'Goat man' spotted in Utah mountains

[spookyturtle 9,465]

Could this be Scandal? Maybe that's why he hasn't been around for a long time? :devil: I hope he reads this and responds. If anyone is contact with him, pass it on.

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.

"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.

"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.

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/23/12906188-goat-man-spotted-in-utah-mountains?lite%2F

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

I can see the film adaptation now: They Shoot Goats, Don't They?

[spookyturtle 9,465]

I can see the film adaptation now: They Shoot Goats, Don't They?

I like goats better than sheep because they have horns to hold onto so they can't get away.

[Calypso 464]

I like goats better than sheep because they have horns to hold onto so they can't get away.

Some species of sheep also have horns, like the bighorn sheep in the Sierra Nevada and the Rocky Mountains.

[MyLittlePony 340]

I do sheep and goats does that make me a #######?

[spookyturtle 9,465]

Some species of sheep also have horns, like the bighorn sheep in the Sierra Nevada and the Rocky Mountains.

Stop teasing me.

[Calypso 464]

I like goats better than sheep because they have horns to hold onto so they can't get away.

Stop teasing me.

Which is more noisy between the two?

[spookyturtle 9,465]

Which is more noisy between the two?

Sheep. The male goats are too embarrassed to make much noise.

[MyLittlePony 340]

Goats make too much noise.

[Ban Hammer 13,337]

obviously the next move after staring at goats.

[Calypso 464]

Here's the update:

"A few days after the spotting, state wildlife authorities received an anonymous call from an "agitated man" who simply said, "Leave goat man alone. He's done nothing wrong."

This week, however, the mystery was solved.

Phil Douglass of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources said he received a call Monday from a 57-year-old Southern California hunter who explained he was merely trying out his goat suit in preparation for a mountain goat hunt in Canada next year.

"He gave me enough details about the area and the situation that it made me feel confident this was him," Douglass said Tuesday.

"In talking to him, I felt he was very knowledgeable, a very experienced hunter. He's hunted internationally," Douglass added. "My concern all along was that this person needed to understand the risks, and certainly after talking to him, I felt he was doing the best he could to understand and mitigate those risks ... He was simply preparing for a hunt."

The man did not identify himself, Douglass said, noting the hunter was concerned for his safety after widespread media coverage of the sighting, first reported by the Standard-Examiner of Ogden."

full article here

[spookyturtle 9,465]

That will be brilliant wearing a goat suit during goat hunting season.

[Ban Hammer 13,337]

That will be brilliant wearing a goat suit during goat hunting season.

could be even worse to wear it during mating season.

[Darnell 8,478]

goat suit, bear suit, moose suit, salmon suit.

Ya, Canada is great for hunting the WildLife... I say poutine imbibing is less dangerous.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Here's the update:

"A few days after the spotting, state wildlife authorities received an anonymous call from an "agitated man" who simply said, "Leave goat man alone. He's done nothing wrong."

This week, however, the mystery was solved.

Phil Douglass of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources said he received a call Monday from a 57-year-old Southern California hunter who explained he was merely trying out his goat suit in preparation for a mountain goat hunt in Canada next year.

"He gave me enough details about the area and the situation that it made me feel confident this was him," Douglass said Tuesday.

"In talking to him, I felt he was very knowledgeable, a very experienced hunter. He's hunted internationally," Douglass added. "My concern all along was that this person needed to understand the risks, and certainly after talking to him, I felt he was doing the best he could to understand and mitigate those risks ... He was simply preparing for a hunt."

The man did not identify himself, Douglass said, noting the hunter was concerned for his safety after widespread media coverage of the sighting, first reported by the Standard-Examiner of Ogden."

full article here

That right there says it all.

Edited July 25, 2012 by Bad_Daddy