The Hopkinsville Goblins

Region: Appalachia
Location:Hopkinsville / Kelly, Kentucky (border of Appalachia)

The Hopkinsville Goblins burst into American folklore after a single night in August 1955, when a rural family arrived at the Hopkinsville police station terrified and breathless. They claimed their farmhouse had been besieged by small, strange creatures emerging from the woods. According to their report, the beings were three to four feet tall, with large glowing eyes, long arms, and thin, wiry legs. Their skin, the witnesses said, appeared smooth or metallic, reflecting moonlight like polished aluminum. They moved with abrupt, unnatural jumps, almost hovering rather than walking, and seemed unfazed by gunshots fired in panic from inside the home.
That night, multiple adults and several children all described the same unsettling behavior: the beings approaching windows, peering in, then darting away when confronted. At one point, a creature was said to climb onto the roof, prompting frantic attempts to drive it off. When police arrived, they found no bodies or footprints that matched a known animal, but several officers noted the witnesses were genuinely frightened, not intoxicated, and seemingly unable to fully articulate what they had seen. The house showed signs of gunfire, but nothing else that could explain the event.
Over time, the story spread beyond Kentucky, evolving into one of America’s most famous “alien encounter” accounts. Skeptics blamed owls or misinterpretation; believers insisted the descriptions were too detailed and consistent to dismiss. What gives the Hopkinsville incident staying power isn’t just the strangeness of the creatures — it’s the atmosphere of the encounter: a silent country road, a remote farmhouse, a family convinced something intelligent and unknown was circling them in the dark. In folklore circles, it remains a touchstone for encounters that defy easy explanation.

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