It has been 35 years since two girls from Dover, Tennessee, were found dead in the Land Between the Lakes. There was beer drinking and young people hanging out all over town, especially in front of the (Stewart County) courthouse, Berry said. Their remains were found by two hikers 18 days later at Land Between The Lakes. (I am convinced that neither the original sketch of the two age progressed sketches of the original would have been produced to Ferrier and soon after released to all media West, MIddle and East Tennessee, about the three sketches: 1980 version Identi-kit ; the 2000 sketch and the 2014 sketch that does seem to have the artists name on it. THE MAREO TRIAL THIRD DAY'S PROCEEDINGS [ Per Press Association. That events that led to that arrest of three males started out behind the old Dover Dairy Dip. Final Pathological Diagnosis for Carla says: Primary Series, shotgun wound to the head, entering the posterior head, occiput, and partially exiting right skull (parieto-temporal); multiple skull fractures; shotgun pellets recovered in hair and in side skull. I spent a little time off of some of the area hiking trails stomping around in the woods, but I did not see any signs of the fabled bunkers or find any definitive signs of a dogman or Bigfoot. Then in 1997 John Vinson said they bought cigarettes. They were walking back down the hill to their home when they reportedly were seen talking with a man in a blue pickup truck. In Kentucky there is a nature preserve called, The Land Between the Lakes. The animal that some pointed their finger at was the Dogman of the LBL. Kentucky State Police investigated two incidents over the weekend at Land Between the Lakes. Newspaper reports published at the time of themurdersand years later said the girls were initially considered to be runaways. Certificate of Death for Carla lists the date of death as unknown., Certificate of Death for Vickie lists the date of death as unknown.. The Land Between the Lakes Recreation Area is especially beautiful at sunrise and sunset. They seemed to have been ruthlessly savaged and half eaten by some powerful wild animal, with limbs missing, flesh flayed or torn from bone, organs scattered about on the ground, and deep scratches and bite marks all over them, none of which matched any animal known to inhabit the region. No one reported seeing the girls get into the blue truck, a 1980 newspaper report said. The Beast of LBL is described by so-called eyewitnesses as resembling Bigfoot with wolfish characteristics and standing close to seven feet tall. . When he came back, he was reportedly quite pale and shaking with fear, and explained that he had heard something large breathing in the darkness, and that he had had an overpowering sense of being watched, eyes heavy upon him. It is a misidentification of some other animal? No donations are being solicited. He said he was not born until after 1980. These two lakes and their connecting canal create a large peninsula - 170,000 acres to be exact - of wilderness, things to explore, and many, many good times. Their shotgunned bodies were found on Oct. 5, 1980. I have published some things I know about the baffling case, but I think the time has come for me to write more. "IT GRABBED ME!! Listen to Amelia & Lainie on "Murder At Land Between The Lakes" as they discuss & interview family members, friends, & potential witnesses, as they start from the beginning and look into the . A witness reportedly saw a blue pickup truck turn around on the highway and drive toward the girls. Their shotgunned bodies were found on Oct. 5, 1980. Special invited guests will be speaking during the vigil. I do not know who did it. He has written, produced and directed (and occasionally acted in) over a dozen plays, most of them in the Horror and Crime genres. Ferrier said. Aug 14, 2016. I do not know the identity of the killer or killers. Samples of saliva were supposedly sent for analysis and came back as being from an unidentified species akin to a wolf. The cover letter of the autopsy reports lists Dr. Robert H. Lee (Stewart) County Medical Examiner, Dover, Tenn., and W.B. The shade of the color of the blue truck an eyewitness allegedly saw in proximity to the girls the day they went missing as initially reported has changed over time. These tales are similar to the Michigan Dogman stories.In the early 1980's a family of four were rv camping in the Land Between the Lakes area when they were brutally attacked. In a. Of course, a few days is not enough time to determine whether or not a cryptid or a paranormal entity is lurking in an area. Their remains were found by two hikers 18 days later at Land Between The Lakes. Sept. 17 also marks the beginning of the puzzling 18-day period between when the girls disappeared and when their murdered bodies were found in the Stewart County, Tenn., portion of the federal governments Land Between the Lakes. This cold case will have you on the edge of your with the desired to help with finding the people who are responsible for this horrific crime. This is one of the discrepancies I feel is significant. Biology, nature, and cryptozoology still remain Brent Swancers first intellectual loves. I remember reading about this creature here first, although the story was taken from another website, and there are several websites that detail this apparently werewolf like creature that supposedly roams the area known as Land Between the Lakes, which is located in Kentucky and Tennessee. The allegations of drug activity around these girls are grounded in a high-profile drug arrest of three individuals with connections to Carla Atkins and Vickie Stout. Will it be solved? New information comes to light in this interview. The animal that some pointed their finger at was the Dogman of the LBL.Dark brown fur was found between the fingers of one of the victims; aiming the