Boogie in the Barnyard

Here’s a beauty: At about 5 p.m. a deputy was summoned to a South U.S. Highway 285 address to consider a reported livestock problem. On arrival, he discovered a goat scampering freely about the yard. Only it wasn’t his yard. The homeowner explained that she hadn’t previously been introduced to the creature and couldn’t begin to guess its proper address. At her wits end, she just wanted it gone. The officer dutifully called animal control, which suggested she give them another buzz about the same time the next day if the ornery pest was still hanging around. Perhaps feeling unappreciated, the goat leapt onto the cruiser’s driver’s side hood, thoroughly scratching it, then danced over to the passenger side and ariesleft his signature there. As the officer drove away in defeat, the animal repeatedly took up station in front of the cruiser, forcing him to stop. Each time he stopped, the bearded beast leapt back on the hood, or carved little frescoes into the passenger-side door. At last free and away, the deputy summoned a crime scene technician to assess the damage to his vehicle.