Wild Goats Took Over The Streets Of This Town During The Coronavirus Lockdown
One Welsh town has gone to the goats during the coronavirus pandemic. With everyone cooped up at home in Llandudno, a coastal community west of Liverpool in the United Kingdom, a herd of 120 or so Kashmiri goats that usually stays high up on a nearby headland has been coming
Posted — UpdatedOne Welsh town has gone to the goats during the coronavirus pandemic.
These baaaaad boys (sorry!) were first spotted in town by Andrew Stuart, a journalist for the Manchester Evening News who has now become an embedded goat correspondent. Stuart’s commentary as he chased the story added a much-needed layer of hilarity to the investigation.
It all started on the night of March 26, when Stuart first spotted the goats and shot video of them roaming the streets. He posted the first tweet in what turned into a long thread on Twitter, writing, “I think I just got a group of goats in Llandudno arrested.”
He followed them to Trinity Square, filming them as they hedged their bets (sorry!) on a row of bushes. Stuart also noted that the rogue goats were flagrantly violating the social distancing rules.
Then he called the local police to say the goats weren’t where they were supposed to be. The red flashing lights seemed to scare them away.
Then, on March 28, Stuart posted a “goat update.” The Kashmiri goats had returned to town, this time in broad daylight. Bold!
Deep into goat-pun territory, he noted that they’re really just “kidding around.”
By March 30, when the goats had returned to town once again, Stuart declared, “I, for one, welcome our new goat overlords.”
The goats certainly provided some comic relief during tough times in Llandudno.
Lansdowne House, a boutique hotel in town, posted a photo of the goats on Instagram, writing, “Well we have NO GUESTS and the GREAT ORME GOATS expect to stay and eat for free!”
Jo Sunshine Art 2 posted some work that celebrates the Great Orme goats:
In the comments, Jo Sunshine notes that this is not an April Fool’s joke.
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