You may have heard of the phrase “get your goat,” but in this case, a deputy and a sergeant literally did.
You may have heard of the phrase “get your goat,” but in this case, a deputy and a sergeant literally did.
On Aug. 28, two members of the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) -- Deputy Pavlina and Sgt. Whipple -- were dispatched to a call about a neighbor’s goat running free and menacing the area.
While it may have been a funny situation, the goat was no joke.
Its horns were about 1 foot long, and the animal was trying to ram residents, who quickly went inside their homes while deputies figured out how to get the stubborn goat back into its pen.
“It’s a strong-looking goat,” a deputy said as the animal calmly walked toward him.
“Ah, here you go, good goat, good goat,” a deputy is heard saying on a bodycam that recorded the incident.
The initial meeting went well, but when the deputy grabbed its horns, the goat and the deputy began a struggle.
“What do we do now? I have the goat by the horns,” a deputy said.
Both the deputy and the sergeant were heard laughing during the absurd situation.
As they struggled, one suggested they should try to pull the animal into its pen.
“C’mon goat,” a deputy said. “This thing is really strong, dude.”
With each deputy holding a horn with both hands, they pulled the goat back to where it belonged.
No one was hurt.
“Sometimes, the calls our deputies respond to are anything but ordinary, and they’re always interesting!" the SCSO said in a Facebook post.
