So they pulled a body out of the lake today....

A dead body. On campus. In front a glass building where everyone can see it.

I fortunately didn't see it. But I heard about it.

I heard it was bloated and probably decomposed beyond reasonable identification. But I also heard it was "white as a sheet" and "creepy", so obviously it probably wasn't completely decomposed as to tell that it wasn't reasonably human.

I heard it was recognizable enough to determine that it was an older male, so not likely a student, which is a small relief as 3 students have died this year.

Rumors abound. Some people speculate murder, which seems likely as witnesses claim the man had been tied up when pulled out of the water. They also say he had a gash in his head.

Others speculate suicide, which is also a possibility because if he had died somewhere near campus, jumping into the lake would likely result in head gashing as it's rocky there. But... that doesn't really explain the bondage.

Theories speculate that he was killed for gang reasons or that someone had killed him somewhere ele entirely and that he just washed up on shore here... But no one really knows what happened for sure yet, and it's likely we ever will since it's not like they go around telling us these things even if they did happen on campus.

Dead body on campus. Wtf. So glad I didn't actually see it. I'd be having nightmares tonight otherwise.

Strange, too... that death has been pervasive in my dreams. A bit disturbing if you ask me, but at least none of my dreams have included axe murders or anything super creepy like that. o.o

Sometimes I wonder why I live here.