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Creature legends on Navajo Nation attract interest

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Published December 14, 2012 5:10pm ET
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Creature legends on Navajo Nation attract interest
In this photo taken Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012, locals share stories of some of the odd creatures that they claim to have seen while they stand around a watermelon that an Upper Fruitland, N.M. resident cut up and left in the road for a local "Bigfoot". (AP Photo/The Daily-Times, Jenny Kane) | Jenny Kane

FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — A smashed watermelon is spread out in the middle of a dirt road in Upper Fruitland, a community where everything from giant pterodactyls to walking lizards to furry children have been reported.

The watermelon happens to be for Bigfoot, another one of the inhabitants of the bucolic town on the outskirts of the Navajo reservation.

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