During an 8-day-long undercover investigation from February 22-29, 2024, named “Operation Child Predator V,” Polk County Sheriff’s Office detectives, along with the Auburndale Police Department, Davenport Police Department, Lakeland Police Department, Lake Wales Police Department, and Hardee County Sheriff’s Office, charged eight suspects with crimes related to those who prey…
Boaters who saw the so-called monster described it as grey, horned and with an appetite for hyacinths. Strangely, many of the witnesses reported seeing it in the river and on land.