How to Find the Urban Legend Goat Man

The Goatman is a very local urban legend, one well-known in Prince Georges County, Maryland (PG County's other supernatural claim to fame being that it was the home of the original Exorcist boy). The Goatman is supposed to be tall and furry with the head, body, and arms of a human and the legs and horns of a goat. It has been reported in this area since the late 1950s, often chasing people with an ax.

There are no known cases of people actually being chopped up by the Goatman, but there are numerous missing and mutilated pet cases that have been attributed to this creepy character. In addition, there was one particularly dangerous curve along Route 214 where the numerous car crashes were put down to people being chased by the Goatman, although the fact that it was just outside the old Capitol Centre arena may have also played a role in these crashes. Or maybe the Goatman just wasn't a big hockey fan.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

1. Go out to Governor's Bridge Road to the bridge known locally as "Crybaby Bridge". It is said that if you stop on the bridge you can hear the Goatman braying. You may also be able to hear the faint cries of a baby - this baby is not related to (or a victim of) the Goatman, but was, instead, supposed to have been drowned under the bridge by a teenage mother unable to care for an infant.

2. Drive along Lottsford and Fletchertown Roads, also known for numerous Goatman sightings. Perhaps not so coincidentally, the old Glenn Dale Hospital is located in the vicinity. Some legends have it that horrific experiments were performed on some of the patients at this tuberculosis sanitarium, and that the Goatman is a patient who had been experimented on, then escaped his tormentors to wreak vengeance on all mankind. Petkind, too, as many local reports of mysterious pet deaths will attest to.

3. 
    
   Woods outside Agricultural Research Center - Goatman stomping grounds?

   Check out Beltsville's Agricultural Research Center. Other Goatman legends involve scientists at this laboratory conducting experiments with goats. Evidently one experiment went terribly wrong, and one of the scientists mutated into an part-goat creature - an angry, insane, homicidal creature who fled into the woods surrounding the facility where he lurks to this day, waiting to terrorize the unwary.

4. Compare and contrast these Goatman legends to other ones that have been reported around the country in Texas, Michigan, Washington state, California, Indiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Oregon, Wisconsin, and even up in Ontario. Could these same Goatmen be our guy, or perhaps his offspring? And what of the Goatman sighting reported in New Zealand? Was he, perhaps, on vacation? If you find him, be sure to ask, won't you? (Quickly, before he starts swinging that ax!)

Tips & Warnings

• If all else fails, you can always wait for Halloween to visit Goatman Hollow, a Goatman-themed haunted house-type attraction held every fall in Riverdale, MD.

Resources

• Goatman Hollow

[iran]

on 7/5/2008 the goat mans real name is a jinn and they commit
blood shet and if you say the letter beihalghi they {DIE}!!!!