Goatman

The Goatman is a demon that haunts the Old Alton Bridge.

Origin
The most well known origin story of the Goatman details that he was once an African-american goat farmer named Oscar Washburn, living in the 1930s. He put up a sign on Old Alton Bridge that read "This way to the Goatman" so that people would know where to find his buisiness, but it eventually drew the attention of the Klu Klux Clan, who lynched him from the side of the bridge. There was no body at the end of the noose when they returned.

While Washburn and the events surrounding him may actually have come to pass, none of them apply to the real Goatman, who calls himself Steve. During an exclusive interview with John Green, Steve explained that he was on of nine students from the University of North Texas that worked on the 1935 Mural.