White River Monster (Newport, Arkansas) — the state legislature made a refuge fo

Love this one because the GOVERNMENT got involved and that's catnip for this forum. Newport AR, White River. Sightings go back to 1915 (gray, big as a boxcar, churning the water) but it really blew up in 1937 when a plantation owner reported it and crowds came. Then 1971, fresh wave — a guy named Cl……