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Coty Creighton / AP file
The "goat man," in white, traverses an incline near Ogden, Utah, on July 15.
The sighting of a man dressed in a goat suit on a Utah mountain is causing concern among state wildlife officials, The Associated Press reported.
The man, who remains unidentified, was spotted by photographer Coty Creighton on July 15 during a hike on Ben Lomond peak just north of Ogden in northern Utah.
Creighton told the AP he saw the man through a set of binoculars trailing behind a herd of goats on his hands and knees.
When the man noticed he had been spotted, "he just stopped in his tracks and froze," Creighton told the AP.
That's when Creighton began taking photos. The man then sat on a hill for several minutes.
He got back down on his hands and knees and hurried to catch with the rest of the herd.
While officials said what the man is doing is not illegal, they're concerned as the hunting season approaches that he could be mistaken for a goat or attacked by a live goat.
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"They may get agitated. They're territorial. They are, after all, wild animals," Phil Douglass, spokesperson for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, told the AP. "This person puts on a goat suit, he changes the game. But as long as he accepts responsibility, it's not illegal."
Goat hunting season begins in September.
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"My very first concern is the person doesn't understand the risks," Douglass told the AP. "Who's to say what could happen."
Officials said they just want to talk to the man and warn him of the dangers. They said he could be a wildlife enthusiast.
"People do some pretty out there things in the name of enjoying wildlife. But I've never had a report like this," Douglass said.
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My very first concern is the person doesn't understand the risks,"
LOL, watch out for them rams..
The Rams? hell they havent won a game since.....oh wait.....wrong "rams".....sorry.........:)
are they making another jackass film right now? sounds like something they would do. if not hmm i dont know what to say kinda in shock and dismay
beastiality fetish???
He is a foolish man. He is following the ugliest nanny in the herd.
beauty is in the eye of the baaholder
Probably somebody who read that stupid "Animus" book and decided to try it out.
Maybe he didn't finish to the part where the guy died?
It is illegal to smoke a joint in most states, but its ok "legal" to get on your hands and knees and play with the goats in the wild. What an ammzing country we live in !
This may be my favorite line of all time.
Daaa-aa-aaa-aaa-dy
This is baaaaaaad.....
Yes if things dont change you to could be homeless and living with goats.
Sounds like the kind of thing wildlife photographers do all the time . This isn't the first time a photographer dressed up in an animal suit to get the money shot .
Ok he has a "furry" fetish no biggie...
Considering every animal humans keep will eventually escape back into the wild I did not realize there were enough goats to hunt down in Utah..
Breaking news: "Man in goat suit killed by poacher in Elmer Fudd suit."
Could this be confirmation of the real Wyle E. Coyote? Where's the watch dog when you need him.
Reminds me of an old joke....
What is the difference between Mick Jagger and a Scottsman?
Mick Jagger says, "Hey! You! Get offa my cloud!
A Scottsman says, Hey Mcloud! Get offa my ewe!
That's from Utah's hunting regs book. Seems like he's breaking the law to me. It's not goat season yet.
Best comment today!
in other news the slender man has been spotted stealing 20$ from an old NAAAAHNNIE... story, goat man made me think of bigfoot, ahhh, something awful, you have made something that will cause many sleepless nights...
I wonder if he used a real goat to make the suit from................straight out of "Silence of the Lambs" how appropriate.
It reminds me of the Far Side cartoon where the researcher is dressed up in a bear suit trying to understand the bears' language when they finally see the zipper on the bear suit.
If he was following a herd of Sheep, now that would be a "game changer".
Another looser following the Rams, hehehe. I see it ever Sunday were I live during the fall.
Has anyone given a thought that he may be a wildlife photographer? He may be trying to get close to the herd to get pictures or film. It may be possible to get closer to the herd that way, but a zoom lens would probably be a bit easier.
I own goats, and I would hate to tick one of them off, they get mean. I can only imagine what a full grown wild ram would do. They are super fast, and very territorial. My goats have chased the pit bull that lives next door a few times. He won't even step a paw on our land now, hehehe.
Well I doubt that the dead ones will attack him!! Leave him alone and the rams will fix this!! There is a reason they call them rams!!
I'll bet you he was wearing rubber boots. One for the right leg and one for the left.....!!!! ; )
He`s getting ready for goat hunting. Hmmmm I`ll think like a goat, act like a goat,Be the goat!!!, get me a goat! So much easier than duck season! All that flyins a bitch!
ewe can't always get what...ewe want...but if ewe try sometime...ewe might just find...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C2W_O9BX4g
Atleast he isn't the "black" sheep of the family, since the suit is white.
