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Slimy Slim

The Slimy Slim is the name of the lake monster that inhabited Payette Lake in Idaho. The monster is usually described as having a long neck with a flatter head. Slimy Slim was sighted mostly in the 1930s, and has not been reported in the past 50 years. A very large crocodile was also reported in Payette Lake in the 1930s, which may have been the real Slimy Slim.
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Comment by Larry Rate this Comment

Slimy Slim isn't one of your more "common" lake monsters, like cressie or nessie.

One of the few references that I have came from www.project-paranormal.com, which doesn't seem to exist any longer.

Complete text:
"Slimy Slim - Payete lake, Idaho
In the summer of 1931, John Mckay saw a crature with large humps, a lizard-like head swimming in the lake. Another report described the creature sticking its neck vertically above water, and having a small head. Yet another report came from a prominent business man who reported a snub-nosed crocodile 15 meters long."

Comment by archive Rate this Comment

I am a student folklorist from Idaho. I came across your website and I am pleased to see our local lake monster on it! I am hoping you can help me out with a little information. Can you tell me all you have on "Slimy Slim"? I know our lake monster by two different names, Slimy Slim and Sharlie. I know just about everything I need to know about Sharlie, but I am seriously lacking info on Slimy Slim. Anything you could give me would be appreciated.

Comment by archive Rate this Comment

I came across your website and I am pleased to see our local lake monster on it! I am hoping you can help me out with a little information. Can you tell me all you have on "Slimy Slim"? I know our lake monster by two different names, Slimy Slim and Sharlie. I know just about everything I need to know about Sharlie, but I am seriously lacking info on Slimy Slim. Anything you could give me would be appreciated.

Comment by archive Rate this Comment

My friends Lisa and Karen who were raised in McCall,Idaho were amazed to learn that the story of the lake monster probably began with an alligator. However they said they always knew the monster by the name of Sharlie and usually it was referred to as a female. Even in the winter Sharlie was a tourist attraction and was depicted in snow sculptures during the annual winter carnival.

Comment by archive Rate this Comment

I don't know where you got your information about "Slimy Slim". The monster's name is/was Sharlie, as has been known by and to many generations of McCall residents and other Idahoans who summered there

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