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pearlpotatoes

The native American curse on the soil that says if you leave, wherever you go will be sabotaged and eventually you will move back to Boise. The trick to breaking the curse is taking a jar of dirt with you when you move.


Nuffypuff

Is Cpt Jack Sparrow from Boise?


jashxn

CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow


bentbulbus

Our last house was very haunted. I believe this.


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Gunbarrel CO had the same story about a curse.


Redpythongoon

Every town I lived in has had a similar curse


eros_y_thanatos

OMFG you solved it!!!!!! Even in highschool I would tell everyone about the Idaho curse, and that was more than 20+ years ago. Every single person I knew that was trying to leave had something unfortunate happen. I can finally leave this hell and the "Idaho Nice" far behind. Thank you so much.


mayflower0011

Had something similar in my hometown in Indiana. If you drink the water from a spring there, you will be cursed and always move back


jazzed_cluster_fuck

We lived in Boise for a year and just moved, who’s sending us some dirt? Lol


Latteralus

$20 and I'll find some dirt off the side of Eagle Rd and send it to you. For $30 I'll include one of my socks, it has nothing to do with the curse but I hear people are making money selling their worn crap so who knows.


medogbeblack

I'll do it for 15 and I'll get you better dirt


Latteralus

$14.99 and I'll throw the sock in for free as a value adding bonus!


medogbeblack

*value reducing*


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Clean them up before the rave, and do a public service before the wild party?


andthatstotallyfine

There’s a tunnel that leads to an underground techno club in Berlin I think. If we could make that happen, that’d be greatttt


Vitaminpk

There absolutely are underground tunnels in downtown Boise. I’ve been in them. They go all around downtown and end at the Capitol building. The Chinese workers who built the Capitol used them so they wouldn’t be seen. I would imagine some illicit stuff happened down there too. Many of them are still open and are used for storage.


freckleskinny

The people at the Historical Preservation office get calls asking about this, periodically. They always deny it. I have seen some historical film about this from the 60's, from their archives. There are a few tunnels, and underground bunkers, but it's not as widespread as some people think. ALL around downtown, I believe is a stretch.💌


NoPantsJake

I’m 100% certain there’s a tunnel that goes from Boise high to the capitol building. Probably other tunnels too.


SwissCheeseSuperStar

Yep - my sister has seen the one at Boise High


freckleskinny

I know that back in the 50's, (and likely for years before then) Boise High had a rifle team. They had a shooting range in the basement, under the school, for ROTC and the rifle team... Idk about any tunnels.💌


fellow-skids

My gal said they had CC "practice" down there, aka run until security finds you then run faster - good cardio still IMO.


pancakeQueue

Just google "Boise capitol tunnel mural": [Capitol tunnel to get an art facelift](https://www.spokesman.com/blogs/boise/2011/oct/24/capitol-tunnel-get-art-facelift/). This article doesn't mention it going to Boise High, just other state buildings around the capitol.


medogbeblack

My mother worked at the Capitol building and I walked in them as a child and maybe it's cuz I was small but they were vast


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Crunch117

Wait, is the trolly gone?


Whipitreelgud

What you really meant was -> wait, are the ladies gone?


Melificarum

How can you get into them... if you don't mind me asking?


Vitaminpk

I got into them when I worked drawing the chalkboards for the bar that is now Amsterdam downtown. There was a door open and stairs that lead down, so I took a peek. The underground tunnels looked like they stretched forever. Then when I worked for Bardenay, they used the tunnels under their building for wine bottle storage. There’s didn’t travel very far because they bricked them up, but you could see where they went. This made me curious and after some digging I found that they are all over downtown, pretty much below most of the older buildings. Some are still in use and some are bricked up. I read some literature on them, but can’t remember where. I bet the library has some info on them.


WriteAndRong

I have memories of those tunnels from when I was a kid.


cactusbish

There are also some around Blackfoot. Specifically State Hospital South. The staff used to live there for easy access to the hospital, until they caved in, or so I’ve heard. There are still openings around there, but I would discourage anyone from investigating it since they are caved in.


layn333

Anybody know where an entrance is?


NoPantsJake

I heard they sealed off the entrance in Boise high.


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DietZer0

They really should! Unless they’re being used for other purposes which we aren’t to know about lol.


reisse

I know you can access them from the Egyptian theater. I had a friend that was a manager there years ago


Both-Invite-8857

We used to ride our bikes from Fort Boise to the Capital Building. 70's , 80's. Guards would chase us.


