Posted in North Carolina
January 14, 2018
History Has Forgotten This Bizarre Event That Happened In North Carolina 64 Years Ago
In the dead of winter in 1953-54, an unknown creature terrorized a small North Carolina town with a then population of less than 800 residents. For 13 days beginning on December 29, 1953, residents of the tiny town and its immediate surrounds were mortified day after day as each morning they disovered the decapitated remains of their family dogs.
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For three consecutive nights, it's reported that anywhere from 500 to 1,000 men searched the nearby woods and swamps for the creature, but to no avail. In the end, although several men claimed to have killed bobcats or cougars or other large animals that could have been to blame, not a single one of them was attributed with being the Beast of Bladenboro. It seems no person in authority was absolutely certain what kind of beastly being was responsible for terrorizing the community. On one sad note, Bladenboro was later callously accused of making the whole thing up to garner publicity for their community.
Had you heard about the Beast of Bladenboro? Now that you have, what are your theories about this heinous turn of events? Feel free to continue the discussion in the comments.