01/03/2025
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Texas Cryptids
The Bear King of Marble Falls
The Bear King of Marble Falls is a legendary creature reportedly sighted in Marble Falls, Texas, in 1901. According to local accounts, it abducted a girl named Ramie Arland, who later escaped and described her captor as a "bear man."
Ramie had been tending sheep when she was taken, prompting a search party. She was found the next day, claiming the creature held her in a mountain cave and struck her when she tried to flee. She escaped while it slept.
Local men tracked the beast to its cave, describing it as growling like a panther and beating its chest. Despite its human-like appearance, they shot and killed it when it charged. The fate of its body remains unknown.
The legend inspired the name of a local brewery, Bear King, commemorating the tale.