Passing over any bridge as antiquated and creaky as the Old Alton, its normal to feel a little unsettled. Rewriting Urban Legends: An attempt to trace the current tales of the Goatmans Bridge to their source: a 2008 YouTube video that contained seemingly new information about the urban legend, including some information that linked the story to the Mothman legends. The Klansmen, however, did not exactly follow the due process of the law. Tomorrow ALL-NEW #GhostAdventures Screaming Room GOATMANs BRIDGE pic.twitter.com/Ninb97Zqbo. The church is located at 5724 Teasley Lane ( F.M. Maverick Kyrie Irving Has a Lot To Learn, Like the Earth Is Round, Dinosaurs Lived and Antisemitism Is Bad, Equal Representation at Center of Dallas' District 1 City Council Race, Students Fight To Change 2 Building Names at UT Arlington, Two Dallas City Council Seats Destined for New Blood, Texas Democrats Double Down on Defending Public Ed. Their chance finally came that summer. Most notably, one that occurred November 15th 1967. There are also some other mentions of the bridge hauntings, which arent part of the popular legends now: Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on your point of view, the secondary visits have raised more questions than they might otherwise have answered, including additional photographic anomalies and cold spots on bright, sunny days where the physical environmental data would suggest it impossible. us, which seems the perfect opportunity to revisit one of Dentons most local news and culture, I want answers. Whenever a sighting of this ghastly figure occurs, a string of mysterious disappearances is sure to follow. To continue reading from the video description: Back to my video This one here is the first of 2 videos that for several years, if you were to search Goatmans Bridge on Youtube , only 3 results appeared -Leland-s, and the 2 you are about to watch in this series. There is also another variation that predates the bridge itself. Gradually, these carriages were replaced by automobiles, which were supported equally as well by the bridges sturdy truss structure. By August 27, 2008, a commentor on the website pbase.com mentioned Oscar Washburn and the specific date, November 15, 1967, that was mentioned in the YouTube video: By 2009, people had posted the youtube video to the same forum thread that Leland had originally posted on a handful of times, and by the last page of the thread, people were mentioning Oscar Washburn by name. Goatman Bridge is a nickname for Old Alton Bridge in Argyle, Texas. The post office closed forever in 1859. . , and is forever indebted to the great work of the fine folks with the Denton County Historical Commission and local keepers of history like Mike Cochran and Laura Douglas at the Emily Fowler Library for their tireless work in helping preserve Dentons intriguing past. I want to know what happened to my son." It isn't clear whether this woman or the debt had anything to do with his disappearance. havent been able to find mentions of Oscar Washburn prior to 2008. Id like to loop back to some of the trickster stories I mentioned in the first episode of this series. So what I see here, is someone who you know read joined YouTube and made his new Tiktok account within two days of each other and is done nothing with them since. As of 8/6/22, he had deleted his account completely. Other strange happenings recorded at the bridge include strange lights appearing in the surrounding woods, along with reports of visitors feeling hands grab at them in the dark, o a rain of rocks pelting them as they cross the bridge. day! He also mentioned the bridge in a handful of his tweets, but the tweets werent coherent enough for me to glean anything from or for them to be worth reading from here. The following is a description of the legend in her own words: There's a bridge in Denton, Texas called Goatman's Bridge. Road 2181), Denton, Texas. However, given the condition of remains, the deaths may more likely have been the result of passing trains. I obviously dont know Bob, but from reading this, I get a bit of a sense of self importance from him. Oh, also, when people delete their accounts on Reddit, their comments often still appear on the platform and it just says deleted under their username, but I was able to confirm that at least some of the comments that he had posted under his old username were also deleted. Other legends circulating about the demon focus on his name. There have been some idiots who go out there and dabble in what they think is satanism and try to summon things . The bridge and surrounding woods is said to be haunted by a demonic creature with the head of a goat and the body of a man as well as other reported . Some attribute the work of Satanists who opened a portal for a hellspawn demon, while others say the Goatmans wife is eternally searching for her murdered children. . Goatman's Bridge is the common nickname for what's formally called Old Alton Bridge, an iron-truss span that once connected Denton, Texas, to Copper Canyon. If his name is uttered during the day, he is awakened and is often even more vicious due to the disruption of his sleep cycle, or so the story goes. Ironically, if you search Bobs username on youtube, the cached metadata on Duckduckgo says USERNAME is resurrected from the digital grave. which is really ironic. Around 2:30 p.m, his son in-law drove off to Home Depot to pick up supplies. Although he lived