Well from someone who used to live in Swanton Md (10 minutes from the lake) I can tell you that what happened with those kids isnt any worse then what some of the "city slicker" tourists do all of the time in that area. I know the people of Oakland MD and McHenry MD were not happy about all of the publicity ( there is really not a town called Deep Creek... it is just the name of the area). Really it isnt any worse then when the locals and the toursist have the yearly "brawl" at UNOs on the lake. I remember one year when they actually had to call in the cops in riot gear to stop it. The "locals" just hate the tourists but love the money they bring. Would still be living in that area had MD not passed such goofy gun laws. Honestly the lake used to be a paradise to play in but now it is so over developed and so many people in the summer you may as well go to Ocean City.