The Lizardman

One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries

Laurah Norton

Paranormalpodcast, History, True Crime, Paranormal, Mystery

4.6 • 763 Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

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. 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 Pre order Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ 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 Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OSTPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/ and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607 Written, Hosted, and Researched by Laurah Norton Additional Research by Bryan Worters Produced, Engineered, and Script-edited by Maura Currie Want to advertise/sponsor our show? We have partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started. https://www.advertisecast.com/OneStrangeThing Copyright One Strange Thing LLC 2022

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0:00.0	I'm Laura Norton, and Florida's skunk ape,
0:29.8	because of course Florida would have a skunk ape,
0:32.6	the southeastern U.S. doesn't get too much coverage in the cryptid area.
0:39.5	It might be because we're just dumb, well, entertaining enough on our own merits down here to add another facet of the bazaar,
0:45.7	but strangers don't discount us totally. We do have a few good monster tales, tall or otherwise,
0:56.6	you be the judge, down south.
1:03.6	And today we bring you a story close to the heart of yours truly, the lizard man of Bishopville,
1:04.7	South Carolina.
1:12.6	When your narrator was but a tiny lover of the paranormal, way back in the summer of 1988. This Lee County phenomenon struck and took the whole state by storm.
1:18.6	There were Lizard Man t-shirts and barbecue sauces and witness interviews all over the evening news,
1:26.6	usually accompanied by an approximation sketch
1:30.1	that was drawn by a teenager named Chris Davis, who'd experienced the most famous lizard man
1:36.2	encounter of all time. Seeing as Chris Davis was a 17-year-old high school student, it was not
1:43.9	a professional forensic artistic
1:45.7	rendering. Imagine, if you will, a sleeping bag with arms and legs and a suggestion of a face.
1:54.8	Not very lizard-like or lizardly, even, and yet it would be the only circulated visual of the Lizard Man for many years.
2:06.0	Which really is a shame, as Chris Davis would repeatedly describe the creature he saw at Orescape
2:12.5	Swamp as absolutely terrifying, seven feet tall, with glowing red eyes, three long clawed fingers
2:21.2	on each hand and three clawed toes on each foot, and shining scales, just like a snake.
2:28.5	Oh, and the ability to run very, very fast. But we'll get to that in a moment.
2:37.0	It shouldn't be a surprise, really, that South Carolina's most famous beast sprang up from the depths of Bishopville.
2:46.0	Tucked into Lee County in the northeastern region of the state, Bishopville has had in the past 50 years
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