investigation towards the Dogman. I noticed this story was was vaguely mentioned here some odd months ago, but thought I might attempt to reintroduce the idea. (My research is at its early stages, as there is scant info and research studies readily available on Identi-Kit sketches. My source said it was done on an Etch-a-Sketch and I knew he did not mean that, but nevertheless, I got the clue. Hunters have run across deer carcasses that had been brutally torn apart. Brent Swancer is an author and crypto expert living in Japan. According to rumor this area may hold a frightening beast. Ive had cops threaten me before. Local and area musicians of all skill levels are invited to bring their acoustic instruments and join in the acoustic musical celebration of life jam session from 3-5 p.m. No. The only real solid and organized chronicle of these events is presented in a documentary by Barton Nunnelly called Hunt the Dogman: High Strangeness in Western Kentucky. And judging by the kooky headli, As Ive mentioned in other posts and on social media, I spent the bulk of the wint, Unfortunately, there are no mammoths alive today. The Beast has reportedly been sighted there since before the first white settlers came to North America, with some stories suggesting that it may in fact be a Skinwalker . Visit the Land Between the Lakes planetarium page here to see the current schedule. No one really knows, and it remains an unsettling case of what might or might not be something very strange indeed roaming about in the wilderness of the Land Between the Lakes. My husbands family the Elders and the Jolleys lives in Mayfield and the Fancy Farm area.They love to talk about the scary werewolf stories but they say truth betold the family was killed by the crazy father and the animals tore the bodies apart after they were dead. Franciso, Dr. Bell, and Dr. (Charles) Harlan as pathologist(s). In silence we watched with him for a about 30 seconds and then the dogs started barking. In the world of strange mystery beasts there are some that are certainly stranger than others, and some that are more frightening than others as well. In some instances, these hunters and trappers were said to venture into the wilderness to never be seen again, and this was blamed on the mysterious, ravenous beast. Its a story rather akin to the Kandahar Giant in that maybe its real, but you probably had to be one of those soldiers to know for sure. Originally managed by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which had constructed dams to create the two lakes in this area, the recreation area was transferred to administration of the United States Forest Service. There is a national recreation area in Western Kentucky (that also runs down to Tennessee) called 'Land Between the Lakes', or LBL for short. This reporter has mellowed some; so have investigators. No one has ever been charged in themurders. Dover, Tennessee was one wild little town in 1980 when murder victims Carla Sue Atkins, 14, and Vickie Lee Stout, 16, lived in a mobile home right behind the old Dairy Dip. There was blood on his face, the front of his shirt and on the brim of his hat. Two hikers were walking Oct. 5, 1980, along an old logging road about eight to 10 miles from the home of Vickie and Carla Sue when they smelled decomposition. Really shows the kind of character that you two have, yours hearts are in the right place And the more you investigate & put out podcasts will become more easier.Thank you ladies for the time and work that are putting in the podcast, I cant wait to see the ways of Evolve and the case solved. By this time people where just calling it a werewolf.Thank you for watching!#dogman #bigfoot #scarystoriesMusic by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0Music byBump in the Night - Kevin MacleodDark Walk - Kevin MacleodThe House of Leaves - Kevin MacleodRedletter - Kevin MacleodDigital Bark- Kevin Macleod This particular man said he 'wet his overalls' during the episode. See, he did not know about the original sketch either. One citizen reports having seen Carla and Vickie on the afternoon of Sept. 17, 1980 with a young male in a vehicle other than a blue pickup truck. They have shown respect for the victims of the crime and their families as well as they are transparent with the information they have and will correct the information they need to if any of them were incorrect. E-mail the office. There has been eyewitness reports of a large canine creative. Some call it The Beast of the Land Between the Lakes. It had been Adam that the blood had trickled upon, hitting his hat first, making him look up, and then feeling the thick cold fluid sprinkling his face then sliding down to his neatly buttoned shirt. The Stamp Duties Bill and Representation Bill will be committed next Tuesday. Then there are those that are both, hitting just the right balance of the bizarre and the terrifying. This is the fourth in a series of stories on this case that will run in The local publication prior to the Oct. 3 vigil. DOVER, TN - Forty years may have passed, but Carla Atkins and Vickie Stout are still very much on the hearts and minds of the people of the small, quiet town of Dover, Tennessee. The content and story is amazing. Hikers and bikers have heard its howling and have seen 'something' stalking them while they were on rural trails, hiding amongst the trees and foliage. Their remains were found by two hikers 18 days later at Land Between The Lakes. