The Beast of Land Between the Lakes
Sept 8, 2023 1:58:11 GMT
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Post by mercuryminerva on Sept 8, 2023 1:58:11 GMT
When I was a youngster, our family would go camping at Land Between the Lakes situated on the western part of both Kentucky and Tennessee. The two lakes in question are Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley. The land between the lakes area is a national park which has a southern border at US Route 79 for the most part.
I remember it was quite fun as we kids did the usual stuff such as swimming, hiking and catching toads. We made friends and camped using a canvas tent. There were showers and other amenities at the camp including electrical outlets at each camp site. There were activities for us youngsters to do that were supervised by the park rangers and other workers.
There were a few reports of wild bears in the area which I never thought much about. However, I had never seen a bear in the area but knew they were around. A neighbor had their tent tore up by a bear during the night which they slept through.
My siblings and I speak fondly of the memories from this place but we didn't know about the legend of the Beast from the Land Between the Lakes. I only recently found out about this cryptid while searching for werewolf sightings as I do have an interest in such things.
One of the more commonly heard stories on the interweb as well as YouTube is the attack and killing of a family of four by an alleged werewolf like beast. There are a few variations of what happened with nobody having much information about what happened. The witness of the event was a teenaged boy of about 15 who was never named. Until now...
The above YouTube site is Bedtime Stories which deals with strange happenings and events out there. The narration is top notch as well as the artwork.
There are links on the above video to another site which has the interview of the now adult witness to the events. I listened to it and i have to say he makes a convincing witness. I then thought about my seeing those dark woods as night fell thinking how safe I was at camp. I then remembered the bear warnings... Did the rangers know something we didn't know?
This story gives new meaning to scary stories told at the campfire.
I remember it was quite fun as we kids did the usual stuff such as swimming, hiking and catching toads. We made friends and camped using a canvas tent. There were showers and other amenities at the camp including electrical outlets at each camp site. There were activities for us youngsters to do that were supervised by the park rangers and other workers.
There were a few reports of wild bears in the area which I never thought much about. However, I had never seen a bear in the area but knew they were around. A neighbor had their tent tore up by a bear during the night which they slept through.
My siblings and I speak fondly of the memories from this place but we didn't know about the legend of the Beast from the Land Between the Lakes. I only recently found out about this cryptid while searching for werewolf sightings as I do have an interest in such things.
One of the more commonly heard stories on the interweb as well as YouTube is the attack and killing of a family of four by an alleged werewolf like beast. There are a few variations of what happened with nobody having much information about what happened. The witness of the event was a teenaged boy of about 15 who was never named. Until now...
The above YouTube site is Bedtime Stories which deals with strange happenings and events out there. The narration is top notch as well as the artwork.
There are links on the above video to another site which has the interview of the now adult witness to the events. I listened to it and i have to say he makes a convincing witness. I then thought about my seeing those dark woods as night fell thinking how safe I was at camp. I then remembered the bear warnings... Did the rangers know something we didn't know?
This story gives new meaning to scary stories told at the campfire.
