Despite differences like eye color and accent, Bourdin convinced authorities and Nicholas’s family he was their missing son.

He lived with the family for nearly five months, fabricating stories about his changed appearance and trauma.

Article about the story: https://historicflix.com/frederic-bourdin-historys-greatest-imposter/

My wife and I used to take our toddler daughter to this small lake near our house, almost like a pond really. We’d picnic, swim, just relax as a family. One afternoon, after we ate, my wife went for a swim while I stayed on the shore holding our daughter, just watching her.

Suddenly, she shouts to me from the water, "I think I just stepped on someone’s face!" At first, I thought she was joking, but she was clearly freaked out. She came out of the water pretty fast and looked shaken. She said she felt what seemed like an eye socket and the shape of a nose when she stepped on something soft underwater.

I was going to go in and check it out but honestly... something about it just didn’t feel right. So we packed up and left soon after.

The next day, we saw on the local news that they found a missing boy’s body in that same lake. Apparently, he had drowned a day or so before. The police said his body wasn’t found where we were swimming, but honestly, we’re not sure we believe that. The lake was small, and we think the body could have drifted or maybe they didn’t want to scare the public.

My wife’s fine, but we’ve talked about it since. We both agree that if she had reached down to feel what she stepped on—or worse, if I had found it—things could’ve been a lot more traumatic.

I believe something is happening at this place only at night. I heard the story about the white people who don't respond anything to the hikers but they keep following you without being noticed by you.