modestly and drove an older model car, Harrod was worth approximately $5 million. Ghost Adventures: Screaming Room will take viewers out of the actual haunted location and into a casual conversation with the Ghost Adventures crew. Most ghosts are given names because we need to feel like we can know them. So its just a strange, unlikely coincidence that theres a connection between the dates of the moth man siding and this supposedly disappearance near the goat mans bridge. With vehicle traffic removed, the bridge became an important link connecting the Elm Fork and Pilot Knoll Hiking and Equestrian Trails. Pearson relates that "bored teenagers" keep the Goatman legend alive by repeating the story and suggesting that the creature attacks couples, frequenting the local lover's lane, subsequently stirring interest in sites like Fletchertown Road. Another variation of the legend holds that Goatman himself was an old hermit who lived in the woods and often could be seen walking alone at night along Fletchertown Road. On March 4, 2022, a reddit user who I will call Bob (not his real name) posted 23 links to a video and/or a playlist containing a video that he claims contains the real story behind the Goatmans Bridge. Last updated June 16, 2017; two pictures added, details of disappearance updated. Authorities don't believe Harrod was harmed by a stranger. STOP..GOINGTHERE..PEOPLE! Put to a vote in November 1856; the county seat was moved again to Denton. A rash of mysterious disappearances are becoming alarmingly routine on a chilling stretch of road that is known by locals as the Goatmans bridge., https://web.archive.org/web/20100617152737/http://www.goatmansbridge.com/, Weirdly, November 15th 1967 is exactly 1 month before the Silver Bridge collapsed in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Harrod was last seen at his residence in the 500 block of Carnation Drive Placentia, California sometime between 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. on July 27, 2009. Most notably, one that occurred November 15th 1967. Road 2181), Denton, Texas. Most of the film was shot at the Pope Lick Trestle, but scenes showing the characters up on the trestle were shot at another, safer . Alton, now Cooper City, has long been abandoned. Also, for the record, there have also been reports of the lynchings of white people in the area, so I have seems some older stories that seemed to claim that a white goatman had been lynched. There's the bridge, and then there's . Goatman's Bridge was built in 1884 to connect the towns of Alton and Denton. Apparently, in order to drum up business, Washburn hung a sign on the bridge reading: "This Way to the Goatman." The local KKK was not at all pleased. Supposedly this was near the location of the bridge. The legends and mysteries of Goatman's Bridge (including the infamous story of a goatman roaming the forest in search of those who killed his family) and the reports of abandon cars and missing persons make this place one of the most sought-after locations for those in the paranormal field. When they looked down to see if he had died, the noose was empty. Same types of people, same cliche expectations and same reactions tonothing really. His channel has also been deleted, and he hasnt posted on reddit under that account since March 4. In August 1938, masked Klansmen abducted Washburn and hung him from the bridge. Others were totally unrelated, and just seemed to have a keyword that made it come up in a search. DISCLAIMER: Im providing this version of the script for accessibility purposes. legendary ghost stories. His wallet and keys disappeared with him, but he left behind his gold 1997 Toyota Camry and his eyeglasses. I really get into it in this one! A fan-favorite episode in which the crew took on Goatman Bridge will be featured on Ghost Adventures: Screaming Room. THE HISTORY of goatman's bridge: November 15th 1967: police discover an abandoned car beside Old Alton Bridge, five miles south of Denton, Texas. Oh also, when I originally wrote a lot of this, Bob had deleted his YouTube channel, but as of today, August 6, 2022, he seems to have reactivated his YouTube channel. It didnt earn the Goatman title until half a century later, when an African-American named Oscar Washburn settled in the area. Now, Im going to recap a bit of the story about the trickster elements that I originally told in the beginning of this series. If they did, they always lasted about 5 mins and get spooked, running back to their cars. To this day no one knows exactly how Oscar was able to evade the mobs wrath, but legend holds that the name Goatmans Bridge came about to honor him. The newly improved bridge solved this problem as well as straightened out a sharp curve on both sides of the creek. The Goatman isnt just a haunting campfire tale, its also a reminder that an ignorance of our history is no protection from its everlasting consequences. Anyway, what did Bob have to say about this legend? Passing over any bridge as antiquated and creaky as the Old Alton, its normal to feel a little unsettled. You all asked for it so we did it. A second spirit is often said to keep the Goatman company, that of a young mother crying out eternally for her lost child. (Especially because I use dictation software for a lot of my script writing!) Importantly, he has a tattoo on his belly button that looks a lot like the tattoo that Sully Erna, the lead singer of the nu metal band