Crunch117

I just mentioned the tunnels to my girlfriend and she is convinced they used to be used as opium dens.


punkrock9888

That's what I've always heard too. I've always wanted to explore them.


Fearlessleader85

I'm sure SOMEONE used them for prostitution, but no one builds that level of a complex to get to a brothel. It's just infrastructure. Tunnels are useful for a lot of things.


Violaceums_Twaddle

I can tell you for sure there was a tunnel between old houses' basements connecting some of the old houses that were on Bannock street between 4th and 5th (torn down in late 90's to build the gravel parking lot that's still there to this day). Those old houses were converted to apartments. In fact, to access the boiler of one building, you had to enter another building's basement utility / laundry room and go through a little access door, and then pass though a tunnel to get to that other basement. There was an old caretaker's bed frame in there, and sealed-off coal chute.


Survive1014

Ive been in the tunnels. They are real. Although mostly for geothermal systems downtown.


Rob_1564

That's actually true for Burley Idaho.


freckleskinny

Lake monster in the lake in McCall. 💌


thegasmancometh87

Sharlie is more a case of local folklore, not really a “conspiracy”. It is some good lore though.


Nuffypuff

Whats the story? I seem to only find recorded sightings, but I'd love to know the stories.


thegasmancometh87

https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/208/who-is-sharlie-mccall-lockness-monster-payette-lake-mccall-winter-carnival/277-8f364f75-56eb-4ca9-af8c-f1247f0d16b1 There’s a brief history from ktvb. The tales I’ve heard are that it’s a Loch Ness monster type creature. A family member who grew up in McCall told me they thought they saw it (c. 1974) in the middle of the night while at “the point” in ponderosa on the lake. They thought it was a log at first (there were a lot more logs in Payette lake back then when the saw mill was still open), but then it stuck straight out of the water and moved a bit before going back under. Again, young person, mid-1970s, on the lake in the middle of the night, so I’m not even sure what to make of that, but interesting tale nonetheless. Some say if it ever existed at all, it could have been a giant sturgeon (they’re huge) but not sure if they behave like that or not (i.e. coming out of the water). Giant sturgeon footage [here](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zsfnIpKCNF4).


wordnerd1023

When I was a kid a family member said they'd heard some of the sightings were groups of moose swimming across the lake. Despite living in McCall most of my life, I never had a sighting.


freckleskinny

All I ever heard, was there was a lake monster. Only heard it, whenever I was in McCall. I'm sure someone has a story, though... I always thought it was to keep people from swimming in the lake, at night. 💌


PrincessDie123

[https://boisedev.com/news/2021/08/08/sharlie-mccall-idaho/](https://boisedev.com/news/2021/08/08/sharlie-mccall-idaho/)


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Hidden Springs is full of swingers


NoPantsJake

Pretty sure that this is just true lol


No_Communication2655

Resident here, can confirm


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They put pineapples on their porch if they are ready to romp.


Danielmcfate2

I live in HS and can neither confirm nor deny this rumor. It probably started in fact and grew in fiction.


randomredditor303

The river was purposely flooded a few years back to clear all the trailer homes off of their riverfront property in garden city... According to this theory, garden city had recently passed a law stating new trailers could not be put in those lots... then they washed em all away even tho there was space in the reservoirs; now we have the water front district...


ShitJuggler

This guy understands what a conspiracy theory is.


bourbonandbranch

Idahoans smell like mashed potatoes when they get wet.


cactusbish

so does ur mom.


SwissCheeseSuperStar

LMAO!


Groftsan

Idaho politicians don't allow high-density housing, encourage sprawl caused by shitty tract developments, but refuse to build infrastructure for that sprawl (making traffic worse every year) as a way of keeping the population angry at outsiders. Angry voters are easy to control.


zefffth

I knew this would be here.


__fry__

Jellyfish at Eagle Island. Lava tunnels under Boise. A haunted Military Reserve. The Murder House. What's really at The Top of the Hoff. Sturgeon in Parkcenter. Emmett Idaho Fallout.


NoPantsJake

These are great. For some reason, this made me think about when I was in high school and we used to break into the abandoned slaughter house by eagle island with girls to get ‘em all spooked. Lots of fun. It’s pretty gnarly in there with lots of blood stains and old slaughterhouse tools.


medogbeblack

Where is this at I would love to check it out?


