LOCATION FILE
The Goatman of Prince George's County
FOLLOWBowie, MD
DIRECTIONS →OVERVIEW
An urban legend of a goat-human hybrid said to haunt the woods around Bowie and Fletchertown Road, popularized after October 1971 articles in the Prince George's County News and a follow-up in the Washington Post. One origin tale links it to a scientist at the nearby Beltsville Agricultural Research Center.
REPORTED ACTIVITY
The legend spread from University of Maryland folklore archives into local newspapers; reported "sightings" and blamed animal deaths kept it alive as a regional campfire story.
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A folklore legend of the Bowie area; no single visitor site.
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