A second spirit is often said to keep the Goatman company, that of a young mother crying out eternally for her lost child. So who knows maybe this series will appear on his channel, Ill try to keep an eye on it and I will update you if there is any movement there. This legend results in the area around Old Alton Bridge being popular among paranormal investigators,[5] such as the crews from Ghost Adventures and BuzzFeed Unsolved: Supernatural. The episode claimed Satanic rituals had been performed under the notoriously-haunted bridge. Texas Hill Country Facebook page is growing by over 1,000 fans per Denton County itself was formed in 1846, and the first attempt at settling the county seat was Pinckneyville (named for the Texas governor). Details of Disappearance. I bet youre excited to find out what happened next! A rash of mysterious disappearances are becoming alarmingly routine on a. But when they checked the noose to ensure that Oscar had died, they were in for quite the shock: the noose was empty. 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. This was completely opposite of what the area is like in the daytime. [3] 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. You all asked for it so we did it. Nothing has been posted, there are no playlists, etc. I chatted him instead. I dont know whether that has anything to do with my series here, since Bob had deleted his YouTube video impulsively as well, but if youre listening to this, Bob, hello! But, Pinckneyville would hold the title only two years and never develop into a town. https://web.archive.org/web/20100920155235/http://www.asup-inc.org/oldaltonbridgecase.htm. [2] This bridge is the subject of several ghostlore stories featuring a vengeful ghost. But I did find someone with the same screen name as Lelands youtube channel name posting the story on a forum on March 4, 2008, though without the name Oscar Washburn. The Hickory Creek Baptist Church was organized in 1855, and by 1856, there were several buildings including a school and a saloon. I would spend countless hours there and watched all this happen every night from the bridge. 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. His channel has also been deleted, and he hasnt posted on reddit under that account since March 4. There have been four known lynching events of white people in Denton County since its founding, and the reason for white lynchings was typically horse theft. And, the Goatman is evidently not alone. I cannot fix what was done AGAIN. Ghost Adventures: Screaming Room will take viewers out of the actual haunted location and into a casual conversation with the Ghost Adventures crew. Later it accommodated automobiles as well. Often the growl will be accompanied by the words, "Get off my bridge!" For years, there was only 1 video on YouTube that even referenced this location or the local Legend until I started posting videos with my evidence of this mysterious places anomalies starting in 2011. The church is located at 5724 Teasley Lane ( F.M. Folks online have said that the video just added some additional background details to the existing legend. Within a few years, Oscar had built a reputation for himself as a reliable and trustworthy businessman and a valuable member of the community. and help keep the future of the Observer, Use of this website constitutes acceptance of our. 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. Whenever a sighting of this ghastly figure occurs, a string of mysterious disappearances is sure to follow. Treat has written about numerous local places and personalities at his Denton Haunts blog, 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. That road is known by locals as "The Goatman's Bridge." Take I-35E S/US-77 S to exit 463 and merge into the I-35 Frontage Rd. [1] Make a one-time donation today for as little as $1. Most notably, one that occurred November 15th 1967. Placentia Police Department But be warned, the creature is said to appear whenever someone mentions its name. People saw the moth man around the area and it was said that he sort of presaged the collapse of the silver bridge on December 15, 1967, which is a really tragic incident where 46 people died. Instead of reading Oscar his Miranda Rights, the men assembled a vicious mob to cross the bridge and kidnap Oscar from his home. There are even claims of satanic devil worship being performed on the site, raising the specter of the devil himself on the bridge. Heeter was packing up her belongings at her home in Missouri in order to move in with Harrod in California, and he was preparing for her arrival and looking forward to it. 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. 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? If you park outside the bridge at night and honk your horn three times a goatman will appear. Legend further holds that the Goatmans Bridge provides a gateway into Hell. The bridge was built in 1884, by the King Iron Manufacturing Bridge Company. 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. The couple had met and become engaged in 1950, but they were separated when Harrod joined the military and eventually both of them married other people. His hobbies include fishing and playing slot machines, and he left behind three daughters, a grandson and three great-grandchildren. 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. Ghost Adventures fans are in for a spooky treat Thursday night. . 