By Louis Hart

It’s a big, blue lake.  The water is cold and deep.  Very deep.  In some places the bottom is over 1,600 feet below the surface.  Due to icy temperatures and the purity of the water if a person drowns the body often sinks, forever suspended in the frigid depths.

Even with all its breathtaking beauty, Lake Tahoe has many mysteries hidden in its depths and surrounding mountains.  There is about it an aura of forlornness.  Many times when I am near the shore I sense a presence lurking.  Although it doesn’t feel evil it’s unsettling enough that I always refrain from swimming or even wading in the water.

What could it be? Maybe the restless souls of those who have succumbed to those deep, cold waters over the years.  I’m sure that there have been more than a few.  Also the Native Americans who originally lived in the area considered the lake to be sacred.  Perhaps their Ancestral Souls are unhappy over the White Man’s desecration of the area.