In the summer of 1937, residents of the Mills Mill village in Woodruff, South Carolina, found themselves gripped by a strange and unexplainable terror. Reports of a mysterious white animal appearing nightly near the mill's baseball field sparked fear and curiosity among the community. According to The Greenville News, for weeks, groups of men and women gathered at 10 o'clock each night, hoping to catch a glimpse of the elusive creature that seemed to vanish as quickly as it appeared.
Just off Gray Street, witnesses claimed to see the beast, but when gunshots were fired, it would disappear without a trace, leaving no tracks behind. Some described the creature as making strange choking noises, like a dog with something lodged in its throat. Others said it snorted and grunted like a pig, but oddly, the animal made no sound when walking or running.
One resident, Niles Rhodes, managed to get within twenty feet of the creature and fired a shot, but the beast disappeared so swiftly that he couldn't get a clear look. Rhodes estimated it to be about the size of a bulldog. Another witness, Raymond Harrington, described it as the size of a cat but confirmed it made grunting noises. A child, who also saw the creature, said it was shaped like a goat but lacked horns. Despite the conflicting descriptions, one thing was certain—everyone agreed the creature was white.
Adding to the mystery, G.H. Leonhardt recalled a similar incident from years prior when he lived at the foot of the mountains. A white animal had appeared in that region, killing several dogs. The men in that area had tracked and shot the beast, taking its body to Kings Mountain for identification, but no one could ever determine what it was.
The 1937 mystery of the Mills Mill village monster was never solved, leaving the town to wonder about the strange creature that haunted their streets and woods, disappearing without a trace into local legend.
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