Numerous urban legends exist about the creature's origins. One tale Domine explained said, "The goat man arose as a tale of a local farmer back in the day. Tortured a herd of goats for Satan and ...

It’s said to be six feet tall, hairy and walking upright on its hind legs. In 1971, local residents blamed the Goat Man for the death of a decapitated dog.

When the Goat Man arrived in any Alabama town, it was an event. Skip to Main Content. ... but legends have a life of their own and some still claim the Goat Man lived to be 120.

I’ve turned into the Goat Man!” Ferrelle Bagley of Warner Robins, Ga., recalls her parents taking her and her sisters to meet the Goat Man in Douglas, Ga., in the late 1940s.

6. Goat Man. Virginia may have the Bunny Man, but Maryland has the “Goat Man”: a human-goat hybrid that supposedly stalks the forests of Prince George’s County, scaring teens and decapitating dogs.

The Goatman legend didn't occur until July 1969 when local citizens of Fort Worth reported they saw a creature that looked like a half-man, half-goat with fur and scales.

Texas urban legends: Tales about goat people, ghosts, eerie children and more. ... the Copper Canyon landmark is better known as Goatman's Bridge and is haunted by a half-man, half-goat figure.

In honor of Halloween, we decided to look a little deeper into the urban legends that surround the D.C. area. MORE: 10 real haunts of DC, Maryland and Virginia Maryland ...