Photo of Goatman!

A man hiking in Ogden, Utah snapped this photo of a fellow who apparently was wearing a goat suit and socializing with a herd of real goats. The Division of Wildlife Services is concerned for the man's safety. From KSTU:

“He was clumsy, working his way down the cliff trying to catch up with the rest of the herd,” said hiker (Coty) Creighton. “With the binoculars I could clearly see it was a guy dressed up in a homemade goat suit.”
Creighton says the suit was big and furry and the man also wore heavy gloves so he could crawl on his hands and knees.

"Photographer says ‘Goatman’ was descending peak to join herd"

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CSBD

Come on… please someone find something that is not wrong/crazy with Utah.
- xzzy
  
  It has some stunning scenery. Just stay away from the people that live there and you’ll be fine.
- http://blog.insightvr.com John Harrison
  
  Luckily for us Utahns, Goatmant hails from southern California.
- http://twitter.com/the_damned_fool the damned fool
  
  it isn’t Arizona.
creesto

Let the Furry In Training japes begin in 3…2…1…
- Dito
  
  He’s long past the training stage, methinks.
http://twitter.com/gths Graham Freeman

As sure-footed as a man in an ill-fitting mountain goat suit.
chilero

Maybe he was some sort of goat researcher studying goat behavior.
- Cowicide
  
  Yep, and it’s CIA sponsored so it’s very “hush-hush”.
  - serpent
    
    Yeah, the men who stare at goats forgot their Nietzsche. If you stare at a goat long enough, then the goat will stare into you.
http://johnstonsigns.blogspot.com/ dejoh

Who in the hell hunts goats? Real challenging target.
- BombBlastLightingWaltz
  
  Lots of people, google it to find almost 4,o00,000 hits
  Sample link : http://www.bcbiggamehunting.com/mountaingoat.htm
  
  No more challenging a target then a rabbit, duck or baby deer. I know, it would be nice if hunters hunted things that could kill them in turn if they messed up but all the really large viscous game have already been killed off and the pickings are getting scarce.
  - lysdexia
    
    ”large viscous game”
    
    Like, 9 foot amoebae?
    - Antinous / Moderator
      
      Yeah, now you’re laughing, but later you’ll be running and screaming.
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  A) Mountain goats aren’t goats. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_goat
  B) Believe it or not, there are still primitive and barbaric humans who hunt for food rather than for the thrill of killing something wild.
planettom

I like how in the video news report the photographer mentions he was glad he had a knife with him.

Because it may be overreacting, but when you’ve seen a guy dressed as a goat communing with goats 8 miles from anywhere, and he’s seen that you’ve seen him, even though you’re staring at each other from the top and bottom of a cliff, it might be a natural assumption that only one of you is getting off this mountain alive.
- Cowicide
  
  Bah-ah-ah-ad vibes.
Drabula

Someone told him to get a hobby.
joachim guanzon

sexual repression among mormons have led this man to find sexual encounters with goats… goatsecks in 3, 2, 1…
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/stefan_e_jones/ Stefan Jones
  
  Wouldn’t he have to use his head to batter a dozen actual horned, horny billy goats into submission to win the him the right to some hot nanny goat action?
  - Ipo
    
    He’s wearing a furry bicycle helmet.
    
    Maybe.
Yep

But what did the goats see?
awjt

“Photographer”? “hiker”? puhleez. Try, “accomplice” or “fellow drinker.”
herbertmcdunna

#sliperyslope #moraldecay
joeposts

I am Goat Boy.
Charles Céleste Hutchins

Ah, the sexist assumptions of the internets! It could be goatwoman, for all we know!
- BombBlastLightingWaltz
  
  Or Goattransgender even.
  - http://redesigned.com redesigned
    
    if that is the case we would have to add an additional G to LGTB.
    at the very least this person cross species dresses. :-)
    - Bonobo
      
      Lion Goat Tiger Bear?
      …oh my?
http://profile.yahoo.com/MNRM3AXED3WIRVGRTQ6TR4U2EA Patti Sundstrom

This really gets my goat….
- lysdexia
  
  You never should have separated it from the sheep.
Gatto

Murakami fan, that explains it. Or maybe, Muarkami researching a new book… hmm… promising…
putty

Dad?
- awjt
  
  Wolf?
Guest

Goat see?
- lysdexia
  
  Ech(s).
saint_al

“The Division of Wildlife Services is concerned for the man’s safety.”
Think of the goats!

/goats make a ma-aa-aa-aa-ah sound
//ex-goatherder for reals, not a concern troll
lysdexia

Perhaps he was working toward Pan-Species communication.
vrplumber

Who is he trying to kid?
- joelogs
  
  U ma-aa-aa-aahd bro?
  - vrplumber
    
    Na-aa-aaa-aa, bro :)
http://www.gyrofrog.com/ Gyrofrog

I remember an old joke, from which I will now offer only the punchline:

“Tha-a-a-a-a-t’s my d-a-a-a-a-a-a-d!”
http://twitter.com/wellsdb David Wells

The identity of Goatman has been revealed! http://fox13now.com/2012/07/23/mountain-goat-stalker-identified-by-wildlife-officials/
- Anon_Mahna
  
  I’d say that’s taking the notion of “think like your prey” a bit far..
http://avarana.blogspot.com MarlboroTestMonkey7

Chupagoat!
Culturedropout

“The photographer who took pictures of what appears to be a man dressed as mountain goat on Ben Lomond peak was identified and _has spoke_ to wildlife officials.”

There was apparently also some other kind of critter posing as a copy editor…
http://www.facebook.com/dylanogden Dylan Ogden

I thought maybe Daniel Suelho had finally gone off the deep end.