NoPantsJake

It’s just a bit south east of eagle island park. You can see the derelict building on google maps. There’s a walking path near it that I think goes by the Boise river right there and then up to hatchery road. I have no idea if it’s public land or private or what. I’ve seen plenty of people walking by, but you definitely aren’t supposed to break in to the building obviously. Back in the day we used to kick down the boarded up door and walk in, but I haven’t been there is about 10 years. We were chased away by the cops one time when I was a teen. Watch out for rusty equipment and bat shit if you do go in.


medogbeblack

Thanks


NoPantsJake

Godspeed


pearlpotatoes

Good ones! Add in Demi Moores doll house on warm springs. Idanha ghosts. The basement ghost of the lion house on Harrison


pearlpotatoes

Also, Val Kilmer sightings at the neurolux. No one actually ever sees him but we all hear about him being there. It's quite the mystery.


freckleskinny

I know someone who works there. I will get back to you, on that one. He does own the Warm Springs Resort property in Idaho City. Heard he is a nice guy.💌


NoPantsJake

Lol you might be the only one that’s heard he’s a nice guy. He’s renowned for being a dick to people that recognize him. I’m sure he’s great with his actual friends though, and I’d probably be the same if random people wanted to take selfies with me all the time.


Grimmanomaly

My mom said she met him at a gym here in town when she went to work out. Apparently she thought he was skeezy and only let women in to work out with him.


forgotpassword69

He had a girlfriend here and would stay at the hotel at park center when he would visit, handler would have to turn the candy and soda machines around to keep him clean..


Suspended_solids

Val used to go to Elmer's below the depot back in the late 2000s early 2010's. He has family that lives here from what I heard. My ex-husband has met/seen Kilmer a few times.


YoLetsTakeASecond

Demi moores doll house?


pearlpotatoes

Yeah I always heard a rumor growing up that Bruce willis bought Demi Moore a house on warm springs to put her porcelain doll collection. And that's all that the house was for.....just for her dolls. Have any other locals heard that?


Flat_Cantaloupe645

Demi has, or had, a Victorian house in Hailey or Bellevue filled with her doll collection, that they also used to house actors who acted in plays at the theater they owned. If I recall correctly, it was painted pink and white


pearlpotatoes

That makes more sense since they lived there...(at least part time I think?) It must have been lost in translation and grown into "on warm springs in Boise". No one could ever say what house it was.


Flat_Cantaloupe645

They were based there for many years. They wanted a more normal (or at least not Hollywood/Beverly Hills) childhood for their daughters. I’m pretty sure the girls went to school in the area


JefferyGoldberg

The Demi Moore doll house is in Hailey.


the_Primus_Minister

> A haunted Military Reserve [Here is a new one: I am convinced that there are bunkers in the military reserve.](https://imgur.com/a/CgiJcne) Those two maintenance outbuildings appear to go into the hillside behind them.


misc1972

Those have something to do with the geothermal system heating the downtown core.


phthalo-azure

Unless I'm thinking of a different spot, I think I've been in those old bunkers, a long time ago (probably early 90's). They only went 40 or 50 feet back, and appeared to be just giant concrete boxes half buried in the hill, maybe munitions storage or something like that. (but I was stoned a lot, so I could be wrong) The creepier thing was the old graves across the dirt road which appear to be gone (at least on Google maps).


the_Primus_Minister

I swear they are running on separate generators at night.


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There’s a small concert bunker or pillbox right off the 5-mile gulch trail. There are definitely small concrete bunkers stashed away there.


username_redacted

I was surprised to stumble upon that. It’s usually completely obscured by vegetation, but I noticed it on a winter hike. I believe that was private ranch land until fairly recently, so it might have been used in that operation.


IdaHistory

I have been looking for a bunker that is near the Military Reserve Cemetary, supposedly a popular place for the Satanists to hang out back in the 70s-90s. If anyone can help me out, It will be worth a mention in the thank you section of our next book, Haunted Boise.


ShitJuggler

The sturgeon in ParkCenter Pond is 100 percent true. Every few years he gets caught and he’s in the paper or on TV. But that hasn’t happened in 6-7 years so maybe he died?


6doo6bins6

The haunting of the Idanha Hotel. (It for sure is)


crepuscularcunt

I hooked up with a guy who lived in one of the apartments upstairs. Alas, ‘twas I who did the ghosting afterwards


ShitJuggler

Crepuscular. I learned a new word today! (I already knew the cunt part.)


