Safety of Goat-Man feared as Hunting Season Approaches

[cthulu2016]

'Goat man' spotted in mountains of northern Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man spotted dressed in a goat suit among a herd of wild goats in the mountains of northern Utah has wildlife officials worried he could be in danger as hunting season approaches.

Phil Douglass of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources said Friday the person is doing nothing illegal, but he worries the so-called "goat man" is unaware of the dangers.

"My very first concern is the person doesn't understand the risks," Douglass said. "Who's to say what could happen."

Douglass said a man hiking Sunday along Ben Lomond peak in the mountains above Ogden, about 40 miles north of Salt Lake City, spotted the person dressed like a goat among a herd of real goats. The person provided some blurry photographs to Douglass, who said they did not appear to have been altered.

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Goat-man-spotted-in-mountains-of-northern-Utah-3723022.php#ixzz21HmQ0bMi

[greytdemocrat]

1. Baaaaaaad. n/t

[PoliticAverse]

2. I only care about bat boy. n/t

[frogmarch]

3. Pan. Actually, I can't imagine why the goat man

is wearing a goat costume and running on all fours. Does he think he's fooling the goats? If he does, he must be nuts. I think someone should talk to him and find out what's going on with him.

[skip fox]

5. Maybe he's trying to stop the hunting?

Reminds me of the grizzly man Hertzog "directed."

[frogmarch]

6. Maybe, but how would his

running with goats, disguised as a goat, accomplish this?

[skip fox]

8. Long shot guess. Don't hold me to it.

But it's more of a guess than the rather kind official interviewed for the story made. (Except for the guess of scoping them out for the future hunt. . . . But then what goat will be fooled?)

He could be a nature photographer working on a series of goat pictures. (Nature photography is stunning these days--from Emperor Penguins to Big Cats to . . .). That's a better guess. (He needn't be a good one, just an amateur trying something out.)

[petronius]

9. My first thought was of the grizzly man too - but at least goat man

chose his species more wisely.

I do hope someone touches base with this guy and makes sure he's OK and what the story is. If nothing else, I'd like to know how any human manages to keep up with real mountain goats while dressed as a goat - that's got to take some athleticism...

[FSogol]

4. Chupacabra!

[cherokeeprogressive]

7. Kinda reminds me of the woman who was swimming with sea lions in CA back in '93.

She was wearing a wetsuit and flippers, swimming with sea lions. Not to schmart...

What do you think the white shark that killed her thought it was looking at? My guess is the biggest, slowest sea lion in the "raft" (the term for groups of sea lions).

[skip fox]

10. "Raft!" Great term. It's added to my vocabulary as of now.

[cherokeeprogressive]

11. Ha. I had to look it up.

For the record...

A group of seals = harem.

A group of rays = squadron.

[Politicalboi]

12. This sounds like a job for

Al Gore "I'm Serial" He got rid of Manbearpig in South Park. "I'm Super Serial"