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The Secrets of Goatman's Bridge: True Tales of Chilling Paranormal Encounters at One of the Most Haunted Bridges in America
True tales of a haunted bridge drenched in a history of murder and violence. With its rich history of a small town unable to survive, to the violent murders that have taken place, the sightings of apparitions, ghosts, and frequent reports of strange sounds, make this bridge a hotbed of paranormal activity. Many believe the evil that lurks in the surrounding forest has been summoned by satanic rituals. And there is no shortage of documented reports of physical attacks. These include, scratches, touching, and even violent levitations. The legends and mysteries of Goatman's Bridge (including the infamous story of a goatman roaming the forest in search of those who killed his family) and the reports of abandoned cars and missing persons make this place one of the most sought-after locations for those in the paranormal field. There are many spirits calling this place home, but not all are welcoming. So, grab your gear, and proceed with caution to one of the Most Haunted Bridges in America for a true paranormal experience.
156 pages, Paperback
Published December 12, 2018
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February 11, 2025
Rating: 4.75/5
The Secrets of Goatman’s Bridge by Becky Vickers goes on a journey through the paranormal history of Old Alton Bridge (Goatman’s Bridge). I don’t personally believe in the paranormal, but my intrigue for the Goatman legend from Buzzfeed Unsolved's video on the bridge -a YouTube favorite of mine- left me wanting to know more. Vickers delivers a deep dive into the background of the bridge, presenting a mix of facts and folklore in a way that kept me engaged, even as a skeptic. While the book does present itself with some notable flaws, I felt they didn’t take away from the enjoyment that I got from it.
I liked how well Vickers excelled in presenting an extensive array of historical facts surrounding the bridge and its eerie reputation. From the diverse paranormal activity to the deaths that have occurred nearby, we’re given a comprehensive look at the bridge’s dark history. This book hit a home run with me by providing historical research I was looking for, as well as a fresh perspective on the legends that surround it. While the subject matter alone was enough to sustain my interest, it’s clear that Vickers' research would capture anyone’s attention. Vickers also goes down the road of outrageous paranormal claims that a skeptic like myself just could not take seriously. Those bold claims unintentionally made it more enjoyable for me though, as it was a spark of comedy.
However, the book is not without its flaws. The writing itself could certainly use some refinement. Vickers is clearly not a seasoned author, and as a result, the piece is delivered with awkward sentence structure, grammatical errors, and poor cohesion. Some paragraphs even left me wondering if the book had undergone thorough editing. he wealth of information of the subject matter, however, made these shortcomings relatively easy to overlook. I also dislike how a few of the so-called “facts” were presented. Vickers provides anecdotes that are interesting at face value, but are just unverified assumptions that she’s convinced herself are true. This makes it difficult to trust anything the book offers. This could definitely deter readers that are not entering the book with a bias towards the topic like myself.
The Secrets of Goatman’s Bridge by Becky Vickers goes on a journey through the paranormal history of Old Alton Bridge (Goatman’s Bridge). I don’t personally believe in the paranormal, but my intrigue for the Goatman legend from Buzzfeed Unsolved's video on the bridge -a YouTube favorite of mine- left me wanting to know more. Vickers delivers a deep dive into the background of the bridge, presenting a mix of facts and folklore in a way that kept me engaged, even as a skeptic. While the book does present itself with some notable flaws, I felt they didn’t take away from the enjoyment that I got from it.
I liked how well Vickers excelled in presenting an extensive array of historical facts surrounding the bridge and its eerie reputation. From the diverse paranormal activity to the deaths that have occurred nearby, we’re given a comprehensive look at the bridge’s dark history. This book hit a home run with me by providing historical research I was looking for, as well as a fresh perspective on the legends that surround it. While the subject matter alone was enough to sustain my interest, it’s clear that Vickers' research would capture anyone’s attention. Vickers also goes down the road of outrageous paranormal claims that a skeptic like myself just could not take seriously. Those bold claims unintentionally made it more enjoyable for me though, as it was a spark of comedy.
