Case file · Cryptid
Lake Worth Monster
In July 1969 couples parked at Lake Worth near Fort Worth, Texas, told police that a hairy 'part-man, part-goat' creature with scales had jumped on their car.
1969 CE · 32.84, -97.48 · status: claim
The account
Newspapers ran the stories, including one in which it threw a car tyre at a group of people, and crowds drove out to Greer Island at night. Allen Plaster's photograph of a man-sized 'white furball' was published.
The sceptical view
Police found nothing, reports stopped when school resumed, and in 2005 an anonymous letter to the Star-Telegram said three high-school friends had staged it with a tinfoil mask. The photographer himself thought it was a prank.