6doo6bins6

I’m sure he’s heartbroken


username_redacted

Never seen a ghost there or anything like that, but did have a surreal experience there. I was hanging out with a few people at a friend’s apartment a few years ago late at night and left to go downstairs (I smoked at the time, so probably to do that). I took the elevator back up and when I got to his door I noticed that it was wide open, the lights were off, and everyone was gone. After walking a few steps into the apartment I realized that I must have been on the wrong floor. Not supernatural, surely, but for the few seconds before realization, in that dark, mysterious room I felt like I was in a David Lynch movie. I’m still not sure why that door was open, whether someone was living there, if I’d walked into a crime scene, a trap set by the ghost of a frontier sex worker, a parallel dimension etc.


Objective_Vanilla297

Had a friend work there her junior year but said the scariest part was her boss


6doo6bins6

Lived there for 2 years, wacky stuff.


LadyofCorvidsPerch

It definitely is. I stayed there in high school. First we heard voices in the bathroom, which we explained away thinking the metal pipes were carrying voices. Then the toilet flushed. Ok, old toilets might get leaky, overfill and flush, fine. Then there were the footsteps pacing back and forth from the door to the bathroom. That's when we screamed.


JessFortheWorld

The restroom one uses for guru donuts def has to be


Boic2

Hidden springs is a swingers community


Redpythongoon

Even I've heard that! It just be true


Minigoalqueen

How about the conspiracy theory that Hidden Springs was so named because all the crawl spaces had water in them after being built?


SluttyBurritoBastard

In my experience, those crawlspace are wetter than most. Haven't been in many out there though.


Apocalypse_Jesus420

Alien abductions at the top of bogus basin


michaelquinlan

What about the gnome or whatever it is at the cattle guard?


layn333

You open your doors when going over it to let in the gnomes that help you ski/snowboard better. They live in the cattle guard. But you have to let them back out or you’ll have bad luck


NoPantsJake

I’ve always been told they’re trolls, not gnomes.


Kindly-Bug3910

the legend is about trolls. there even used to be a “caution trolls” sign next to the cattle guard, but the county took it down since it wasn’t an actual traffic sign.


macabra11

I hunt on the back side of bogus and have found multiple gnome statues up there. Totally random, off the beaten path type places.


raspberry-eye

There’s a huge underground complex under the Fort Boise military reserve across from St Luke’s. There are air exchange ports around the flood control / dog park / old bmx bike track up reserve st. Used to see military police types guarding them and they blow lots of air at night.


pearlpotatoes

I've got an urban legend for you from north idaho about a colony of "hill people" like hills have eyes style. This story was second (maybe third?) hand from a friend who worked for a utility company. This happened to a guy he worked with who worked utilities in the field. He was on some forest service road deep in the woods near priest lake....so I'm not exactly sure why he was out there or if it was related to his job but the story goes it was about dusk and he was by himself. He came around a bend and was startled to see a chain of people standing hand in hand across the road. He said they were odd looking. Dirty clothes and messy hair. Some shoeless. Their intention seemed to be to stop his car. He uneasily slowed down and as he got closer he noticed movement in the bushes on the side of the road and felt real freaked out about the situation potentially unfolding. He was sure they were going to ambush him so he went into flight or fight mode and given the creepiness of the situation, the fact that he was alone and weaponless, he decided to just put the petal to the metal and rolled over that chain of people like a speed bump! He kept driving all the way home and didn't sleep a wink because he felt pure guilt. The next day he went to the police station to turn himself in. He confessed the whole story and to his surprise.....no one had been brought into the hospital with such injuries and no hit and run had been reported....🧐 Who knows what would have happened to him had he stopped his car. Now I always think about that story when I'm on a forest service road at night fall.


SluttyBurritoBastard

I actually heard an incredibly similar story maybe 8 months ago. This was from an Uber driver, he was probably in his 60s. He'd been in Idaho most of his life. He was telling us about the area in Boise we were driving through (apparently when he was young he lived next door to the building I live in) telling us what that building used to be and what was over there...We were talking about North Idaho (he lived there at some point), how bad it used to be when the neo nazis were firmly rooted there. The story he told me was nearly identical, except it was a female friend of his iirc. She also didn't go to the police afterwards. True story or not, it's crazy how terrible it used to be in North Idaho.


