Lake Granbury's Water Serpent Mystery

The Legend of One-Eye.

Lake Granbury can look like a vision from a landscaped painting. What comes to mind when you think about Granbury, Texas is wholesome entertaining family fun, historic buildings, a world famous Opera House, a Mississippi River paddle boat, and the final resting place of Jesse James.

Sadly there is a strange side to this pleasant community. Slowly more people have come to realize this fact as local newspapers and Japanese television started to feature reports about a prehistoric water serpent living in Lake Granbury.

Early Spanish traders use to whisper stories about a giant serpent which roamed the depths of Lake Granbury. Since modern science has proven sea serpents to be nothing more then a creature of fantasy and fairy tales local Hood County residents realized that they were dealing some other type of phenomenon.

Despite doubts about the creature's existence, sightings continue. Even though some people consider the whole matter to be nothing more then a bad joke, the possibility of some kind of strange marine life in Lake Granbury cannot be discounted. At 180 kilometers in length and with depths of almost 1,200 feet, it is not unreasonable to believe that something large and very unusual may live in these waters.

According to local researcher Keith Bartels, the plentiful stock of fish would be more then enough to sustain a family of large marine animals, while the many crevices in the lake would provide perfect cover for the camera-shy creatures to hide in.

Local historian Lisa Dickinson, has recorded many mysterious stories about the Hood County region. She claims that the early native settlers would make animal sacrifices to appease the creature they called "One-Eye". Dickinson has her doubts about the existence of a water serpent, but she still believes that something mysterious lives in Lake Granbury.

"There have been too many sightings, so I'm not willing to rule out the existence of an unusual creature living in one of the underwater caves around here," Dickinson contents, "The water serpent myth may actually be a turn off for some scientific researchers, which is why I'm championing the idea that "One-Eye" may in fact be some type of mollusk or an octopi."

Dickinson actually takes insult to those skeptics who ridicule the possible existence of "One-Eye". And she related the following story to me. . .

Could One-Eye Be Some Type Of Octopus?

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However most fans of One-Eye tend to dismiss Dickinson's work. The residents I've talked to prefer the more romantic idea of this creature being some type of lost dinosaur.

Most reported appearances of One-Eye tend to relate tales of a giant serpent. Many citizens are upset at Dickinson's conclusions, and believe that she's only using this local legend to make a name for herself in scientific circles.

Moto Yoho a noted television journalist from Japanese has devoted a whole NHK special to the mysterious monster of Lake Granbury. "For years the citizens of Hood County wanted to keep this story to themselves, it was a thing which the community could share, a common bond that brought them all together. To let the whole world in on their secret was seen as a violation of what it meant to be a citizen of Granbury."

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