Blackwoods Road between Franklin and Cherryfield is home to both a flannel-wearing goat man cryptid and the famous ghost of Catherine's Hill — plus UAP sightings nearby.
Route 182 between Franklin and Cherryfield — known locally as Blackwoods Road — might be the most paranormally active stretch of pavement in Maine. In this episode, Kel explores two legendary inhabitants of this haunted highway: the Cherryfield Goat Man and the ghost of Catherine’s Hill.
The Goat Man story takes us back to the 1950s, when a local driver’s truck mysteriously ran out of gas on Blackwoods Road despite a full tank. When he got out to investigate, he found a creature standing behind his vehicle — goat legs covered in fur below, a human torso in a flannel shirt above, with horns and a man’s face. The creature smiled, sauntered into the woods, and the truck’s gas gauge suddenly read full again. The hosts connect this sighting to the Greek tradition of satyrs and fauns, the broader pattern of goat man sightings across the US, and even speculate whether the flannel-clad cryptid might be the Tote Road Shagamaw from a previous episode in disguise.
On the other end of the road sits Catherine’s Hill, named for one of Maine’s most well-known ghosts. Tales of a pale woman in a white dress — sometimes headless — stretch back to the 1860s, with versions placing her death in the 1920s, 1950s, and 1970s. The most chilling account comes from an elderly woman recalling a childhood experience: her father stopped to give Catherine a ride in the rain, felt the seat move and saw her boots enter the car, only for her to vanish twice — leaving nothing behind but raindrops on the seat. Aster pulls up UAP reports from the paranormalmaine.info tracker near the same area, revealing pulsing lights and technology failures that echo the broader pattern of high strangeness.
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