The Monster Arkansas Tried to Protect: The White River Monster | Cryptids & Strange Encounters

For decades, people along Arkansas’s White River reported seeing an enormous grey creature moving beneath the muddy water. In 1937 the sightings sparked a full-scale monster hunt involving armed patrols, a professional diver and hundreds of spectators, before the creature returned more than thirty years later and Arkansas created an official refuge to protect it.

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Research Links:

https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/white-river-monster-2790/

https://time.com/archive/6768313/science-newports-monster/

https://aymag.com/arkansas-backstories-white-river-monster/

https://www.ozarksalive.com/stories/white-river-monster-long-lived-ozarks-story

https://www.entetsu.co.jp/tetsudou/kisaragieki/

https://arkansasroadstories.com/monsters/ms3.html

https://whiterivermonster.weebly.com/in-the-press.html

https://www.arkansas.com/state-parks/experiences/park-events

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