Mini Pines - The Thing In The Lake

The Thing in the Lake: Idaho’s Sharlie In the mountains of central Idaho, there’s a lake that drops nearly 400 feet into darkness. Cold. Still. Old. And for over a century, people standing along its shoreline have reported the same thing—something moving beneath the surface. Long. Deliberate. Not a wave. Not a fish. They call it Sharlie. Tonight, we head to Payette Lake in McCall—a place where folklore never really faded. From early railroad workers in the 1920s to modern-day sightings, the descriptions stay eerily consistent: a massive, multi-humped creature slipping through deep, glacial water. But what are people actually seeing? A relic of the prehistoric world? A misidentified giant sturgeon? Something simpler… or something we don’t fully understand? This episode isn’t just about a lake monster. It’s about why stories like this refuse to die—and what it says about the places that keep them alive. Because sometimes, the mystery matters more than the answer. So if you ever find yourself standing at the edge of a deep, dark lake… and the water shifts— You’ll understand why they still whisper the name. Sharlie. ⸻ 🎧 Listen now on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts #ShadowsInThePines #TrueCrimePodcast #PNW #Idaho #Sharlie #Cryptids #Folklore #LakeMonster #McCallIdaho #PayetteLake