The Hopkinsville Goblin is a cryptid first reported in 1955 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. It’s the originator of the term “little green men” in popular media.
The Kelly–Hopkinsville encounter, also known as the Hopkinsville Goblins Case, is the name given to a series of connected 1955 incidents of alleged close encounters extraterrestrial beings near Kelly and Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
There were dozens of eyewitnesses to these incidents, including two families housed in a farmhouse and other civilians in the area who had no connection to the families. Witnesses also included several local policemen and a state trooper who saw and heard strange phenomena such as unexplained lights in the night sky and noises the same night.
The seven people present in the farmhouse that night claimed that they were terrorized by an unknown number of creatures similar to gremlins. The residents described them as being silvery in color and standing at around three feet tall, with upright pointed ears, thin limbs, long arms and claw-like hands. Their movements on occasion seemed to defy gravity with them floating above the ground and appearing in high up places, and they "walked" with a swaying motion as if wading through water. Although the creatures never entered the house, they would pop up in windows and at the doorway. The families fled the farmhouse in the middle of the night to the local police station where Sheriff Russell Greenwell noted they were visibly shaken. The families returned to the farmhouse with Sheriff Greenwell and twenty officers, and the occurrences continued. Police saw evidence of the struggle and damage to the house, as well as seeing strange lights and hearing noises themselves. Firearms were used to shoot at the creatures, with little or no effect, and the house and surrounding grounds were extensively damaged during the incident. Unfortunately, however, there are no known photographs of a Hopkinsville Goblin.
Fun fact: the Gen 3 Pokemon Sableye is heavily based off of the goblin's alleged appearance, and the film ET was thought to be inspired by the incidents as well.
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