An eel? Damn what luck you have!!! I don't like swimming in lakes either. Along with fish, feces, etc.... It just doesnt sound appealing to swim around in that combination. You should have stuck with your instincts and stayed away from that nasty water!

eel? haha. never seen one in a lake before

You're lucky it wasn't a lake shark.

Bull shark territory.

Watched Jason Voorhees too much eh? ch-ch-ch-ch ah-ah-ah-ah.

I used to be an eel, then I took an arrow to the knee.

eels dont have knees -Grammar Nazi Inbound-

There are fresh water eels, they creep me out man

Sharks, eels, leaches, fish, and other creatures out for human flesh all swimming in one big body of water... Back to swimming at the local pool.

63: Epic skyrim win. Yes, I did see what you did there.

1- There are freshwater eels. Still as nasty as any other you come across.

1- freshwater eels are also some of the larger eels, Jeremy wade caught some on river monsters :)

Reminds me of this dumbass kid who thought that jellyfish lived in our local lake.

I didnt know that eels bite. Seems like a fish or leech is more likely to.

So you'd rather have contained bodily fluids like sweat, piss, and spit? You know those little kids don't always hold it.

you think the big guys bother to hold?

I sure don't! :P

I don't want to live on this planet anymore

7 - Yes I would rather swim in that. Chances are swimming in a pool with kids pee and spit is a LOT more safe then a lake with unknown bacteria, dead rodents, fungus, etc.

Swimming in a lake is much more satisfying than a pool.

Are you forgetting that chlorine is in most god damn pools to kill the bacteria and viruses that come from people and elsewhere?

The chlorine in the pool reacts with bodily fluids to produce poisonous chemicals. Almost every body of water is safer than a swimming pool, unless you find jellyfish.

I'm a lifeguard, and I know for a fact that if you swim in a pool for an hour, you consume 1/10th of a liter of urine and other bodily fluids. Yumm.

Well a couple weeks ago my school had a mandatory poolwater test and the results showed that besides water, the most common substances are "make up" and "vaginal discharges". (LOLWUT?) so I guess it's a "pick your poison" kind of situation.

Damn, after reading all this, I don't want to swim anywhere anymore.

Wow. I dont think i'll ever want to swim anywhere after reading this.

I think after reading this thread I will limit all future swim-scapades to my bathtub... *Sings* "Rubber ducky, you're the one..."

not every pool has chlorine. I've been in pools where they used Na and UV lights. more satisfying than chlorine and salty pools.

Don't be a pussy. Having swam in lakes, marshes, rivers, and oceans, I can safely say that the odds of anything happening to you are next to none, just don't be an idiot when in a natural body of water. OP just got very, very unlucky.

Found human... Droppings in the ocean just 3 days ago. I just moved to the other side of the bay

I got head lice when I was little in my elementary school's pool. My mom forbid me to swim there again after that incident; I had to sit and watch everyone else swim and have fun for the rest of the summer. *sigh* :(

After reading this thread, I look back at the time I accidentally swallowed the pool water while having weekly swims and am going to puke now.

I wanna thumbs up but it's at 69. How immature of me.

Time to quit swimming

define "bucket list". :c I've heard that term before but never understood.

A bucket list is a list of things someone wants to do before they die.

...die, or in other words, "kick the bucket"

You might wanna get that checked out.

The burning sensation isn't from the Eel. O.o

Baha I "clap" my hands to that.

Drip, drip, drip?

Ouchh.

Chlamydia?

H to the I to the motherfucking V!

when will people learn gonorrhea is the clap. it is called this because the treatment used to be to rod the penis of discharge by taking both hands and clapping like a huge zit

*rid

That was on river monsters!!! :)

Fun fact: NZ has a couple of freshwater eels that live in lakes (but said lakes are connected to the sea)....

Yeah from what I understand in New Zealand they have many lakes that are full of eels (not like this in North America)

Jeremy Wade is a renowned fisherman who goes to places based on stories and myths. He went to NZ on stories of eels biting people and dragging them under the water, thus killing them. Armed with razor-sharp teeth which prevent escape, New Zealand Longfin Eels spin and tear off bits of flesh like a crocodile. And they are indeed aggressive towards people.

Here in Australia basically any where there's water there is eels, it's terrible. Same in NZ...

No he means an eel dipshit -.- , we have tem here in nz

Edit: Never mind, that was rude.

Release the kraken!

Why is my comment being downed