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13 Meter Straw Goat Met His Match

(Posted by adam)
goat-frame.jpgI am deeply saddened to have missed this story until now:
Vandals set light to a giant straw goat Saturday night in a central Swedish town, police said, an event that has happened so frequently it has almost become a Christmas tradition.

It was the 22nd time that the goat had gone up in smoke since merchants in Gavle, 150 kilometers (90 miles) north of Stockholm, began erecting it to mark the holiday season.Police spokeswoman Margareta Olander said officers received a call just after 9 p.m. to report that the goat was ablaze.

From "Vandals burn giant Christmas straw goat in Sweden, again," via Charlie Stross.

Posted by adam on December 26, 2005 at 4:57 PM in Amusements . You can: comment, view comments (1), see trackbacks (0) or search Technorati.

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Why do they build a 13m. goat to begin with?

Posted by: Andrew Cory | December 26, 2005 6:37 PM