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Astonishing Legends

The Lake Worth Monster with Lyle Blackburn

Astonishing Legends

Scott Philbrook

History, Society & Culture

4.69.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2024

⏱️ 126 minutes

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Summary

On the night of July 10, 1969, John Reichart was fishing near Greer Island on the shores of Lake Worth, about ten miles from Fort Worth, Texas, while his wife Linda sat in their car reading a book.  Moments after John finally hooked a large catfish, he heard his wife screaming in terror and turned to see something moving around on top of the car. As he raced to help, this thing was now on the ground and next to the passenger window, appearing to try to get at Linda. John instinctively lunged at this creature, shoving it away from the car while getting a good look at it. He described it as massive and standing on two legs, horns on its head, covered with white hair and what seemed like shiny fish scales; some kind of human-animal hybrid he said was "half man, half goat." The Reicharts weren't the only witnesses to this scary scuffle as two other couples parked nearby also saw the entire horrifying incident. Almost forty people claimed to have seen the same beast the next night, with sightings continuing for months afterward, generating news coverage and a police investigation. Our friend, author, musician, and intrepid cryptid hunter, Lyle Blackburn, once again deftly and comprehensively investigates one of the strangest and most disturbing creature encounters in Texas and U.S. history in his latest book, Lake Worth Monster: The True Story of the Greer Island Goatman. Please join us as we welcome Lyle to discuss the particulars of a brute so bizarre it makes a plain old Bigfoot seem ordinary by comparison.
 
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0:00.0

Astonishing Legends Network

0:02.7

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0:09.6

Getting used to the Brady Bunch factor.

0:13.2

I've been to Point Pleasant twice, but I've never been to the festival.

0:16.3

Someone made a joke about them off, man.

0:19.0

For the guys on this screen, except for you, Matthew, you know, the 90s were like yesterday.

0:24.9

The guy that directed the Lost film was the creator of Earthworm Jim.

0:29.7

Doug Tneaple told them that Steven Spielberg had said to him,

0:34.0

when you're done with this, I'll take a look at it.

0:36.1

It's so hard to explain this and not sound like I'm crazy. I'm impressed Scott found that.

0:43.9

Astonishing legends, we'd like to thank Mint Mobile, Racon, Hymns, or contributors at patreon.com

0:49.8

and you are listeners for making tonight's show possible.

0:56.6

In the summer of 1969, John and Linda Riker took an evening trip to Lake Worth,

1:02.1

about 25 minutes northwest of Fort Worth, Texas, to relax a bit and see if John could catch some fish.

1:08.8

Linda didn't like sitting outside after dark, so she sat in their car, reading a book

1:13.7

while John fished from shore.

1:16.3

After a while, John finally had success reeling in a huge catfish that he just placed on

1:21.7

a stringer when a blood-curdling scream pierced the night air.

1:26.4

He turned to see a huge, strange, bipedal figure on the roof

1:30.9

of their car trying to attack Linda. He rushed towards the car as she continued to scream. As

1:38.0

he approached, John encountered what he would later describe as a half-man, half-goat creature, covered in white fur,

1:46.0

and of all things, shiny scales. Acting instinctively, John confronted the beast,

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