THE HORROR OF LIZARDMAN
THE HORROR OF LIZARDMAN
Compiled by Bill Knell
On July 14, 1988, the Lee County sheriff's office investigated a report of a car damaged overnight while parked at a home in the area of Browntown outside Bishopville, South Carolina, on the edges of the Scape Ore Swamp. The car reportedly had toothmarks and scratches with hair and muddy footprints left behind.
Sheriff Liston Truesdale noted this was the start of various claims that eventually coalesced into a story about a lizard man in the swamp.
Prompted by the news of the vehicle damage, 17-year-old local Christopher Davis reported to the sheriff that his car was damaged by a creature he described as "green, wetlike, about 7 feet (2.1 m) tall and had three fingers, red eyes, skin like a lizard, snakelike scales" two weeks prior.
According to Davis, he was driving home from working the night shift at a fast food restaurant when his car got a flat tire. After fixing it, he saw a creature walking toward him. Davis got in his car and began to drive, but the creature was soon on top of the car. He applied his brakes, causing the creature to roll off the car, giving Davis enough time to escape.
The increase in newspaper and media publicity prompted further reports of sightings, and the area soon became a tourist attraction for visitors and hunters. Local radio station WCOS offered a $1 million reward to anybody who could capture the creature alive.
Reports of the creature gradually declined at the end of the summer. Local law enforcement officials speculated that the sightings were likely to have been a bear.
Perhaps Lizzy moved to Texas? Authorities released this photo which they consider authentic. It was caught on a video security system outside a Texas zoo in Amarillo in 2022
In 2015, local television station WCIV featured photos and videos claimed to be Lizard Man, allegedly taken by Jim Wilson and other unidentified individuals.
In August 2017, the South Carolina Emergency Management Division sent a humorous tweet "regarding possible paranormal activity" during the solar eclipse that passed over the area, hinting that people of Lee and Sumter counties should "remain vigilant" for sightings of the Lizard Man.
They were right when it came to UFOs. There have been record numbers of sightings over the past 40+ years.
The U.S. Government is also setting records... For the number of UAPs shot down over the past year.
Just when you thought it was safe to go into the swamp,
From the Daily Mail… (2015)
A new photo and video footage have emerged purporting to show South Carolina's mythic swamp monster known as Lizard Man that was first spotted nearly 30 years ago.
Local legend has it that Lizard Man is 7-foot-tall reptilian creature that lives in the Scape Ore Swamp, not far from the small farming town of Bishopville.
Last Sunday, a Sumter woman named Sarah Berra says she was at church with a friend when she stepped outside and caught a glimpse of the fabled creature running along the tree line.
The woman grabbed her cell phone and snapped a picture of the apparition. The resulting image depicts a comically muscular upright humanoid with three clawed toes on each foot and clawed fingers.
Return of Lizard Man: Sarah Berra, of Sumter, South Carolina, shot this photo August 2 showing a tall, anthropomorphic creature with red eyes, a long tail and claws. she believes its the legendary Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp
The monster has red eyes, a long Kangaroo-like tail and a snub-nosed face.
‘My hand to God, I am not making this up,’ she wrote in an email to ABC News 4 and other local media outlets. ‘So excited!’
The eyewitness said she was just a mile or so from the site of Lizard Man's earlier sighting, which took place in May.
The day after Berra’s alleged encounter with the fabled creature another local resident released a short video shot in May also allegedly showing the anthropomorphic reptile.
The man explained that he had planned to keep mum about his footage until he caught wind of other sightings.
‘I saw your lizard man story and it’s given me the courage to send you a video I took in early May,’ the man wrote to WCIV. ‘Though my wife believes me that it’s real, she said she would be embarrassed that everyone would think I was a loon so I kept it a secret.’
The 24-second clip appears to show a tall dark figure with a long tail darting into the trees.
On Monday, a man by the name Jim Wilson had his own brush with the anthropomorphic lizard.
Wilson said he was on Highway 34 when he spotted a tall figure with a long scaly tail, according to The State
It was almost like an alligator with a short nose and long legs,' he told Fox Carolina.
Wilson pulled over and began taking pictures. The man claimed he later saw the critter scamper across Scape Ore Bridge.
'My friend told me it's probably a pet monitor lizard... but my girlfriend thinks its lizard man,' Mr Wilson said.
There have been multiple sightings of the fabled creature over the past three decades. In 2008, Bob and Dixie Rawson blamed Lizard Man for clawing their minivan, according to a CNN report from the time.
‘You think it's a joke, but you look at the damage to the vehicle, it's hard to say,’ then-Lee County Sheriff E.J. Melvin said.
Local law enforcement authorities have looked into the reports but found no concrete evidence proving the existence of the towering creature.
Current Lee County Sheriff Daniel Simons said his department has not received any official reports regarding recent sightings of Lizard Man, but over the years he has participated in investigations concerning the scaly beast.
Sheriff Simons has offered his own theory explaining the recent uptick in Lizard Man sightings.
‘You are talking about a small town getting national attention for it. It’s unusual for a small farming town to gain that attention,' he said. 'I wouldn’t say there is anything to be proud about, but it put Lee County and Bishopville on the map."
From Bill Knell…
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