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. The Ghost Adventures crew is in Denton, Texas, investigating Goatman's Bridge. All there is is one single piece of information on the about page which is that he joined YouTube on July 15, 2022. I think he deleted it previously and then recreated it and then deleted it again. Some folks believe that Satanists have performed dark rituals on the bridge and opened a portal to another dimension. Authorities don't believe Harrod was harmed by a . If youre interested in the moth man at all, youre probably familiar with silver bridge collapse. According to her autopsy report, she was stabbed dozens of times, with puncture wounds all over her head, face, and upper . Now, Im going to recap a bit of the story about the trickster elements that I originally told in the beginning of this series. On a dark night in the late 1930s, a lynch mob of Kluxers stormed Washburn's shack and dragged the screaming Goatman to their noose waiting on the bridge, tightened the rope around the begging Oscar's neck, then mercilessly flung him over the side. Copyright 2008 - Built in 1884 by the King Iron Bridge Manufacturing Company, it originally carried horses and later automobiles over Hickory Creek at a location that once was a popular ford for crossing cattle. This series is the true story ofhow I became The Goatman. Old Alton Bridge aka Goatmans Bridge,' is a now infamous old haunted bridge near Denton Texas. 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. (, from his website: November 15th 1967: police discover an abandoned car beside Old Alton Bridge, five miles south of Denton, Texas. Years later, in 1884, long after Alton had died, an iron through-truss bridge was built over Hickory Creek on Copper Canyon Road, south of the old townsite. \r\rSince the disappearance of the Goatman there have been many strange sightings on and near Old Alton Bridge. Kathy Weiser-Alexander/Legends of America, updated June 2021. The bridge is located about seven miles south of Denton. The terrifying encounters and reported vanishings have been so frequent as to warrant numerous investigations by paranormal groups. The main highway bypasses it now, but the 135-year-old structure is still visible from the main road. To me, one of the funniest parts of this story is that the witness went on Mumsnet to share her story. A week and a half after he went missing, two of his children filed for conservatorship to get control of his assets. So, anyway, starting from this initial rumor that was immortalized in the form of a YouTube video, the new version of the legend started to spread widely. There have been reports of abandoned cars with no sign of their occupants, vehicles breaking down or car doors locking and unlocking of their own accord, and some people have heard hoofbeats around the bridge. | Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Return Policy, It didnt earn the Goatman title until half a century. 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. After securing it around Oscars neck, they tossed him over the side. contribution from Shaun Treat, founder of the, historical ghost tour. They would pull into the parking lot, get out, turn on all the flashlights and slowly walk towards this bridge to see what this was all about. My sense is that this was the moment when one version of the story was codified into something resembling the truth, at least as far as the internet was concerned. But its wild that those details have congealed into this almost monolithic urban legend nowadays. He had no known medical conditions when he disappeared, although he did have some short-term memory problems like being unable to remember phone numbers. Some believe the Goatman remains dormant for years at a time and awakes only to hunt for prey. Signs found around the area clearly denote the special place the bridge and surrounding woods have in the communitys hearts, including one which reads I have many memories of the Old Alton Bridge and I love every one of them, a quote attributed to Wayne Stuart Ryan. You wont find the names of Oscar Washburn or Jack Kendall in any historical records. The video makes a number of claims, including this bit, which appears in the viedo as well as the first line of the video description, which has a transcript of the voiceover: November 15th 1967: police discover an abandoned car beside Old Alton Bridge, five miles south of Denton, Texas. These tales are obviously old, as the bridge has been closed to vehicle traffic since 2001. Some reports describe the Goatman's fur as a deep, fiery red, while others describe his coloring as black as night, so black you can hardly see him as he moves through the edges of the trees. theYear=theYear+1900 However, when they looked over to make sure he was dead, they could see only the rope. The Hickory Creek Baptist Church, which continues to stand, was organized in 1855. They have also recorded the sound of horses hooves crossing the bridge, when there were no horses present and one investigator, walking with her German shepherd dog, has seen a horseman, dressed in dark clothing, galloping toward them, then disappearing, without leaving tracks on the path. A fan-favorite episode in which the crew took on Goatman Bridge will be featured on Ghost Adventures: Screaming Room. The monster was the subject of a 1988 film by Louisville filmmaker Ron Schildknecht called The Legend of the Pope Lick Monster. Now, this person said that he didnt upload the video. Before he got involved with Heeter, he had