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This site under constant change...keep checking back for updates!!!
 
Site last updated:  November 2, 2004

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The original tape that started it all........

This site is a pictorial history of the Creature From the Black Lagoon costume I am currently making. I remember seeing this film as a child, and ever since, the Creature has held a part of my imagination. I originally started making a full size plaster creature, and when I was almost done, I decided that this wasn't good enough.  I  wanted to be the creature. I I'm not trained in many of the secrets Universal Studios used to make their creature costume, so this is actually a "poor man's" Creature, made from things anyone could find at their local hardware store. Anyone with half a brain and a little imagination could do this... The following is my story......