Goatman
Goatman (urban legend)
Ringkasan
Goatman adalah makhluk kriptid yang menyerupai hibrida manusia-kambing dalam legenda urban Prince George's County, Maryland, Amerika Serikat.
The Goatman is a cryptid resembling a goat-human hybrid in the urban legends of Prince George's County, Maryland, United States.
Kisah dan tradisi
Menurut legenda urban, Goatman adalah makhluk yang menyerupai hibrida manusia-kambing. Ia kerap dituduh menyebabkan kematian anjing dan konon berlindung di hutan Prince George's County, Maryland. Wujudnya umumnya digambarkan berwajah manusia dengan tubuh berbulu, tetapi ada yang menyebutnya humanoid berbulu dan ada pula yang menyebutnya manusia dengan bagian bawah tubuh kambing, mirip faun dalam mitologi Romawi. Tempat penampakannya dilaporkan berbeda-beda. Tulisan Lizama menempatkannya di Tucker Road, Fort Washington, sedangkan laporan surat kabar Oktober 1971 menempatkannya dekat Fletchertown Road di Bowie. Sebuah artikel majalah menambahkan bahwa ia juga sering dilaporkan di dekat Lottsford Road, dan konon biasa muncul di jalan sepi tempat pasangan berpacaran, merusak mobil remaja dengan batu atau kapak. Asal-usulnya diceritakan dalam beberapa versi. Laporan tahun 1971 memuat teori bahwa Goatman berasal dari Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, dan sebagian versi menyebutnya bekas ilmuwan bernama Dr. Stephen Fletcher. Versi lain menyebutnya pertapa tua yang berjalan sendirian pada malam hari di Fletchertown Road, atau pria pemelihara kambing yang menjadi gila setelah para remaja membunuh kambingnya.
According to urban legend, the Goatman is a creature resembling a goat-human hybrid. Dogs' deaths are often attributed to it, and it supposedly shelters in the Prince George's County woods in Maryland. It was commonly described as having a human face and a hairy body, though some accounts make it a hairy humanoid and others a human with the lower body of a goat, like the fauns of Roman mythology. Reports of where it appears differ. Lizama's paper placed it on Tucker Road in Fort Washington, while an October 1971 newspaper report placed it near Fletchertown Road in Bowie. A magazine article adds that it is also often reported near Lottsford Road, and that it is said to haunt Lovers Lanes, mauling teenagers' cars with a rock or axe. Its origin is told in several versions. The 1971 report covered the theory that the Goatman came from the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, and some versions make it a former scientist named Dr. Stephen Fletcher. Others describe an old hermit who walked alone at night along Fletchertown Road, or a goat keeper driven mad when teenagers killed his animals.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Tradisi Amerika Serikat
- Kawasan / Region
- Amerika Utara Pribumi
- Era
- According to Wikipedia, Goatman stories originated in the early 1970s, though some legends are set in the late 1930s.
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Cryptid
- Habitat
- Forest