The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

A FEW YEARS BACK, A BOY AND HIS GIRL WERE ICE SKATING
ON THE OLENTANGY RIVER THAT GOES THROUGH OHIO STATE
UNIVERSITY. THE BOY SLIPPED THROUGH THIN ICE AND
DROWNED, APPARENTLY NOT FINDING THE HOLE HE SLIPPED
THROUGH. SOME SAY HE COMES BACK EVERY WINTER TO TRY
TO FIND THAT HOLE TO CRAWL OUT OF, AND IF YOU SLIP
THROUGH THIN ICE, HE WILL MAKE YOU TAKE HIS PLACE.
IT IS ALSO SAID THAT HIS GIRLFRIEND LEAVES A LUNCH
DOWN BY THE RIVER THAT HE SOMEHOW RETRIEVES.

Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED

Date learned: NOT GIVEN