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by earthguy on March 7, 2008
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This is a warning for anyone foolish enough to herp near Scape Ore Swamp in SC. The lizard man is back after a 20 year hiatus. For those of you who have led sheltered lives; the lizard man is a 7+ foot tall homosaur that makes a living ripping apart vehicles. So be careful in the Swamps of SC. The lizard man could get you. If, though, you manage to catch him...well that's one I would DEFINITELY keep in my collection.
For the story go to
http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?s=7948448
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by EPARR1 on March 7, 2008
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That's awesome! I haven't thought or heard anything about the lizard man since I was 7-8. I lived down south somewhat close to the area. I remember the T-shits, news, and locking the doors that had never been locked before. Also sleeps over with some great stories and scares. LOL
This brought a smile to my face.
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by tigers9 on March 7, 2008
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And here is tiger man, and he is for real, he lives about 3 hours from me.
http://www.stalkingcat.net/
Few months ago soembody made a fake anonymous call to local sheriff about tiger at large (conveniently few days before animal zoning hearing ordinance), so I got angry and sent this website to sheriff and commissioners to tell them if somebody calls about tiger attending a zoning hearing, to check the caller's ID and sanity.
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by Cro on March 7, 2008
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Interesting story. The folks had 20 cats, and now cats are missing and they find blood?
Cats like to hide up-under car hoods. Especially when something is trying to eat them.
Something was trying awfull hard to get into that car hood, perhaps to eat another cat?
Not likely a Coyote, and not likely a Bear. How often do Bears eat domestic Cats ?
I am guessing an excaped BIG Cat of some sort ? Maybee someone should check and see if any of the roadside zoos in SC have a BIG Cat missing ? Perhaps a Cougar, or a Leopard, or African Lion ?
We had a series of incidents several years ago in S. Dekalb County, GA, where something with cat like tracks was climbing 6 foot fenses and eating small dogs and cats, and killing larger dogs like Chows, and German Shepherds in peoples back yards. Then it would go back into the South River Swamp, which gave it a huge flood plain area to live in. DNR tried to trap it, but never did. Most likely, it was a BIG Cat of some sort that excaped captivity, and not some cougar that had made its way there.
It sure was not a Bob Cat. "Four Paws, No Claws, Only A Cat Leaves A Track Like That," to quote a new song from my old time friend Oke Joe.
The only reason it did not get more attention is that is was in a poor part of town, where a few dogs and cats geting eaten did not make the news. Folks from the Atlanta Zoo spent time trying to help track it down. Perhaps it excaped from one of the travelling circuses that come to town each year. Or perhaps it excaped from someone who kept big cats as pets ? I know of one person in that county who had an African Lion that they used to walk on a leash down the side walk every night, while hundreds of cars drove by. Wonder what ever happened to that kitty ???
Best Regards JohnZ
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by pitbulllady on March 8, 2008
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It's just about as likely to be an escaped exotic cat as it is to be a seven-foot tall, bipedal reptilian humanoid. We don't have any "roadside zoos" in Lee County, and as far as I know, having lived here for most of my life, there's no one even keeping any big cats. We DO have cougars, wild ones, in spite of the DNR's maintaining that we don't, but this isn't a feline modus operandi. I used to keep big cats-cougars, leopards, tigers-as well as smaller exotic cats like bobcats, jungle cats and lynxes, and I also have dogs(note my user name). I have never, ever seen a cat chew up something like that. DOGS, on the other hand...I had an Akita who did that to my truck once just for the heck of it; he wasn't even trying to get to anything. His mother destroyed my refrigerator and pulled it out from the wall about six feet just to get to a mouse that was behind it. My friend had a metal utility trailer totally destroyed by one of her Catahoulas. Dogs, especially dogs that have been selectively bred for what I like to call a very determined spirit, can and will cause damage like this, and are all the more likely to do so if motivated by a cat hiding inside the engine compartment, and we all know that dogs traditionally have a "thing" for cats. This vehicle is mostly fiberglass anyway, so it's not like it would even require a very large dog to do that, but the tooth pattern definitely says "CANINE" to me, as someone who's seen an awful lot of canine tooth imprints on various objects. I can't even be impressed by a dog that can tear up a modern vehicle with all that fiberglass and plastic, though if it did that sort of damage to say, my '61 Studebaker, I'd be really cautious when entering that dog's yard! The guy who runs the Cotton Museum in Bishopville had a good point-wild animals do not normally injure themselves unless either rabid or in a state of panic where they're desperate to escape. Having had dogs who would do $500.00's worth in vet bills to their own faces just to get out of a chain link kennel or crash through a window, not once, but TWICE, just to follow my car out of the yard, not to mention hang onto the head of a 300-lb. wild boar while bleeding profusely from a tusk wound, I know that when some dogs set their mind to doing something, it doesn't matter how badly they get hurt trying. That would account for all the blood, which was quite a lot, found on the van. I can very easily picture a "bully" breed dog, or an Akita(there are a few folks on that road who have Akitas), or a Chow, doing something like that to get at a cat underneath the hood. Sheriff Melvin thought it might be a coyote, but I don't think a coyote, or even a pack, would hurt itself just to get to a cat. Of course, Lee County is a very poor county, so whatever it can do to pull in tourists and dollars, they'll do it, even concoct a silly story about a reptilian monster running around chewing on cars.
pitbulllady(Lee County, SC, resident)
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by EPARR1 on March 8, 2008
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They probably wanted to get rid of the stock of T-shirts they had made from the last sighting years ago. Shame to let all those shirts go to waiste. LOL
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by earthguy on March 10, 2008
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Guys,
Why can't you just let me stay in my happy little world where the lizard man exists? I've believed in him since the first time he came around ;)
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by Cro on March 10, 2008
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Josh, I agree. We should keep Lizard Man alive and well and living in the swamps of S.C. !
Cryptozoology is a great science, LOL. And because herpers are likely to seek places that are far off the beaten track, and drive down those sand roads that stretch for miles and miles, they are more likely to encounter those poor, misunderstood creatures that just want to be left alone !
Did I ever tell you that I saw a skunk ape years ago, in Hancock County, GA ? Really, I did.............
And the funny thing, is it was wearing nothing but an old pair of tennis shoes ???????
Best Regards JohnZ
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