The Goatman is a hominid cryptid associated with the state of Maryland in the USA. It is described as a hybrid creature; part man and part goat.[1] Some claim it is a relative of Bigfoot. Its appearance is similar to the satyrs or the god Pan of Greek mythology, or to the Devil.
The Goatman of Maryland is often associated with St. Mark the Evangelist school, in the back of the yard where an unknown "house" lies in Prince George's County, and with the nearby Glenn Dale Hospital, the former site of a state tuberculosis sanatorium. It is reported to have attacked a number of witnesses and to have damaged property.[2] It has also been reported to have killed family pets.[3]
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Reports of the Goatman began in 1957, with sightings occurring in Upper Marlboro and Forestville, Prince George's County, Maryland.[4]
Since the 1970s, the Goatman has become the subject of a number of popular urban legends in Maryland and beyond.[1] Legends vary, but the Goatman preying on courting couples in a similar fashion to the Hook legend,[5] or attacking cars parked at the side of the road are common themes. It has also become part of the urban legend of "Crybaby Bridge" (Lottsford Road, Prince George's County).[1] Cryptozoologist Loren Coleman argues in Weird Virginia that the "Bunnyman" sightings from Fairfax County, Virginia, are a variant on the Goatman encounters.
Florida sightings are sometimes attributed to the Skunk ape, a local legend.
Urban legends often put secret genetics programs forward as a possible source of the Goatman.[citation needed] Experiments by the federal government and the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in Maryland have both been suggested as possible Goatman origins.[citation needed] There is no evidence to support either.
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