Once Upon A Time In Arkansas: White River Monster 

I grew up between Batesville and Newport. Spent many weekends on the river. Put in at Batesville and run to Bradford. Spent countless hrs around the 7 11 farm on the river. Between Newport and Bradford. I heard this story growing up.

In 1990 while working at a warehouse in Fayetteville, AR, I made the acquaintance of a rather simple young country woman from Newport Arkansas. Her name was Holly, and was training for a nursing/medical career in Fayetteville. When she told me she was from Newport I excitedly asked her what she knew about the "White River Monster". She told me she had seen and actually touched a young one that had been captured and was confined in an improvised chicken wire cage in the shallows of the White River at her town. When I asked her for a description, what she described was a young plesiosaur, about 9 feet in length, although she didn't know that term. She said it had rough skin, a long neck and tail, flippers for feet, and ate nothing but aquatic vegetation. Holly said it got free one night when it tore through the chicken wire and escaped. I have wished many times since then that I could talk to her again.

i hooked a monster 50lb+ blue outa white river in ozark arkansas

When I was a kid back in the 70s White River Monster was big in the news. It was turning over trailers and leaving footprints. I was living in Holly Grove and the WRM was ranging between Newport and Clarendon. Of course I don't believe that the WRM really exist.

I live in a small town off the white river up stream from Newport and I saw something when I was around 15 it was a long narrow object around 12 foot in length that swam fast (could only tell that because it was against current) it was longer than 2 grown adults. I’m 23 now so that’s been 8 years but I firmly believe that I saw something

Born & bred in Arkansas. Last name is Beaver (my great grandpa). If you have a video pertaining to the lake or town, I would love to see!

Could be a prehistoric Xiphactinus fish.

In your video you did not say where the dog man was. As far as a town

Lets be real. Most of us only know about this from Lost Tapes.

Great fun story. But we know it was all a lie. Just part of that Loch Ness grab for attention

The monster was an elephant seal.