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Cryptids and UFOs in Kentucky
Kelly-Hopkinsville Goblins, Pope Lick Monster: the creatures, UFO files and strange history of Kentucky, all in one place.
- 2 creatures with famous cases
- 105 Air Force UFO files
- 7 old newspaper reports
- 2 places to visit
Creatures reported in Kentucky
Kelly-Hopkinsville Goblinsaka Little green men, Kelly Little Green MenThe night a Kentucky farmhouse was besieged by small, glowing creatures.
Pope Lick Monsteraka Goat Man of Pope Lick, Pope Lick GoatmanA goat-legged figure said to lure people onto a deadly railroad trestle in Louisville.Famous cases
- 1955Sutton farmhouse siege
Kelly-Hopkinsville Goblins · Kelly, Kentucky - 1988Short film The Legend of the Pope Lick Monster
Pope Lick Monster · Louisville, Kentucky
UFO files
- 105 US Air Force Project Blue Book files from Kentucky, 1947 to 1969
- 4 FAA pilot reports of lights and objects over Kentucky, 2007 to 2024
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Encounters and mysteries
From the old newspapers
Strange creatures, sea serpents and mystery airships reported in Kentucky papers before 1927.
- 1869Cries from the Hurricane near Uniontown
Uniontown - 1869A seven-foot bird screams in the treetops
Stanford - 1890An unknown night beast at White Sulphur
White Sulphur - 1892A 'gorilla' prowls Brownsville from the caves
Brownsville - 1892A hairy giant throws rocks in Lewis County
Vanceburg - 1901A 'wild woman' leaps onto a farmer's horse
Middlesboro - 1907A cone of light that drifted around a farmhouse
Glendeane
All 7 newspaper reports from Kentucky
Places to visit
- Kelly Little Green Men DaysKellyThe tiny town of Kelly marks the August 1955 night a farm family said small glowing creatures besieged their house, with rides, music and alien souvenirs.
- Out the Top Adventures Bigfoot HuntCamptonA night ride in a side-by-side to a scouted spot in the Red River Gorge area, then a guided deep-woods Bigfoot hunt.
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