"It was a tall, gaunt creature, hunched over, covered in scales. Its arms extended well below its knees, ending in webbed claws with foot-long fingers. The fin on its back seemed to quiver like the lure of a rattlesnake. Its large eyes...round, black, pupiless...were filled with a malevolent light. It opened its mouth, filled with fangs the size of carpenter's nails...and let loose a screech filled with hatred. I would like to say that the noise was inhuman...but it wasn't. It was far too human for something...so alien. So I ran...and that creature killed my friend." -Georgia H. Richards, testifying at her trial for the murder of Shirley Prince, 1904.