Cedar
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|  Subject: The Lake Worth Monster  Sun Mar 09, 2008 3:36 pm | |
| Anyone seen him (it?)? Anyone care to?
I would have thought this creature to be on the order of Scotland's Nessie ~ sleek and even graceful as she coursed and dipped through dark waters. But no: Lake Worth (Tarrant County) seems to host a beastie far more loathsome and reprehensible .... a creature of matted fur and cloven hoof which inhabits the wooded shorelines of the lake and its island(s) ... in contrast to the persistent, aquatic (through likely cold-blooded) personage of Loch Ness. Could it be that we, in Texas, have a living gargoyle on our hands .... while Scotland possesses the last of the dragons?
You be the judge.
http://www.tpwmagazine.com/archive/2003/oct/legend/
http://www.bigfootencounters.com/articles/lakeworth.htm
http://www.newanimal.org/lakeworthmonster.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Worth_monster
http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/lworthm/
... with much more to be found online, though consisting mostly of duplications, as well as a bound study having been written by Sallie Ann Clarke
Might anyone have further information regarding Greer Island?
Regarding Lake Worth herself ~ the body is one of the oldest (if not the oldest?) man-made reservoirs in the state, having been impounded in 1914. Its shores once hosted a grand casino and amusement park:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~txtarran/places/casinopark.htm
... and a 'Nine Mile Bridge' yet extends o'er the lake's lapping waves, I believe ~
http://www.flickr.com/photos/80651083@N00/202000755/
But surely it is not so very long?
And there have been numerous calls over the years for Lake Worth's receiving a fresh start. Evidently, she soon might find her needs finally attended to .... along with those of her fish and the various and sundry creatures whom she may shelter   :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Worth_Texas_(Lake)
http://web.mac.com/josephwaller1/Lake_Worth_Alliance/Home.html
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fishboat/fish/recreational/lakes/worth/
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madelyn
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| | Subject: Re: The Lake Worth Monster Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:24 pm | |
| Noooooooooooo thank you.  Where exactly is Lk. Worth in relation to Ft. Worth? Now we have a monster in Texas AND an alien. Aren't we lucky. |
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Gaston
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| | Subject: Re: The Lake Worth Monster Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:36 pm | |
| Well my mom is from Ft. Worth. I'll see if she's ever heard of the Lake Worth monster and see what she has to say about Abilene and western Texas  Or maybe I'll save these for conversation starters at our next family get together. |
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Cedar
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| | Subject: Re: The Lake Worth Monster Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:44 pm | |
| | Gaston wrote: | | Well my mom is from Ft. Worth. I'll see if she's ever heard of the Lake Worth monster and see what she has to say about Abilene and western Texas Or maybe I'll save these for conversation starters at our next family get together. |
Please let us know how that goes over, Gaston 
And perhaps, the Nine Mile Bridge received its name because it turned what would have been a nice-mile jaunt around the lake into a a mere one-fourth mile glide across (hopefully) placid waters?
Nice roller coaster to be seen there in the distance ... reminiscent of 'Judge Roy's Scream' at Six Flags Over Texas 
And another, apparently slighter bridge, extending off to the left ...
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madelyn
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| | Subject: Re: The Lake Worth Monster Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:13 pm | |
| Nice bridge.  Just giving you a hard time. |
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owl57
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| | Subject: Re: The Lake Worth Monster Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:19 pm | |
| | H HA They say 30 years ago. That was one of them hippies ahngin out at that lake then and antoerr one seein him. |
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Gaston
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| | Subject: Re: The Lake Worth Monster Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:30 am | |
| | I don't think my mom was a hippie but she could be hiding something. Her summer of love produced me. I'll let ya know how the conversation goes though. July 4 is looking like the date. |
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