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Gettling: The legend of the real goatman
Imagine yourself on a leisurely nature hike in the remote mountains of Utah.
Maybe you want to take some pictures of Utah wildlife and so you have brought
your favorite camera and equipment along with you.Midway through the hike, as
you are enjoying the solitude and quiet of being so far away from the commotion
of civilization, you notice a small group of mountain goats traversing up the
side of an adjacent mountain. As you watch them you notice that one of the
goats looks a bit strange and is not moving quite like the rest of them; it is
slower and clumsier. Quickly you deploy your binoculars to get a better look.Much
to your surprise the slow goat turns out to be something other than a goat. It
appears to be a goat-man creature or a person in a goat suit of some sort. The
goatman is crawling on his hands and knees trailing the herd. He looks back
toward you and spots you looking back at him. Suddenly the goatman freezes,
staring back at you. Your spine tingles as the goat-like creature continues to
gaze back at you.That is a synopsis of the story of the discovery of the Utah
goatman, which turned out to be nothing more (or less) than a man who dressed
up as a goat and ran around with a herd of goats to prepare for a future goat
hunting trip. While the Utah goatman mystery has been solved there remains
another similar mystery: the goatman of Maryland.In 1957, in Prince George's
County, Md., an eyewitness reported seeing a hairy, horned monster that
resembled a half-man, half-animal creature and the legend of the Maryland
Goatman was born.
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