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Tribute to Lake Worth Monster Expert- R.I.P Sally
Clarke

post from cryptozoo-oscity on 07 November 2009 09:17:00 PM. © cryptozoo-oscity

Authority on Lake Worth Monster By YAMIL BERARD

BENBROOK ? Sallie Ann Clarke created a niche for herself: She became an authority on the Lake Worth Monster, Tarrant County?s answer to Bigfoot that popped out of nowhere in 1969.She wrote a book about it, decorated her house with art of the creature and screened her daughter?s would-be boyfriends by seeing how they reacted to the stories, her daughter Dee Wood said. Ms. Clarke, 80, of Benbrook, died Tuesday after a long illness. Her memorial today is private. The hobby started in the momentous summer of 1969 when couples parked at Lake Worth reported being terrorized by a hairy, scaly 7-foot man-goat beast. News reports said the monster leapt from trees and landed on cars, hurled tires from a bluff and cried at passers-by. Ms. Clarke, an aspiring writer and private investigator, was fascinated and set out to interview those who saw the monster. She wrote a rather tongue-in-cheek book that was published in September 1969. She later regretted the way she wrote the book, her husband, Richard Lederer, told a Star-Telegram reporter in July, because after she published it, she saw the monster herself three times. "If I?d seen it before I wrote the book, the book would have been quite a lot different," she told the Star-Telegram in 1989. "It wouldn?t have been semi-fiction. It would have been like a history." Wood, of Austin, said her mother screened her dates by talking to them about the monster. When Wood was about 16, she said, a young man she really liked came to their house. "When I introduced him to Mother, of course he noticed the Lake Worth Monster stuff around, so they got to talking about it and that was the last of me for that evening," she said. The three of them went to the lake to look for the monster, Wood said. "He sat in the front seat with Mother, talking, and I sat in the back seat, all alone, the whole evening." Wood said her mother was "very strong-willed." "But she also played a lot and was a very sweet, loving and caring person," she said. Most people came to believe that high school pranksters created the monster, or monsters. But Lederer told reporters that Ms. Clarke disagreed. "She offered a $5,000 reward for any person who could pass a polygraph that they were the monster," Lederer said. "She never got a call."

Ms. Clarke worked as a private-duty nurse. After retiring, she and Lederer traveled the country in a motor home, he said. Other survivors include a son, George Lee Robertson; a daughter, Sue Trier; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

This report includes material from the Star-Telegram archives.

YAMIL BERARD, 817 390-7705

http://www.star-telegram.com/local/story/1743694.html

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Hard time for watch-obsessed thief

post from Offbeat News on 07 November 2009 08:44:45 PM. © Offbeat News

A Florida thief with a peculiar penchant for Rolex watches faces up to 25 years in prison.

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Apsley House

post from Ghost Stories on 07 November 2009 07:21:00 PM. © Ghost Stories

What can be more frustrating than having a rowdy spirit in your business establishment? How about one giving away drinks for free? An UK pub called Apsley House in Southsea, Hampshire is precisely having that problem.

The pub was once a Victorian girls school. Then, later, used as offices by the city council. The building was then turned in to a pub in the 1960s. The resident poltergeist was nicknamed ?Reedy? after the legendary actor and drinker Oliver Reed. Janice and Patrick McCormack took ownership of the pub a decade ago but the free refills problem didn?t begin until the beginning of this year. Whenever a customer visits the restroom or puts their drink down for a second, they turn to find an extra inch of beer.

The owners are happy their little bar is attracting new customers. Not so much that its people hoping to get the free beer. Even more so because it is costing them money. Their frustrations have pushed them to hold a séance and attempt to exorcise the ghost from Apsley House.

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WELCOME TO CHRIS HOLLY'S PARANORMAL WORLD!

post from CHRIS HOLLY'S Paranormal World on 07 November 2009 07:10:00 PM. © CHRIS HOLLY'S Paranormal World

THIS SITE IS BEST VIEWED ON MOZILLA FIREFOX- IF YOU VIEW US BY WAY OF INTERNET EXPLORER YOU MAY FIND DISTORTIONS AND ODD TEXT PATTERNS SO DO USE FIREFOX FOR THE BEST VIEW OF THIS SITE!

PLEASE NOTE THAT I WILL STICK NEW ARTICLES WHERE EVER I CAN FIT THEM ON MY SITE SO PLEASE DO NOT GO BY DATES ONLY ...YOU MAY NEED TO SCROLL DOWN THE PAGE TO SEE ALL NEW ENTRIES! THANKS

chris holly

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'Bird-Like' UFO Sighted Near Kingwood, WV

post from CHRIS HOLLY'S Paranormal World on 07 November 2009 07:10:00 PM. © CHRIS HOLLY'S Paranormal World

November 09, 2009

Photo: 'Bird-Like' UFO Sighted Near Kingwood, WV

MUFON witness report: "I was outside having a smoke and noticed something shiny out of the corner of my eye. When I looked I immediately realized that it was not an airplane, the light from the sun setting was reflecting so brightly it appeared golden in color. I ran in the house and grabbed the camera, I managed to get off one shot. Fortunately it turned out relatively good considering the object was several thousand feet away and traveling about twice the speed of a passenger plane. The object was about twice the size of a passenger airplane also, and it made absolutely no noise as it flew almost right over my house. The object looked very similar to a bird but did not appear to moving mechanically. It was traveling in an almost straight line away from the Air Force base in Kingwood WV."

NOTE: first off, there is no Air Force installation in West Virginia. The witness may be referring to Camp Dawson in Kingwood, WV. Anyway, this is an interesting photo. Any thoughts?...Lon- from Phantom and Monsters- click title above to view article in full

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