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The Lake Worth Monster is a north American Cryptid reported to live in Lake Worth
(Texas).
Numerous sightings in July of 1969 led to the belief of a
half-man, half-goat creature living in Lake Worth in Texas. Jim Marrs, a reporter,
wrote an article about it in the newspaper, which made the front
page. The headline read: "Fishy Man-Goat Terrifies Couples Parked
at Lake Worth." The couples that reported the sightings described
it as a half-man, half-goat, with fur and scales.
A man named John Reichart soon after reported the creature
landed on his car after jumping out of a tree. An 18-inch scar on
the side of his car was shown by Reichart as proof. The police at
this point decided to investigate. Up until then, they had laughed
at any reports they received, thinking it was a hoax.
The following night, reports came in of the creature hurling a
tire from a bluff overlooking bystanders. In 2009, a man known as
"Vinzens" admitted to reporters that he had been involved in this
incident. According to him the tire flew into the air only because
it hit a bump after he and his accomplices (who were unnamed)
rolled it.
The most well-known photograph (and perhaps the only one) of the
creature belongs to a woman named Sallie Ann Clarke, who received
the photo from Allen Plaster, who took the picture in October 1969
near Greer Island.
Cultural
references
- In the Joe
R. Lansdale mystery novel The Bottoms young Harry
Collins discovers a mutilated black woman's body hidden deep in the
woods followed by more murders. He suspects the murders have been
done by the Goat Man, and local legend of the creature says the
creature resides in the local bottoms of East Texas.
See also
Sources
- The Ten Creepiest Creatures In America by Allan Zullo,
ISBN: 0-8167-4288-X
- The Field Guide to Bigfooot, Yeti, and Other Mystery Primates
Worldwide, Loren Coman and Patrick Huyghe, Illust. Harry Trumbore,
ISBN 0-380-80263-5
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