Dewey Lake Monster
Ringkasan
Dewey Lake Monster, juga disebut Sister Lakes Sasquatch, adalah kriptid mirip kera berbulu lebat dan bermata menyala yang dilaporkan terlihat di Dowagiac pada musim panas 1964.
The Dewey Lake Monster, also called the Sister Lakes Sasquatch, is an ape-like cryptid covered in hair with glowing eyes, allegedly sighted in Dowagiac in the summer of 1964.
Kisah dan tradisi
Dewey Lake Monster, juga dikenal sebagai Sister Lakes Sasquatch, dianggap sebagai kriptid mirip kera yang serupa dengan gambaran Bigfoot. Makhluk ini dilaporkan terlihat pada musim panas 1964 di dekat Dewey Lake dan Sister Lakes di Dowagiac. Ia digambarkan berbulu lebat, bertinggi sekitar 10 kaki (3 m), berbobot sekitar 500 pon (230 kilogram), dan bermata menyala. Pada Juni 1964 kisah ini menjadi perhatian nasional setelah warga setempat melaporkan makhluk besar berbulu bermata menyala. Polisi menyisir daerah itu dan tidak menemukan apa pun, tetapi laporan tersebut membuat para pencari sensasi dan pemburu monster mengepung komunitas itu. Surat kabar di Chicago mulai menjuluki Sister Lakes "Monster Town USA". Pengusaha setempat memanfaatkan peristiwa itu dengan menjual "monster getaway gas", "monster burgers", dan "monster hunting kits" berisi jaring, senter, pistol air, palu, dan pasak. Beberapa ahli zoologi menduga orang keliru mengenali beruang atau gorila, sedangkan Sheriff Cass County Robert Dool dan petugas konservasi William Rowe menepis dugaan adanya monster. Dalam seminggu kehebohan mereda, dan dalam tinjauan tahun 1983 South Bend Tribune menyatakan bahwa monster itu dibayangkan oleh para pemetik stroberi yang mabuk.
Also called the Sister Lakes Sasquatch, the Dewey Lake Monster is reputed to be an ape-like cryptid resembling accounts of Bigfoot. People said they saw it in the summer of 1964 around Dewey Lake and Sister Lakes at Dowagiac. Witnesses spoke of a hair-covered figure about 10 feet (3 m) tall and 500 pounds (230 kilograms) with eyes that glowed. By June 1964 the tale was drawing national notice, after residents of the area said they had seen a big, hairy creature whose eyes glowed. Police combed the area and turned up nothing, yet the reports brought thrill-seekers and monster hunters flooding into the community. Chicago newspapers took to calling Sister Lakes "Monster Town USA". Local businesspeople profited from the excitement, selling "monster getaway gas", "monster burgers" and "monster hunting kits" that held a net, a flashlight, a squirt gun, a mallet and a stake. Several zoologists suggested people may have misidentified a bear or gorilla, while Cass County Sheriff Robert Dool and conservation officer William Rowe dismissed speculation of a monster. Within a week the hysteria diminished, and in a 1983 retrospective the South Bend Tribune suggested the monster was imagined by intoxicated strawberry pickers.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Tradisi Amerika Serikat
- Kawasan / Region
- Amerika Utara Pribumi
- Negara / Country
- United States
- Era
- Reported in the summer of 1964
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Cryptid
Nama lain / Alternate names
Sister Lakes Sasquatch