It was 1955. A family was sleeping in their home in the small town of Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Then, someone heard a strange noise outside, which awoke the family. A man groggily got up and decided to grab the family rifle as a safety precaution as he looked outside, shining a flashlight. That was the moment he saw those things outside his home. They were about half his size, yet they had long limbs with longer ears pointing up. Their eyes were wide and large and glowing, staring at the man and the house. Obviously, this would frighten the man, and so he fired his shotgun at one of the creatures. Nothing happened. They did not flinch or react at all. There were several of them, staring directly at the man. They did not walk; instead, they appeared to be swaying around like they were walking through water. The man kept firing and still nothing happened. This is an actual story from a family that was reported to the local authorities, which would later be called the Hopkinsville Goblin Case. Of course, this story is likely not real, but there could be some truth in it, and it is still a fascinating topic that should be delved into.
Taking a further look into the story, five adults and seven kids entered the Hopkinsville police station after this incident and reported they were in a shootout with these strange creatures for, reportedly, four hours. Of course, the police officers did not believe them, but they were worried about what may have happened. Four city police officers, five state troopers, three deputy sheriffs, and four military police officers from the nearby Fort Campbell decided to go to the house and investigate the scene. There was not any evidence of these creatures besides some
holes in windows and screens from gunshots. When they went by the next day, the family was gone, and the neighbors said that the family had “packed up and left” after claiming “the creatures returned around 3:30 in the morning.”
So, what were these alien, goblin things? Obviously, not aliens. Aliens probably do not care about a hut in the middle of Kentucky. However, there is always some truth in lies, and there could be some truth in this story. One possible solution is that these goblins were just owls, specifically the great horned owl, which looks very familiar with accounts of the goblins’ appearances: big, glowing eyes; horn looking feathers; and about two to three meters tall. This is highly possible because the family could have been intoxicated.
Alright, so there is a plausible reason for this, but how has this urban legend affected Hopkinsville and Kentucky in general? Hopkinsville gained a new tourist attraction and an urban legend to their town name, and it gave Kentucky another urban legend that makes the state interesting. Who cares about legends like Big Foot or the Mothman when we have a bunch of weird looking goblin aliens and a goat guy that lives on a bridge?
