"…flagrantly disregarding social distancing guidelines"

May 14, 2020 11:41 AM

Because 2020 couldn’t get any weirder, residents in San Jose, Calif., came face to face with about 200 goats wandering through their neighborhood Tuesday evening. The scene, which looked like some bizarre version of the first few minutes of Dawn of the Dead, was captured on video by new local hero Zach Roelands. “This is the craziest thing to happen all quarantine,” he wrote in a tweet sharing the footage. We’re not sure that’s completely accurate, but it’s definitely up there on the list.
posted by Johnny Wallflower (22 comments total)

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posted by Fizz at 11:43 AM on May 14, 2020 [2 favorites]

h/t Fizz

Also in the article: Reporter social distances himself the hell away from a bunch of big-ass bison
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 11:44 AM on May 14, 2020 [10 favorites]

RE: the bison video, omg, I'm giggling. “Oh no, I'm not messing with you.” AHAHAHAHAHAHAH.
posted by Fizz at 11:47 AM on May 14, 2020 [3 favorites]

That one dog is like

FINALLY
posted by overeducated_alligator at 12:02 PM on May 14, 2020 [19 favorites]

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posted by ShooBoo at 12:41 PM on May 14, 2020 [10 favorites]

RE: the bison video, omg, I'm giggling. “Oh no, I'm not messing with you.” AHAHAHAHAHAHAH.

Nuh uh, mm-MMMMMMMMM.
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 12:55 PM on May 14, 2020 [2 favorites]

I hope a lot of kids got to see that!
posted by Carouselle at 1:14 PM on May 14, 2020 [6 favorites]

At least it's not murder goats.

.... yet. It is 2020. We should expect murder goats.
posted by jenfullmoon at 1:23 PM on May 14, 2020 [12 favorites]

We should expect murder goats.

[checks notes] September.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 1:33 PM on May 14, 2020 [17 favorites]

No way, it'll be June, per this tweet in the murder hornet thread.
posted by jenfullmoon at 1:50 PM on May 14, 2020 [2 favorites]

Can relate. One of our bunches of pigs liked to break out and go visit the neighbor's yard, an immaculately groomed and manicured yard, a yard beaten into submission by a man who doesn't allow as much as a single dandelion to disturb the order. He was crouched down over some bit of landscaping, deep into whatever he was listening to in his earbuds, when he was snouted in the butt-crack by an inquisitive pig. I was running in his direction and saw how high he jumped, and it still makes me laugh.
posted by MonkeyToes at 2:12 PM on May 14, 2020 [18 favorites]

Where is your nanny state now?
posted by GenjiandProust at 2:19 PM on May 14, 2020 [19 favorites]

That one dog is like

FINALLY

OMG yes, I really wish my dog could experience something like that just once in his lifetime. It would be paradise for him.
posted by mumimor at 2:35 PM on May 14, 2020 [3 favorites]

Ia! Ia! The Black Goat of the Woods with a Thousand Young! Looks like a certain Great Old One has decided to vacation in the Silicon Valley.

It would seem that the goats are living deliciously. Perhaps they would like the taste of butter.
posted by LeRoienJaune at 2:38 PM on May 14, 2020 [4 favorites]

The bison reporter inspired a new Yellowstone safety poster!
posted by merriment at 2:42 PM on May 14, 2020 [9 favorites]

If this happened in the East Bay, it'd be turkeys.
posted by May Kasahara at 2:42 PM on May 14, 2020 [2 favorites]

That one dog is like

FINALLY

I think that's one of the herding dogs employed by the company.

The herd looks similar to the herd they bring in every year to trim the vegetation on the old landfill hills near Sunnyvale's waste treatment plant; I know that company also uses a couple of herding dogs to round up the goats and get them to move where the humans want them. (There is at least one other company in the area that'll rent out goats for that purpose.)
posted by reventlov at 2:43 PM on May 14, 2020 [5 favorites]

some bizarre version of the first few minutes of Dawn of the Dead

For that to be true they would have to be spawned from Goat Simulator.
posted by CynicalKnight at 4:10 PM on May 14, 2020

Yup, that's a sheepdog, you can see him near the end trying to do his job. Otherwise I think the herd would have been much more dispersed.
posted by suelac at 4:36 PM on May 14, 2020

Escape goats, all of them.
posted by the Real Dan at 5:08 PM on May 14, 2020 [3 favorites]

I saw the video earlier, but I didn't realize it was so near me, if a bit up in the hills.
posted by tavella at 5:10 PM on May 14, 2020 [1 favorite]

the baaaaas are back in town
the baaaaas are back in town

(sorry)
posted by LeviQayin at 9:26 PM on May 14, 2020 [4 favorites]