Monsters in your Backyard

Friday, May 8th, 2009

When we think of monsters, we imagine them inhabiting the wilds of the earth: deep forests, inaccessible mountain ranges, remote lakes and distant oceans. But this is not always the case.

Sometimes the monsters come closer to home. They swap the jungle for the concrete jungle and are glimpsed lumbering just beyond the neon lights or lurking in suburban gardens.

Bigfoot seems the ultimate symbol of the wild, untamed wilderness, and yet huge ape-like creatures have also been reported from the cities and suburbs. On January 9, 1974, Richard Lee Smith was driving along Hollywood Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in the early morning when his car collided with a massive figure that lurched out of the darkness. Smith pulled up and got out of his car to help – but was appalled to see the ‘man’ he’d struck stagger up to a height of 8ft and then make for him with a roaring sound. He hurriedly got back into his car and sped away.

This rest of article can be found in Paranormal issue 36.

[Image courtesy of Tia Stoneman. Visit her website at: www.stardustillustration.co.uk]

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