Lizard Man: The True Story of the Bishopville Monster
My special guest tonight is author and cryptozoologist Lyle Blackburn who's here to discuss an upright walking creature that resembles a lizard terrorizing a town in South Carolina.
From the swamplands near Bishopville, South Carolina, come reports of a seven-foot-tall, scaly humanoid creature the locals call the "Lizard Man." Over the years, the creature has been seen by numerous witnesses, including a teenager who claimed it attacked him one night near a remote area called Scape Ore Swamp. The young man's testimony and physical evidence was so compelling, it not only launched a serious investigation by the local sheriff's office but an all-out monster hunt that drew hundreds of people to the small town.
This real-life "creature from the black lagoon" has inspired major national news coverage, even a call from the famous CBS news anchor, Dan Rather, as he and the rest of the world clamored to know more about Bishopville's elusive monster. The case is often mentioned in books, websites, and television shows, but the full story has never been told... until now. This book provides unprecedented documentation for one of the most bizarre and hair-raising cases of an unknown creature. The witnesses are convinced they've seen it, and the local law officials are backing them up. This is their story.
Follow Lyle Blackburn, author of the bestselling book "The Beast of Boggy Creek," as he and his partner, Cindy Lee, revisit the sighting locations, speak to the living eyewitnesses, and consider all possible theories in their search for the truth behind the legendary Lizard Man.
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vandalized in some way by an animal he said he just kind of put out a notice if anybody has seen the lizard man I would like to know more about it and so
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within a couple of weeks a young man showed up at the police department with his father and he had heard about you know the incident he said I think I have something that may relate to this and this has become one of the most famous
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I guess sightings of the lizard man and basically what happened this young man Christopher Davis said he was passing through Scapehorse Swamp one evening
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a few weeks prior to that car incident and said he had a flat tire he had to pull over and change that and it was like 2 a.m.
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