South Carolina's Lizard Man?

Is this South Carolina's Lizard Man? New images claim to show mythic swamp monster. Sarah Berra, of Sumter, South Carolina, shot a photo showing a tall, anthropomorphic creature with red eyes, long tail and claws. A day earlier, August 1, Jim Wilson reported sighting of similar-looking creature near Scape Ore Swamp.
In May, another local man recorded video showing a dark figure with tail darting into the woods in Bishopville, South Carolina.
First Lizard Man sighting took place in 1988 when a 17-year-old claimed a tall, scaly monster charged at him and clawed his car.

A new photo and video footage have emerged purporting to show South Carolina's mythic swamp monster known as Lizard Man that was first spotted nearly 30 years ago.
Local legend has it that Lizard Man is 7-foot-tall reptilian creature that lives in the Scape Ore Swamp, not far from the small farming town of Bishopville.
Last Sunday, a Sumter woman named Sarah Berra says she was at church with a friend when she stepped outside and caught a glimpse of the fabled creature running along the tree line.
The woman grabbed her cell phone and snapped a picture of the apparition. The resulting image depicts a comically muscular upright humanoid with three clawed toes on each foot and clawed fingers.

The monster has red eyes, a long Kangaroo-like tail and a snub-nosed face.
‘My hand to God, I am not making this up,’ she wrote in an email to ABC News 4 and other local media outlets. ‘So excited!’
The eyewitness said she was just a mile or so from the site of Lizard Man's previous sighting, which took place in May.


The day after Berra’s alleged encounter with the fabled creature – or a guy dressed in a rubber lizard suit - another local resident released a short video shot in May also allegedly showing the anthropomorphic reptile.
The man, who chose to remain unanimous, explained that he had planned to keep mum about his footage until hearing news of other sightings.
‘I saw your lizard man story and it’s given me the courage to send you a video I took in early May,’ the man wrote to WCIV. ‘Though my wife believes me that it’s real, she said she would be embarrassed that everyone would think I was a loon so I kept it a secret.’
The 24-second clip appears to show a tall dark figure with a long tail darting into the trees.
On Monday, a man by the name Jim Wilson had his own brush with the anthropomorphic lizard.
Wilson said he was on Highway 34 when he spotted a tall, dark figure with a long scaly tail, according to The State.


Is this South Carolina's Lizard Man? New images claim to show mythic swamp monster. Sarah Berra, of Sumter, South Carolina, shot a photo showing a tall, anthropomorphic creature with red eyes, long tail and claws. A day earlier, August 1, Jim Wilson reported sighting of similar-looking creature near Scape Ore Swamp.
In May, another local man recorded video showing a dark figure with tail darting into the woods in Bishopville, South Carolina.
First Lizard Man sighting took place in 1988 when a 17-year-old claimed a tall, scaly monster charged at him and clawed his car.

A new photo and video footage have emerged purporting to show South Carolina's mythic swamp monster known as Lizard Man that was first spotted nearly 30 years ago.
Local legend has it that Lizard Man is 7-foot-tall reptilian creature that lives in the Scape Ore Swamp, not far from the small farming town of Bishopville.
Last Sunday, a Sumter woman named Sarah Berra says she was at church with a friend when she stepped outside and caught a glimpse of the fabled creature running along the tree line.
The woman grabbed her cell phone and snapped a picture of the apparition. The resulting image depicts a comically muscular upright humanoid with three clawed toes on each foot and clawed fingers.

The monster has red eyes, a long Kangaroo-like tail and a snub-nosed face.
‘My hand to God, I am not making this up,’ she wrote in an email to ABC News 4 and other local media outlets. ‘So excited!’
The eyewitness said she was just a mile or so from the site of Lizard Man's previous sighting, which took place in May.


The day after Berra’s alleged encounter with the fabled creature – or a guy dressed in a rubber lizard suit - another local resident released a short video shot in May also allegedly showing the anthropomorphic reptile.
The man, who chose to remain unanimous, explained that he had planned to keep mum about his footage until hearing news of other sightings.
‘I saw your lizard man story and it’s given me the courage to send you a video I took in early May,’ the man wrote to WCIV. ‘Though my wife believes me that it’s real, she said she would be embarrassed that everyone would think I was a loon so I kept it a secret.’
The 24-second clip appears to show a tall dark figure with a long tail darting into the trees.
On Monday, a man by the name Jim Wilson had his own brush with the anthropomorphic lizard.
Wilson said he was on Highway 34 when he spotted a tall, dark figure with a long scaly tail, according to The State.



It was almost like an alligator with a short nose and long legs,' he told Fox Carolina.
Wilson pulled over and began taking pictures. The man claimed he later saw the critter scamper across Scape Ore Bridge.
'My friend told me it's probably a pet monitor lizard... but my girlfriend thinks its lizard man.'
The legend of the Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp was born in the summer of 1988, when 17-year-old Christopher Davis claimed to have spotted a 7-foot-tall beast while changing a flat tire overnight, according to The College of Charleston.
Davis said the hulking lizard-like monster charged at him and leaped on the hood of his car, leaving scratch marks on the roof and damaging a side mirror.
There have been multiple sightings of the fabled creature over the past three decades. In 2008, Bob and Dixie Rawson blamed Lizard Man for clawing their minivan, according to a CNN report from the time.