The Lake Worth Monster

For decades, locals around Lake Worth, Texas have told stories of a creature unlike anything they've ever seen.

Standing nearly seven feet tall, covered in coarse fur, with the head of a goat and the body of a man, witnesses claimed the creature stalked the shores of the lake, leaped across rocky bluffs, and even hurled a tire at terrified motorists.

What started as a handful of late-night encounters in the summer of 1969 quickly exploded into one of America's most famous cryptid legends. Police were called, hundreds of people flooded the area hoping to catch...