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Lake Worth und der Goatman

hinzugefügt29. August 20261969

Im Sommer 1969 berichteten mehrere Gruppen am See vor Fort Worth in einer einzigen Nacht, ein weißes, behaartes und mit Schuppen bedecktes Wesen sei von einer Steilkante auf ihre Autos gesprungen und habe einen Autoreifen rund fünfzehn Meter weit geschleudert. Das Fort Worth Star-Telegram brachte es auf die Titelseite, und Hunderte kamen bewaffnet an den See. Ein Teil der Meldungen ließ sich später auf einen Studentenstreich zurückführen. Nicht alle.

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