Godsmack has. He did reply to a paranormal investigation show with: Anyway, thats what Ive got for this timethe way that Ive traced this story back as close to its source as I can, and the weird twists and turns the story has taken. He's half-goat half-man. Their luck with this second townsite was also short-lived; in 1850 they moved once more, to a location five miles from present-day Corinth. They also relive terrifying encounters and reflect on each discovery from a safer environment. But, unfortunately, some did not welcome a successful black man within their midst. And luckily for us, the video description was a wall of text almost 900 words long. There are even claims of satanic devil worship being performed on the site, raising the specter of the devil himself on the bridge. Nicknamed " Goatman's Bridge " by Denton natives, legend says the Ku Klux Klan lynched a successful Black goat farmer there in the 1930s. Apparently, hearing about this, the County Sheriff went out to check on the mans welfare, but found neither the man nor the goats, dead or alive. Graffiti reading, "Goatman was here," was not uncommon,[3] and law enforcement would habitually receive calls of reported sightings, albeit with a number being pranks. Residents making their way over the bridge late at night have reportedly heard her ghostly wails, and others have spotted her crying at the bridges center. Related: Goatmans Bridge is a reminder of the cowardly Klansmens dastardly deed. On Halloween, if you go the bridge and honk your horn twice, you may see the fiery red eyes of the Goatman. And what you guess it, both videos were posted on July 17 and there have been no new videos since then, which seems to be a pattern for Bob. The terrifying encounters and reported vanishings have been so frequent as to warrant numerous investigations by paranormal groups. They were later released pending . Folks online have said that the video just added some additional background details to the existing legend. If you park outside the bridge at night and honk your horn three times a goatman will appear. It continued to be used until about 2001 when it was replaced with a concrete-and-steel bridge and a new road, which straightened out a sharp curve. His living was raising and selling goats. Old Alton Bridge was included in the National Register of Historic Places on July 8, 1988. . They reconnected by telephone after their spouses died and then met in person, and decided to get married only six days later. While the Goatman is said to sleep beneath the Old Alton during the day, he habitually creeps out from under it to hunt for food at night, returning only at the sound of his name. of all manners. Some say that the bridge was once the site of an execution, another of a lynching; others say that an old goat herder was murdered on this spot, while still others believe it is the earthbound spirits of those killed in the Sam Bass Texas Rangers shootout nearby. The Big Book of Texas Ghost Stories by Alan Brown, published in 2012, doesnt mention the Old Alton Bridge. Liminal areas of crossing can be full of possibility and danger, present injustices are informed by past prejudices, and there are critters like snakes or gators down in the creek that younguns might outta be leery of. theYear=theYear+1900 A similar tale to Washburns predates the building of the bridge, in which a group of cowboys lynched a goatherder called Jack Kendall. Nature lovers and paranormal enthusiasts alike will love checking out this remarkable historic landmark and the beautiful scenery surrounding it, just be sure not to cross after three a.m. https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts/buzzfeed-supernatural-investigators-visit-denton-bridge-to-see-if-its-really-haunted-by-a-half-goat-half-demon-10051546, https://www.legendsofamerica.com/tx-alton/, https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/goatmans-bridge, https://wedentondoit.com/blog/2013/10/18/back-in-the-day-goatmans-bridge, https://texashillcountry.com/goatman-bridge-history-hauntings-denton-alton-bridge/. This location did grow, and before long, it boasted a hotel and two stores. Investigator Aaron Goodwin was allegedly thrown during filming, and host Zak Bagans claimed he was compelled by a spirit to choke himself. Half a century after the bridge was built, an African-American man named Oscar Washburn settled with his family near the bridge. Ive been told that if I were in a horror movie, A look at a place full of cemeteries, ruins, and ghosts of, http://www.randomconnections.com/paranormal-activity/, https://web.archive.org/web/20100920155235/, http://www.asup-inc.org/oldaltonbridgecase.htm, https://web.archive.org/web/20100617152737/, The Trickster and the Goatman (Goatmans Bridge Series), I went to Goatmans Bridge (Goatmans Bridge Series), This Way to the Goatman (Goatmans Bridge Series), Death at the Goatmans Bridge (Goatmans Bridge Series), Who is the Goatman? When she found out, she threw herself from the bridge, and her spirit has haunted it ever since. Fork and Pilot Knoll Hiking and Equestrian Trails 8/6/22, he had died, video! # x27 ; s two stores focus on his name episode in which the crew on. Says username is resurrected from the bridge at night and honk your horn twice, you see. Video just added some additional background details to the existing legend young mother crying out eternally for her child. 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