Apparently he's never heard of the chupacabra!
I wish, for once, we would just leave something or someone alone. If this guy is living as a goat or the entire story is bull@!$%#, do we have to stalk things.
Just when I thought I'd seen every thing.....
the herd wouldn't be the same with out him...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg-n7Yfm6wQ&feature=related
The DNR in GA has a law on the books, they call it harassing wildlife. It's a big fine.
Just goes to show that al nuts don't grow on trees.
"They may get agitated. They're territorial. They are, after all, wild animals"
Who? Humans or the goats?
CitizenX, ya just had to bring race into this huh !? lol
GOAT MAN, GOAT MAN!!!
Likely some good looking "nanny" has handed Him a line and He fell for It. Damn fool! One of my brothers fell for one once. Didn't even get any. Soon as a certain young "billy" noticed Her she was gone.
Why not, some genius already brought up marijuana legalization. People will use any topic to whine.
Do you know why shepherds wear kilts? Because the sheep/goats would hear a zipper.
goatman,goatman...whatya gonna do? whatya gonna when do when they come for eweeeeee.
@ Roger-785733
This is exactly why it's illegal to smoke weed in most states... LOL
When your cable bill is too high, YOU get high...When you get high, you end up on your hands and knees running with the goats. Don't end up on your hands and knees running with the goats. Get Direct TV!
Love some of the comments, especially the rastaman w/the post starting w/"Goat man Goat Man, whatcha gonna do".
On a serious note growing in real outdoor areas, think that the person is likely trying to do photography or poaching. In either case, camoflage like a goat would get you close enough for a "shot". Get too close the goats would figure out the difference w/smell and other stuff.
On a kind of related note, a couple of old Montana jokes where I grew up are as follow: 1, Montana, where men are men and sheep are afraid. Or, 2, why do Montanans wear cowboy boots? So the sheep can't get their rear legs out. Finally, when asked about the source of my last name, I reply, you want to know where "Laaaaaaaaambert" came from?
Know this is about goats, not sheep, but couldn't resist.
I love these comments. They made my day! I also noticed that the comments contained no misspellings and were grammatical. Does comedy promote good writing? Maybe we can use that teach!
This guy is freaky....he dresses up like a goat??!! Does he smoke a cigarette afterward? Yuk.
Everybody in such a rush to make jokes that they ignore the most likley reason. He's just studying their habits and is trying to get them to accept him as part of the herd so he can make up close observations.
This "Scottie" definitely has a "warped drive".
i was wondering if the white spot was the goat-man. hard to make it out. and where are the goats?
He noticed he was being observed and photographed and waited a while and then ran to catch up with the herd. He is a goat, he probably thinks he's a goat, rather like the fables of children raised by wolves. Would you rather your momma was a goat or a wolf? How's about your daddy?
Husband and wife are going to a costume party, dressed in a cow suit. The husband is wearing the head of the suit and his wife is wearing the rear end portion. They decide to cut across the neighbor's pasture when suddenly, a bull appears. The wife says "oh my God, what're we gonna do?" Her husband says, 'well, I'm going to pretend to be grazing." His frantic wife: "You're going to graze? What shall I do?"
"Brace yourself."
Im actually worried he waiting for me Lone Wolf to attack the herd an shoot me...Seriously thou, If hes not armed an shooting out of season he isnt breaking any laws unless trespassing in which so is the photographer..hmmm You wouldnt think the photographer has anything to do with this do u? How much was he paid for the RARE PHOTO of a man or woman in a goats skin...Damn isnt there any news worth reporting anymore Like just maybe Peace talks or less famine in the world etc od even Linsey low on the totem pole han going to rehab
Mitt Romney caught on film stalking goats for $@#. LOL now that's funny. hope he used protection lmao
Sounds like a Michael Moore documentary in the making. Maybe 'Goat Man' is actually the Obama goat czar.
If he is attacked by a goat i hope it's a live one,lol. Shouldn't that have been a real one? If he's crazy enough to be out there during goat season that's his ignorance. Goat season. Wabbit season.
After Obama shamelessly stumped for votes among the people of Aurora, Colorado, he went to Utah to stump for goat votes. He already has the votes of all cats and dogs, living and dead in Philly and Chicago!
