THE IOWA GOATMAN
Location: Near Norway, Iowa - mid-December 2002 - night
The witness was on his way home late one night after work. He almost always walked the train tracks because they were a straight shot towards the house. These train tracks ran past a cemetery which was alleged to be haunted...an old settler cemetery. It’s already dark and has been so for a few hours. There was no moon that night.
As he walks near the cemetery, he starts hearing muffled footsteps behind him but doesn’t think much of it. Plenty of other guys walk home this way as well. So he keeps going and the footsteps get louder and louder. About midway past the cemetery he’s gets nervous and the steps are getting closer so he turns to look behind him. According to the witness he saw a “goatman” or “the devil himself”.
He describes this 'thing' as a man who basically had goat hooves and horns along the lines of the mythical 'Pan'. And this thing was heading straight for him. Reportedly all the snow around this creature was instantly melting as it walked through. The witness runs screaming like a banshee. He hears the clopping of the beast's footsteps behind him speed up to catch him as he’s running. Finally he gets past the graveyard and sees the thing stop right at the edge of the cemetery. He continues running, stops to look back and the beast just vanishes.
One of his older co-workers confided with the witness that there was a tale about a 'goatman' many years ago. It was supposedly a Polish immigrant who disappeared one night but returned as the creature several years later. There had been UFO and strange being reports around the same time the man had vanished.
Source: Witness account
NOTE: this anecdote was forwarded to me several years ago. I could not verify the story of the 'goatman' though there were a few UFO sightings and at least one reported abduction in the early 1990's...Lon
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STRANGE CREATURE IN NEW JERSEY
Location: Wharton State Forest, New Jersey - mid-December 1993 - night
A park ranger, John Irwin, was traveling through a deserted road within the forest and had reached a spot where the Mullica river was next to the road. As he looked ahead his headlights shone on a large dark figure that was emerging from the woods and moving into the roadway. As he got closer the figure stood in front of the car blocking the roadway. Irwin had to stop his car in order to avoid hitting the creature. The creature was described as being over six-foot tall and covered with black fur that looked wet and matted, it appeared not to have any forelegs but had a pair of huge powerful hind legs. The creature glanced through the windshield of the car revealing two piercing red eyes, it stood a few minutes then turned and continued across the road, walking upright like a human in a peculiar robot-like fashion.
Source: Fortean Times
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TWO SHORT OLD PEOPLE
Location: East Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - November 17, 1996 - 7:30am
At the same time that the area had suffered a blackout, the main witness was leaving the Skytrain Station when she noticed a large black square shaped object moving low over nearby Slocan Park. Arriving at her daughter's residence she heard a "whoo" type sound outside. The two women investigated and saw a tennis ball size blue light maneuvering over the area. At one point it dropped close to the ground near the trees. The witnesses felt a warm sensation during the sighting. Later the main witness felt compelled to go to the nearby park and found some strange marks on the ground. Upon leaving the park she saw two short old "people" wearing jeans with rolled cuffs. They had pointy ears, glassy eyes and were smiling as they stared at the witness. Apparently she then received a telepathic message related to her sighting, when she turned around to look at them the strange pair had disappeared.
Source: UFO BC
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THE TALL URBAN ALIEN
Location: Elizabeth, New Jersey - December 28, 2003 - night
Enrique Rodriguez and a group of friends were outdoors in their hometown located just across Newark Bay from the New York City borough of Staten Island when they spotted something very strange. "An alien ran to the left behind some trees and disappeared", Enrique reported. He described the entity as a tall grayish figure with long, large black-brownish eyes, long arms and fingers. It had no mouth, either, just the eyes. Rodriguez was at his friend's backyard when he saw it. The others became frightened and ran, but he just stood there looking and the creature was looking back at him until it disappeared from sight. Enrique said the entity had gray colored skin resembling that of a dinosaur, very shiny and was 6 to 8 ft tall. He called the police who scoffed at him but did check the yards. Apparently nothing was found.
Source: UFO Roundup
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THE OILY MAN?
Location: Pahang, Malaysia - June 2008 - night
This happened about 3 yrs ago. I was in Pahang at that time, celebrating my sister’s wedding. All my family, relatives were present to celebrate this occasion. The band played traditional songs and kompangs, though it’s still a blast.
During the wedding night, when the ceremony or “sanding” was over, there was still some singing and feasting. It was held at a grass field not far from the bridegroom’s house. It was then when my mum told me to accompany one of my aunts, to the toilet. I had always admired this aunt, only 25 at the time, so tall and pretty. I had noticed almost all the guys (including the bridegroom, and me) feast their eyes on her. So obviously I was happy to accompany her. You know, in kampungs, the toilet is always at the back of the house, and it’s real scary at night. While my aunt was doing her “business”, I secretly started to smoke, looking at the surroundings. It is quite far from the crowd, but I can still hear the faint sound of music. It was very peaceful here, until I heard my aunt scream from the toilet. I thought she saw me smoking, and I threw the butt immediately, cursing myself.
She then ran out of the toilet, her baju kurung rolled up to the waist. What I saw behind the toilet wasn’t a beauty though. It looks like a man, but his whole body was black and shiny. It seems his whole body was covered in oil. It darted away in an strange manner among the bushes, and in a split second, was out of sight. Before it ran out of view, though, I noticed it’s face, which I will never forget. It had red eyes, and they were staring at me, just before it took off. This thing certainly wasn’t human, as no human moves like that. It reminded me of a spider, but with two legs.
My aunt ran to me, catching her breath. I myself was scared, but still I consoled her. We then went back to the crowd, and I told my mother about it. She too was shocked, but one of the ladies on the bridegroom side who overhead the conversation, said it was an Orang Minyak, the 'oily man'.
The Orang Minyak is a ghost story and this was no ghost....
Source: Witness statement
