In the early hours of March 3, 1972, a policeman was cruising on Riverside Avenue which runs alongside the Miami River in Loveland, Ohio. His job was to look for anything out of place or anything unusual at that time of the early morning which may warrant police intervention.
On the side of the road he noticed a strange shape. Could it be the body of a dead dog? He slowed down his vehicle on the icy road in case it got up and ran in front of him. As he got near to the shape, he stopped his car to investigate. Suddenly the creature stood up on two legs. It looks crouched over. Quickly the officer switched on his headlights. What he saw was clearly no dog but something entirely different!
The creature was around 3-4 feet tall and about 50-75 pounds. Its skin was leathery and its body was covered in what looked like wet, matted hair. The head and face looked something like a frog or lizard and he saw what could possibly be a short tail.
The creature stared into the headlights for a few seconds and then bounded over the guard rail and disappeared into the darkness in the direction of the river.
After a few minutes to regain his composure, the officer reported the strange occurrence to the police dispatcher. When he returned to the police station, he grabbed a colleague and headed out to the scene once more. They could find very little evidence of the encounter, except for scrape marks down the hillside, as if something had headed towards the river in a hurry. No official report was filed.
Two weeks later, another cop, Officer Matthews, was travelling down the same road. He came across something he thought was roadkill. He brought his vehicle to a stop and climbed out to investigate. As before, the creature suddenly got up into a crouched position, looked at the officer, half walked and half hobbled to the guard rail. Continue reading »
The Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp (also known as The Lizard Man Of Lee County), is a humanoid cryptid which is said to inhabit areas of swampland in and around Lee County, South Carolina.
The Lizard Man is described as being seven feet tall (over 2m), bipedal, and well built, with green scaly skin and glowing orange eyes. It is said to have three toes on each foot and three fingers on each hand which end in a circular pad on them that stick to walls. The creature has an incredible degree of strength, more than capable of ripping into a car.
First Sightings
The first reported sighting of the creature was made by Christopher Davis, a 17 year old local, who said he encountered the creature while driving home from work at 2 AM on June 29, 1988.
According to his account, Davis stopped on a road bordering Scape Ore Swamp in order to change a tire which had blown out. When he was finishing up he reported having heard a thumping noise from behind him and having turned around to see the creature running towards him.
Davis said the creature tried to grab at the car and then jumped on its roof as he tried to escape, clinging on to it as Davis swerved from side to side in an effort to throw it off. After he returned home, Davis’ side-view-mirror was found to be badly damaged, and scratch marks were found on the car’s roof–though there was no other physical evidence of his encounter.
“I looked back and saw something running across the field towards me. It was about 25 yards away and I saw red eyes glowing. I ran into the car and as I locked it, the thing grabbed the door handle. I could see him from the neck down – the three big fingers, long black nails and green rough skin. It was strong and angry. I looked in my mirror and saw a blur of green running. I could see his toes and then he jumped on the roof of my car. I thought I heard a grunt and then I could see his fingers through the front windshield, where they curled around on the roof. I sped up and swerved to shake the creature off.” Continue reading »
