Goatman's Bridge

November 15th 1967: police discover an abandoned car beside Old Alton Bridge, five miles south of Denton, Texas. A rash of mysterious disappearances are becoming alarmingly routine on a chilling stretch of road that is known by locals as "the Goatman's bridge."

Constructed in 1884, the bridge connected Lewisville to Alton. The turn of the century brought a black goat farmer and his family to a residence just North of the bridge, and a few short years later, Oscar Washburn was known as a dependable, honest businessman. North Texans endearingly began to call him the Goatman. But the success of a black man was still unwelcome, and Klansmen in the local government turned to violence after he displayed a sign on Alton Bridge: "this way to the Goatman's"

One night in August 1938, with their headlights off, Klansmen crossed the bridge, dragged the Goatman from his family, and lynched him over the side. Peering over into the water, his murderers saw a rope, but not his body. In a panic, the Klansman returned to the Washburn residence, and killed his family in cold blood.

Since the disappearance of the Goatman there have been many strange sightings on and near Old Alton Bridge. Some say his spirit still haunts these woods. Locals tell the story and follow it with a warning: those who cross the bridge with no headlights will be met on the other side by the Goatman.

After numerous abandoned automobiles and missing persons, a new bridge was constructed directly downstream. But Old Alton Bridge, the Goatman's Bridge, remains still open to foot traffic. It is under surveillance by the Paranormal Investigators of North Texas and the Denton County Paranormal Investigators.

Oscar Washburn was never seen again and has been presumed dead since his attempted murder.

http://www.asup-inc.org/oldaltonbridgecase.htm

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[SilkOlive]

Hexes don't work on me.

[freakykevlar]

maybe it was manbearpig

[hunterisbeast4]

@PachirisuTV Cool

[PachirisuTV]

@hunterisbeast4 I live by there

[underpantsGnomes96]

damm kkk leave dat black man alone

[78925super]

I just passed it

[cjs1916]

I live near here

[hunterisbeast4]

No the real goatman is in Maryland and they call his bridge cry baby bridge

[MrWildfire92]

yeaaaah i went there, bridge was starting to fall apart and i saw no such black man

[malko7760]

i live like 5 miles away from this bridge..i remeber driving over it as a little kid to get to denton..

[queentab25]

That's what the kkk get for messing with good people hell is waiting for you all that are racist