Lebanon, Tennessee: Head of the Sugar Flat Road Creature (Gone)
Two local teens said they ran over this creature with a pickup truck in 1989. Only its head was preserved. The head disappeared for years, but in 2021 it was returned to the town museum -- then in 2023 it vanished again.
Lebanon Museum and History Center
- Directions:
- Lebanon Museum and History Center. In the basement of City Hall, formerly the stately Castle Heights Military Academy.
- Status:
- Gone
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Head of the Sugar Flat Road Creature:
On January 5, 1989, a blueish, apelike creature was killed by a pickup truck on Sugar Flat Road outside of Lebanon, Tennessee. For some reason the body wasn't preserved, but the head was.
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No longer at the museum. Returned to owner.
[Mark Muncy, 02/21/2023]The missing head has been found! It now sits in the Lebanon Museum and History Center under the town hall.
[Brennen Wilde, 11/18/2021]The building is no longer standing; a local told me it collapsed. I don't know what happened to the head or what role it played in the collapse and then the demo of the building.
[Ian, 09/23/2017]
I saw the creature's head at the Wilson County Fair in Lebanon, Tennessee, last Sunday. It was sitting on the corner of the back-of-the-old-truck stage in Fiddler's Grove. I'm not sure if he was part of the group that was pickin' and grinnin' or not.
[B. Mills, 09/02/2016]The head remains in private hands for now, making occasional appearances. We hope its owners can again find it a permanent, public home.
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The Creature was run over by a pickup truck in Lebanon in 1989, and only its head has been preserved.