Talk:Pope Lick Monster

message: What does this mean?  Could someone add either an explanation or  a clearer description in the text please? Mel Etitis  (Μελ Ετητης) 17:24, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Metro is short for metropolian, as in inner city, not suburbia. (Sam Spade | talk | contributions) 17:27, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks; I'll make the change. Mel Etitis  (Μελ Ετητης) 17:30, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

text: Metro isn't synonymous w central tho, so unless you know where in the city Pope lick trestle is located (which I don't), central might well be innaccurate. For example, a given shop in NYC could be "metro" even if it lies on the edge of the city, so long as it is urban, and not suburban. See  or Metropolitan. Cheers, (Sam Spade | talk | contributions) 17:39, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Before the merger of the city/county governments, I would have said that the trestle is in eastern Jefferson County.  It's just outside the Gene Snyder Freeway, off of Taylorsville Road.  I don't think it was within the municipal boundary of Louisville before merger, but I am not sure.  -- Smerdis of Tlön 16:22, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

text: Here's a map from MapQuest.  FWIW, "Metro Louisville" is the ordinary name of the merged Louisville city / Jefferson county governments.  -- Smerdis of Tlön
OK, is the version I have now correct? Mel Etitis  (Μελ Ετητης) 16:49, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

text: Looks fine to me.  I think the Louisville, Kentucky article explains the usage of "Metro Louisville" as well.  I'd like to know when the tales of the monster originated.  They've been around since at least the late 1970s, when I first heard it.  -- Smerdis of Tlön 18:59, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Metro Louisville, Kentucky

message: Is there a source for the long quote from this chap? -- Longhair 22:57, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: As no source has been provided, I'm removing the quote. It's re-produced below if anyone requires it. 
Dr Banginston Coops of Australia has studied the Pope Lick Monster for some time and came up with a probeble explanation: 
"I have pieced together some information that I have researched to make a plausible argument. The Pope Lick Monster (PLM) was probably just a normal man. He was probably born in the early 1900's or the late 1800's a normal human. But there are cases of humans having abnormal hair growth on parts of their bodies. Now he was probably disowned by his parents or ridiculed by other children so he may have run away. Now he probebly only had the condition on his legs and may have been able to join a circus (which is a popular rumor). Now circus's always exaggerate their shows. For example, they might say a 7ft man is 8ft to attract crowds. A popular image of the "devil" or satyrs and minotaurs is a man with hairy goat legs. Now the circus could have said he was one of these because of the extreme hair growth on his legs. Now when he visited Pope Lick, the spectators might have thought of him an evil being and tried to kill him or some men just wanted to beat him up because he was different. He obviously escaped into the wilderness. He obviously wanted revenge, and growing up on the streets as I said earlier would have lowered his morals because he would have to steal food, etc. So he had a reason to attack the town and was able to kill without regret. So he escaped to the nearest landmark (humans are attracted to landmarks instead of the wilderness) which was the trestle. He may have also just killed in self defense because of people hunting for him. He also killed sheep for food, not to harass the farmers (he could have killed them for both reasons.) Now he may have been killed by a hunting party, He may have died of a disease or age in the wilderness (meaning his corpse would be lying around) or he may have retreated to civilisation and lived a normal life till his death. The horns can also be explained, If a man is walking in the wilderness and is scared of by a naken hairy man, he isn't going to tell his friends that. He would probebly say he had horns and was a giant adnormal monster to not only make him popular to the town but also reduce his toughness. Now, when a person is also walking out in the wilderness, and is attacked by a hairy man, he/she will run like there's no tomorrow, and will probebly only notice the fur. Now he would assume it's the goatman and would assume its horns. We may never know what/who the PLM was but I hope I have made just one explaination that could be possible." 
-- Longhair 23:18, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Dr Banginston Coops of Australia quote

message: Why does this article cite the union of a farmer and a goat as 'unnatural'? I thought Wikipedia should have a Neutral Point of View? —Preceding unsigned comment added by EvilBrak (talk • contribs) 
:Humans and goats can't breed by any natural means.  The chromosome counts are wrong, among many other issues.  Even if you want to be NPOV on zoophilia, I think it's okay to describe a human/goat hybrid organism as unnatural; it is something that couldn't possibly occur in nature. 129.97.79.144 19:42, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Unnatural Union

message: This seems to sound slightly similar to the troll from the Three Billy Goats Gruff fairy tale.  It's only speculation, but this might be an origin of the Pope Lick Monster tale/legend.  --Everchanging02 01:08, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Similar-Sounding Creatures

message: Why is it calle dthe Pope Lick? Do it does it does lick the pope? Yecch. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.108.16.151 (talk) 00:47, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Licking the pope? 

message: : a legendary half-man, half-goat[1] and half-sheep[2] creature 
Three halves? ◦◦derekbd◦◦my talk◦◦ 16:41, 16 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  is this on purpose? 

message: Recently a woman was killed while trying to hang on the trestle to avoid the train. However, this article suggests that he was able to do it. Maybe it should be removed that it is nigh impossible?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:600:8C00:55B0:E0B0:D359:451:D2C0 (talk) 04:46, 26 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Difficulty of hanging on the Trestle 

message: Maybe the fences around the trestle should be upgraded or something, as standing 8-foot (2.4 m) tall clearly isn't enough. How about getting some barbed or high-voltage wiring installed?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.186.6.124 (talk) 02:46, 29 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: This is not a discussion board about this subject.  This page is for discussing the improvement of this article. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 11:27, 29 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Better fencing