Case file · Cryptid
Sharlie of Payette Lake
In August 1944 several groups at Payette Lake near McCall, Idaho, reported a serpent 30–35 feet long with humps and a dinosaur-like head; it was later nicknamed 'Sharlie'.
1944 CE · 44.95, -116.08 · status: account
The account
Tie cutters thought they saw a log move in 1920, and a group of twenty reported it in 1946. The last documented sighting was in 1997. Native tradition held that an evil spirit lived in the lake.
The sceptical view
Wakes, logs and otters in a deep, cold lake explain most reports.