Case file · Cryptid
Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp
In July 1988, 17-year-old Christopher Davis told the Lee County, South Carolina, sheriff that a seven-foot, green, scaly creature had attacked his car near Scape Ore Swamp.
1988 CE · 34.22, -80.25 · status: claim
The account
The report followed damage to another car near Bishopville and set off a media frenzy and monster tourism.
The sceptical view
Researcher Ben Radford found important gaps in the story; religious studies scholar Joseph Laycock describes the predictable cycle of sighting, media attention, more sightings and tourism.