The Lizardman (Classic)

One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries

Laurah Norton

Paranormalpodcast, History, True Crime, Paranormal, Mystery

4.6 • 763 Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

A release of our 2022 episode featuring the Lizardman: A rural South Carolina town is struck by cryptid fever in the form of a seven-foot-tall lizard with a taste for cars. . . specifically, for chewing on them. Once a local teenager is chased down by the Lizardman, locals all over Bishopville and the greater Lee County area spot lizard tracks and possible Lizardman attacks. But is it all just a hoax? Or, perhaps, the work of another cryptid altogether? One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous historical research with a wry, skeptical wit to investigate true supernatural stories and baffling mysteries that made headlines. One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous historical research with a wry, skeptical wit to investigate true supernatural stories and baffling mysteries that made headlines. Dive into our Episode Mystery Archive — a curated, topic-organized source for documented hauntings, UFO sightings, cryptids, folklore, and bizarre true mysteries. Check it out here! https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/episodes-by-topic-mystery-archive Laurah's book, LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Written, Hosted, and Researched by Laurah Norton Additional Research by Bryan Worters Produced and Engineered by Maura Currie Sources on our website: https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/ Join us on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/OneStrangeThing You can also subscribe to premium episodes on Apple Premium and Supercast! Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OSTPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/ and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607 Interested in advertising on our show? Contact Glassbox Media: https://glassboxmedia.com/contact-us/ Copyright One Strange Thing Podcast LLC 2023

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0:00.0	Hey, strangers, to celebrate the end of the summer and this extremely long month, notice all the Tuesdays, we thought we'd run one of our favorite episodes again as a fun end-of-the-month bonus.
0:13.2	It's a story straight from Laura's childhood and the most famous cryptid to ever crawl out of the state of South Carolina.
0:21.3	Hope you enjoy it.
0:26.9	I'm Laura Norton, and this is one strange thing,
0:30.8	the show where we search the nation's news archives
0:33.4	for stories that can't quite be explained.
0:52.3	Thank you. for stories that can't quite be explained. With the exception of West Virginia's mothman and Florida's skunk ape, because of course Florida would have a skunk ape, the
0:55.8	southeastern U.S. doesn't get too much coverage in the cryptid area. It might be because
1:02.0	we're just, well, entertaining enough on our own merits down here to add another facet of the
1:08.2	bazaar, but strangers don't discount us totally.
1:13.0	We do have a few good monster tales, tall or otherwise, you be the judge, down south.
1:20.0	And today we bring you a story close to the heart of yours truly, the lizard man of Bishopville,
1:26.9	South Carolina.
1:29.0	When your narrator was but a tiny lover of the paranormal way back in the summer of 1988,
1:36.8	this Lee County phenomenon struck and took the whole state by storm.
1:43.1	There were Lizard Man T-shirts and barbecue sauces and witness
1:47.3	interviews all over the evening news, usually accompanied by an approximation sketch that was
1:53.6	drawn by a teenager named Chris Davis, who'd experienced the most famous Lizard Man encounter
2:00.3	of all time.
2:01.6	Seeing as Chris Davis was a 17-year-old high school student, it was not a professional
2:07.6	forensic artistic rendering. Imagine, if you will, a sleeping bag with arms and legs and a
2:15.6	suggestion of a face.
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