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Bishopville

Lizard Man

One of the most bizarre creatures reported in recent times is undoubtedly a nightmarish entity from South Carolina, which

has been aptly nicknamed Lizard Man. According to eyewitnesses, it walks on its hind legs, stands just over 7 feet tall

(2 meters), and has glowing red eyes and green scaly skin. It has only three toes on each foot and three fingers on each

hand, but every toe and every finger has 4 inch (10 cm) long black claws.

Lizard Man first made its presence felt at around 2 am on June 29, 1988. This was when a 17-year-old Christopher Davis was

changing a flat tire on his car near Scape Ore Swamp, which is just outside the backwater village of Bishopville in South

Carolina's Lee County.

Chris was placing the jack into his cat boot when he spied something very large running on its hind legs towards him, across a field close by. As
it drew near, Chris jumped inside his car and tried to slam the door shut, but the horrifying reptile man seized it from the other side, gripping the
mirror at it attempted to wrench the door open. And when Chris tried to accelerate the car and drive away it jumped onto the roof, and then fell off.
When Chris arrived home he was trembling with fear, the roof of his car bore a series of long scratches and the wing mirror was severely twisted.

Camden

Gray Lady

The beautiful, through frightening, apparition of the Gray Lady walks the streets of this peaceful town. The young lady is an ancient ghost. She
appeared to members of the De Saurin family in France for hundreds of years before showing up among descendants who settled near Camden.
Her name is Eloise De Saurin, and she died at a convent, where her father had sent her less than a year earlier to prevent her marrying a young
man who was not Catholic. Shortly after her death, her ghost appeared to her father, who committed suicide by plunging a dagger into his chest.
Then she appeared other brothers to help them escape from St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in Paris. She has appeared to numerous family
members over the years, most often in times of danger or death. When the family lost its estate, the ghost started frightening the new residents
and now is said to walk the streets of Camden as well.

Hauck, Dennis. (1994). Haunted Places: Ghost Abodes, Sacred Sites, UFO landings, and other supernatural locations. New York: Penguin
Book.