LAKE SERIAL KILLER TERRORIZES TEXAS!

RESIDENTS of party-hardy Austin, Texas, are living in terror as a body believed to be the eighth victim of a serial killer chillingly dubbed the "Rainey Street Ripper" has been fished out of a local lake!

John Christopher HaysClark, 30, was found floating at 1:21 a.m. near Longhorn

Dam in Lady Bird Lake on April 15 and thousands of residents believe he's another victim of the vicious ripper's bloody rampage.

Austin cops say Hays-Clark is the fourth male found in the lake this year and the eighth in the past ten months, but they are pooh-poohing the theory a serial killer is prowling the city's nightlife center and murdering young men.

But there are common elements to the deaths. The victims are in their 30s, frequented Austin's bustling Rainey Street a favorite afterdark hotspot lined with bars, food trucks and eateries and were later found dead in the lake.