He's baaaaaaaack! Annual Lizard Man Stomp preserves lore of 8-foot reptile who walks upright like a man

BY BRUCE MILLS
bruce@theitem.com
Posted 7/2/25

BISHOPVILLE - The blockbuster movie "Jaws" recently celebrated its 50th anniversary of a man-eating great white shark terrorizing an island community in the Northeast, but here locals preserved the legend of a much tamer swamp creature …

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