Incident #991875
Lake Worth, Tarrant Cty, Texas
Jul 1969
Account
Fort Worth police were told by John Reichart and the others that a half-man, half-goat covered with fur and scales jumped out of a tree onto their car while they were parked at Lake Worth near Greer Island. There was no evidence except a scratch on the side of the car, and a prank was suspected. Police said they "had reports about this thing for about two months but we've always laughed them off as pranks." Several other sightings followed.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 10 1969
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1969
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- midnight
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Texas
- County
- Tarrant Cty
- Nearest Town
- Lake Worth
- Latitude
- 3246
- Longitude
- 9725
What was seen
- Individuals
- one, no description
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- tree
- Near or/at
- occupied machine
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 6
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Setting
- Terrain
- island
- Nearby Water
- lake
Source
- Source
- Fort Worth, TX, Star Telegram, Jul. 10, 1969, quoting John Reichart and his wife and two other couples.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Movement
- jumping down
- Movement re observer
- towards observer
- Aggressive To
- car
- Object Handled
- vehicle
- Human Contact
- attack
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- under 5 feet
- Action on sighting
- fled