Kentucky Cryptic Series – Goatman

The Goatman Race is the first in a series of trail runs through Louisville’s beautiful parks. This is a family and beginner friendly five mile run through the trails of Cherokee Park. We’ll start at Hogan’s Fountain and make our way around the park.

When you think of Kentucky Cryptids, particularly in the Louisville area, what is one of the most well known….GOATMAN! The Goatman is a cryptid who is said to be half-man, half-goat. Although his origins are unknown, the most popular origin story is that he had once been a scientist who worked at Beltsville Agriculture Research Center in Maryland, who experimented on goats. Unfortunately, during one of these experiments, he was mutated into a goat/human hybrid, and went insane. The Kentucky Goatman has a similar origin story who is said to have been a goat farmer who sold his soul to Satan in exchange for immortality or dark magic. As many stories have been told, the Kentucky Goatman lures his victims to the trestle bridge near Pope Lick often just before a train crosses the bridge leaving his victims 90 feet up on a 700 foot long bridge.*

*Please never trespass on the bridge in search of Goatman. Multiple untimely deaths as well as heavy fines and penalties for those who venture too far.