In the woods just east of Louisville, Kentucky, an old railway bridge cuts through the tree line.

To many it would appear no different to any other trestle found in the rural US.

But locals believe that this particular overpass is guarded by a goat-like beast so disturbing

that it causes those who see it to instantly run for their lives,

or in some cases, their deaths.

For more than half a century, the bodies have continued to pile up with no end in sight,

leaving people to wonder what truly lurks in the shadows of Poplick Creek.

The I'm Tales of mysterious half-man, half-goat monsters have existed for nearly as long as humans have.

In ancient Greece and Rome, they were known as satas or fauns,

and were associated with wildness, revelry, and protection of the woods they inhabited.

The Greeks even had a god, Pan, who was often depicted with the legs and horns of a goat.

In virtually all of the early tales, goat men were depicted as overwhelmingly benevolent.

Later in Western Europe, the hybrids adopted a far more sinister comportment.

Here they were primarily associated with the devil.

Rather than protecting the forests they inhabited,

they sought to lure passers-by, particularly women into their domain with a promise of forbidden

carnal pleasures. Intention aside, many argue that the persistence of stories involving

goat men suggests that they exist beyond the realm of myth, and it is far from the only evidence.

The United States is considered home to hundreds of secretive creatures, known collectively as cryptids.

Among these, there is no shortage of goat men.

Since the middle of the last century, multiple reports have seen Among these, there is no shortage of goat men.

Since the middle of the last century, multiple reports have circulated regarding Prince George's county, Maryland, in which people claim to see a seven-foot-tall half-man, half-goat,

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