The Monster of Elizabeth Lake?

Legend has it that a monster lived in Elizabeth Lake (17 miles west of

Palmdale on Elizabeth Lake Road). It was said of old that the Devil

himself created the lake and kept one of his pets in it. The stories go as

far back as the 1830s when Don Pedro Carrillo abandoned a ranch on the

lakeshore after a mysterious fire. He complained of the La Laguna del

Diablo. In 1855, Americans settlers tried moving into the area but later

abandoned it claiming that it was haunted. Not long afterward, Don Chico

Lopez and two other men claimed to witness the ascension of a huge monster

with bat-like wings from the lake. Lopez also abandoned his lakeside

ranch, selling out at a loss. He claimed that his livestock were quickly

disappearing. Rancher Miguel Leonis, who later acquired the lands, also

claimed to sight a griffin-like creature over the lake. In 1886, yet

another rancher, Don Felipe Rivera, claimed to see a beast over the lake.

There have been no similar sightings reported since the 1880s.

Mysterious L.A.

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