Where is the Pope Lick bridge?

The Pope Lick Monster (more commonly, colloquially, the Goat Man) is a legendary part-man, part-goat and part-sheep creature reported to live beneath a railroad trestle bridge over Pope Lick Creek, in the Fisherville neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky, United States.

What’s the story behind Goatman’s bridge?

Goatman’s Bridge legend Locally, the bridge is known as Goatman’s Bridge, as it is said to be haunted by a half-man half-goat figure called Goatman. The belief is based on the legend of a black goat farmer named Oscar Washburn, who was said to have moved his family to a residence just north of the bridge.

Where is the Goatman located?

Goatman (Texas), also known as the Lake Worth monster, a legendary creature from Lake Worth, Texas, United States.

Who died on Goatman’s Bridge?

Lermont Stowers-Jones
Denton High School student Lermont Stowers-Jones, 17, was found dead in Hickory Creek on Tuesday. Lermont Stowers-Jones did not come home last Monday night, his family left with questions on the week of Thanksgiving. The Denton High School senior was found dead in the water near Old Alton Bridge on Tuesday.

Where was the Goatman’s bridge in Texas located?

Wikimedia Commons The Goatman’s Bridge connects the area of Denton with Copper Canyon. Alton was later abandoned after its county seat was moved to the neighboring town of Denton at the end of the 1850s. Everything was shuttered, leaving only the church and cemetery in place.

What was the sign on the Goatman’s bridge?

Washburn posted a sign on the bridge which read “this way to the Goatman’s.” This action angered members of the Klan, and on a fateful night in August of 1938, they drove their cars across the bridge with their headlights off, took Washburn from his home and family, and dragged him to the bridge.

Is there a Goatman on Pope Lick bridge?

“The myth is you have to walk on the bridge to see the goatman ,” local resident Ron Crouch told WHAS 11, the local ABC station. Crouch said he’s never seen any sign of the supposed creature, also known as the Pope Lick Monster and named for the nearby Pope Lick Creek.

Why is the goat head on the Alton Bridge?

The legend goes that Kendall’s body reanimated through the power of voodoo, ripped off the head of a nearby goat, and replaced his head with the goat’s as the astonished cowboys watched in horror. Whether it’s Washburn or Kendall haunting the bridge, lots of strange things have happened around the Alton Bridge.