Lake Worth Monster Anniversary
Posted by: Ken Gerhard on July 11th, 2016
Celebrating the anniversary of the Lake Worth Monster – “A half-man, half-goat covered with fur and scales,” according to (then) journalist Jim Marrs. On this past Saturday evening… 47 years ago, the creature was alleged to leap from a tree (around midnight) and attack a carload of young people parked near Greer Island. The following evening, a group of 30 to 40 curiosity seekers that had gathered in the spot heard a howl (a “pitiful cry”) and watched a “big, hairy, white thing that walked like a man,” hurl a discarded tire at the crowd from atop a bluff. Without a doubt… one of the seminal Texas monster flaps.
About Ken Gerhard
Ken has investigated reports of mysterious beasts around the world including Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, the Chupacabra, giant winged creatures and even werewolves. In addition to appearing in three episodes of the television series Monster Quest (History Channel), Ken is featured in the History Channel special The Real Wolfman, as well as Legend Hunters (Travel Channel/A&E), Paranatural (National Geographic), Ultimate Encounters (truTV) and William Shatner's Weird or What? (History Television). His credits include multiple appearances on Coast to Coast AM, major news broadcasts and Ireland’s Newstalk radio, as well as being featured in major books and in articles by the Associated Press, Houston Chronicle and Tampa Tribune. Ken is author of the books Big Bird: Modern Sightings of Flying Monsters and A Menagerie of Mysterious Beasts: Encounters with Cryptid Creatures, as well as the co-author of Monsters of Texas (with Nick Redfern) and has contributed to trade publications including Fate Magazine, Animals and Men, The Journal of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club and Bigfoot Times. He currently lectures and exhibits at events across America. Born on Friday the 13th of October, 1967 (exactly one week before the famous Patterson Bigfoot film was shot), Ken has traveled to twenty-six different countries on six continents and most of the United States. An avid adventurer, he has camped along the Amazon, explored the Galapagos, hiked the Australian Outback and has visited many ancient and mysterious sites, from Machu Pichu to Stonehenge.
