Lee County Lizard Man
We here at the South Carolina Cotton Museum are dedicated to documenting this important part of Cotton Country history. In the coming months we will be scanning and uploading newspaper articles and other print concerning our resident celebrity, the Lee County Lizard Man. This process will take time, so please be patient. In the meantime, visit our gift shop and call me to order your Lizard man tee shirt, hat or bumper sticker.
Lee County Lizard Man
Bishopville, S.C.—An orange moon rises over Scape Ore Swamp, frogs sing a deep-throated mournful tune, mosquitoes dance across a bayou fed by artesian springs, and the curious gather, waiting and watching. It is a creature bigger than life; say the few who claim to have seen it. Looming 7-feet tall and covered with tough, scaly green skin, muscular ape like arms ending with three fingers tipped by 4-inch-long black nails. The long claws on three toes. The slanted eyes emanate a piercing red glow. It walks something like a human. Lizard Man. Is it a mutant from the swamp? A rare Bigfoot? A bear or other animal distorted by the moonlight? A product of an overactive imagination? A zany-and thus far successful- hoax? People here wish they knew. The Lizard Man made an appearance June 1988. He ate butter beans—his favorite food. Hurricane Hugo may have killed Lizard Man, since that hurricane the Lizard Man has not been seen; however, new circumstantial evidence suggests that it has again come out of Scape Ore Swamp in Lee County. Have you seen the Lizard Man? From the colonial days of settlement, the swamp critters/lizard man stories have been told.
Lizard Man Memorabilia
Cassette tapes: Lee County LIZARD MAN by Steve Corbett $4.00
Lee County Lizard Man, The Federal Brothers $3.00
Side 1: The Lee County Lizard man
Side 2: Headphones
Caps: Tan Camouflage, Green, or Blue $6.00
T-Shirts: Youth—White (6-8) c.
1988 $8.00
Yellow (S, L, XL) c.1988 $10.00
Green (L, XL) c.1988 $8.00
Blue (L) c.1988 $10.00
Have You Seen the Lizard Man? (1st Edition) c.2006
Butter Bean Green (M) $14.95
Have You Seen the Lizard Man? (2nd Edition) c.2008
Butter Bean Green (S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL) $17.95
Tee Shirts
$17.95 $10.00 $8.00
Stuffed Alligators (19” long) $5.95
Sit-up Lizard (8”) $3.59
Bumper Sticker (3 ¾” x 11 ¾”) “I saw the Lizard Man” $1.50
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Cotton Museum
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Bishopville, SC 29010
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