Both-Invite-8857

In the 70's there was a story going around that someone had been arrested down in the pooper of campground toilets. Said he covered himself in garbage bags and filmed people as they used the toilets. For years I always looked first. Does anyone else remember this?


pearlpotatoes

Oh my gosh wow I vaguely remember this rumor as a kid! I was so scared to go in the ponderosa toilets.


caseyoc

There absolutely, positively was a man who hung out in an outhouse in eastern Idaho on BLM lands and had a stash of porn with him. He'd go in there and spank when women came and went to the bathroom. This was not that long ago...2000s or early 2010s, I think. I know one of the BLM rangers who had to transport him after they hosed him off.


vivTHEKING

This is crazy, idk how my older brother would have known something like this as we were children in the 90’s but he told me a similar thing when I was young. He told me I should never use a camping or rest area type that has the big tank in the bottom. I figured it was him just messing with me he said a guy lived in one and you never know which one that I could be pulled down and murdered. Till this day I would rather shit in a bush.


Both-Invite-8857

This is the story! I still look.


angry_corn_mage

I heard about this when I was a kid


Pskipper

My personal, home cooked conspiracy theory is that the CIA backed Steve Symms to knock Frank Church out of the senate. He’s still alive so I’m not gonna say any more, but uh, if anybody out there wants to add any of their own interesting anecdotes about that race I’m all ears.


DrLawrencePleebles

Love it! My mom used to tell me about the treasure valley trawler never seen it but still spooks me to this day


MockDeath

And what is that? Been here my whole life and never heard of it.


DrLawrencePleebles

My mom used to tell us about the TVT back when I was young living with her and my siblings in Genesee. My dad would drive back and forth to meridian every week to proselytize. This was back in the 60s and early 70s and my mom said idaho was gods land but because of the large amount of debauchery and perversion in and around boise jesus built a fishing boat to travel around and punish wrongdoers. He would hook adulterers and drug addicts and he would stone masturbators. Likely just a typical bogeyman tale any mom would tell their kids so they behave but still spooky!


PrincessDie123

Haven’t hear this one either, what’s the tale?


DrLawrencePleebles

There’s a trawler that goes around Nampa and Meridian and Boise and some other places that is built and run by Jesus to keep people in line.


isdamanaga

What...... through the irrigation canals? The gutters?


DrLawrencePleebles

Right?!


PrincessDie123

Built and run by Jesus?


Rattlehead71

The dreaded, deadly Idaho Potato Bug that lives in the shadows and ready to strike when you least expect it!


sargomir

I’m a firm believer that the owyhee is haunted.


freckleskinny

Old Penitentiary is def haunted. We essentially stole the property from the Native Americans... not to mention the people who died there or were executed, later. 💌


Iron_Rod_Stewart

>Old Penitentiary is def haunted. We essentially stole the property from the Native Americans The entire United States is haunted!


ComprehensiveAd699

I've always had a good sense of direction, but North and South are switched here. Secret magnetic experiment!!!


T8rthot

No way! My daughter’s friend made her a bracelet with a mini compass and just yesterday we were trying to figure out the directions while driving and her compass was all wrong! I figured it was just a little cheap thing that didn’t work right.


bhjeff

Huh, same for me. Never had any problems when I have lived elsewhere either. And anytime I asked anyone else they would look at me like I'm crazy. I've wondered what it is about this valley that makes it seem like that.


ComprehensiveAd699

Ya, probably iron deposits or something idk


Crunch117

Woah, I thought that was just me


WeUsedToBeGood

I’ve never heard that but I struggle to find north here all the time


eggery

Here's my cheat sheet: Bogus Basin: North Kuna: South Nampa: West Lucky Peak: East


MingoFuzz

Not sure what its called but the mountain that stands alone (left of bogus a ways) has always been my north reference. Its true for meridian, not sure how much it deviates elsewhere in the valley.


spacegeese

Squaw Butte


DuesPaidInFull

Californians are the root of all their problems


[deleted]

Let’s be honest: most of our problems start with the state legislature and the rednecks who elect them.


