SPIRITS & SPECTERS
Child Who Waved From Poolside Was No Neighbour, Reddit Poster Says
A r/Paranormal user recalls a childhood habit of waving back at a toddler who, years later, was reportedly found to have drowned on the property.
THE INTERNET — A Reddit user posting to r/Paranormal has described a childhood acquaintance of an unusual sort: a very small girl who, according to the post, stood beside the swimming pool at the family home and waved.
The author writes that the child could not have been more than a toddler. She was seen on multiple occasions, and each time the author, then a child too, waved back. The post notes, with some curiosity, that the author never thought to mention the girl to their parents, as the sight seemed entirely ordinary.
The matter took a graver turn years afterward. According to the post, the author later learned that the girl had drowned in that same pool during a family gathering, in the time of the property's previous owners. The author describes the discovery as making the old memories considerably more unsettling.
The post offers no names, dates or location, and does not say how the author came by the information. No corroboration is given, and no alternative explanation, such as a visiting child or a childhood imagining, is put forward by the writer.
The account closes on a single quiet line: the author says they still remember waving back.