This week on The Parallax Podcast, Karisa and Willow cross into the eerie, fog-draped realm of one of Texas’ most infamous paranormal landmarks: Goatman’s Bridge in Denton. Said to be haunted by a vengeful, half-man, half-beast entity, this rusting iron bridge has inspired campfire tales, local dread, and countless late-night dares—but is there more to the story than just folklore?

Willow sets the scene with the legend of the Goatman—a misunderstood farmer-turned-monster who supposedly lurks beneath the bridge, dragging trespassers into darkness. She walks us through the tale’s murky origins, the reported sightings, and the curious fact that, despite decades of fear, there’s never been concrete evidence of anything supernatural. Is this just an urban legend… or a warning in disguise?

Then, Karisa stirs the cauldron of possibility. Could something else be at work on that lonesome bridge? Drawing from global myth and paranormal theory, she introduces entities that might explain the chills, the sounds, and the lingering sense of being watched. What if the legend of the Goatman is just the surface—and something far older, far stranger, hides in the shadows?

From skeptical deep dives to speculative supernaturalism, this episode doesn’t just ask is the Goatman real?—it asks why some places simply feel haunted, and why some stories refuse to die.

Keywords:
Goatman’s Bridge, Denton TX, urban legend, paranormal, hauntings, trolls, folklore, cryptids, supernatural theories, female hosts, Karisa and Willow, Texas mysteries, myth vs reality.

Cross the bridge if you dare… just don’t go alone.