The 4th Annual Swamp Fest at Longswamp Park featured two bands, a Swamp Monster and Toad Costume Contest and, new this year, performing potbellied pigs. “We had two great bands that rocked Swamp ...

(Submitted photo - Leann Sacks) One of the highlights of the day is the Swamp Monster and Toad Costume Contest. This year Jonah Trach of Mertztown was the winner. Jonah Trach of Mertztown won the ...

"He'd take me out into the Swamp and we'd take pictures and before you know it people were out there every night searching." Stevens said he stopped wearing his monster costume after people ...

he’s wondered about one of the swamp's fabled creatures — the Honey Island Swamp Monster, a legendary 500-pound beast that some claim hides amid the cypress trees and murky waters.