The Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center ( BARC ), also known as the National Agricultural Research Center , is a unit of the United States Department of Agriculture 's Agricultural Research Service . It is located in unincorporated Prince George's County , Maryland , with sections within the Beltsville census-designated place . The BARC is named for Henry A. Wallace , former United States vice president and secretary of agriculture. BARC houses the Abraham Lincoln Building of the National Agricultural Library .
11-576: Goatman or Goat man may refer to: Goatman (urban legend) , a legendary creature from Prince George's County, Maryland, United States Goatman (Kentucky) , also known as the Pope Lick Monster, a legendary creature of Louisville, Kentucky, United States Goatman (Texas) , also known as the Lake Worth monster, a legendary creature from Lake Worth, Texas, United States GoatMan: How I Took
22-442: A Holiday from Being Human , a 2016 book by Thomas Thwaites The Goat Man, Ches McCartney (died 1998), American traveler Goatman or faun , mythical creature from Roman mythology Goatman or Faunus , Roman god and leader of the fauns Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Goatman . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
33-646: Is a creature resembling a goat-human hybrid often credited with canine deaths and purported to take refuge in the woods of Prince George's County, Maryland , United States. In May of 1971, University of Maryland student George Lizama completed an undergraduate folklore project on the Goatman that was later added to the Maryland Folklife Archives. In Lizama’s paper, the Goatman was said to be located on Tucker Road in Clinton, Maryland . Later
44-671: The Hungry program donates about 75,000 pounds (34 metric tons) of fruits and vegetables each year for distribution to local charities, in conjunction with volunteers from the community who do much of the labor of harvesting. Each February, BARC hosts the Washington's Birthday Marathon , the eighth oldest marathon in the United States. During the tornado outbreak of September 24, 2001 , the BARC facilities sustained extensive damage as
55-960: The death of a dog was blamed on Goatman by local residents. Pearson relates that "bored teenagers" keep the Goatman legend alive by repeating the story and suggesting that the creature attacks couples, frequenting the local lover's lane, subsequently stirring interest in sites like Fletchertown Road. Beltsville Agricultural Research Center Among its research programs are Air Quality; Animal Health; Crop Production; Crop Protection and Quarantine; Food Animal Production; Food Safety; Global Change ; Human Nutrition; Integrated Farming Systems; Manure and Byproduct Utilization; Methyl Bromide Alternatives; Plant Biological and Molecular Processes; Plant Diseases; Plant Genetic Resources, Genomics, and Genetic Improvement; Quality and Utilization of Agricultural Products; Rangeland, Pasture, and Forages; Soil Resource Management; Veterinary, Medical, and Urban Entomology; and Water Quality and Management. The center's Harvest for
66-532: The early 1970s, some of its legends are set in the late 1930s, within Prince George's County, following the disappearances and/or deaths of multiple dogs, which were later attributed to the creature. However, given the condition of the remains, the deaths may more likely have been the result of passing trains. Despite evidence to the contrary, stories of Goatman's existence continued to circulate, especially among local students. Go By Graffiti reading, "Goatman
77-409: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Goatman&oldid=1151692202 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Goatman (urban legend) According to urban legend , Goatman
88-744: The same year, reporter Karen Hosler discovered Lizama’s project in the Maryland Folklife Archives and reported on it in the Prince George’s County News in October 1971, this time placing the Goatman near Fletchertown Road in Bowie, Maryland . Additionally, this report covered the theory that the Goatman’s origins can be traced to the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center . While Goatman stories originated in
99-475: The scientist mutates into a half man, half goat creature who begins aggressively attacking cars in the vicinity of Beltsville , Maryland . Another variation of the legend holds that Goatman himself was an old hermit who lived in the woods and often could be seen walking alone at night along Fletchertown Road. According to University of Maryland folklorist Barry Pearson, the Goatman legends began "long, long, long" ago and were further popularized in 1971 when
110-426: Was here," were not uncommon, and law enforcement would habitually receive calls of reported sightings, albeit with a number being pranks. The creature was commonly claimed to have a human face but with a body covered in hair. However, descriptions differed on whether Goatman greatly resembled a hairy humanoid or a human with the lower portion of a goat, similar to the fauns of Greek mythology. As well, Goatman
121-486: Was rumored to reside in a makeshift shelter in the wooded region of northeastern Prince George's County near the abandoned trailer parks. Occasionally, it was rumored that Goatman would venture out to kill any living thing such as animals, humans, etc . According to some variations of the legend, Goatman is said to have once been a scientist, Dr. Stephen Fletcher, who worked in the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center . In this version, an experiment on goats backfires and
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