However, the book is not without its flaws. The writing itself could certainly use some refinement. Vickers is clearly not a seasoned author, and as a result, the piece is delivered with awkward sentence structure, grammatical errors, and poor cohesion. Some paragraphs even left me wondering if the book had undergone thorough editing. he wealth of information of the subject matter, however, made these shortcomings relatively easy to overlook. I also dislike how a few of the so-called “facts” were presented. Vickers provides anecdotes that are interesting at face value, but are just unverified assumptions that she’s convinced herself are true. This makes it difficult to trust anything the book offers. This could definitely deter readers that are not entering the book with a bias towards the topic like myself.
October 5, 2022
This book is about the infamous legend of Goatman's Bridge A.K.A (Old Alton Bridge) in Denton, Texas in America.
The bridge & forest is haunted, Satanists summon demons, for a evil purpose.
Occultists & Satanists doing Satanic rituals, practicing black magick, sacrificing animals, as a offerings for demons.
It's believed to be the cause for the presence of the Satyr, demonic entity/being people have encountered on the bridge or in the forest near the Old Alton Bridge.
The Goatman is a Satyr (half-man, half-goat) demonic entity, various people have encountered/seen the Goatman, including the author.
There's speculation about if Oscar Washburn was a real African-American person that was lynched by the KKK klansmen.
The Ghost Adventures episode about the Goatman's Bridge, they captured a creepy entity on camera, creepy glowing eyes are seen in the darkness, near where there's a portal.
A entity punched the wife of one of the Ghost Adventures crew members in the face, it was influencing her emotionally/influencing her & making her feel
angry/influencing/controlling/possessing her & making her want to be violent.
Whatever you believe about the Goatman's Bridge, forest, people are going out into the forest late at night to summon demons, entities, elementals, making a offering, sacrifice or altar to them for a evil purpose.
Be careful going to places associated with demons, Occultists, Satanists, black magick practitioners, have unknown intentions.
Don't interfere with people's beliefs, spiritual/occult practices, mock/judge/shame them for it because you don't understand, follow or resonate with their spiritual path, it's not for everyone for various reasons.
A ley line that exists & runs through the Goatman's Bridge & forest.
A ley line is a natural source of energy/power in the earth, various ley lines exist in the world.
The author & people at Goatman's Bridge during a ghost tour genuinely saw & encountered the Satyr Goatman, demonic entity/being.
It's protective of the bridge, land, forest, it's a being/entity of nature & associated with the Greek God Dionysus or the God Pan.
Elementals are spirits/beings/entities of nature, aren't human, can be demonic, but they're guardians/protectors of nature itself.
Bigfoot is a elemental, & protects forests, woods, nature.
Elementals can be summoned with witchcraft, anyone that's summoned a elemental.
Elementals can be destructive, harmful, since it was summoned for a evil purpose, whoever summoned the elemental doesn't have good intentions towards humanity .
Wiccans obey the "Three-Fold Law" what you send out will return to you x3 (Positive or negative energy, intention, will, sent out into the universe will be returned to you)
The author described different types of witchcraft people practice.
People don't understand witchcraft represents Gaia (mother nature) the elements (earth, air, fire, water, spirit or it's sometimes known as ether) & cycles of nature
(birth, death, rebirth, renewal) So all the Sabbats, Equinoxes, Solstices', Celebrations are related to the elements & cycles of nature.
It's creepy some people have been attacked during the Goatman's Bridge ghost tours.
I don't think provoking the spirit named "Steve" is a good idea, especially due to their hatred, indifference/intolerance towards women.
I believe the spirit "Steve" or the Goatman attacked Ashley, she saw the glowing eyes of a entity when she went into the woods alone & challenged/provoked the Goatman/the spirit named Steve.
