In Pioneers in Paradise, V. N. “Bud” Phillips tells about the screaming lake at DeFriece Park at the intersection of Fifth and Stine Streets in Bristol, Tennessee. Allegedly, in 1876, 16 year-old Viola Kennett was ice-skating on the lake when the ice gave way and she drown in the frigid depths. Since then, on some old, winter nights, it is said you can still hear her screams coming from the lake.