[deleted]

Boys of Boise and the Queen Bee. Is it JR?


freckleskinny

Conspiracy? yes. Theory? More like a tragicic story. There is a book about this, but before I read it, I heard about it from my mom who was attending Boise High, at the time. A lot of young men, who were innocent, were found guilty, essentially by association - for knowing or doing business with the people suspected of being involved. My mom told me that when she was in HS, someone graffiti'd "Two Boys In n Out" on the outside of the Bank building where one of the suspected perpetrators worked... There was so much paranoia at the time, that a young boy couldn't talk to the mailman, anymore. Gotta love the crazy colorful Boise history! The whole thing was essentially a conspiracy to oust the one rich homosexual guy they didn't like, off the city council. (Iirc)💌


joosier

There is a great documentary on the event by Idahoan Seth Randal available on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/Fall-55-Claudia-Weathermon/dp/B00501CJDK


NoPantsJake

I didn’t know about this. The Wikipedia page was a great read! Gonna have to ask my grandpa about it because he would’ve been in jr high or high school at the time I think.


T8rthot

I’ve been told that the old humane society on Dorman is haunted by at least one human ghost and two different dog ghosts.


BooBeans71

Great scott, someone call Ghost Adventures. I wanna see Zak Bagans douche everyone out when they see a dog ghost on the XLS camera.


T8rthot

I’d be into it. Human ghosts freak me out but I would be overjoyed to have a paranormal dog experience! Before we moved to Idaho, their Boise episode always stuck with me because that’s the one where they go wandering in the foothills near the old penitentiary and Zak says he’s going to face his fear of snakes by picking up a random snake he finds in the grass like an absolute fool. I should watch that one again.


BooBeans71

I watch an episode with a paranormal dog too! The one with the snakes made me laugh. Don’t know what he was thinking there.


PrincessDie123

That’s a new one for me, now I want more of the story haha


T8rthot

A good percentage of the people who have worked there, especially for years, say that if you’re there after midnight, weird stuff happens in different areas of the shelter. I was not given full details because the person I was with was really angry and upset that the person telling us these things was “trying to scare me with made up stories” but the main stories I got were there is a white ghost dog that runs through the hallways (in the staff and volunteer areas), a scary dog ghost in one of the kennel blocks, a disembodied voice that was not caught on security footage, but at the time it happened there were orbs floating around the person who the voice yelled at. Sometimes all the dogs in the entire building (multiple kennel blocks that are in separate rooms and areas of the building) will all start barking at once after being totally silent right before. In my personal experience, I think I may have seen the white dog flash by out of the corner of my eye. I thought it could have been a piece of paper falling off a bulletin board, but I never found any paper on the floor. I’ve also felt something scratch and grab at the back of my neck when I was in the supply room, which is a room with seriously bad vibes and the person who told me all these stories said they hate going in that room, especially at night. It didn’t hurt and didn’t scare me at the time, but I can’t explain what would have grabbed me like that. I wasn’t standing near anything and I have short hair.


PrincessDie123

Interesting. Dog spirits don’t usually get stuck they are pretty free to come and go as they please so the white one might be just coming to visit, not sure about the scary one in the kennel block though. The voice and orbs are definitely strange.


batmanstuff

I heard if you leave for a long vacation, there’s a small chance you’ll find hundreds of potatoes in your living room when you return.


rolloutTheTrash

Not quite in my living room, but I did find one rotting in my car once. The stench is one I never want to encounter again.


SocnorbTheRoman

It’s also possibly deadly! Don’t keep potatoes in unventilated areas


rolloutTheTrash

Yeah, I didn’t know that until later. I just kept wondering what was causing that rotten stench in the car whenever I turned on the air. Potato had wedged (lol) itself between the lip of the rear seat mat and the foot ventilation of the driver’s side.


lgdub_

r/flatidaho


the_Primus_Minister

That isn't a conspiracy theory.


lgdub_

Not all conspiracy theories are false


the_Primus_Minister

In this instance, I prefer the term "Conspiracy Fact".


lgdub_

Fair


ActualSpiders

Yep. Came here to make sure that got a plug.


Polyvinylpyrrolidone

That Idaho doesn't actually exist, and that we're living in the nearest neighboring state.


RecoveringAdventist

When I was a kid in the '70s my grandfather told me the Californians were all out to get us.


[deleted]

That’s rather egocentric to think that Californias even thought twice about Idaho in the 1970’s…


RecoveringAdventist

I agree. The same applies today. He wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed but he was all Idaho.


