2012 • Mosquito Creek Lake, Ohio, USA
I have a memory of going to Mosquito lake with my family, and there is a beach and swimming area. Looking around, there was nobody there because the water is very dirty and smelled horrible and the beach was filled with garbage and trash. To this day it still has not improved.
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