If you are in the middle of a lake and not a fairly well trained swimmer - it is really dangerous advice to try to drag them to shore and avoid their grasp. Th

If you are in the middle of a lake and not a fairly well trained swimmer - it is really dangerous advice to try to drag them to shore and avoid their grasp. The swimmer could easily grab on to you and drown you both. Don't underestimate a drowning swimmers ability to grab and hold you under the water - they are fighting for their life. It sounds ridiculous, but I have seen a small child do so to a large adult many times.