Goat Man speaks!

Goat Man, the fellow I posted about Monday who was photographed in a goat suit hanging with a herd in Ogden, Utah, has come forward. The man called the Division of Wildlife Resources and said he was simply preparing for an archery hunt of Canadian mountain goats next year.

“He found out about Utah and that it was fairly easy to get close to the goats to (train) to get a clean harvest shot with archery equipment,” (Division of Wildlife Resources rep Phil) Douglass said.
The man told Douglass he has hunted in several foreign countries, including Mongolia.
The man said the goat costume was made out of a hooded painter’s suit, the kind that is readily available for purchase in home repair stores. He outfitted the suit with Polarfleece to give it the appearance of fur and wore a hat backward, pulling the brim down to his chin to look like a billy goat’s beard, Douglass said.

"'Goat man' comes forward"

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theophrastvs

So if there were -two- well-disguised goat guys whose goal was to skewer goats…

(remember! we’re keeping all references to goatse to an absolute minimum on this thread)
- CSBD
  
  Are you implying that they might find two goatse-esque hunters in the wilds of Utah or Canada impaled on eachother’s shafts?
http://www.kmoser.com kmoser

He should sell those goat disguises under the brand name “Goat-See”.
- CSBD
  
  or “NoGoat-See”
http://twitter.com/intensitystudio Antonio Carrasco

Leave them goats alone!! They never did nothing to you! Don’t shoot them!
- RJ
  
  Goats is tasty! Yum yum, eat ‘em up! Yum yum, eat ‘em up!
  - SomeGuyNamedMark
    
    Poor goats
    - EH
      
      They breed like rabbits.
      - vrplumber
        
        Wait, don’t rabbits breed like goats?
      - lysdexia
        
        Y’ever hear of Fibonacci _GOATS_? I think not, sir!
- strangefriend
  
  You’re right. He shouldn’t shoot the goats. It would be much more amusing to tase them. (Insert evil laugh.)
Mister44

Good to know it’s not some sort of bestiality thing.
- http://2012diaries.blogspot.com/ tristan eldritch
  
  Yeah, I genuinely afraid this guy was preying on innocent she-goats, seductively purring lines like “Hey, I’ve got some good grass, wanna come back to my crag?”
  - EH
    
    “Tin cans…all you want“
http://www.creaturesoflight.com dagfooyo

“wore a hat backward, pulling the brim down to his chin to look like a billy goat’s beard” – I can’t figure out how on earth he could get the brim to his chin without the hat obscuring his entire face and blinding him. Can someone explain this for me?
- sarahnocal
  
  That didn’t make any sense to me, either.
  Also, both the male and female goats have beards, not just “billy goats”.
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  Although this might make him look more like a fencer than a goat if he pulls it down to his chin.
mortdieu

He “found out about Utah”?

I didn’t realise it was supposed to be a secret. Or have I broken the first rule of Utah Club?
- http://glitch.tl/ Michael Smith
  
  As an Aussie I can confirm that Utah is world famous.
SomeGuyNamedMark

At least he is hunting using ancient methods. Now granted it is a painter’s suit but wearing animal skins to get close to prey goes back to the stone age.
http://www.aarongilliland.com/ Aaron Gilliland

His ultimate glory will be the day that he’s shot by another hunter, mistaken for a prize goat.
- EH
  
  TIL there’s a such thing as a “prize goat.”
Mark Dow

Just another wolf in sheep’s clothing.
perch

This actually looks fun. As someone who:

a) lives in Colorado with a ton of mountain goats
b) loves mountain goats and has always wanted to pet one up in the mountains (NEVER kill)
c) has too much free time for her own good

this is just a bit too tempting to me. Good thing I don’t have a car and would need to get a ride, at which point a friend who has more sense than I would talk me out of it.
- penguinchris
  
  I should be driving through Colorado next month, let me know if you still need a ride. You can provide the goat costumes.
fractos

What in the Hell is he hunting goats for? You might as well hunt sheep.
Also: Tom Lehrer – The Hunting Song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfW2tYIn8-Q
strangefriend

I’m sorry. This whole thread brings to mind Bill Hick’s GOAT BOY
http://youtu.be/QpEy-LYo3vg
http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/KHUGSYMRDZ635QMFO5P6UA5MTM nunya

I think the guy actually was courting that pretty little she goat that caught his eye.