The creepy sighting of the entity the Ghost Adventures team caught on camera is the Goatman & the portal is near where the glowing eyes were seen.
It's otherworldly, a entity, a demonic Satyr being/entity, it's not human.
Spiritual & demonic attachments can be gradual, over time & can lead to possession.
Possession can be temporary, partial possession or full-blown possession, a spirit, entity or demon can possess a person, animal, inanimate object.
They attach themselves to your aura/energy & drain your energy, influence you which can lead to possession & it's why it follows you home, why it's attached to you/why you are haunted not your house being haunted.
They like your aura/energy, sensitivity to their energy/presence/influence of their energy.
Spirits, entities, demons feel drawn to people due to their energy, psychic awareness, psychic abilities, sensitivity to different types of energy.
The chapters about Satanic worship, people practicing black magick, Satanic witchcraft, sacrificing animals, making altars, summoning demons, offering their blood/animal blood as a offering/blood sacrifice, to demons & elementals is really interesting.
People should be careful to not always assume that the spirit of a child is a actual child's spirit, because demons can/will appear as something familiar to deceive you & lure you into a false sense of security.
The sightings of people in hooded robes, during the Ghost Adventures crew paranormal investigation, or throughout the forest near the Goatman's bridge, unexplained photographs of unknown beings/entities are really creepy.
The author is sensitive to energy, had visions, spirits have showed her in her mind while communicating with spirits, or being in the forest during the Goatman's Bridge ghost tours.
The author has the potential to be a medium. She is sensitive to different types of energy, respectful of spirits, entities, demons, evil spirits, elementals/Native American spirits at the Goatman's Bridge/the forest.
There are ancient spirits of the land, that protect the forest, including Bigfoot, they are guardians/protectors of the Goatman's Bridge, forest & the land.
The Goatman Satyr demonic entity/being is real, here are spirits, evil spirits, demons, entities, elementals, Native American spirits, Bigfoot are there in the Forest & on Goatman's Bridge.
Unknown intentions of the Occultists & Satanists, witches that go to the Goatman's Bridge & forest to perform rituals, summoning demons, elementals & offering/animal/blood sacrifice to summon & invite in evil, to open a portal to summon/invite in evil is creepy.
This was a fun, interesting & creepy book to read, I wasn't disappointed.
I've seen the Ghost Adventures episode about the Goatman's Bridge, the bridge the forest, definitely has a creepy, otherworldly vibe/energy about it, there is a portal or vortex there.
The Goatman's Bridge definitely has a similar vibe to the Aokigahara forest (also known as the suicide forest) in Japan, something is luring people to either location, it's influencing people, to commit suicide, or to engage in the occult, to sacrifice animals, people, to commit horrific crimes.
People historically left their elderly relatives in the forest, they couldn't afford to look after them, so they abandoned in the Aokigahara forest to fend for themselves, they died there.
Something similar is happening at the Aokigahara forest in Japan, Yokai (Japanese Ogre/Demons) & Yurei (Japanese human spirits) are luring people to the forest, influencing people to act on their self-destructive impulse/compulsion to harm themselves or commit suicide.
The same thing is happening at the Goatman's Bridge, it would explain why some people have gone to the Goatman's Bridge & inexplicably committed suicide.
The bridge & forest is haunted, Satanists summon demons, for a evil purpose.
Occultists & Satanists doing Satanic rituals, practicing black magick, sacrificing animals, as a offerings for demons.
It's believed to be the cause for the presence of the Satyr, demonic entity/being people have encountered on the bridge or in the forest near the Old Alton Bridge.
The Goatman is a Satyr (half-man, half-goat) demonic entity, various people have encountered/seen the Goatman, including the author.
There's speculation about if Oscar Washburn was a real African-American person that was lynched by the KKK klansmen.
The Ghost Adventures episode about the Goatman's Bridge, they captured a creepy entity on camera, creepy glowing eyes are seen in the darkness, near where there's a portal.
