A viral TikTok video has left viewers unsettled after a Florida fisherman captured footage of a woman standing alone in a lake at midnight. The brief encounter quickly spread across the platform, with many viewers trying to figure out why she was there while others turned the mysterious sighting into ghost stories and folklore.
The video lasts only about 20 seconds and shows a woman standing waist-deep in the water several yards away from the Florida fisherman. She remains completely still, her back turned toward the camera, making no visible movement. According to the creator, he called out to ask if she was okay and greeted her, but she never responded. Instead, he said she slowly turned away from him without saying a word. Feeling uneasy about the situation, he decided not to investigate further and left the area.
The video was uploaded by TikTok user fulldrawoutdoors0, whose account mainly features bowfishing trips and outdoor adventures across Florida. Unlike the creator’s usual fishing content, this clip focused on an unexpected encounter with another person, drawing hundreds of thousands of views and a flood of comments from viewers offering theories about what they had just watched.
TikTok Turns Florida Lake Encounter Into a Ghost Story
Most viewers reacted with confusion and curiosity, saying they had no idea why someone would be standing alone in a lake at night. The unusual scene quickly sparked speculation, with many admitting they rushed to the comments looking for an explanation only to find everyone else just as puzzled.
Many commenters leaned into the video’s eerie atmosphere. Some joked that they would have left the area immediately, while others cited Southern folklore and warned against wandering near lakes or swamps after dark. Several viewers also claimed they spotted something else moving in the water near the woman, adding another layer of mystery to the discussion.
“That’s Marie Laveau,” one user wrote. The comment referred to Marie Laveau, the legendary 19th-century Louisiana Voodoo practitioner whose name has become closely tied to Southern folklore. Although Laveau was a real historical figure known as a healer, herbalist, and spiritual leader in New Orleans, there is no evidence connecting her to the woman in the video. Still, her reputation in popular culture has led some people to jokingly associate unexplained sightings near swamps and waterways with her legacy.
Others took a more practical approach, questioning why the Florida fisherman did not continue trying to check on the woman. Some suggested she may have been sleepwalking or experiencing a medical emergency, while one commenter shared a childhood story about being found sleepwalking in a canoe in the middle of a lake. A smaller group focused on the timing of the upload instead, laughing that thousands of people appeared to be watching and discussing the mysterious clip before sunrise.
With no explanation from the woman and only a 20-second clip to go on, viewers have been left to decide for themselves whether the encounter was completely ordinary, deeply unsettling, or simply another bizarre moment that could only happen in Florida.
