"Anasi's Goatman Story" | CreepyPasta Storytime

Even 9 years later, I keep on coming back to this story, it’s just too good

And we're all just like "fucking nope!" Best line ever written.

"You guys don't know how to party"- Goatman

I like how the goatman doesn't really do anything to them. He just wanted to hang out, eat human food and sleep indoors.

This is GOOD story writing, THIS is how you write a scary story. Fear of the unknown and things we can understand is everything. The 'thing' (goatman) in this story never once poses a real threat, but the elements of the unknown are what makes this one of the creepiest stories of all time - Is it a threat? Is it human? What does it want? What does it look like? - we don't know, and the unknown and things that are slightly 'off' are everything

To date. This is the scariest creepypasta he's ever narrated. I feel legit fear because of this.

One of my favorite creepypastas simply because the monster isn't absolutely generic, and because it seems a bit more like something a teenage kid would write while trying to recall his story. If that makes sense ._.

The fact that the author gave the creature a voice comparable to an animal being taught to "talk" instead of a cliche demonic voice or some crap like that is Soooo creative and creepy. It could also imply that it's repeating the voice of someone it could have terrorized in the past. Such good clever writing

Enough is enough! I have had it with all these mutha' fuckin' goatmen, in this mutha' fuckin' trailer!!

Here's what I think was going on. The creature is fully sentient, and had no intention of actually harming the kids. They were in his territory, and he wanted them to leave, so he messed with them until they were too scared to stick around anymore. If the creature wanted to hurt them, he would have, because he had the opportunity to do just that, several times, but he didn't.

Definitely keep coming back to this version. It just sounds so much more like a homie telling you a terrifying account.

Should re-name this "Anasi's Fucking Goatman story"

So if the Goatman stinks, that means he's probably in rut.  When a male goat goes 'in rut' it's the start of his mating cycle.  He pisses on himself and tries to get as smelly as possible (for some reason).  Neutered goats don't do this. Anyway, I figure this is a sure sign that the Goatman was looking for a mate. That would certainly explain the stunned look on the face of the girl on the road side.

Dude there's just something about this story man this is my 4th time listening to it and it still scares me more than any other creepy pasta

i really like this one, i could listen to it over and over again and still be surprised .

This could make a good horror movie/short film. Like it's one of the few times not knowing the characters that well would benefit you. The characters in the story didn't know each other that well which is why the Goatman managed to get into the group unnoticed. So if you threw all 12 characters at once and only paid attention to the main character you could easily slip in another person without the audience noticing. It would be hard, but if done write you'd have something pretty creepy.

Someone should make this into a movie

To everyone concerned about the over-abundant swearing, it is actually necessary. At first I hated it and thought it was the author's juvenile attempt to make the story sound intense, but as I listed to it more and more I realized something. A lot of people point out that the author is a graduate of college but is remembering something from the edge of his childhood (he was 16). And already swearing is a mainstay of our culture. Everyone swears like his right here.  So there's that point. But here's the second point that really got me and really made me realize just who deep a writer this person actually is. The swearing actually enhances the story and adds depth to the goatman. How? What does the goatman say when he finally speaks? "Let me the fuck in. Stop. Fucking. Playing." It was mimicking them. It sat with them and learned how they spoke. It had no cadence because it was literally like an animal or young child repeating what it has heard adults or other people say in an attempt to fit in or belong.  Can you just imagine this story from the goatman's perspective? He is an amalgamation of monster and human alone in the woods. When these guys go camping out there, he blends in when he can and has "friends". The animals in the wood don't like him because he's an abomination, so he blends with the people to know what it's like to belong. To feel community. The reason he was at first standing with his back to them was because he wanted to see how their faces look, to nail down what someone their age would look like. He wasn't freaking them out at first, he was there watching and learning and developing the personas he would use when he'd join them. He never talked before that moment because he couldn't talk. He didn't know how to. If he said the wrong thing or spoke with words common from a different point in time, he probably would have given himself away much sooner. So he only spoke when felt it absolutely necessary and when he was sure he could pass as one of them.  He tried to adopt Kira's person but couldn't fully and started heaving, whether out of nervousness or out of something else, I can't say. But he really tried. Then, when Reese is there and the goatman tries to get in, Reese actually manages to shoot the thing. From out perspective that is a good thing and it starts giving off unholy screams, but from it's perspective? "They shot me. My friends shot me"  Then it snuck in, again trying to blend, and managed to sleep with them again, every so often doing the heaving thing and again it could be out of child-like excitement or something else such as it trying to keep control of the disguise.  Then it walked all the way back tot he house, trying it's best to stay blended and make the most of its last few moments with it's new "friends" then, when only Tanner knew who the goatman was and they looked each other in the eye, was it a threat of don't come back or was like like looking into a pet's eye or a stranger hoping you will return? I know it's so easy to write this off as a well-written creepypasta with a bit too much swearing in it, but if you think about it... it could be a deeper story about the goatman actually being a tragic creepypasta figure wanting to be human but never able to be.

heres a fun drinking game, take a shot every time a "FUCK" is dropped :)

so this is from the humans' perspective in goat simulator right? XD