Lake Worth Monster

While at the police station, the couple noticed an 18-inch scratch down the side of their car.

The Lake Worth monster, as it came to be known, was sighted again after midnight on July 11th.

Jack Harris witnessed the creature crossing a road that led into the Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge after he had gone out looking for it.

As many as forty people gathered soon after and watched as the beast hurled a tire some five hundred feet toward the crowd from a bluff.

In her reply, she spoke contemptuously of that being, and on her way to the stream received a slap on the cheek that twisted her head to one side.

The following evening, going on the same errand, she got a slap on the other cheek that put her head right.

So far we have Pan, Faunus, Satyrs, the Glaistig, at least one other Scottish goat man, the Wisconsin goat man, and the Lake Worth Monster.

Why does this form keep showing up, not only in mythology, but in Washington County, Wisconsin? I think it's because, unlike cattle and sheep, the goat is the herd animal that refuses to be domesticated.

Fort Worth, Texas has also played host to the goat man or others of his odd kin anyway.

Back in the late 1960s, the Lake Worth Monster, as it became commonly known, first came to public notice when it stepped out of the woods in 1967 in front of a group of startled teens who were hanging out on the Moss Point area of the lake.

Terrified, they gave the typical goat man description of the beast they saw.

A satyr-like ogre, half man, half goat, tall and hairy.

In the sweltering Texas summer of 1969, while the nation was looking to the moon, the city of Fort Worth was looking to its lake A bizarre goat-headed creature had taken up residence at Greer Island Park on Lake Worth, terrorizing teenagers at the local lovers' lane and sparking a monster hunt of truly Texas-sized proportions.

The Lake Worth monster was described as a terrifying hybrid, a bipedal beast standing over seven feet tall.

Witnesses claimed it was covered in a strange combination of white fur and scales with a goat-like head and long, sharp horns.

It first made its presence known to several couples parked in the area who saw the huge creature crashing through the brush and heard its blood-curdling screams.

The story ignited a media firestorm.

For weeks, the shores of Lake Worth were a chaotic circus, swarming with hundreds of armed hunters, reporters, and thrill-seekers, all hoping to catch a glimpse of the tire-throwing goat man.

The tale of the Lake Worth monster in that hot Texas summer is a classic of its kind.

Many believe the entire affair was an elaborate prank by local high school students that simply got out of control, but the creature's description and lovers' lane settings are hallmarks of a classic boogeyman story.

Which book, uh, are you, uh, talking about today?

So it's The Lake Worth Monster, which I think is the last one we covered.

That came out in 2024.

Great themes as with all cryptid stories.

A bizarre, goat-headed creature had taken up residence at Greer Island Park on Lake Worth, terrorizing teenagers at the local Lover's Lane and sparking a monster hunt of truly Texas-sized proportions.

The Lake Worth monster was described as a terrifying hybrid, a bipedal beast standing over seven feet tall.

Witnesses claimed it was covered in a strange combination of white fur and scales with a goat-like head and long, sharp horns.

It first made its presence known to several couples parked in the area who saw the huge creature crashing through the brush and heard its blood-curdling screams.

The story ignited a media firestorm.

For weeks, the shores of Lake Worth were a chaotic circus, swarming with hundreds of armed hunters, reporters, and thrill-seekers, all hoping to catch a glimpse of the tire-throwing Goatman.

The tale of the Lake Worth Monster in that hot Texas summer is a classic of its kind, Many believe the entire affair was an elaborate prank by local high school students that simply got out of control, but the creature's description and lover's lane settings are hallmarks of a classic boogeyman story.

But whether it was a prank, a misidentified animal, or a genuine, inexplicably strong Texan Sasquatch, its legend is a perfect snapshot of a 1960s monster flap, proving that sometimes, the only thing bigger

Greer Island, a small patch of land close to where the West Fork of the Trinity River flows into Lake Worth, is heavily shaded by tall oaks, cedar elms, and cottonwoods.

One of the quietest spots in Fort Worth, the island is home to egrets and owls, perhaps an alligator or two, and maybe just maybe the Lake Worth Monster.

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It's a very special place with a cosmic presence." What exactly happened on Maury Island in 1947? Whether you are a true believer or one of those skeptics, stories of spirits haunting the living from the confines of a Ouija board can chill you to the bone and make you think twice before communicating with entities from another dimension.

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Greer Island, a small patch of land close to where the West Fork of the Trinity River flows into Lake Worth, is heavily shaded by tall oaks, cedar elms, and cottonwoods.

One of the quietest spots in Fort Worth, the island is home to egrets and owls, perhaps an alligator or two, and maybe just maybe the Lake Worth Monster.

Welcome Weirdos! I'm Darren Marlar and this is Weird Darkness Radio, where every week you'll find stories of the paranormal, supernatural, legends, lore, the strange and bizarre, crime, conspiracy, mysterious, macabre, unsolved and unexplained, coming up this hour! In 2017, Washington State Senator Karen Kaiser was quoted as saying, "...the incidents continue, they continue, and we've had to consider that there is potential cosmic life over the island.

It's a very special place with a cosmic presence." What exactly happened on Moray Island in 1947? Whether you are a true believer or one of those skeptics, stories of spirits haunting the living from the confines of a Ouija board can chill you to the bone and make you think twice before communicating with entities from another dimension.

But first, the Lake Worth Monster.

We begin with that story...

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it is what it is anyways we're being joined by author cryptozoologist researcher i mean you name it this guy has his hands in it uh today i want to welcome lyle blackburn to the podcast so welcome lyle uh and thanks for having me yeah thanks for joining us so you know uh for anybody out there who might not know who you are or picked up one of your books or something can you kind of give everybody a little preview into who lyle blackburn actually is

Well, I guess you could say I kind of call myself an author encrypted researcher.

And I got my start with my fascination for Bigfoot slash The Legend of Boggy Creek.

Gosh, it doesn't seem that long, but it's been, you know, 17 or 18 years.

Yeah.

Well, one of the questions, you know, when I was up working with Cliff a little bit, you know, was this idea of like, why would somebody dedicate their life to a subject where not many people actually believe in what you're researching? Like, for example, I think, you know, Bigfoot is kind of the one that always pops to mind with people when they think cryptids.

I think I read an article a couple weeks ago that said it was only like 27 or maybe it was 38% of people in America think Bigfoot's real.