Entries by J. Nathan Couch

A Strange Hike Near Hartford, Wisconsin

November 21, 2015 /0 Comments/in /by

Last Sunday I was hiking the Ice Age Trail near Hartford, when I found these peculiar marks on a tree limb. This area has a history of strange creature sightings ranging from Goatman, Bigfoot, and canine/bruin hybrids. The second photograph shows how high in the tree the markings are. There were no other strange markings […]

The Next Book

November 21, 2015 /0 Comments/in /by

I write books about monsters. I lead walking tours past, and occasionally into, locations said to be haunted. If someone calls me or the rest of the Paranormal Investigation and Research Society (PIRS), claiming a malevolent shadow person terrorizes the hallways of their home, I grab my gear and charge half-cocked into an unfamiliar and potentially […]

An Encounter with a Ghostly Hookman

November 11, 2015 /0 Comments/in /by

In my latest book Goatman: Flesh or Folklore? I make note of a peculiar link between American Goatman legends, and the Hookman urban legend. In most areas where high school students tell stories of the legendary half-man, half-goat creature, a different clique of students will often claim the area is haunted by a crazed killer […]

Goatman Hoof-Print Caught on Camera?

November 9, 2015 /0 Comments/in /by

While writing Goatman: Flesh or Folklore? I quickly learned physical evidence of these strange, hoofed bipedal creatures is almost non-existent. No alleged hair samples, scat, or footprints of the animals have been collected, that I’m aware, unlike other anomalous creatures like Bigfoot. Because of this–and their strange ability to occasionally disappear in a blinding flash–I’ve […]