Man, can't even put on your favorite goat suit & play king of the hill with your buddies without your typical nosy "we're concerned for your safety" jambnuts butting in. It's perfectly normal to want to get in a rut & have a bunch of kids. I wonder if felt fedoras make him hungry or what he counts at bedtime or if hangin with the herd gets their goat or... if angora sweaters make him horny? I bet his name is William Ramsey, the black sheep of the family & he drive's a Dodge pick up & his favorite dish is lamb fries. Only he knows the answers to these intriguing questions... all I can say is he's really got some goatnads & must be desperate to get laid... it's much safer on the farm
This is my most favorite article ever presented by MSN! Thank you! hahaha
hahah. This is great.
This is a game changer!
SanAndresMan
haha good one!
There is not a logical scenario printed. He could be doing a documentary, and hunting expedition, or animal science project. Always the weirdos have to come out with there BS. Leave him alone and let him do his thing,"Perverts."
Yeah, and he could be the 'pervert' who's been starting all those unexplained fires Utah has been having. News like this just gets my goat (baaaaad joke).
I always believed the ledgend of Goat Man was true
A bunch of criminal charges including at least one felony should send out the message that this is the United States the land of the free and we as a country will protect our freedoms, from anyone who does something like dressing up in a goat suit, by doing whatever necessary to attempt to imprison someone who happens to get the attention of anyone for doing something that is hurting no one!!
Freedom is a precious right and criminal charges & the court/prison system is the only thing that can protect freedom, by virtue of incarceration!!!
It's "Goat Boy" from Saturday Night Live!
Just like an ignorant herd, once again we have missed out on what's really going on. This is not a man in a goat suit, this is a goat in a man suit.
And for you pot smokers, this guy/goat is way ahead of you. In this state, the laws of man only apply to man. This goat/man has found a legal loop hole as it is not illegal for goats to smoke pot.
One more possibility.....Richard Gere has moved on to bigger things and it now looks like the animals have started putting him up their backside. Ouch!
Someone mentioned that Far Side comic of the man in the 'bear suit.' How about that one where it shows the captain and co-pilot of an airline flying in clouds and there's a goat with a silly face looking at them outside the window and the co-pilot is sayin': "Captain, How did that mountain goat get way up here in these clouds?"
@pathman, very finny, now could we have an African American joke and one about gay people and one about illegal immigrants...?
Hate to think you'd leave any group out of your stereotyping, ridiculing process, or did you just get tired and move on to demographics you wont get slammed for showing a disgusting sense of humor towards...?
Your behavior in this case could easily be used as a modern definition of the word cowardly.
Call Ted Nugent on his cell phone. You may just see the "goat man" stop and reach into his pocket to answer.
Freakin whacko
Just HOW is this guy intending on enjoying nature? By getting close & personal with an ewe?
is he wearing boots? ...................:)
( sometime the old jokes just work)
wow, havent heard that one in a few years. lol
Let's hope he is not enjoying it too much
Stupidity at its finest! Goats are one thing, but what about mountain lions? Sure, they look tame... until they come charging at you from the bushes and rip open your goat suit.
*Facepalm**Facepalm**Facepalm*
It's also raining here in Utah this week. Can't imagine he's enjoying that much...
Fire a couple of warning shots.. Heis obviously disturbing the nature of things. So, either get him out of there, or make him food for the local wildlife. It sounds like a win, win for everybody. Freakin idiot, put him out of his misery!
Down south couldn't afford boots. Only christian position was, um, ah, still is, missionary. All the men wore overalls though. Ease that nanny onto her back and stick her hind legs up the legs of them overalls. She ain't going nowhere. You can have a good time, even get a good kiss and still be christian.
MacForrester,
You seem to know way too much not to be one of those southerners.
@Bob Fu #2.7: I'm proud to say I am one of those southerners. Thank goodness for overalls, nannies, and ewes. Sometimes a man just has to do the best he can with what he's got at particular places.
However local Muslim men think hes "cute".................................:)
omg, so wrong by some people, but your comment has me cracking up!!!
Isn't "muslim" and "men" an oxymoron???
Get over yourselves, you're giving Americans a bad name.
Muslims were the first to use goat's intestine as condoms. The British perfected the system by removing the intestines from the goat first.
my son has done 4 tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, you should see some of the night vision video our guys bring home, those Muslim guys are a baaaaaaaaaaaaad buuuuuunch.
Holly crap, I'm still laughing. So wrong......but so funny.
If America gets a bad name because we can laugh at things, so be it. Don't be so uptight, funny is funny, it's meant to be laughed at. Like Frued said, "some times a cigar is just a cigar". Laughing at a joke doesn't make you racist, it makes you laugh.
Sorry Fred,
Laughing at a bigoted joke makes you a bigot. Burn holy books much?
Get over it, Jap!