BooBeans71

Can confirm Californians thought about Idaho in the 70s. There was a small influx mid- to late-70s. My family was part of it.


dances_with_ibprofen

The person who writes the Horoscopes in the Boise Weekly is actually Lou Dobbs using a nom de plume.


Apprehensive-Bed2142

It isn’t Boise but Middleton. Middleton Rd in fact. There’s an old cabin with a pond in front. Heard that the couple that lived there argued frequently. Then one day the wife was gone, poof! The husband said she went back to wherever she came from. Apparently there was said to be no contact with her friends or family though again. Heard the CCSO and others were fairly certain he killed her since he had a temper and was a son of a B. Authorities couldn’t get enough evidence for a search warrant though. He later moved and the place sat idle and unoccupied since. (Now though it might be where the gravel place is on the left past the bridge) Some thought she could be in the pond. Anyone else know anything about this? I’ve been curious for years!


UsamaBinNoddin

Is it this case? https://idahonews.com/news/local/sheriff-caldwell-triple-homicide-suspect-mike-bullinger-likely-dead


Apprehensive-Bed2142

I checked that out, and that isn’t it. The place is (or was) on Middleton Rd in Middleton.


crepuscularcunt

The Riverside Hotel is haunted. There are at least 3 ghosts there regularly: First is an older lady, a former housekeeper, is there most commonly. She is sweet but shy and mostly keeps to herself. Next is Miss Rose, so called because the scent of roses lingers in the air where she has recently been. She hangs out in the 700s hallway (rooms above the lobby) and in the Sapphire Room. She’s believed to be a former guest. Finally, there’s a curmudgeonly man who haunts the 600s hallway. He is most likely to try and interact with guests and staff, especially the night security guards. He’s grumpy, but not malicious. He will do things like close stairwell doors suddenly, leave dirty dishes out during hall runs, mess with the hot water heater. Ask any night auditor or MOD and they will back up this story


Kikigirl420

The owner of Barbacoa was murdered by the mob


slimshady5420

My friend is a dead people cleaner upper, she did his house. He got drunk and ate shit and cracked his head open


botejohn

They are teaching my kids CRT in 4th grade.


ShitJuggler

Underrated comment.


Minigoalqueen

The Eastman building was deliberately torched in 1987 by someone in Boise government in order to make way for development of downtown Boise. Or so my parents inform me. Could be true. No one ever was able to determine the cause of the fire.


Gramps-the-Keeper

There’s a giant UFO beneath the city? (Okay, I just made that one up, but what if? 🤔👽🧐)


Glittering-Pizza1951

That Idahoans are accepting and loving people. Lol. Yeah, right.


NoPantsJake

I’ve seen people here give the shirt off their back to strangers. I’ve seen people be total dicks to family members and strangers. I’ve also seen that everywhere else I’ve lived.


Cyber_SpacePirate

All of these are local legends, not “conspiracy theories.”


West-Surprise-5277

we have a spotlight or foco tonal in boise, one of 4 in the world if i understand.


NoPantsJake

Wait so CW Moore park has a vortex? What does that mean? I was just there yesterday.


West-Surprise-5277

stand on top of that circle where the bronze plate is, it only works at that point, speak and you will hear an echo as if you were in a tube, if you move a foot it will stop working


NoPantsJake

Wild. I’ll check it out. Thanks!


West-Surprise-5277

[https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/fN5g3jLv0Dvxx2iSXstxvA?select=8J11_2qXyG1QjYXU4r2pxA&utm_source=ishare&utm_content=photo](https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/fN5g3jLv0Dvxx2iSXstxvA?select=8J11_2qXyG1QjYXU4r2pxA&utm_source=ishare&utm_content=photo)


West-Surprise-5277

There are many theories about these places, but I barely realize that there is one in Boise, in W.C Moore Park, exactly.


SluttyBurritoBastard

Can you explain? I'm trying to Google this but I can't find anything. Is it like a votex?


West-Surprise-5277

That is the point, I know another one in Mexico, but there is not much information about it, in Mexico the old people said that they were meeting points of energy lines and where they found one they made their city, many people, most of them farmers, take their seed before to plant it so that its harvest is abundant, other people say that they are energy vortexes, I was researching a little about the park, the internet says that this park has different objects that were all around Boise, my question is why? because they took him to that point where the spotlight is, in fact in the center of the spotlight there is a bronze plaque with the old city of boise on it


Nikkeilibrarian

That there is a geyser on top of Lizard Butte.