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/amelia-courtney8/message, Interview with Burton Staggs about the Baby Joe Case. The legend of a beast living within LBL is a piece of folklore that some Between the Rivers residents consider offensive. The shape of the creature stands like a man but with the head of a dog and is said to have super human strength. One man said it jumped out of one of the horse stalls one evening while he was putting up some animals. Gov. Late at night, I did not hear any of the eerie howls that folks have reported, either. The anatomical diagnosis of the autopsy report for Carla says, Decomposed skeletonized human female; organo-autolysis; shotgun wound to the head.. Then, out of the trees crept a creature the likes of which none of them had never seen. Explanations for the monster wildly vary and range from a shape-shifting Native American shaman; loup garou tales introduced to the area by early French fur traders; something from another dimension; or a misidentified animalmaybe even Bigfoot. When settlers began to come to the region, they are said to have been plagued by some large predator which lurked in the shadows killing and maiming their livestock, with witnesses saying the culprit was a hairy, wolf-like beast on two legs which unleashed bloodcurdling howls and shrieks into the night. Each one told stories of finding livestock slaughtered, ripped to pieces and eaten upon. At least one person was shot outside of a Walmart in the Town Center area Wednesday, police officials said. According to previously published newspaper reports, a witness reportedly saw a blue pickup truck turn around on the highway and drive toward the girls on the afternoon of Sept. 17, 1980. Most investigators Ive talked with brush the inconsistencies in statements to the side. The family, visiting from Florida, was found torn to pieces in their RV. The families were forced to leave in 1963. MORTUI VELOCES SUNT! A published description said the man in the blue truck was white, 25-30 years old, weighing about 165-170 pounds. The Beast of the Land Between the Lakes (in Kentucky) is said to resemble a gigantic half man, half wolf that walks on two legs and has five-fingered human hands ending in vicious claws. In 2014 investigators said they had said all along there were cigarettes and it is not a big deal. Now if you look closely you will see the hair is the same in all sketches. I havent personally felt that this podcast is solely for Benefiting Or sensationalize the facts to gain more listeners. Thats the story. Carla and Vickies home was hidden from those at the Dairy Dip because of the nearby woods and by the large wooden, two-story B&M Furniture Store building nearby, which was originally the Dover High School. More of the same long gray and brown hair was found sticking in the bark of the tree near her body. How long were you going to wait before you told us about those, I thought to myself. This is not the only information that has changed since it was first released. Law enforcement was quoted in an Oct. 7, 1980 West Tennessee newspaper article as saying, the girls had probably been dead almost as long as they had been missing, and that they were killed within several days or a week after they disappeared.. Murder in Land Between the Lakes: Sketches of Man in the Blue Truck ~ Witness or Suspect? The little girl had apparently been carried up the tree and leisurely eaten upon while carefully laid across a large tree branch. Things in this case do not add up and they never have. Nestled between Lake Barkley and Kentucky . The Autopsy Protocol form of the autopsies from The City of Memphis Hospital lists Dr. J.T. The cigarette story in regards to the Carla Atkins/Vickie Stout child murders has changed and changed again over the last forty one years. Id the General Assembly,* Committee has been uppointed to consider postal arrangements. Where did that come from? It is a deeply odd case of a creature that seems to not fit into any clear classification, and is just as horrifying as it is utterly weird. Bureau of Land Management, records of the General . (He was just trying to see if I would back down, I believe now.) In 1991 it was designated as a UNESCO Biosphere reserve. He was said to have a dark complexion or suntan and dark brown hair. Its a very hearsay sort of tale and allegedly, one of the local law enforcement officials that was initially involved got pushed out of the investigation by another agency, one he couldnt identify if my memory serves me right and never heard anything about it again. However, whenever I try to put some distance between myself and the case, it always seems to come over and tap me on the shoulder and say, Look at this!. After the police investigated the. Just as they thought things couldnt get any more frightening, there was supposedly a sudden, deafening, and completely unearthly howl that boomed forth from the forest to shake them to the core, followed by the unmistakable sight of a pair of eyes glowing red in the night. It became the largest manmade lake east of the Mississippi River. I have mellowed out some since I wrote the above blurb. Were there killings that were covered up? Five major attractions can be found in Land Between The Lakes. Special invited guests were speaking during the vigil. U.S. Forest Service Public Affairs Specialist Carlin Lewis said officials have never seen credible evidence of the Beasts existence., We have no evidence, records, documentation of any validated sightings of the Beast. Area Manager: (270) 924-2000 or visit www.landbetweenthelakes.us. The memorial vigil ceremony will be from 7 to 7:35 p.m. to mark the 35thanniversary of themurdersof Carla and Vickie. One of the most high-profile of all the unsolved murders in the Land Between the Lakes area is the 1980 double murder of sisters Carla Atkins, 14, and Vickie Stout, 16. I know this is about two years to late, but I believe the story is based on the actual unsolved murder of the Lost creek child murders. The date of September 17, is a pivotal date in the unsolved Land Between the Lakes Lost Creek Child Murders. The area was designated as a national recreation area in 1963 by President John F. Kennedy. 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