been seeing a younger woman. Most of the time, county business was held at the Baines residence under the shade trees in his yard. The turn of the century brought a black goat farmer and his family to a residence just North of the bridge, and a few short years later, Oscar Washburn was known as a dependable, honest businessman. This attempt was more successful. It just seems to be the story that captures everyone's imagination.". Next to the church is the cemetery. Passing over any bridge as antiquated and creaky as the Old Alton, its normal to feel a little unsettled. Numerous reports tell of unholy glowing eyes that burn red from the darkness, eerie glimpses of a large snarling Goat-headed man-beast stomping in the wooded shadows, or a frightening apparition of a maniacal Satyr carrying the heads of goats or humans in his hands. As far as I can tell, it seems like he made a youtube video about the Old Alton Bridge, wanted to drive traffic to it by posting on reddit, but then for some reason decided to delete it. There is also another variation that predates the bridge itself. 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. . "For the last several years I've given ghost tours on the Square, usually on the weekends. [1][3], As well, Goatman was rumored to reside in a makeshift shelter in the wooded region of northwestern Prince George's County near the vicinity of Bowie. The Denton County location is notoriously haunted by the spirit of Oscar Washburn, or "Goatman," who was believed to be a former goat farmer. Its just a bizarre synchronicity, because Im only still in touch with two people who I went to high school with, and both of them grew up on the same street as this person. Not only is the Old Alton Bridge a picturesque historic site, but it is also said to be haunted by the Goatman, hence the nickname of the bridge. The new townsite was located on a high ridge between Pecan Creek and Hickory Creek and was called Alton. And in the trunk of her vehicle was her cold, bloodied, and decomposing body. Regardless of which origin gets told, old timers warn that knocking three times on the trusses of the bridge is an invitation to judgment, since the ghastly Goatman only spirits away those with the bloodlines of Klansmen or slaveowners into the woods for his terrible revenge. Treat has written about numerous local places and personalities at his. In an account that may go back as far as the 1860s Texas Troubles, some Copper Canyon cowboys lynched a Creole slave goat-herder named Jack Kendall from a tall creekside tree near where the bridge now stands, but ineptitude separated the runaway slaves head from his body. Built by the King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio, the 145-foot long . The Denton newspaper at the time did an article on a car found abandoned on the bridge." Hill Country, and we welcome you to our family. When she found out, she threw herself from the bridge, and her spirit has haunted it ever since. \r\rAfter numerous abandoned automobiles and missing persons, a new bridge was constructed directly downstream. The following is a description of the legend in her own words: There's a bridge in Denton, Texas called Goatman's Bridge. Back in The Day is an ongoing WDDI contribution from Shaun Treat, founder of the Denton Haunts historical ghost tour. us, which seems the perfect opportunity to revisit one of Dentons most Supposedly this was near the location of the bridge. Today, the Baptist Church and the Alton cemetery are all that remains of the Alton village. The bridges architectural composition is known as a truss, a visually distinct structure of connected elements forming triangular units. The name sounded familiar to me, so I texted one of two people who I went to high school with who Im still in touch with. 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. Same types of people, same cliche expectations and same reactions tonothing really. Four women with personal reports of demonic attacks were featured on the episode. 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. He never answered. There are no definitive records of Washburn or Kendall, but as a Denton local said, that doesnt mean its not haunted.The bridge is seven miles south of Denton, if you ever get the urge to visit just keep your headlights on and dont knock on the bridge, unless you want to visit with the Goatman. With cars and all their noise safely out of the way, the Old Alton Bridge was free for hikers and nature lovers to pass safely. Its original purpose was to carry horses and automobiles across the river. The person said: "There have been several disappearances on and around Old Alton Bridge. THE HISTORY of goatman's bridge: November 15th 1967: police discover an abandoned car beside Old Alton Bridge, five miles south of Denton, Texas. if (theYear < 1900) Authorities don't believe Harrod was harmed by a stranger. