The Asotin County Fair comes to the town of Lewiston every spring, bringing with it the Hells Canyon Rodeo and the start of the planting season. But some residents still remember the spring of 1979, when a 12 year old girl named Christina White disappeared and the Snake River Killer began his reign of terror. On the day of the fair Christina visited a friends house complaining of a headache, and was offered a cool cloth and use of the telephone to call her mother for a ride. The home belonged to Patricia Brennen, who asked Christina to wait for her ride out on the porch. They had thought her already picked up and home when her mother arrived over an hour later to retrieve her, and she could not be located. At the time, Patrica was dating a man named Lance Voss, who would soon enough become her husband, and a suspect in the case. For two years parents locked their doors and children were kept inside, but as the fear began to ease tragedy struck aga...
Massacre Rock outside Pocatello, Idaho is the home of many myths and legends, not the least of which are the water babies, who lurk below the surface of the river, waiting for the unwary traveler. Before this patch of land was a stop on the Oregon Trail it was native land, and the legend goes that one year the native tribe was facing a horrible famine, and there was not enough food to go around. Starving and unable to nurse, new mothers were told to go drown their babies in the river so they would not starve to death. This terrible attempt at kindness backfired, as the babies, still starving in death and furious at their fate, lingered at the river. It is said that if you sit in stillness at the banks of the river you will hear the faint sound of babies crying and bawling for food. Those who go to investigate those sounds find themselves on the menu, as the babies pull them under the water and feast on their remains.
Outside the North Idaho town of Grangeville hides a fascinating phenomenon known to the locals as Gravity Hill. Alternately called 'Magnetic Hills' or 'Mystery Spots', gravity hills are strange locations where objects start to roll uphill. Everything from car tires to bouncy balls are effected, and a car placed in neutral on Gravity Hill will begin to ascend, picking up speed as it goes. Perhaps strangest of all is that this is not Idaho's only gravity hill. Post Falls boasts its own mystery spot, with very similar effect.
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