GOATMAN LOCH NESS MONSTER

This urban legend started when a man in Denton County, Texas became known as a dependable and honest businessman who sold goats to the locals. So, North Texans started to call him the Goatman. The farmer put a sign on a bridge that read, “This way to the Goatman’s.” Local Klansmen didn’t like this because of the man’s color and turned to violence. They kidnapped the farmer and made a noose on Old Alton Bridge where they hung him. When they looked down to check that he had died, he was gone. The legend is that if you go on that bridge with no headlights on, the Goatman will appear and drag you into the forest.

Loch Ness is a lake in Scotland that has been rumored to have a prehistoric monster lurking in its waters. This Loch Ness Monster is one of the oldest mythological beasts still known and talked about today, dating as far back as the 16th-century book called Life of St. Columbia. It talks about a creature from the depths of the lake with a long neck and a body like a whale which they called Nessie. Fast forward to 1871, when there was the first sighting of a creature with a long neck emerging from the water, only to go back down. This time it was referred to as the Loch Ness Monster.

Fast forward again to 1934, and the first ever photograph of the beast was taken and nicknamed the “surgeon’s photo.” This photo appears to show the long neck and small head of a creature swimming along with its body hidden just under the water. After this photo, more and more photos and videos were taken of this supposed lake monster, growing the legend more and more. Then finally in 2018, scientists did a sonar test to scan for any large creature, but it revealed there was nothing. While this was a sad day for anyone who hoped this creature was real, the myth is still popular even in modern times.

Words Jacob Goodman

Design Sophia Dacy

Graphic Jacob Goodman