A entity punched the wife of one of the Ghost Adventures crew members in the face, it was influencing her emotionally/influencing her & making her feel
angry/influencing/controlling/possessing her & making her want to be violent.
Whatever you believe about the Goatman's Bridge, forest, people are going out into the forest late at night to summon demons, entities, elementals, making a offering, sacrifice or altar to them for a evil purpose.
Be careful going to places associated with demons, Occultists, Satanists, black magick practitioners, have unknown intentions.
Don't interfere with people's beliefs, spiritual/occult practices, mock/judge/shame them for it because you don't understand, follow or resonate with their spiritual path, it's not for everyone for various reasons.
A ley line that exists & runs through the Goatman's Bridge & forest.
A ley line is a natural source of energy/power in the earth, various ley lines exist in the world.
The author & people at Goatman's Bridge during a ghost tour genuinely saw & encountered the Satyr Goatman, demonic entity/being.
It's protective of the bridge, land, forest, it's a being/entity of nature & associated with the Greek God Dionysus or the God Pan.
Elementals are spirits/beings/entities of nature, aren't human, can be demonic, but they're guardians/protectors of nature itself.
Bigfoot is a elemental, & protects forests, woods, nature.
Elementals can be summoned with witchcraft, anyone that's summoned a elemental.
Elementals can be destructive, harmful, since it was summoned for a evil purpose, whoever summoned the elemental doesn't have good intentions towards humanity .
Wiccans obey the "Three-Fold Law" what you send out will return to you x3 (Positive or negative energy, intention, will, sent out into the universe will be returned to you)
The author described different types of witchcraft people practice.
People don't understand witchcraft represents Gaia (mother nature) the elements (earth, air, fire, water, spirit or it's sometimes known as ether) & cycles of nature
(birth, death, rebirth, renewal) So all the Sabbats, Equinoxes, Solstices', Celebrations are related to the elements & cycles of nature.
It's creepy some people have been attacked during the Goatman's Bridge ghost tours.
I don't think provoking the spirit named "Steve" is a good idea, especially due to their hatred, indifference/intolerance towards women.
I believe the spirit "Steve" or the Goatman attacked Ashley, she saw the glowing eyes of a entity when she went into the woods alone & challenged/provoked the Goatman/the spirit named Steve.
The creepy sighting of the entity the Ghost Adventures team caught on camera is the Goatman & the portal is near where the glowing eyes were seen.
It's otherworldly, a entity, a demonic Satyr being/entity, it's not human.
Spiritual & demonic attachments can be gradual, over time & can lead to possession.
Possession can be temporary, partial possession or full-blown possession, a spirit, entity or demon can possess a person, animal, inanimate object.
They attach themselves to your aura/energy & drain your energy, influence you which can lead to possession & it's why it follows you home, why it's attached to you/why you are haunted not your house being haunted.
They like your aura/energy, sensitivity to their energy/presence/influence of their energy.
Spirits, entities, demons feel drawn to people due to their energy, psychic awareness, psychic abilities, sensitivity to different types of energy.
The chapters about Satanic worship, people practicing black magick, Satanic witchcraft, sacrificing animals, making altars, summoning demons, offering their blood/animal blood as a offering/blood sacrifice, to demons & elementals is really interesting.
People should be careful to not always assume that the spirit of a child is a actual child's spirit, because demons can/will appear as something familiar to deceive you & lure you into a false sense of security.
The sightings of people in hooded robes, during the Ghost Adventures crew paranormal investigation, or throughout the forest near the Goatman's bridge, unexplained photographs of unknown beings/entities are really creepy.
The author is sensitive to energy, had visions, spirits have showed her in her mind while communicating with spirits, or being in the forest during the Goatman's Bridge ghost tours.
The author has the potential to be a medium. She is sensitive to different types of energy, respectful of spirits, entities, demons, evil spirits, elementals/Native American spirits at the Goatman's Bridge/the forest.