Hahaha!!! My ex mother-in-law will be relieved...they found her husband.
good one catchick......ex eh? did i mention your Purrty?.....( lol )..........:)
I wish this was a chatroom...we could so much fun!!!
Don't worry everyone! It's just Jim Breuer returning to his comedy roots.
you and I may be the only ones who get that on this site. Oh and those 3 likes . ha or baaaaaaha
Ha! Jim Bruer was my first guess too!!!
He's not breaking any laws. It's nobody's business. Leave him alone. If someone interferes with him, trying to protect him from himself, THEN he'll end up getting hurt. That's how these things work. Let him be.
But what if Bigfoot catches him? Goatman could end up becoming goatgirl or a "kids" happy meal.
Hunting season is coming. Imagine the surprise when they gut him.....
HA!! Tap,
"Hey, this one's barely legal"
I agree...If he's not breaking any laws...leave him be. If he get's done in by a ram, it's called thinning the herd.
Right you are, Joe S. This is how things work. Who knows? Maybe he's angling for a Darwin Award. . .
It may not be hunting season yet, but can we jstart a hunting season for psychos like him?
it's just another Muslim looking for love
Welll, he can just get close and personal with..ahem...EWE...but not with me....
You go goat man you go.
You've all heard of someone say"man his girlfriend is a dog",well maybe his is a goat..
I had no idea I would be reading EVERY comment here...and then post my own...hahhaha...stomach aching from laughing so much.....thanks for the good humor!!!! G White and IA ScooterTramp----great job!
A weekend in the mountains, a pair of rubber boots and Velcro gloves... nothing else compares to the wild thing...
does the goat man do it " doggy-style " ?
don't be silly , its a goat they do it goat style
ROFL!!!! Goat style!!
In a related story, a Utah man was arrested for sodomy on a billy goat. They knew it was him when they found his fingerprints on the billy's horns.
"don't be silly , its a goat they do it goat style" LMAO
Wonder if he was wearing lambskin.
johngis suggested it could be another Jackass film. Hmmm, what's Sascha Baron Cohen up to right now?
And here I thought it was another story about Bigfoot until I heard my friend's wife was found safe and sound....
ahhhhhh isn't that cute a fella dressed in a goat outfitt makes me wonder if the guy that took the pic might know the goat impersonator alittle too well
How do you know it is a guy? Could be a female looking for love.... or at least sex. I doubt any female would be that desparate.
i dont know have you heard of barn yard follies?
Dont knock it if you aint tryed it
DebbieK,
More and More women, are out there trying new stuff every day... What used to be attributed to mostly men, well your gender is not far behind now...
A male goats is a "billy", a female is a "nanny" and a baby is a"kid". A guy who dresses in a white mountain goat outfit and crawls around on the side of mountains chasing goats is "Bananas"
If this is true...then the suit should be yellow...
He went bananas, no wait, he went ape $hit. Come to think of it, it's the same thing.
recon it could have been this guy...if he was singing ...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCCjv2OiTxE
Q: How do you get a Muslim woman pregnant?
A: Dress her up as a goat.
Rats, they caught me. Foiled again
What kind of retarded goat would be fooled by that get up? Looks like he's wrapped in toilet paper
A near sighted myopic Chinese goat.
there was a goat rapist (true story) in Chipley Fl. He may have moved up. Ewe never know.
He's lucky he didn't dress as a sheep, he'd be asking for it from a Muslim....
That portion of the world tends to have goats, not sheep. Hence all of the awesome goat/Muslim jokes.
Maybe it's some guy who is doing a documentary on mountain goats. Private film maker or some nut job.
Better to be a goat than a SHEEP!
That is Cleo T. Jorgensen. He does it every year, and has for the past 27.
That's BAAAAD
Dressing up in a goat suit and crawling around in the wild may be safer than going to the movies now.
That guy!! I met him about a month ago and asked him it he was the goat man and he said, NNNNAAAAHHHH!!!!
hmmm, ... met Him on thaa mountain, >>> DID'JA? hmmm.
Anybody have any goat jokes?
I'd like to know how this guy sensed being spotted by binoculars from so far away o.O goat-spider senses much?
@Squire-1413747...
There's this white ecologist working with an African tribe, and one day the tribe elder comes to him and says, "My wife just had just a baby, and it's white. You're the only white man within hundreds of miles of here." The ecologist gulps and says, "Well, some things in nature just can't be explained. Look at that herd of goats, for example. All of them are white except for that one black goat. This is probably like that." Finally, the Tribe elder nods and says, "Well, all right, I'll keep quiet about my white baby, if you'll keep quiet about that black goat."
Man That's FUNNY !!!!