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD8iUdp33PqTsix2sGblEQZ8m5FQycC5DDoes a demonic entity . I would laugh and think to myself (Another one bites the dust I guess) Many times however, I would get lucky and not have a single other person come visit the bridge, OR even a car drive by for an entire night. now = new Date An honest businessman, his goat raising business was a success. [7], This article is about the Maryland creature. An African American, Washburn was said to be the target of Texas' Ku Klux Klan in the 1930s, according to Discover Denton. Turn right at Lillian Miller Pkwy and go 0.8 miles, where the road becomes Farm to Market Rd 2181/Teasley Ln, continue 3.2 miles, and turn right at Old Alton Rd. Travelers say that if you cross the bridge without your headlights, the Goatman will meet you on the other side. Some folks online have given a name for the person who supposedly uploaded this video. According to Micah Carlson Crittendens University of North Texas masters thesis published in May 2020, The Tall Grass West Of Town: Racial Violence In Denton County During The Rise Of The Second Ku Klux Klan: Due to shifts in the public perception of white criminality and lynching as a violation of due process, white lynchings in Denton County stopped in 1880 and never resumed.This meshes with some other older reports I found on the bridge, in which the goatman seems to be white (or at least his race isnt mentioned). Oh I guess there is one other thing about his YouTube channel, which is that he added a header that has a picture of a goat man. And sure enough, my friend was like, oh yeah, that person was my next-door neighbor when we were growing up, and were friends. We also run the premiere real-estate site in the hill country at HillCountryRealestate.com. According to the most circulated version, an African-American entrepreneur named Oscar Washburn and his family tended a farmstead goat herd near the bridge that was renowned for quality meat, milk, cheeses and hides. Shortly afterwards, so the stories go, a family was passing over the bridge at night and encountered the old man, or at least his apparition, standing in front of them, a goats head tucked under each arm. Apparently this commenter left a link a website, goatmansbridge.com which repeated the claim with no citation. On July 25, 2008, someone who Im going to call Leland (not his real name) posted a 2-minute youtube video telling the story of the Old Alton Bridge. There is nothing on the channel. On February 19, following a community-wide search, Cathy's 1990 Toyota Corolla was found abandoned in the Placentia Linda Hospital parking lot. . If history is the self-congratulatory narrative of a community written by its victorious elite, then our ghosts will often problematize and haunt such tidy romanticisms of back in the day. The bridge first served as a route for riders on horseback. The show is currently off season, as Season 18 last aired in November. Due to the great number of unexplained happenings at the Old Alton, the bridge has been the subject of a number of investigative paranormal shows, Ghost Adventures, and Buzzfeed Unsolved: Supernatural among them. 714-993-8164. Heavy loads were exactly what the bridge was intended to support when the King Iron Bridge Manufacturing Company commissioned it in 1884. Many who have crossed at night. Whenever a sighting of this ghastly figure occurs, a string of mysterious disappearances is sure to follow. . The Ghost Adventures crew first visited Goatman Bridge in a Season 13 episode that aired on January 14, 2017. Their chance finally came that summer. Other reports tell of a womans spirit who wanders the area, allegedly searching for her lost baby. More tales of strange noises have also been described, including the sounds of horses hoof beats on the bridge, splashing in the creek below, maniacal laughter, and inhuman like growling coming from the surrounding woods. 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. (Especially because I use dictation software for a lot of my script writing!) Some reports describe the Goatmans fur as a deep, fiery red, while others describe his coloring as black as night, so black you can hardly see him as he moves through the edges of the trees. He was working on repairs with his son-in-law between 11:00 a.m and 12:00 p.m in preparation for his newlywed wife's arrival. Dentons most famous spectre is a story handed down for generations with a few variations, and thats the haunted Goatmans Bridge. According to this story, a black goat farmer by the name of Oscar Washburn and his family moved into a home located just north of the Old Alton Bridge. Visitors sometimes tell of seeing mysterious lights in the area, car doors locking and unlocking of their own accord, and numerous vehicle breakdowns while near the old viaduct. However, it wasnt so well-known for a long time. With vehicle traffic removed, the bridge became an important link connecting the Elm Fork and Pilot Knoll Hiking and Equestrian Trails. , 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. Local legend says if you knock on the steel bridge three times at midnight, or perhaps- turn off your car lights and honk three times in summons, then you dare a visitation from the vengeful Goatman thats preceded by the stench of decaying flesh. In a time predating cars, massive cargo carriages drawn by hefty workhorses became the bridges most frequent users. Put to a vote in November 1856; the county seat was moved again to Denton. Over the years it gained more notoriety as I began to uncover and post more of the mystery, opening thousands of peoples minds in person who came to visit and happened to stop to have a chat with that ghost hunting guy and his beagle always at the bridge. Visitors hear hooves beating across the bridge, splashing in the creek below, maniacal laughter, and an inhuman growl that emanates from the woods. While some bridges are inhabited by pesky creatures such trolls, the Old Alton Bridge harbors a monster of a much darker nature. 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