“She Thought She Was a Dolphin” 29 Year Old ‘Trans-Dolphin’ Drowns in Table Rock Lake.
A bizarre tragedy unfolded at Table Rock Lake when a 29-year-old woman, who insisted she was a “trans-dolphin,” drowned while attempting to live out her aquatic fantasy.
Witnesses say the woman swam into the lake dressed in a full dolphin costume, complete with a snorkel fashioned as a blowhole. At one point, she was seen clenching a live fish between her teeth, declaring she was “finally swimming free.” Moments later, horrified onlookers reported she began thrashing in the water before vanishing beneath the surface.
Emergency crews pulled her body from the lake hours later. By then, word had spread across Branson, drawing crowds to the shoreline.
Locals described her as eccentric but committed to her dolphin identity. “She really believed she was part of a pod,” one witness said. “It’s the strangest thing I’ve ever seen out here.”
The incident has left residents both shocked and baffled, with many calling it one of the most surreal drownings ever reported on Table Rock Lake.
