A scientist named Sid Zayne who worked at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center. His job detail focused mainly on research into the local live stock and how their production would generate better revenue for the town. He was a liked guy around the research center , the first to be invited to staff nights out and the one whom trainee scientists are partnered with for their training.
He had a room down in the basement which was for his presence only. His "Special Lab" as he would call it and where he done his best work, away from any distractions. As much as he was liked and respected around the workplace it was a different story completely from the people of the town that worked in the farming industry. They claim that Sid is exposing the live stock for his own popularity and has his own income at heart more than that the lives of the animals he works with. They also say that he uses the animals to experiment on and has killed a lot of them in doing so but that is swept under the rug and hidden from the townspeople.
In January 1971 Sid vanished completely from the town. Those who know what happened keep it a secret and for those that do not know were just told that he took off one day without warning or any explanation. The hidden reality is that one night while Sid was down in his favorite lab , five farming men got together and broke in. They attacked Sid while he was working on a goat. Pushing and punching him until he fell over, then kicking him like he was a football. As he lay there perilously the men stood him up and held him in position before one went over to the lifeless goat who had one of its horns hanging off and put it out of its misery. One then proceeded to take off the defunct horn and slash Mr. Zayne's throat, leaving him gargling on his own blood on the floor.
The next month on the same day it was reported that a local farmer was murdered by an axe to the back of their head, along with some cattle at that persons farm. A month later and for the next six the same Modus Operandi applied; always a farmer and some of their stock was slaughtered. No one had any answers to what was doing the killing, there wasn't any leads and the only evidence was that they knew an axe was used and there was always strange looking hoof prints at the crime.
It wasn't until the ninth month of the year where some sort of light was shone on these gruesome murders. A lady out walking her dog one night noticed that her dog was acting a bit strange, barking loud and uncontrollably while dragging her against her will on the leash. She was led up a small but steep hill and through thorny bushes , but what she seen she would never forget. Standing up ahead was a tall figure that had horns on top of its head and furry legs with hooves at the end. She screamed with shock before the horned figure disappeared into the woods. Upon ringing the police she found out that there was a murder at this property.
The woman had told people of the town that there was a horned man like beast walking the woods of Beltsville. Some ignored her claims while others believed her. Those that did believe her started up a hunt for the month that followed. They each went out with weapons of their choice; knives, guns, pitchforks etc.. , spreading out to every farm in the area.
On one farmland the towns hunters could hear something in the dead of night; the rustling of trees nearby that got louder and louder until out from it formed a shadow. The shadow started at the horns and grew taller until the men were faced with this beastly goat-like fiend that was wielding an axe. They shot at it before it turned and ran back where it came from. They then chased it into the dark shouting "Beast" as they ran waving their carved out weaponry in the air. Using their flashlights they could trace the large tracks that were left behind. It ran into a lair under a mountain of grass and muck where the men gathered.
After trying to scare the beast out, they decided to burn it out.Setting the mount on flames they waited for sight of the creature to exit and exit it did. Out through the flames stood the goat figure who was up in flames and let out a terrifying roar before being shot and prodded at multiple times. It fell to the ground and the men celebrated their kill, planning to bring it back to the townspeople to proudly show their efforts but before they could do so the beast rose from the ground and slaughtered every single one of the hunters mercilessly and drank each ones blood.
Now everyone that believed that this creature was real was dead, all except the lady who first encountered it. The beast never tried to kill the lady but instead haunted her every dream at night with terrifying nightmares until one day she took her own life to escape the constant torment.
In the years that followed there have been many claims of people saying they seen the goat horned creature but nothing substantial. There have also not been any reported murders in the same way as the farmers since the slaughter of the hunters.
Was this beast Sid Zayne who mutated into it after being slashed by the horn of a goat or was it something more sinister and demonic. No one knows to this day and it still is debated around the town as whether this fiend actually existed, some using it as a scary campfire story or as a new story to add to the folklore collection, but if in fact it is true then the beast may just be lying dormant and waiting to attack again.
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