I grew up in Florida and me and my friend would always swim in lakes..we knew about the amoebas, also knew about the alligators..so we figured we would just make sure that our heads never went in the water and we always had a kbar in our hands or teeth as we would swim across these lakes..it was a blast.
geonagual Reviewed by geonagual on . 6 die from brain-eating amoeba A story I saw on msn............ 6 die from brain-eating amoeba in Phoenix lake waters -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com I'm just thinking how we (my family) used to go swimming in lakes all the time when I was younger, and although they state this is a very rare thing to get, I don't think I would swim in a lake again. Or allow my daughter to either. Rating: 5