So, I have actually had a very similar situation. I live in rural Georgia, USA near timber property that occasionally folks have been known to ride ATVs and dirt bikes. So, one afternoon I hear screaming like someone had wrecked in the woods and fucked themselves up pretty good. I pull my ATC 250R out, kick it over and take off for the pines. I ride all over the property, stopping often, still hear screaming. This goes on for probably 30 or 45 minutes till I get to the far end and stop again and there’s the screaming, except…it ends in a totally recognizable goat warbling. Son. Of. A. Bitch. I was sure I was going to find some guy wrapped up around one of the loblollies with a busted leg or some shit. No. I had been punked by a goat in a field close to half of a mile from my house. Sure is funny the way sounds travel in the woods. I had only lived there for maybe a year or two. That was just one lesson about country living I’ve learned in the last 10 years.

As it turns out, what sounded like someone yelling in distress on Oct. 30 was actually a mama goat calling for her babies that had just been removed from her care — and not, in fact, someone who had fallen off a cliff.

Well, now I’m sad.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

That’s the final verdict from Quadra Island RCMP after officers responded last month to reports of someone screaming near a ravine.

As it turns out, what sounded like someone yelling in distress on Oct. 30 was actually a mama goat calling for her babies that had just been removed from her care — and not, in fact, someone who had fallen off a cliff.

This week, the Mounties published a report detailing island incidents between Oct. 23 and Nov. 12 and debunked any worry that phantoms were to blame for the hijinks happening around Halloween.

When it came to goat-gate, officers noted while on the scene, according to the report, that the cries did sound similar to someone yelling for help.

The very next night, which was Halloween, officers were alerted to more mysterious screaming, and were told this time by a concerned complainant that it was coming from Quadra Island Cemetery.

Draht, who wrote the comedic copy published this week, said in an email she tries to be sensitive and cognizant of the files included and those involved.

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If you’ve never heard a goat bleat, it’s kinda amazing how much it sounds like a human shouting