There are ancient spirits of the land, that protect the forest, including Bigfoot, they are guardians/protectors of the Goatman's Bridge, forest & the land.
The Goatman Satyr demonic entity/being is real, here are spirits, evil spirits, demons, entities, elementals, Native American spirits, Bigfoot are there in the Forest & on Goatman's Bridge.
Unknown intentions of the Occultists & Satanists, witches that go to the Goatman's Bridge & forest to perform rituals, summoning demons, elementals & offering/animal/blood sacrifice to summon & invite in evil, to open a portal to summon/invite in evil is creepy.
This was a fun, interesting & creepy book to read, I wasn't disappointed.
I've seen the Ghost Adventures episode about the Goatman's Bridge, the bridge the forest, definitely has a creepy, otherworldly vibe/energy about it, there is a portal or vortex there.
The Goatman's Bridge definitely has a similar vibe to the Aokigahara forest (also known as the suicide forest) in Japan, something is luring people to either location, it's influencing people, to commit suicide, or to engage in the occult, to sacrifice animals, people, to commit horrific crimes.
People historically left their elderly relatives in the forest, they couldn't afford to look after them, so they abandoned in the Aokigahara forest to fend for themselves, they died there.
Something similar is happening at the Aokigahara forest in Japan, Yokai (Japanese Ogre/Demons) & Yurei (Japanese human spirits) are luring people to the forest, influencing people to act on their self-destructive impulse/compulsion to harm themselves or commit suicide.
The same thing is happening at the Goatman's Bridge, it would explain why some people have gone to the Goatman's Bridge & inexplicably committed suicide.
May 8, 2021
True Chilling Stogies
This was a fascinating book about the Goatman's Bridge. The author is a well respected paranormal researcher. She infuses this book with a loving touch. We learn the history of the area, what life was like there and some of the pioneer families. We visit the bridge and learn about the various hauntings, suicides, paranormal occurrences that have happened there. She also notes the darker and more dangerous aspects of the area. Evil spirits, venomous snakes, and occult rituals are known to frequent the area. If you do plan to visit, heed her warnings. This can be a very dangerous place.
This was a fascinating book about the Goatman's Bridge. The author is a well respected paranormal researcher. She infuses this book with a loving touch. We learn the history of the area, what life was like there and some of the pioneer families. We visit the bridge and learn about the various hauntings, suicides, paranormal occurrences that have happened there. She also notes the darker and more dangerous aspects of the area. Evil spirits, venomous snakes, and occult rituals are known to frequent the area. If you do plan to visit, heed her warnings. This can be a very dangerous place.
January 3, 2024
I really enjoyed the concepts that were in this book. I’m such a big fan of paranormal books, and I loved reading about a place I have previously researched. My only complaint is the organization of the book. I wish there would’ve been a different structure that flowed better. Some parts felt clunky and like I had to keep refocusing on what was happening. Overall a good collection of things seen/heard at Goatman’s Bridge!
June 26, 2022
I really like the book I do wish I read the book before I went to the goatman's bridge now it was in the daytime when I went and I got some good EVPs I would like to try to go see it when it's dark but not too dark but your book I really do have to say it was very good good information thank you
March 19, 2023
I thought this book was a disorganized mess riddled with grammatical errors.
December 4, 2023
DNF at 34%. Did not dig it.
April 24, 2024
Amazing book & descriptions!
I loved reading this book and might possibly go to this bridge, in the future, of course. I have watched a YouTube video filmed by Sam & Colby, and they caught true, undeniable, evidence of demons and spirits. Personally, the book was great and had great advice for people who might go to the Goatman’s Bridge, and the stories were amazing!
I loved reading this book and might possibly go to this bridge, in the future, of course. I have watched a YouTube video filmed by Sam & Colby, and they caught true, undeniable, evidence of demons and spirits. Personally, the book was great and had great advice for people who might go to the Goatman’s Bridge, and the stories were amazing!
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