The Goatman of Lake Worth: Texas Terror on Greer Island

Allen Plaster's Polaroid Photograph of Unidentified Figure

Allen Plaster, a local resident and monster hunter, captured what remains the only photographic evidence of the Lake Worth creature on July 10, 1969. Plaster had been staking out Greer Island with friends when they spotted the creature among the trees near the shoreline around 2:00 AM. The black and white Polaroid shows a tall, white, bipedal figure standing between trees approximately 100 yards from the camera position. The image reveals what appears to be a humanoid silhouette with unusual proportions - notably long arms and a distinctive head shape. While grainy and indistinct, the photograph shows sufficient detail to rule out obvious hoax materials like bedsheets or simple costumes. The photograph was published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and later featured in Sallie Ann Clarke's 1976 book The Lake Worth Monster. Original negatives were reportedly lost, leaving only newspaper reproductions available. Could this blurry image represent genuine documentation of an unknown creature, or does it simply show strategic shadows and wishful thinking captured on primitive film technology?