Before her tragic death, Glee actress Naya Rivera considered Lake Piru in California to be her 'sanctuary'. But in reality, the vast waterway that claimed her life is a perilous sea of debris, rip currents and whirlpools that harbours hidden dangers and a dark past.
The 1,200-acre reservoir was created by flooding a steep, tree-lined canyon and constructing the Santa Felicia Dam in 1955. Despite being a family favourite, the lake has proved to be lethal, with seven deaths recorded between 1994 and 2000 alone.
And when a victim disappears, it can take weeks or months for a body to be found - if ever. According to petitions, locals are too terrified to swim there.
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