TV station: Woman reports Lizard Man sighting in Bishopville

Would a woman stepping out of a church lie about spotting Lizard Man?

WCIV, the ABC affiliate based in Charleston, received a cellphone photo from a Sumter woman known only as Sarah who said she snapped it Sunday as she left her Bishopville church. It is a somewhat blurry image showing a lizard-ish man with red eyes, a lizard like face, claw-like hands and feet and a long tail. Sarah told the television station it was running along the tree line.

The sighting was about a mile from Scape Ore Swamp, which is the home of South Carolina's fabled Lizard Man, first spotted in 1988.

The station also reported that a video taken in the swamp in May surfaced Monday. It was created by a local man who said he was out raccoon hunting when he saw a humanoid form in the swamp moving between trees.

"I saw your lizard man story and it's given me the courage to send you a video I took in early May," the man wrote. "Though my wife believes me that it's real, she said she would be embarrassed that everyone would think I was a loon so I kept it a secret."

The video shows a figure in the distance sporting a long tail. The man said he quit filming and ran out of the swamp when the figure turned toward the camera.

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The first Lizard Man sighting was reported by Christopher Davis, who stopped along the swamp early one morning to change a flat tire.

The then-17-year-old said a 7-foot creature charged him and jumped on his roof as he drove away.

This story was originally published August 3, 2015 at 2:12 PM with the headline "TV station: Woman reports Lizard Man sighting in Bishopville."