Suffer alone no longer.

November 2, 2004 9:21 AM

The Childhood Goat Truama Foundation. All your childhood carpinae-based nightmares are belong to them. (just a brief reprieve from election coverage - via the ultimate insult)
posted by Ufez Jones (12 comments total)

This is a more serious issue than you might think. I myself was chased up a chain-link fence by one of these monsters in the children's zoo at the Bronx Zoo when I was eight, and the effects of that horrific encounter are still with me to this day. Bush has done nothing about the Goat Menace facing this country in his four years in office.

Luckily, Kerry has a plan.
posted by toothgnip at 10:41 AM on November 2, 2004

Great link, thanks.
posted by alms at 11:32 AM on November 2, 2004

is this one of those hipster musical groups?

i was never attacked as a child, but as a young adult i saw how ornery goats can be. petting zoos don't let kids get close to adult goats, do they? that seems kinda dangerous.
posted by mrgrimm at 11:33 AM on November 2, 2004

I couldn't figure out if it was in earnest or not until I looked at the Goat Trauma in Action page. The pictures and captions are worth a look.
posted by orange swan at 11:41 AM on November 2, 2004

Yeah, I was half-convinced that it was a legit site, until I saw this:

Stay alert. Goats are deceitful and can hide just about anywhere.
Stay in civilized areas. While there have been reports of roaming urban goats, most attacks by loose goats take place in less populated areas.

Funny, whimsical stuff!
posted by davidmsc at 12:03 PM on November 2, 2004

I love the creative use of mouseovers.
posted by euphorb at 12:39 PM on November 2, 2004

is this one of those hipster musical groups?

I dunno, seems more like a death-polka band to me, but I'd see 'em live regardless.
posted by Ufez Jones at 12:54 PM on November 2, 2004

We have recently learned that goats have learned to climb trees and drop down onto unsuspecting people.

Beware the dreaded arboreal goat!
posted by MrMoonPie at 12:57 PM on November 2, 2004

GAH!
posted by soundofsuburbia at 2:07 PM on November 2, 2004

not to be confused with childhood goatse trauma...
posted by docpops at 2:35 PM on November 2, 2004

Funny, I too have been traumatized by a goat. Or my parents. I grew up with a pet goat, and he was cool. But they buchered him and served him to me in a stew.

Seriously.

Never did eat it, they ended up giving most of the meat away.
posted by volk at 2:42 PM on November 2, 2004

Fortunately, some kids know how to fight back.
posted by Ufez Jones at 3:24 PM on November 2, 2004