony Mendoza, who was last seen struggling days earlier while swimming with family members near their boat.[12]

In 1997, park officials speculated that wind gusts and deep columns of chilly water on the lake, which is up to 160 ft deep depending on the time of year, can overtake swimmers quickly.[12]

In February 1998, the body of Lake Piru employee Arthur Raymond Caladara was found drowned near the dock.[12]

In June 1998, the body of 30-year-old Vy Xuan Dang from Garden Grove, who disappeared while swimming with his family during the Memorial Day weekend, was found by a park ranger.

In September 2000, 25-year-old Van Nuys resident Edie Cruz, swam the short distance to his stalled radio-controlled model boat, and drowned only 10 feet from shore. Douglas West, Lake Piru's parks and recreation services manager, said there had been about a dozen drownings during his 23 years at the lake. Most victims are inexperienced swimmers who are not wearing life jackets and who overestimate their own abilities or swim in prohibited areas.[12]

Naftoli Smolyanksy died in a boating accident in August 2008. Smolyansky had taken his 9-year-old son and 5 and 7-year-old daughters out on the lake Monday afternoon when his youngest daughter fell off the boat. He jumped into the water to save her, and managed to get her back on the boat as it drifted away. Smolyanksy was unable to swim to the boat and did not resurface.[13]

On July 8, 2020, actress Naya Rivera disappeared while swimming with her son. A search of the lake began that day, resuming on July 9th after being temporarily called off due to nightfall. As of July 9, the Ventura County Sherrif’s Department confirmed that the search has been shifted from an active search to a recovery mission and Rivera is presumed dead.[14][15][16][17]

So sorry for her boy. Why she didn't take a grown up friend with them, I'll never know or understand..

 

I have nightmares about that place. An unnatural body of water filling a canyon. Just not a good place.. Sorry to be so Stephen King about it..