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This fictional “news item” was posted on 1 April 2016. It is a satire that touches on many topics but, above all, our preoccupation with tourists’ well-being while too many local lives are lost routinely. There is no monster, only a scary lack of swimming skills. If you want to change this, become a Gorilla Highlands Volunteer.
Earlier this week Inke M. Danniellssen, a 51-year-old citizen of a country in the north of Europe, jumped off a swimming jetty of one of Lake Mutanda‘s lodges. Ms Danniellssen, a divorced mother of three, was not seen again. The incident happened around 7:30pm and the police blame her disappearance on night swimming. They advise any visitors to avoid doing anything in any water after it gets dark.
Our sources at the lodge say that the management did try to discourage Ms Danniellssen from bathing. They say she only laughed at them claiming she was not afraid of the night. When asked if they clearly told her about strange disappearances since Christmas 2015, they went silent.
The members of the tourism sector around Lake Mutanda are of course trying to keep the matter as quiet as possible. It is assumed that bribing of local police officers has become the rule of the day. Any statistics are impossible to obtain but local sources are adamant that at least four tourists went missing in 2016 alone.
On the other hand, owners of hotels on Lake Bunyonyi are, strictly off-the-record, expressing their relief. When night incidents started at Lake Mutanda, they ceased at Lake Bunyonyi and there is rapid fundraising taking place to install a barrier at Muko. The belief is that whatever was murdering tourists at Lake Bunyonyi in 2014-2015 has found its way to Lake Mutanda, and should be kept there by all means.