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steve2470

(37,457 posts)
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 11:11 AM Jul 2012

Hiker spots man in goat suit frolicking with a herd

http://www.abc4.com/content/news/top_stories/story/Hiker-spots-man-in-goat-suit-frolicking-with-a/8tKqdZF7s0eioSivDg8O-w.cspx

Coty Creighton was hiking Ben Lomond peak early Sunday morning, when he came across a herd of goats and noticed one was trailing behind. Coty pulled out his binoculars to get an even closer look, and realized it was a man, acting like a goat.

"His goat costume was definitely home made, it wasn't done very well he had a full mask covering his face up and fake horns coming off the top of his head, he even had to lift the mask at times to make his way and see over rocks and bushes," Creighton said.

Creighton tried to rationalize it, thinking the guy may have been a photographer, but he had no gear.

"Once I realized he had no camera gear or anything else, it went from being really funny to really creepy," he said.

*end of quote*

Yeah, old news from July 19th but comic relief is good
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Hiker spots man in goat suit frolicking with a herd (Original Post) steve2470 Jul 2012 OP
Mickey Kaus? Fumesucker Jul 2012 #1
Different strokes for different folks? Blue_Tires Jul 2012 #2
High on a hill was a lonely goatherd..... Nye Bevan Jul 2012 #3
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo n/t ProdigalJunkMail Jul 2012 #6
Loud was the voice of the lonely goatherd . . . kaiden Jul 2012 #15
getting in touch with his inner goat :p nt steve2470 Jul 2012 #4
OMG, there are pictures! MADem Jul 2012 #5
this story is just too f****** funny, making me howl at home nt steve2470 Jul 2012 #9
Goat Man for Senate ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2012 #7
EWE! lapfog_1 Jul 2012 #8
You WIN THE THREAD!!!! nt MADem Jul 2012 #11
no doubt...perfect response! nt ProdigalJunkMail Jul 2012 #14
He won the Internets today, no question. nt msanthrope Jul 2012 #37
I really don't want to know how that turned out. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #10
George W Bush out bonding with the pet goats? Hubert Flottz Jul 2012 #12
Sneerkmph! Fixed. Octafish Jul 2012 #16
LMAO! Hubert Flottz Jul 2012 #35
I read this headline as "Hitler spots man in goat suit frolicking with a herd". Arkana Jul 2012 #13
Turns out he was just a hunter in training-update freeplessinseattle Jul 2012 #17
Hmm... well, if you were the ONLY person allowed to hunt goats, that might be smart. Marr Jul 2012 #19
I have a feeling he liked playing at being a goat a little too much freeplessinseattle Jul 2012 #23
I find his strategy ending with him getting his ass shot off. Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #36
lol i got the same vision, wonder if it was the tree climbing goats he was following loli phabay Jul 2012 #38
This was in broad daylight. LiberalFighter Jul 2012 #21
definitely not the brightest man! freeplessinseattle Jul 2012 #22
i got as feeling these are the wild goats that live in the region, they are known to climb trees loli phabay Jul 2012 #39
Obviously it was an old farmer trying to pick up a hot date. Kablooie Jul 2012 #18
It's baaaaad to rat out someone like that! pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #20
He may have just been trying to make a ewe turn... IDemo Jul 2012 #24
Maybe he's a Capricorn pink-o Jul 2012 #25
I love thus story obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #26
SEEEEE! That Furry dude that used to post here a couple years back and wanted an F added to GLBT snooper2 Jul 2012 #27
"Get your goat leggings here" hobbit709 Jul 2012 #28
It was Romney trying to make friends gopiscrap Jul 2012 #29
Probably heard the song "There'll COLGATE4 Jul 2012 #30
Baaaaaaaaad!!! Initech Jul 2012 #31
Jane Goodall, eat your heart out! 4_TN_TITANS Jul 2012 #32
kick for evening crowd nt steve2470 Jul 2012 #33
Never knock the way another cat swings, man. Edweird Jul 2012 #34
So a guy dances with wolves and gets an Oscar, Recovered Repug Jul 2012 #40

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
2. Different strokes for different folks?
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 11:15 AM
Jul 2012

Hey Creighton! You don't see ME photographing you and running to the media every time YOU do something weird, do you??

MADem

(135,425 posts)
5. OMG, there are pictures!
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 11:18 AM
Jul 2012

What an odd guy--I'm wondering if he was going after the girl goats...how interesting that he sat down and sulked when he realized he was being observed...!

Hubert Flottz

(37,726 posts)
12. George W Bush out bonding with the pet goats?
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 11:31 AM
Jul 2012

It don't get any more sinister than George W in Bush on the make!

Arkana

(24,347 posts)
13. I read this headline as "Hitler spots man in goat suit frolicking with a herd".
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 11:31 AM
Jul 2012

I was very, very confused.

freeplessinseattle

(3,508 posts)
17. Turns out he was just a hunter in training-update
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 11:47 AM
Jul 2012

"Following a friend's advice, the man called Douglass on Monday to let him know he was testing out a goat suit to train for an archery hunt of mountain goats in Canada in 2013, the Standard-Examiner reported.

“He gave me details that convinced me it was him,” Douglass, who did not ask the man’s name, told the newspaper. “I’m satisfied that this was a person preparing for a hunt and did it with knowledge and experience.”

The man told Douglass the goat costume was made out of a hooded painter’s suit outfitted with fleece. According to the report, he also told Douglass he has hunted in several foreign countries, including Mongolia.

“He found out about Utah and that it was fairly easy to get close to the goats to (train) to get a clean harvest shot with archery equipment,” Douglass told the Standard-Examiner.

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/24/12926714-mystery-of-utahs-goat-man-is-solved?lite

 

Marr

(20,317 posts)
19. Hmm... well, if you were the ONLY person allowed to hunt goats, that might be smart.
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 12:01 PM
Jul 2012

But since that's not the case, I find his strategy wanting.

freeplessinseattle

(3,508 posts)
23. I have a feeling he liked playing at being a goat a little too much
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 12:14 PM
Jul 2012

but might do him some good to feel what it is like to be the prey.

LiberalFighter

(50,950 posts)
21. This was in broad daylight.
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 12:05 PM
Jul 2012

Like how many would be doing what the person originally thought the goat man was doing out in the open in daylight? And what is the likelihood that someone would be able to accomplish what he was thinking without getting hurt? I sure wouldn't want to mess with a goat out in the open. And it doesn't look like these are farm goats either.

freeplessinseattle

(3,508 posts)
22. definitely not the brightest man!
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 12:12 PM
Jul 2012

then again, anyone who gets so wrapped in the sport of hunting has got a little screw loose, IMHO.

 

snooper2

(30,151 posts)
27. SEEEEE! That Furry dude that used to post here a couple years back and wanted an F added to GLBT
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 12:32 PM
Jul 2012

did have a point!

They ARE really animals trapped in a human shell

gopiscrap

(23,761 posts)
29. It was Romney trying to make friends
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 01:08 PM
Jul 2012

he wanted to befriend a goat so that he can put it on the topof car during his next vacation.

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