2nd Annual Lake Worth Monster Bash ~ October 2
Posted by: Craig Woolheater on October 1st, 2010
Saturday, October 2, 2010 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Join the Nature Center in celebrating the 41st anniversary of the Lake Worth Monster sighting. Forty-one years ago, Fort Worth was abuzz with reported sightings of the Lake Worth Monster. Although the creature —described as a hairy, scaly 7-foot-tall man-goat-beast — has not been seen regularly since that memorable summer of 1969. Join us at Monster Bash to celebrate this legend and the habitat he calls home.
Activities include: (Click here for more details)
•Festival with food, vendors, games & activities
•Guided monster hikes & hikes to historical CCC structures
•Music by talented local musicians:
The Skip Pullig Band
Barbara Taylor
Joel McElhany
•Bison feeding
•Goat hair weaving demonstrations
•Hayrides around the park ($5)
•Canoeing ($5)
•Book signing by author Stephanie Erb – Cam the Man Hunts for the Spooky Goatman
•Book signing & lecture by Nick Redfern / Ken Gerhard, authors of Monsters of Texas.
When
Saturday, October 2, 2010 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Where
Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge
9601 Fossil Ridge Road
Fort Worth, TX 76135
Map
Click here for directions and link to Google Maps
Entrance
$4.00 per adult
$2.00 per child (3 – 17 years of age; under 3 free)
$3.00 per senior (age 65+)
*Some event attractions (hayrides & canoeing) will cost $5 per person. All other activities will be free.
Purchase your own Monster material at the Hardwicke Visitor’s Center: The Lake Worth Monster only $10!
Southern Fried Bigfoot DVD only $16.95!
Lake Worth Monster Bash shirts will be on sale at the festival for $10!
Need more information? Contact Michelle Villafranca at (817) 392-7423 or michelle.villafranca@fortworthgov.org
Source: Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge
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Co-founder of Cryptomundo in 2005.
I have appeared in or contributed to the following TV programs, documentaries and films:
OLN's Mysterious Encounters: "Caddo Critter", Southern Fried Bigfoot, Travel Channel's Weird Travels: "Bigfoot", History Channel's MonsterQuest: "Swamp Stalker", The Wild Man of the Navidad
Can never look at that sketch of the Lake Worth Monster by Sallie Anne Clarke without thinking of the character, ‘Oddbod‘ in the British comedy horror, ‘Carry on Screaming’.