There is a pool in my neighborhood that is literally right across the street from me. It takes about 10 seconds to get there, so I like to go swimming at random times. Last night, I went over at about 9:30pm to swim some laps before I went to bed. Usually, the lights in the pool come on when you enter it (some motion sensor or something), but for whatever reason, this time, no lights came on. So it was nearly pitch black in the water. There are 2 little lights that cover the pool deck area.. but that's it.
Anyway, I am swimming for about 15 minutes. It's cold as hell, but other than that, business as usual. I push off the edge of the wall at one end and feel something on my back. Claws.
I am not exaggerating when I say this: I freaked the fuck out. I swim forward and turn around to see something very dark in the water behind me. Holy shit. I jump out of the pool in about .. half of a second flat. I walk closer to the thing and see it is a little bunny rabbit. We have them all over the neighborhood. I am in a state of disbelief at this point.
Adrenaline rushing, I just watch the bunny to see what the hell he is going to do. He swims for a bit, keeping his head up and treading water. However, he quickly starts having trouble. His head will go under for a second, then come back up. Then, he just goes down. He was about a foot under the the water when I realized he wasn't coming back up.
I'm thinking.. "I can't just sit here and watch the bunny drown". So I jump back in the water, grab the thing, and plop him on the pool deck.
He just lays there for seriously 3 minutes on his side. He's breathing, but no other sign of life. Then, he gets up in his little bunny position, and sits there for 10 minutes. All the while, I am just sitting in disbelief at what just happened. Then, he limps off. I am thinking I hurt his leg when I was putting him on the pool deck.
It's dark again and I can't decide if I want to go swimming tonight.