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Goatman

The Goatman is a hominid cryptid reported to be living in the United States of America most commonly associated with Prince George's County, in Maryland.

Description/Morphology

The Goatman is a hybrid creature; part man and part goat. He has the legs and feet of a goat, the upper body of a man, a horned head, and a body partially covered by fur. Some claim he is the cousin of Bigfoot. His appearance is sometimes described as similar to the satyrs of Greek mythology (of which Pan is one), the Devil.

Habitat

The Goatman of Maryland is often associated with Governor’s Bridge Road, Lottsford Road and Fletchertown Road, in Prince George's County, and with the nearby Glenn Dale Hospital; the former site of a state tuberculosis sanitarium. It is reported to have attacked a number of witnesses and to have damaged property and even killed family pets.

Sightings

Reports of the Goatman began in 1957, with sightings occurring in Upper Marlboro and Forestville, Prince George's County, Maryland. From there, sightings spread to other states; with reports of the Goatman being made as far south as Texas in the 1960s, Washington and California during the 1980s, and as far north as Ontario, Canada and Cannelton, Indiana during the 1990s.

Alleged sightings have now been reported in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Kentucky, Michigan, Oklahoma, Oregon, Washington,Colorado, and Wisconsin. The largest concentration of these sightings has been around Bowie, Maryland.

Northern Prince George's County, Maryland
From Bowie, Maryland to Tucker Road in Clinton, Maryland
Lake Worth, Texas, Summer of 1969
Mountain Home, Arkansas near junior high school
Oklahoma
Washington, Winter of 1983
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada mid 1990s
California, Morgan Hill, mid 1980s
Louisville, Kentucky, on the Pope Lick Train Trestle and surrounding areas (see Pope Lick Monster).

Urban Myths

Since the 1970s, the Goatman has become the subject of a number of popular urban myths in Maryland and beyond.[1] Myths vary, but the Goatman preying on courting couples[5] in a similar fashion to the Hook legend,[6] or attacking cars parked at the side of the road, are both common themes. It has also become part of the urban legend of “Crybaby Bridge” (Governor’s Bridge Road, Prince George's County).[1] Florida sightings are sometimes attributed to the Skunk ape, another Florida myth.

Theories about origin and existence

Urban myths often put secret genetics programs forward as a possible source of the Goatman. Experiments by the federal government and the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Maryland, have both been suggested as possible Goatman origins. There is no evidence to support either.

References

In the Joe R. Lansdale mystery novel, "The Bottoms" young Harry Collins discovers a mutilated black woman's body hidden deep in the woods followed by more murders. He suspects the murders have been done by the Goat Man, and local legend of the creature says the creature resides in the local bottoms of East Texas.
Blackman W Haden (1998), “The Field Guide to North American Monsters: Everything You Need to Know About Encountering Over 100 Terrifying Creatures in the Wild”, Three Rivers Press, ISBN 0-609-80017-5

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Sources

Part of this article consists of modified text from Wikipedia, and the article is therefore licensed under GFDL.

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-The '''Goatman''' is a [[cryptozoology|cryptozoological]] man-goat hybrid, allegedly living in the United States of America.  According to some who claim to have seen it, he has the legs and feet of a goat, the upper body of a man, a horned head, and a body partially covered by fur.  A Texan witness placed his height at 7 feet and weight at 300 pounds (136 kg).
+[[Image:Goatman.jpg|thumb|155px|right|Goatman]]
+The '''Goatman''' is a hominid cryptid reported to be living in the United States of America most commonly associated with Prince George's County, in Maryland.
-Some claim to have heard the Goatman make high-pitched squeals. Deaths of pets have been attributed to the supposed creature. In one incident in Texas he was reported to have hooted, chased teenagers, and thrown an old tire at witnesses. In Maryland, he was said to have pounded a car with an axe several times and to have mutilated family pets.
-Some claim he is a relative of [[Bigfoot]]. He is similar to the [[satyr]]s of [[Greek mythology]], the [[Devil]], the horned men seen in cave paintings, and [[horned god]]s such as [[Pan]]. He is sometimes claimed to be the result of a government experiment, or a mutated scientist. One common theory is that a crazy scientist was performing experiments on human and goat DNA at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in Prince George's County.  The goatman killed the scientist, and fled the scene.  There have been stories of a government cover-up. This is a common feature of the Maryland legends, probably due to the close proximity of Washington, DC. Another sighting was seen in Mountain Home, Arkansas near the Sonic in the back alley. He had a hatchet and a person's leg. The waitress saw him and tried to talk to him. He ran off through the bushes never to be seen again. Another sighting was reported and they found several animals brutally killed and half eaten. He is still at large.
+==Description/Morphology==
+The Goatman is a hybrid creature; part man and part goat. He has the legs and feet of a goat, the upper body of a man, a horned head, and a body partially covered by fur. Some claim he is the cousin of Bigfoot. His appearance is sometimes described as similar to the satyrs of Greek mythology (of which Pan is one), the Devil.
+==Habitat==
+The Goatman of Maryland is often associated with Governor’s Bridge Road, Lottsford Road and Fletchertown Road, in Prince George's County, and with the nearby Glenn Dale Hospital; the former site of a state tuberculosis sanitarium. It is reported to have attacked a number of witnesses and to have damaged property and even killed family pets.
+==Sightings==
+Reports of the Goatman began in 1957, with sightings occurring in Upper Marlboro and Forestville, Prince George's County, Maryland. From there, sightings spread to other states; with reports of the Goatman being made as far south as Texas in the 1960s, Washington and California during the 1980s, and as far north as Ontario, Canada and Cannelton, Indiana during the 1990s.
+Alleged sightings have now been reported in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Kentucky, Michigan, Oklahoma, Oregon, Washington,Colorado, and Wisconsin. The largest concentration of these sightings has been around Bowie, Maryland.
-==Goatman sightings==
 *Northern Prince George's County, Maryland
 *From Bowie, Maryland to Tucker Road in Clinton, Maryland
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 *Louisville, Kentucky, on the Pope Lick Train Trestle and surrounding areas (see [[Pope Lick Monster]]).
+==Urban Myths==
+Since the 1970s, the Goatman has become the subject of a number of popular urban myths in Maryland and beyond.[1] Myths vary, but the Goatman preying on courting couples[5] in a similar fashion to the Hook legend,[6] or attacking cars parked at the side of the road, are both common themes. It has also become part of the urban legend of “Crybaby Bridge” (Governor’s Bridge Road, Prince George's County).[1] Florida sightings are sometimes attributed to the Skunk ape, another Florida myth.
+==Theories about origin and existence==
+Urban myths often put secret genetics programs forward as a possible source of the Goatman. Experiments by the federal government and the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Maryland, have both been suggested as possible Goatman origins. There is no evidence to support either.
+==References==
+* In the Joe R. Lansdale mystery novel, "The Bottoms" young Harry Collins discovers a mutilated black woman's body hidden deep in the woods followed by more murders. He suspects the murders have been done by the Goat Man, and local legend of the creature says the creature resides in the local bottoms of East Texas.
+* Blackman W Haden (1998), “The Field Guide to North American Monsters: Everything You Need to Know About Encountering Over 100 Terrifying Creatures in the Wild”, Three Rivers Press, ISBN 0-609-80017-5
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 *[http://azaz.essortment.com/goatmanlegend_rhcn.htm PG County Goatman]
-[[Category:Cryptids]]
+==Sources==
+{{Wikipedia}}
+[[Category: Hybrids]]
+[[Category: Urban legends]]
+[[Category: American folklore]]