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