| A teenager acting on a dare is attempting to cross the | | | | voice of a loved one asking for help on the train trestle |
| Norfolk Southern Railway trestle over Pope Lick | | | | at night. Drawn to the voice and focused on helping |
| Creek, in the Fisherville area of Louisville, Kentucky. | | | | the loved one, the victim will not notice the approaching |
| Looking down from the dizzying 100 foot trestle he | | | | train and would either be run down or plunge the 100 |
| would see the burbling water of the Pope Lick Creek. | | | | foot height to his death. The monster has also been |
| On a warm sunny day, the trestle would seem so | | | | known to attack a victim using a blood stained rusty |
| harmless...so quiet...so guiltless of the death of many | | | | axe. However, the monster prefers to harass its |
| people. Because the Jefferson County is hilly and | | | | victims by pelting them with stones and making |
| wooded, the acoustic of the area makes it hard to | | | | disturbing noises. It derives sadistic pleasures in |
| hear an oncoming train. You will only see the train | | | | terrorizing people who have the misfortune of coming |
| when it is already on top of the trestle. The trestle has | | | | to his domain. The origin of the pope lick monster was |
| no walkways and ledges. It would take about 10 | | | | never verified. It was said that the monster was the |
| minutes for a train to pass the trestle. Add to that the | | | | outcome of the perverted bond between a farmer |
| vibration of the speeding train. It would be impossible to | | | | and a goat. Others would say that the monster was a |
| hold on from the railroad ties. A person trapped on the | | | | circus freak out to wreak vengeance to the people |
| railway would either be rundown by the train or face | | | | who have been cruel to him. There is a website that |
| his death by jumping over the trestle. What does this | | | | describes the Pope Lick Monster and numerous other |
| bit of info about a train trestle have to do with the | | | | creatures of Cryptozoology in detail, this website is |
| Pope Lick Monster, the creature has used this area to | | | | called: Unknown Creatures and it may be found at this |
| lure people to their death. Sightings of the Pope Lick | | | | url: You may publish this article in your ezine, newsletter |
| monster began in late 1940s and early 1950s. It was | | | | or on your web site as long as it is reprinted in its |
| said that a half man half Capra Aegagrus Hircusgoat | | | | entirety and without modification except for formatting |
| (a goat) haunts the trestle. The human goat hybrid | | | | needs or grammar corrections. |
| was seen to have a grotesquely deformed body of a | | | | Robert W. Benjamin has been in the software |
| man, have powerful fur covered goat legs, an | | | | business on the internet for over 8 years, and has |
| alabaster skinned face with an aquiline nose and wide | | | | been producing low-cost software for the past 25+ |
| set eyes. Short, sharp horns protrude from the | | | | years. He first released software on the AMIGA and |
| forehead and nestled by long greasy hair that | | | | C64 computer systems in the late 1970's-80's. Robert |
| matched the color of the fur on the legs. The pope lick | | | | has written many articles pertaining to numerous |
| monster lures his victims by using hypnosis. He is also | | | | subjects, and he has also developed over 6 different |
| known to mimic voices. The victim would hear the | | | | websites. |