Episode 135: Water Babies/Pawapicts

Continuing the Tahoe miniseries, we tell the tales of the water babies/pawapicts of Lake Tahoe and Pyramid Lake. Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washoe_people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_Babies https://www.native-languages.org/water-babies.htm https://www.britannica.com/topic/Great-Basin-Indian/Social-organization https://www.heraldextra.com/news/2006/apr/29/mysterious-monsters-inhabited-utah-valley-waters/ https://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1124&context=rel_fac https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/pyramid-lake https://boomcalifornia.org/2013/03/25/the-giant-and-the-waterbaby/#12 http://www.greggtownsley.com/lake-tahoes-water-babies/ https://discoverthemermaids.quora.com/The-Tragic-Water-Babies-of-Lake-Tahoe https://granbydrummer.com/2019/08/curse-of-the-pyramid-lake-water-babies/ https://nwksgmd4.blogspot.com/2012/09/cave-rock-water-babies-and-washoe-people.html https://allthatsinteresting.com/native-american-ghost-stories/8 https://www.truckeehistory.org/native-americans.html#:~:text=The%20Washo%20did%20not%20have,Chief%20Truckee's%20Influence https://www.heraldextra.com/news/2006/may/13/fishermen-find-utah-lake-monster/