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Subscribe to RSSA longhaired goat that ran away from a Minnesota nativity scene on Christmas Eve is finally back home after being on the lam for 25 days.
The errant animal, named Curley, turned herself in when she wandered onto the farm owned by Tony Loomer and family, near Fergus Falls, Minn.
Loomer told msnbc.com that he had gone down to the barn around 4 p.m. Wednesday to feed his daughter’s horse and some goats when he noticed a stranger among the herd.
“As I came around the corner, she was just standing there,” Loomer said. “It took me a minute to realize it was the goat.”
The naughty nanny goat had built up quite a reputation among area residents ever since she slipped out of her leash while taking part in a nativity scene in front of the Bethlehem Lutheran Church on Christmas Eve.
Over the past three weeks, there had been numerous sightings of the animal, no doubt encouraged by $250 in reward money donated by concerned citizens.
With Curley's penchant for running away when chased, Loomer said he was careful in how he approached her, putting down some food before grabbing the goat's horns and getting her into the barn.
“She was hungry, cold and wet and froze,” he said, noting that the animal had to have crossed an interstate and a river to get to his family’s property, located about four miles from the church.
With Curley safely back in the barn where she couldn’t escape, Loomer and his wife called the animal's owners, Jim and Karen Aakre, who were relieved Curley had been found.
“She was almost in tears,” he said of Karen Aakre.
While Loomer may be eligible for the reward money, he says he’s just glad to have helped.
“We’re going to donate it to the church,” he said.
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Minnesota +somalis+ loose goat= lucky to be alive
LOL pained1 I am from MN and that made me really LOL sitting at my desk! how true it is how true it is!
Maybe the goat was an atheist and felt her rights were being violated by being forced into participating in religious events.
"goat on the lam" ICWUDT
I know, *chuckle*, good to see that he's Baaaaack home.
He was a Jewish goat,,, they don't do Christmas
Animal or not, fleeing a Nativity scene during the Christmas Season, will be looked down upon in Heaven!
BBQ him!
just can't hire good seasonal help these days!!
Glad all is well!
Great story, goat found, reward money donated to the church, boom.
This administration has added 5 trillion dollars to the National Debt in 3 years and is asking for 1.2 Trillion more and this joke of a network is running stories about a Goat missing for front page news...
Great Job!!!!
Not NEARLY the debt Bush and The Republicans put us under for eight years of two useless, expensive wars, not to mention GOP obstruction preventing paying off the debt, then watching the Republicans blame everyone else for what they're LIBERAL fiscal policies and bogus war profiteering has done to us!
Personally, I don't mind reading a story with a happy ending now and then. Obviously you need to read more like this since all you managed to do is tie it back to politics and insulting MSNBC for running it. We hear about enough death, dirty politics and sadness every day- a heartwarming story about an animal who was lost then safely found is a welcome break. Lighten up.
Thank you, Amanda. Well put.
Goats make for a good story. Ask Bush,he read a book about one.
Now that is funny
His name must be 'Mint Jelly' 'cause he's on the lamb!
Oh Pete - I read your post and I just can't stop laughing. Thanks for a very bright spot on an icy cold, single-digit-temp, snow/ice covered morning in the Northeast!
I suppose LA will fine the poor guy now for littering.
i wonder how they will collect.
Better story than all reports from Republican debate' if that's what you can call it.
There is more than enough bad news and sad news and such in the world right now! This is a cute, light-hearted yarn with a happy ending---and we can all use a laugh once in a while!
Agree, Hillbilly. What's wrong with a minute or two reading an animal story with a happy ending? Not all of us are politically so fatigued. (although I am fast approaching that state)
Guess they ran out of stories to tell on MSNBC. :-)
The escaped (scape) goat returns! Good news, and glad to read it.
Camels falling into pews, terrorized donkeys and escaped goats. When are churches going to leave the living animals alone for their nativity scenes and set up statue ones?"