Who doesn’t love goats? Their weird little eyes, munching on tin cans, and knocking folks over with their horns for no discernable reason. As they charmed their way into our hearts, hircine tropes finagled their way into our folklore. And as you’ll discover there’s more than just Kentucky’s celebrated goatman and Krampus leaving their hoofmarks […]

Most folks have heard tell of the Pope Lick Monster, and why he’d want to lick a pope is beyond us. Seems like Andrew Arnett has a maverick take on this cryptid, presuming the beast has a completely different nature than flesh-and-blood, giving a new spin to Kentucky’s notorious bogeyman. While you’re milling around Kentucky […]

Nick Redfern shares his findings with us on one of his favorite paranormal subjects, the goat man sightings in Rock Lake, Texas. Going back to 1969, Nick recounts the tales that have become part of the terrifying legend, as well as his own research and witness interviews. Or if you prefer your heebie jeebies to […]

One woman said it looked like "a Sasquatch with horns." A man saw what he thought was a bear, except it doesn't look like a bear. It almost looks like a goat standing on two legs. There is an old urban legend about a "goatman" who was once a scientist …

The Goatman is a peculiar sort of legendary beast, declares Beachcombing. It seems to fall somewhere between Fortean and Folklore on the Weirdness scale, and every iteration of the Goatman legend has its different characteristics but no clear origin. It’s this sort of case, says Beachcombing, that shows that the “Fortean approach is, frankly, a […]

According to local legend, something tall, hairy with the unfortunate visage of a goat stalks the shores of Greer Island near Fort Worth, Texas. Witnesses say it’s attacked and destroyed cars before, but mostly the reports have just been sightings and also hearing the distinct and disturbing vocalizations of something completely unknown. Maryland has a […]