This week’s Goat Thing of the Day begins in Athens, Georgia, where June Yardley memorialized her pet, Shilo, in the form of a tattoo.

June’s story:

My parents gave me $100 for Xmas when I was 9, and they told me I could buy ANYTHING my heart desired. I, of course, decided to invest my new found riches in a baby pygmy goat (much to my parents chagrin). That measly $100 gift turned into a goat pen, goat house/barn, years of hay and grain, etc. I think I got my moneys worth! Shilo and I were great friends for many years. She went to the “Great Farm in the Sky” a couple of years ago, and I couldn’t help but memorialize her forever on my arm. (I’m not sure which my parents were more unhappy about……my baby goat purchase, or my goat tattoo 20 years later

The tattoo took 6 hours, and was done at the 2010 Atlanta Tattoo Convention by Radar at Walk The Line Tattoos in Athens, GA. The artwork was inspired by Cindy Jerrell, also of Athens.

Goats in The News

So many people called this story in to NGIP that I can’t even begin to name everyone. Like what Jose Canseco said about which baseball players were on steroids, it’s not a matter of who did hear about this goat story, it’s a question of who didn’t.

Somewhere between Billings and Roundup, Montana, two goats were rescued after being on/in/under a bridge.

According to an MSNBC news story, they were stuck for two days and inexplicably hung out on the narrow slanted ledge, rather than the nearby pillar which had more room.

Nobody knows how they got there, but personally, I think they were just following their life-long dreams of becoming trolls.

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Meanwhile, back in Athens…

Susan from Between Naps on the Porch alerted NGIP to this story: An 88-year old man was attacked by a neighbor’s goat for an entire hour in Colbert, Georgia, according to the Athens Banner-Herald. The man ended up in intensive care. A sheriff’s deputy wrote in his report that the man “stated that he went outside to his shop and looked up, and a goat charged him, knocking him to the ground. He stated that every time he moved to get up, the goat would attack him again”.

The poor old goat.

Goat Video of the Day

And for today’s video, a monkey playing with a goat.

This was sent in by Thomas from 101 Things in 1001 days.

If unable to access video above, here a link to the video of Monkey Playing With Goat.

Goats on bridge: msnbc.com